Um Himmels Willen
Um Himmels Willen is a German television sitcom created by :de:Um Himmels Willen|Jana Brandt and :de:Um Himmels Willen|Sven Döbler, which originally aired on Das Erste since 8 January 2002 The 13th season was aired from 4 March 2014 to 3 June 2014 and is syndicated in many European countries.
The series follows the daily life of a group of nuns in a small monastery in the fictional town of Kaltenthal in lower Bavaria, and the careers of the town's troubled citizens, mostly the mayor and police officers. The sitcom was produced by ARD. It originally starred Jutta Speidel as the main character of the head nun, however she was replaced by :de:Janina Hartwig|Janina Hartwig in 2007. Fritz Wepper appears as her antagonist, the cunning and jovial town mayor.
The show aired at 20:15 on Tuesday nights on ARD in Germany. By June 2013, 156 episodes had been broadcast over eleven seasons. Besides being immensely popular in Germany, the show is also broadcast daily in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, and Denmark.
Plot
Wolfgang Wöller, the popular politician and mayor of the fictitious Lower Bavarian town of Kaltenthal, is afraid of losing support and possible elections due an increase in unemployment. Along with the city council, he falls in love with the idea of bioenergy; determined to put his face and name upon a new, large bioenergy facility that will, hopefully, create economic growth for the town, he needs the support of opposition, who refuse to support the idea as there is no immediate place to put such a facility.Eventually, his eyes fall upon the local cloisters, a large, old castle which houses only six nuns, but swallows up a huge areal portion of the city. As the nuns, especially Sister Hanna, refuse to even discuss the idea of selling the property, Mr. Wöller takes his ideas to the order's Mother Superior. The Mother Superior is equally opposed to the idea, but agrees that six nuns are not enough for such a huge property. She ultimately reluctantly agrees to sell. Sister Hanna does everything in her power to prevent this, not only going against the mayor, but also the Mother Superior.
Cast
Current main cast
- Janina Hartwig as Sister Hanna Jacobi. Nun and leader of cloister Kaltenthal.
- Fritz Wepper as Wolfgang Wöller. Mayor of the fictitious town of Kaltentahl and car dealer. Chairman of the Kaltenthal Football Club.
- Karin Gregorek as Sister Felicitas Meier. Nun, one of sister Hanna's predecessors. Until her retirement nurse at Kaltenthal hospital, then leader of a medical consulting center for socially weak people. Preference for alcohol, tobacco, computer games and chocolate.
- Emmanuela von Frankenberg as Sister Agnes Schwandt. Nun and cook of the cloister. Herb woman.
- Denise M'Baye as Sister Lela. Novation at cloister Kaltenthal. Sent by sister Lotte from Nigeria.
- Andrea Sihler as Sister Hildegard Hähnlein. Nun at the mother house in Munich and secretary of the mother superior. Secondarily novelist.
- Horst Sachtleben as Bishop Gottlieb Rossbauer. Friend and confessor of the mother superior. Likes cookies. Renounces creation as cardinal.
- Andrea Wildner as Marianne Laban. Secretary of mayor Wöller. In season 12 temporary opposition leader at local council
- Lars Weström as Anton Meier. Indulgent Polizeihauptmeister of Kaltenthal.
- Wolfgang Müller as Hermann Huber. Master builder and best friend of Wolfgang Wöller.
Former main cast
- Rosel Zech as Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Reuter. Ex mother superior.
- Gaby Dohm as Baroness Louise von Beilheim. Mother superior and successor of mother superior Elisabeth Reuter.
- Jutta Speidel as Sister Lotte Albers. Nun and direct predecessor of sister Hanna. Now leader of a mission station in Nigeria.
- Michael Wenninger as Doctor Martin Richter. Physician and fiancé of Barbara Silenius. Died after a car crash.
- Anna Luise Kiss as Barbara Silenius. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal. Leaves the cloister and become engaged with Doctor Martin Richter, who dies after a car crash. Barbara later marries an architect but the marriage fails. Barbara Silenius dies after a car accident.
- Hellen Zellweger as Julia Seewald. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal. Leaves the cloister.
- Anne Weinknecht as Sister Sophe Tiezte. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal, later nun. Now missionary in South America.
- Donia Ben-Jemia as Sister Gina Gallo. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal, later nun. Goes to Naples to nurse her ill father.
- Nathalie Schott as Sister Ingrid Knoop. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal, now nun at a cloister in Cologne.
- Antje Mönning as Sister Jenny Marquard. Former novation at cloister Kaltenthal, now nun and nurse of the ill Cardinal.
- Julia Heinze as Maria Gasser. Former undercover journalist, later novation at cloister Kaltenthal. Leaves the cloister and marries.
- Bruni Löbel as Grandma Meier. Grandmother of police man Anton Meier.
Seasons
Series overview
Season 1
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 1 | 1 | Urlaub mit Folgen | 8 January 2002 |
| 2 | 2 | Sand im Getriebe | 15 January 2002 |
| 3 | 3 | Glück im Unglück | 22 January 2002 |
| 4 | 4 | Mädchen am Abgrund | 29 January 2002 |
| 5 | 5 | Romeo und Julia | 5 February 2002 |
| 6 | 6 | Schlag auf Schlag | 19 February 2002 |
| 7 | 7 | Wolf im Schafspelz | 26 February 2002 |
| 8 | 8 | Gelegenheit macht Diebe | 5 March 2002 |
| 9 | 9 | Sünden der Vergangenheit | 12 March 2002 |
| 10 | 10 | Qual der Wahl | 19 March 2002 |
| 11 | 11 | Verbotene Früchte | 26 March 2002 |
| 12 | 12 | Sieg der Liebe | 2 April 2002 |
| 13 | 13 | Kleider machen Leute | 9 April 2002 |
Season 2
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 14 | 1 | Heiliger Strohsack | 7 January 2003 |
| 15 | 2 | Salto Mortale | 14 January 2003 |
| 16 | 3 | Zwickmühle | 21 January 2003 |
| 17 | 4 | Plötzlich und unerwartet | 28 January 2003 |
| 18 | 5 | Falsche Fünzigerin | 11 February 2003 |
| 19 | 6 | Gefahrenzone | 18 February 2003 |
| 20 | 7 | Belagerungszustand ) | 25 February 2003 |
| 21 | 8 | Hokuspokus | 11 March 2003 |
| 22 | 9 | Doktorspiele | 18 March 2003 |
| 23 | 10 | Alte Freunde | 25 March 2003 |
| 24 | 11 | Trauerspiel | 1 April 2003 |
| 25 | 12 | Knastbruder | 8 April 2003 |
| 26 | 13 | Singdrosseln | 15 April 2003 |
Season 3
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 27 | 1 | Hochzeitsglocken | 6 January 2004 |
| 28 | 2 | Lebendig begraben | 13 January 2004 |
| 29 | 3 | Millionenerbin | 20 January 2004 |
| 30 | 4 | Die falsche Nonne | 27 January 2004 |
| 31 | 5 | Trojanisches Pferd | 10 February 2004 |
| 32 | 6 | Blinder Passagier | 17 February 2004 |
| 33 | 7 | Ratespiel | 24 February 2004 |
| 34 | 8 | Notquartier | 2 March 2004 |
| 35 | 9 | Seitensprung | 9 March 2004 |
| 36 | 10 | Eisprinzessin | 16 March 2004 |
| 37 | 11 | Rabenmutter | 23 March 2004 |
| 38 | 12 | Schreckschuss | 30 March 2004 |
| 39 | 13 | Gottesurteil | 6 April 2004 |
Season 4
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 40 | 1 | Zwei kleine Italiener | 4 January 2005 |
| 41 | 2 | Letzte Vorstellung | 11 January 2005 |
| 42 | 3 | Traumfrau | 18 January 2005 |
| 43 | 4 | Alte Wunden | 25 January 2005 |
| 44 | 5 | Zuckerbrot und Peitsche | 1 February 2005 |
| 45 | 6 | Schuss in den Ofen | 8 February 2005 |
| 46 | 7 | Alles unter Kontrolle | 15 February 2005 |
| 47 | 8 | Bis aufs Mark | 22 February 2005 |
| 48 | 9 | Geniestreich | 1 March 2005 |
| 49 | 10 | Klassentreffen | 8 March 2005 |
| 50 | 11 | Rache-Engel | 15 March 2005 |
| 51 | 12 | Stammhalter | 22 March 2005 |
| 52 | 13 | Simsalabim | 29 March 2005 |
Season 5
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 53 | 1 | Hänsel und Gretel | 3 January 2006 |
| 54 | 2 | Alarmstufe Eins | 10 January 2006 |
| 55 | 3 | Schwarzes Schaf | 17 January 2006 |
| 56 | 4 | Wenn Gott will | 24 January 2006 |
| 57 | 5 | Vaterfreuden | 31 January 2006 |
| 58 | 6 | Geldrausch | 7 February 2006 |
| 59 | 7 | Planspiele | 14 February 2006 |
| 60 | 8 | Ungebetener Gast | 28 February 2006 |
| 61 | 9 | Verletzte Gefühle | 7 March 2006 |
| 62 | 10 | Held des Tages | 14 March 2006 |
| 63 | 11 | Rotkäppchen | 21 March 2006 |
| 64 | 12 | Elternlos | 28 March 2006 |
| 65 | 13 | Ende gut – alles gut | 4 April 2006 |
Season 6
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 66 | 1 | Hanna von Orleans | 23 January 2007 |
| 67 | 2 | Der allerletzte Zeuge | 30 January 2007 |
| 68 | 3 | Letzte Klappe | 6 February 2007 |
| 69 | 4 | Lottokönig | 13 February 2007 |
| 70 | 5 | Neue Frau | 20 February 2007 |
| 71 | 6 | Unschuld vom Lande | 27 February 2007 |
| 72 | 7 | Madonnenfieber | 6 March 2007 |
| 73 | 8 | Zeichen und Wunder | 13 March 2007 |
| 74 | 9 | Mordgelüste | 20 March 2007 |
| 75 | 10 | Wunder dauern länger | 27 March 2007 |
| 76 | 11 | Turmbau zu Babel | 3 April 2007 |
| 77 | 12 | Katzenjammer | 10 April 2007 |
| 78 | 13 | Nackte Tatsachen | 24 April 2007 |
Season 7
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 79 | 1 | Am seidenen Faden | 8 January 2008 |
| 80 | 2 | Schwere Geburt | 15 January 2008 |
| 81 | 3 | Dicke Brummer | 22 January 2008 |
| 82 | 4 | Waisenkind | 5 February 2008 |
| 83 | 5 | Wehret den Anfängen | 13 February 2008 |
| 84 | 6 | Volltreffer | 19 February 2008 |
| 85 | 7 | Schatzsucher | 26 March 2008 |
| 86 | 8 | Dicke Luft | 4 March 2008 |
| 87 | 9 | Zug nach Nirgendwo | 11 March 2008 |
| 88 | 10 | Alte Wunden | 18 March 2008 |
| 89 | 11 | Teuflisches Spiel | 25 March 2008 |
| 90 | 12 | Auf Biegen und Brechen | 1 April 2008 |
| 91 | 13 | Stehaufmännchen | 8 April 2008 |
Season 8
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 92 | 1 | Liebestöter | 17 February 2009 |
| 93 | 2 | Ausgebrannt | 24 February 2009 |
| 94 | 3 | Bei Nacht und Nebel | 3 March 2009 |
| 95 | 4 | Mein ist die Rache | 10 March 2009 |
| 96 | 5 | Der letzte Strohhalm | 17 March 2009 |
| 97 | 6 | Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe | 24 March 2009 |
| 98 | 7 | Glück im Unglück | 31 March 2009 |
| 99 | 8 | Künstlerpech | 7 April 2009 |
| 100 | 9 | Die große Liebe | 14 April 2009 |
| 101 | 10 | Abschied für immer | 28 April 2009 |
| 102 | 11 | Zwergschule | 5 May 2009 |
| 103 | 12 | Wohltäter der Menschheit | 12 May 2009 |
| 104 | 13 | Toter Mann | 19 May 2009 |
Season 9
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 105 | 1 | Karten lügen doch | 26 January 2010 |
| 106 | 2 | Findelkind | 2 February 2010 |
| 107 | 3 | Fehltritt mit Folgen | 16 February 2010 |
| 108 | 4 | Böses Erwachen | 2 March 2010 |
| 109 | 5 | Schnaps-Idee | 9 March 2010 |
| 110 | 6 | Goldrausch | 16 March 2010 |
| 111 | 7 | Schocktherapie | 24 March 2010 |
| 112 | 8 | Gardinenpredigt | 30 March 2010 |
| 113 | 9 | Total Cool | 13 April 2010 |
| 114 | 10 | Jugendsünden | 20 April 2010 |
| 115 | 11 | Duell der Giganten | 27 April 2010 |
| 116 | 12 | Falsche Kamille | 4 May 2010 |
| 117 | 13 | Liebe hoch drei | 11 May 2010 |
Season 10
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 118 | 1 | Jung gefreit | 15 February 2011 |
| 119 | 2 | Wunderkinder | 22 February 2011 |
| 120 | 3 | Reifeleistung ) | 8 March 2011 |
| 121 | 4 | Liebe auf Raten | 15 March 2011 |
| 122 | 5 | Baby Blues | 22 March 2011 |
| 123 | 6 | Liebesbrief | 29 March 2011 |
| 124 | 7 | Pferdetherapie | 12 April 2011 |
| 126 | 9 | Heiße Ware | 19 April 2011 |
| 127 | 10 | Kreuzweise | 3 May 2011 |
| 128 | 11 | Super Duper | 10 May 2011 |
| 129 | 12 | Kuckucks-Ei | 17 May 2011 |
| 130 | 13 | Feld, Wald und Wiese | 24 May 2011 |
Season 11
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 131 | 1 | Höhere Instanz | 10 January 2012 |
| 132 | 2 | Lebenslüge | 17 January 2012 |
| 133 | 3 | Grüße aus dem Jenseits | 24 January 2012 |
| 134 | 4 | Blutige Anfänger | 31 January 2012 |
| 135 | 5 | Piratensender | 14 February 2012 |
| 136 | 6 | Herzensbrecher | 21 February 2012 |
| 137 | 7 | Geldadel | 28 February 2012 |
| 138 | 8 | Gott oder die Welt | 6 March 2012 |
| 139 | 9 | Peter Pan | 13 March 2012 |
| 140 | 10 | Soldatenbraut | 20 March 2012 |
| 141 | 11 | Sorgenkind | 27 March 2012 |
| 142 | 12 | Bis aufs Blut | 3 April 2012 |
| 143 | 13 | Ende der Fahnenstange | 10 April 2012 |
Season 12
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 144 | 1 | Liebe, was ist das? | 8 January 2013 |
| 145 | 2 | Kleines Genie | 15 January 2013 |
| 146 | 3 | Glückspilz | 22 January 2013 |
| 147 | 4 | Geheimcode | 29 January 2013 |
| 148 | 5 | Rotkäppchen | 5 February 2013 |
| 149 | 6 | Dummer Zufall | 12 February 2013 |
| 150 | 7 | Der allerletzte Wille | 19 February 2013 |
| 151 | 8 | Liebe inbegriffen | 5 March 2013 |
| 152 | 9 | Kain und Abel | 12 March 2013 |
| 153 | 10 | Flieg, Engelchen, flieg | 19 March 2013 |
| 154 | 11 | Schmutzige Hände | 2 April 2013 |
| 155 | 12 | Das letzte Wort ) | 9 April 2013 |
| 156 | 13 | Nackte Tatsachen | 23 April 2013 |
Season 13
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 157 | 1 | Die Wege des Herrn | 4 March 2014 |
| 158 | 2 | Feuer unterm Dach | 11 March 2014 |
| 159 | 3 | Ärger auf Rezept | 18 March 2014 |
| 160 | 4 | Lösegeld | 25 March 2014 |
| 161 | 5 | Vollgas | 1 April 2014 |
| 162 | 6 | Die Stimme des Herrn | 8 April 2014 |
| 163 | 7 | Wahre Liebe | 22 April 2014 |
| 164 | 8 | Hoffen und Bangen | 29 April 2014 |
| 165 | 9 | Neues Leben | 6 May 2014 |
| 166 | 10 | Liebesgeflüster | 13 May 2014 |
| 167 | 11 | Gesucht und gefunden | 20 May 2014 |
| 168 | 12 | Zivilcourage | 27 May 2014 |
| 169 | 13 | Wort für Wort | 3 June 2014 |
Season 14
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 170 | 1 | Schwein gehabt | 6 January 2015 |
| 171 | 2 | Sonnenschein | 13 January 2015 |
| 172 | 3 | Echte Freunde | 20 January 2015 |
| 173 | 4 | Nicht ohne meine Tochter | 27 January 2015 |
| 174 | 5 | Pantoffelheld | 3 February 2015 |
| 175 | 6 | Wettlauf mit der Zeit | 10 February 2015 |
| 176 | 7 | Weg ins Licht | 17 February 2015 |
| 177 | 8 | Der Maibaum | 24 February 2015 |
| 178 | 9 | Miss Kaltenthal | 10 March 2015 |
| 179 | 10 | Bloßgestellt | 17 March 2015 |
| 180 | 11 | Mutterliebe | 31 March 2015 |
| 181 | 12 | Einfach Liebe | 14 April 2015 |
| 182 | 13 | Glück auf vier Pfoten | 21 April 2015 |
Season 15
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 183 | 1 | Ein Mann zu viel | 19 January 2016 |
| 184 | 2 | Faustpfand | 26 January 2016 |
| 185 | 3 | Bauer in Not | 2 February 2016 |
| 186 | 4 | Mutter vermisst | 16 February 2016 |
| 187 | 5 | Wirbel um Alice | 23 February 2016 |
| 188 | 6 | Milde Gaben | 1 March 2016 |
| 189 | 7 | Geschenk der Liebe | 8 March 2016 |
| 190 | 8 | Gärtners Frust | 15 March 2016 |
| 191 | 9 | Wunder gibt es immer wieder | 22 March 2016 |
| 192 | 10 | Erste große Liebe | 5 April 2016 |
| 193 | 11 | Superheld | 12 April 2016 |
| 194 | 12 | Familienbande | 26 April 2016 |
| 195 | 13 | Geschenk des Himmels | 3 May 2016 |
Season 16
| Number | Number | Original title | First broadcast |
| 196 | 1 | Junggesellenabschied | 2 May 2017 |
| 197 | 2 | Krank vor Langeweile | 9 May 2017 |
| 198 | 3 | Maja will ins Kloster | 16 May 2017 |
| 199 | 4 | Der große Oswald | 23 May 2017 |
| 200 | 5 | Falsche Hoffnungen | 30 May 2017 |
| 201 | 6 | Meinhardts letzter Wille | 6 June 2017 |
| 202 | 7 | Hoch hinaus | 13 June 2017 |
| 203 | 8 | Platzverweis | 20 June 2017 |
| 204 | 9 | Drunter und drüber | 27 June 2017 |
| 205 | 10 | Fremder Mann, was nun? | 4 July 2017 |
| 206 | 11 | Falsche Diagnose | 11 July 2017 |
| 207 | 12 | Altes Geheimnis | 18 July 2017 |
| 208 | 13 | Alles oder nichts | 25 July 2017 |
Christmas-Specials
Until 2012 three feature-length Christmas specials of Um Himmels Willen were produced.Um Himmels Willen — Weihnachten in Kaltenthal
Just before Christmas mayor Wöller receives an invitation from the Vatican, he asks sister Hanna to accompany him. In Rome it turns out that the invitation wasn't for a private audience with the pope, but for an event at St. Peter's Basilica. Wöller and Hanna are disappointed and want to travel back to Germany straightaway, but a general strike bars them from this. Meanwhile, the other nuns of Kaltenthal are preparing the yearly children Christmas party, and mother superior Elisabeth Reuter gets a surprising visit of her predecessor.Um Himmels Willen — Weihnachten unter Palmen
Mayor Wöller wants to escape from the Christmas confusion by booking aMediterranean cruise. Hardly on board he gets shocked, because sisters Hanna, Agnes and Felicitas from cloister Kaltenthal are on the same ship. They received the crusade as a gift, and have in mind to collect donations for a Kaltenthal family in need underway. The nuns meet Felix, son of the ship's owner Max Brockmann. The boy lost his mother by an auto accident and become friends with the crew member Ursula Henning. This not sits well with the boy's father, and he fires Ursula. When Ursula gets of board at Teneriffa, Felix tries to run after her, but Hanna keeps him off and tries to find a solution for this trying situation. Meanwhile, Wöller got to know Isabella Kegel, who is born in Kaltenthal and he wants to marry her on board promptly, but Isabella ditches him right before the wedding altar. Wöller has dumped on Isabella years before when he was looking for a wife, because of her overweight. In fact that she reduced nearly 30 kilgrams Wöller don't recognize her on board of the cruise ship.
Um Himmels Willen — Mission unmöglich
Mayor of Kaltenthal and car seller Wolfgang Wöller, sold the majority of his second-hand cars to Nigeria and did advance payment thatfore. It transpired fastly that he was fooled by a fraud. Cause of the fact, that he took money out of the public purse of Kaltenthal a political scandal is threaten. To avoid this, he travels to Nigeria, accompanied by sister Hanna from cloister Kaltenthal. Hanna would like to find there Doctor Mabenga, fired physician of Kaltenthal hospital, who traveled to Nigeria with his daughter after an argument with his wife. Wöller and Hanna are visiting sister Lotte, Hannas predecessor, who now leads a mission station in Nigeria.Awards
- 2002: Goldene Europa for Jutta Speidel and Fritz Wepper
- 2003: Deutscher Fernsehpreis in the category „Best Actor of a Series“ for Fritz Wepper
- 2006: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in the category „Best Actress of a Series“ for Jutta Speidel
- 2006: Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in the category „Best Actor of a Series“ for Fritz Wepper
- 2010: Goldene Henne in the category „Acting“ for Janina Hartwig and Fritz Wepper
- 2010: Bambi, audience choice as the most popular television series