Lena – Liebe meines Lebens

Lena - Liebe meines Lebens
Genre Telenovela
Created by Claudio Villarruel
Bernarda Llorente
Developed by Günter Overmann
Written by Günter Overmann & writing team
Directed by Daniel Anderson
Hartwig van der Neut
Cornelia Dohrn
Starring Jessica Ginkel
Max Alberti
Narrated by Jessica Ginkel
Theme music composer Tone Damli Aaberge - "Butterflies"
Composer(s) Curt Cress
Country of origin Germany
Original language(s) German
No. of episodes 180
Production
Executive producer(s) Sabine Eckhard
Producer(s) Rudolf Jehner
Quirin Berg
Max Wiedemann
Jan Richard Schuster
Location(s) Cologne, Germany
Cinematography Olaf Rehahn
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 43 minutes
Production company(s) Endemol Germany
Wiedemann & Berg Television GmbH & Co. KG
Release
Original network ZDF
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release September 20, 2010 – June 21, 2011
Chronology
Related shows Don Juan y Su Bella Dama
External links
Website
Production website

Lena – Liebe meines Lebens (Lena - Love of my Life) is a German telenovela, starring Jessica Ginkel and Max Alberti. It is an adaption of the Argentine telenovela Don Juan y Su Bella Dama, created by Claudio Villarruel and Bernarda Llorente. The telenovela, produced by the international production company Endemol, premiered on September 20, 2010.[1]

Plot

Lena Sander is a good-hearted, spirited, attractive young woman. She lives in Cologne since her birth and became a trained clerical worker. Lena doesn't enjoy this profession much, which leads her to switch from job to job. Lena lives with her boyfriend of six years, Tony Weiss, and with his eight-year-old son Luca, whom she loves as she would her own child, and her parents Frank and Pia live together with her younger brother Michael right across the street. Lena has a normal life with which she is more or less happy. But the day Lena meets Amelie von Arensberg, her life is about to change. After a bad day, Lena almost runs over Amelie with her bicycle. Lena brings the confused countess home, where she meets Amelie's grandson David. Between Lena and the composer, sparks begin to fly - but both are already in a relationship.

Cast

Protagonists

Main cast

Minor cast

Production

After their two previous telenovelas, Alisa - Folge deinem Herzen and Hanna - Folge deinem Herzen, had problems to get recognized by viewers as something different from previous shows, the ZDF channel partnered with Endemol to adapt the Argentine telenovela Don Juan y Su Bella Dama. The result, originally named Lena - Melodien der Liebe, found its German developer with Günter Overmann and his writing team, who promised to create something new in the flavorless German telenovela world, while retaining the warm style all ZDF telenovelas, except for Alisa - which seemed had a cold, re-run feel. The production started on June 30, 2010 in Cologne.[2] Scenes are shot at the MMC Studios in Hürth, Schloss Gymnich and in downtown of Cologne.

Even though the show is an adaption from the Argentine original, a few story points where revisited and changed for the German audience.[3] Producer Quirin Berg said that they needed to make the changes because the original was a primetime format in which social violence played a huge part.[4] Berg said that they needed to make the adaption more European. Conflicts between men and women and crimes in the police service wouldn't have been realistic enough for German standards.[5]

Broadcast

The telenovela starts on September 20, 2010 in three European countries. Other than Germany, the show is shown in Austria and Switzerland. Austria has the first broadcast at 2:25 pm, followed by Germany at 4:15 pm and Switzerland at 4:55 pm. The telenovela serves as a co-production between these three countries, with the ZDF as main contributor and partner with Endemol. In all three countries Lena - Liebe meines Lebens is taking over the time slot of the telenovela Hanna - Folge deinem Herzen. In Estonia this famous telenovela began in May 2011 on TV3 Estonia. In January 2012 "Lena, Liebe meines Lebens" began on TV3 Latvia.

Broadcasters

 Georgia Lena-chemi cxovrebis sikvaruli GDS March 17, 2014 Monday to Friday
 Germany Lena – Liebe meines Lebens ZDF September 20, 2010. June 21, 2011 Monday to Friday
 Austria Lena – Liebe meines Lebens ? September 20, 2010. ? Monday to Friday
  Switzerland Lena – Liebe meines Lebens ? September 20, 2010. ? Monday to Friday
 Estonia Lena, mu elu armastus TV3 Estonia May 16, 2011. January 23, 2012 Monday to Friday
 Latvia Lēna, mana mūža mīlestība TV3 Latvia January 2, 2012 ? Monday to Friday
 Italy Lena, l'amore della mia vita RAI 3 December 6, 2012 ? Monday to Friday

External links

References

  1. Official German summary - Chapter 1 ZDF.de. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  2. Filming for "Lena" started Soapspoiler. June 30, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  3. Changes to the original Quotenmeter.de. September 19, 2010.
  4. Socially violence Quotenmeter.de. September 19, 2010.
  5. Realism for German standards Quotenmeter.de. September 19, 2010.
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