Verbotene Liebe is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mallorca figured prominently in the show's story lines. First broadcast on 2 January 1995, Verbotene Liebe was originally broadcast in 24-minute episodes, five times a week. It expanded to 45-minute episodes on 21 June 2011 and trimmed back to 40-minute episodes on 23 January 2012 to accommodate an adjusted time-slot. In 2006, Pay-TV network Passion began broadcasting episodes of the show from the beginning.
Jared Hennegan, better known by the stage name "Evil" Jared Hasselhoff, is an American musician and television personality best known for being the bassist of the rock band Bloodhound Gang.
Miriam Lahnstein is a German actress and psychologist.
Klaus Zmorek is a German actor.
Tanja von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe on Das Erste, portrayed by actress Miriam Lahnstein from 1995 to 1998, in 2001, and again from 2004 to 2015. Lahnstein reprised the role in the 2020–2021 TVNOW revival series, Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation.
Joscha Kiefer is a German actor and best known for his role as Dominik Morgenstern on the series Soko München.
Thore Schölermann is a German actor and television host.
Thomas Gumpert was a German actor who was best known for his role of Johannes von Lahnstein in the daily soap Verbotene Liebe.
Johannes "Jo" Hermann Bruno Anton Weil is a German actor and television host, best known for his portrayals of Oliver Sabel on the long-running German serial Verbotene Liebe and titular bodyguard, Frank Farmer, in multiple productions of The Bodyguard stage musical, in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
Wolfram Grandezka is a German actor.
Kira-Theresa Underberg is a German actress and radio play talker.
Jenny Winkler is a German actress and well known for her role as Nathalie von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe , which she portrays since 2004.
Clarissa von Anstetten is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , portrayed by actress Isa Jank from 1995 to 2001, and again from 2011 to 2013. She reprised the role in the 2020–2021 revival series, Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation.
Jens Hartwig is a German actor.
Krystian Martinek is a German actor, writer and director.
Peer Kusmagk is a German actor and television host.
Sebastian Schlemmer is a German actor and well known for his role of Sebastian von Lahnstein in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe .
Brandner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Simone Ritscher is a German actress, known for her roles as Doris van Norden in Sturm der Liebe and as Maria di Balbi in Verbotene Liebe.
Oliver Sabel and Christian Mann are fictional characters from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe, which was broadcast on Das Erste from 1995 to 2015. Portrayed by Jo Weil (Oliver) and Thore Schölermann (Christian), the characters were introduced seven years apart but rose to prominence as a same-sex supercouple. Weil later returned to play Oliver in the 2020–2021 revival series, Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation.
