Die Kinder vom Alstertal

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Die Kinder vom Alstertal
Directed by Monika Zinnenberg
Starring Marco Soumikh
Tim Küchler
Marleen Lohse
Janina Uhse
Country of origin Germany
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original release7 December 1998 (1998-12-07)

Die Kinder vom Alstertal is a German children's television series produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast on the Kinderkanal from 1998 to 2004. There are 52 episodes in four seasons.

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Series

The series is set in a large farmhouse near the North Sea with a station on the Hamburg U-Bahn. The main characters are seven children from three families living together in the house, [1] and the series also features assorted animals, in particular the farm dog, Oskar, the farm cats, a tame rooster, Einstein, and a pony, Justus. [2] It was a successor to Neues vom Süderhof , with the same director, Monika Zinnenberg  [ de ], and Ursula Hinrichs, the grandmother in the former series, playing an aunt. [3] Scriptwriters were Marlies Kerremans, Jörn Schröder and Horst Peter Lommer, [1] with Arno Alexander as editor. [3] Die Kinder vom Alstertal aimed to be more realistic and somewhat more complex than its predecessor. [3]

Filming took place near Soltau [3] at the Menkenhof. [4]

Main cast

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Die Kinder vom Alstertal: 52-teilige deutsche Familienserie 1998-2004" (in German). Kinderkanal. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
  2. Andreas Zeschke. "Die Kinder vom Alstertal". Fernsehserien.de (in German).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Paul Barz (7 December 1998). "Auf dem Bio-Gut tobt das Leben". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German).
  4. "Ferien auf dem Menkenhof" (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2018.