Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast
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Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast | |
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Genre | Drama, Soap |
Created by | Rainer Wemcken |
Starring | Karen Böhne Uta Prelle Egon Hofmann Katy Karrenbauer[1] Barbara Freier Christiane Reiff Christine Schuberth Heidi Weigelt Claudia Loerding |
Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of seasons | 16 |
No. of episodes | 403 |
Production | |
Running time | around 45 minutes |
Production company | Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH |
Original release | |
Network | RTL Television |
Release | 22 September 1997 13 February 2007 | –
Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast (English: "Behind bars - The Women's Prison", in short: HG or HiGi) was a German television series in the form of a soap opera and told the dramaturgically oversubscribed-life in a prison for women. The series was broadcast from 22 September 1997 until 13 February 2007 at the private broadcaster RTL. The acts played in the fictional prison for women, Reutlitz in Berlin and included lesbian love affairs, drug deals, escape attempts, conflicts with sadistic prison guards, as well as crimes such as murder.
RTL decided to cancel the long running drama after 16 seasons and 403 episodes. The last nine episodes were transmitted during the night at 01.05 AM.
A Turkish adaption, Parmaklıklar Ardında (Behind Bars) is filmed in Sinop.
References
[edit]- ^ "PresseSau - Dahinter steckt immer 'ne dumme Sau". 2006-12-25. Archived from the original on 25 December 2006. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
External links
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- 1997 German television series debuts
- 2007 German television series endings
- German-language television shows
- German television soap operas
- German LGBT-related television shows
- Lesbian-related television shows
- Prison television series
- RTL (German TV channel) original programming
- Imprisonment and detention of women
- 1990s prison television series
- 2000s prison television series
- 1990s LGBT-related drama television series
- 2000s LGBT-related drama television series
- German television show stubs