Anna und die Liebe

Anna und die Liebe (Anna and (the) Love) is the eleventh Telenovela made in Germany. It has aired since 25 August 2008 on German channel Sat.1 and Austrian Channel ORF 1.

Anna und die Liebe
Also known asAnna and (the) Love
Opening themeRosenstolz – Gib mir Sonne
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes926
Production
ProducersPetra Bodenbach
Christian Popp
Gilbert Funke
Running time25 min
Original release
NetworkSat.1
Release25 August 2008 (2008-08-25) –
13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)

Summary

In its first season, Anna Polauke is extremely shy. In front of strange and important people, she can't utter a single word or simply starts to stutter. She works at her mother's restaurant Goldelse (Golden Elisabeth), dreaming about working at the advertising agency Broda & Broda.

Because of her impediment, her job interview ends up being a disaster. Also, she suffers from her stepfather Armin and her half-sister Katja. Armin is annoyed, because Anna still loves her missing father overall, Katja hates Anna realizing that she isn't as intelligent as Anna.

When Anna meets Jonas Broda, junior director of Broda & Broda, she just wants only one thing: To work at the advertising agency as soon as possible and to be around Jonas.

But her halfsister Katja steals Anna's idea for a campaign for a perfume and gets a job at Broda & Broda. Anna manages to get a job as a runner at Broda & Broda - and without her creative ideas, Katja would lose her job at Broda & Broda. She wins Jonas for herself, while Anna is still seen as a talentless runner.

The first season (episodes 1–311) revolved around Anna and Jonas. Jeanette Biedermann (Anna) took a break from the show, to focus on her music career, with her new album (Undress to the Beat). Due to its ratings success, Sat.1 ordered more episodes. Since its launch, the telenovela had four seasons (consecutively). Each season would focus on the protagonist (not necessarily Anna) and their "love". The second season was mainly about Mia and Alexander (episode 312–564). Third season (with Jeanette Biedermann's return to the show) centered on Anna with Tom and Enrique (episode 565–798). Fourth and final season (episode 799–926) is with Nina and Luca.

Cast

Main actors

ActorRoleEpisodesYears
Jeanette BiedermannAnna Lanford, née Polauke, widowed Broda1–385
560–869
2008–2010
2010–2012
Heike JoncaSusanne Polauke1–9262008–2012
Rainer WillArmin Müller1–3372008–2009
Karolina LodygaKatja von der Recke, née Polauke, divorced Broda1–350
645–717
812–825
2008–2010
2011
2011
Mathieu CarrièreRobert Broda †1–1542008–2009
Lars LöllmannGerrit Broda †1–3192008–2009
Barbara LanzMaja Roth1–4752008–2010
Franziska MatthusNatascha Broda1–9262008–2012
Roy Peter Link [de]Jonas Broda †1–385
553–625
2008–2010
2010–2011
Maja Maneiro [de]Paloma Vegaz, née Greco1–9262008–2012
Mike AdlerJannick Juncker1–1812008–2009
Sebastian KönigMaik Majewski1–9262008´–2012
Karin KienzerStefanie "Steffi" Hauschke1–9262008–2012
Alexander KlawsLars Hauschke2–4282008–2010
Jil FunkeLily Rüssmann, divorced Hauschke16–7322008–2011
Wolfgang WagnerIngo Polauke aka Ulrich Hartmann40–115
321–926
2008–2009
2009–2012
Tanja WenzelAnnett Darcy †100–122
258–544
2009
2009–2010
Peter GüntherGeorg Sander182–2812009
Paul T. GrasshoffAlexander "Alex" Zeiss190–5652009–2010
Robert JarczykRichard Darcy †261–5132009–2010
Bernhard BozianJonathan "Jojo" Maschke273–9262009–2012
Josephine SchmidtMia Zeiss, née Maschke293–5652009–2010
Lee RychterDavid Darcy, adopted, né Seidel303–7422009–2011
Fiona ErdmannJessica Kramer348–6322010–2011
Joanna SchürmerBrigitte Galifianakis398–4952010
Bo HansenJulian Freund412–5632010
Jacob WeigertEnrique Vegaz aka Toni Behrmann432–548
628–926
2010
2011–2012
Patrick KalupaTom Lanford556–8692010–2012
Peter WindhoferSteve Welder †561–6442010–2011
Sarah MühlhauseCarla Rhonstedt, née Lindenberg564–9262010–2012
Chris GebertJürgen "Virgin" Hilgendiek566–9262010–2012
Klaus-Dieter KlebschBruno Lanford576–9262010–2012
Wanda WorchIsabella "Paule" Lanford588–9262010–2012
Lilli HollunderJasmin Al Sharif598–9262010–2012
Larissa MaroltMaxi König630–7582011
Iris ShalaMichelle "Minni" Herrmann745–9262011–2012
Maria WedigNina Benzoni, née Hinze769–9262011–2012
Frederic BöhleKai Kosmar772–9262011–2012
Manuel CortezLuca Benzoni778–9262011–2012
Kasia BorekOlivia "Liv" Kosmar805–9262011–2012
Frank ZieglerChris Doppler850–9262011–2012
Björn BugriNick Majewski859–9262012

Broadcasters

 AustriaAnna und die LiebeORF eins25 August 200813 April 2012Monday to Friday
 CroatiaAnaDoma TV3 January 201123 December 2011Monday to Friday
 GermanyAnna und die LiebeSat.125 August 200813 April 2012Monday to Friday
 HungarySzerelmes AnnaTV22 January 2013Monday to Friday