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.
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 Actor Role Episodes Years Jeanette Biedermann Anna Lanford, née Polauke, widowed Broda 1–385560–869 2008–20102010–2012 Heike Jonca Susanne Polauke 1–926 2008–2012 Rainer Will Armin Müller 1–337 2008–2009 Karolina Lodyga Katja von der Recke, née Polauke, divorced Broda 1–350645–717812–825 2008–201020112011 Mathieu Carrière Robert Broda † 1–154 2008–2009 Lars Löllmann Gerrit Broda † 1–319 2008–2009 Barbara Lanz Maja Roth 1–475 2008–2010 Franziska Matthus Natascha Broda 1–926 2008–2012 Jonas Broda † 1–385553–625 2008–20102010–2011 Paloma Vegaz, née Greco 1–926 2008–2012 Mike Adler Jannick Juncker 1–181 2008–2009 Sebastian König Maik Majewski 1–926 2008´–2012 Karin Kienzer Stefanie "Steffi" Hauschke 1–926 2008–2012 Alexander Klaws Lars Hauschke 2–428 2008–2010 Jil Funke Lily Rüssmann, divorced Hauschke 16–732 2008–2011 Wolfgang Wagner Ingo Polauke aka Ulrich Hartmann 40–115321–926 2008–20092009–2012 Tanja Wenzel Annett Darcy † 100–122258–544 20092009–2010 Peter Günther Georg Sander 182–281 2009 Paul T. Grasshoff Alexander "Alex" Zeiss 190–565 2009–2010 Robert Jarczyk Richard Darcy † 261–513 2009–2010 Bernhard Bozian Jonathan "Jojo" Maschke 273–926 2009–2012 Josephine Schmidt Mia Zeiss, née Maschke 293–565 2009–2010 Lee Rychter David Darcy, adopted, né Seidel † 303–742 2009–2011 Fiona Erdmann Jessica Kramer 348–632 2010–2011 Joanna Schürmer Brigitte Galifianakis 398–495 2010 Bo Hansen Julian Freund 412–563 2010 Jacob Weigert Enrique Vegaz aka Toni Behrmann 432–548628–926 20102011–2012 Patrick Kalupa Tom Lanford 556–869 2010–2012 Peter Windhofer Steve Welder † 561–644 2010–2011 Sarah Mühlhause Carla Rhonstedt, née Lindenberg 564–926 2010–2012 Chris Gebert Jürgen "Virgin" Hilgendiek 566–926 2010–2012 Klaus-Dieter Klebsch Bruno Lanford 576–926 2010–2012 Wanda Worch Isabella "Paule" Lanford 588–926 2010–2012 Lilli Hollunder Jasmin Al Sharif 598–926 2010–2012 Larissa Marolt Maxi König 630–758 2011 Iris Shala Michelle "Minni" Herrmann 745–926 2011–2012 Maria Wedig Nina Benzoni, née Hinze 769–926 2011–2012 Frederic Böhle Kai Kosmar 772–926 2011–2012 Manuel Cortez Luca Benzoni 778–926 2011–2012 Kasia Borek Olivia "Liv" Kosmar 805–926 2011–2012 Frank Ziegler Chris Doppler 850–926 2011–2012 Björn Bugri Nick Majewski 859–926 2012
Broadcasters Anna und die Liebe ORF eins 25 August 2008 13 April 2012 Monday to Friday Ana Doma TV 3 January 2011 23 December 2011 Monday to Friday Anna und die Liebe Sat.1 25 August 2008 13 April 2012 Monday to Friday Szerelmes Anna TV2 2 January 2013 Monday to Friday
External links Official Website (German)