Stromberg (TV series)

Infobox Television
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show_name=Stromberg

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caption= Christoph Maria Herbst as Stromberg
format=Comedy
Mockumentary
creator = Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchantruntime= approx. 0:22 to 0:28 (per episode)
starring=Christoph Maria Herbst
Oliver Wnuk
Bjarne Mädel
Diana Staehly
Martina Eitner-Acheampong
country=GER
network=ProSieben
first_aired=October 11, 2004
last_aired= Present
num_episodes= 26
list_episodes = List of Stromberg episodes
website = http://www.prosieben.de/show_comedy/stromberg/
imdb_id = 0428167

"Stromberg" is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. Initially the producers claimed it was based on a character from a past ProSieben comedy, [ [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1233772004 Is this David Brent's doppelgänger?] ] in spite of many elements resembling the BBC series "The Office". Only after the BBC threatened with legal action was credit given to the creators of "The Office", Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. [ [http://www.rickygervais.com/notwqanda.php Ricky Gervais answers your questions] ] The first season, which appeared in 2004, consisted of eight episodes. A second season of ten episodes, although not initially planned, was launched on September 11, 2005. A third season with eight episodes was launched on March 5, 2007.

The series became popular partly due to the actor playing Bernd Stromberg, Christoph Maria Herbst, and partly due to the "Office"-inspired script by Ralf Husmann.Or|date=September 2007 Christoph Maria's real-to-life acting efforts made his character a cult figure among many Germans.Fact|date=February 2007

The show takes place at the office of the fictional insurance company “Capitol-Versicherung AG”, ("Capital Insurance PLC") where the trivial day-to-day events take place in an eerie atmosphere oscillating between bullying and sycophancy.

In 2007, the success of the show spawned the mock “German - boss” dictionary "“Chef - Deutsch / Deutsch - Chef. Klartext am Arbeitsplatz”". It was published under the advertising pseudonym of “Bernd Stromberg“ by German dictionary publishing company Langenscheidt shortly before the third season.cite book
last = Stromberg
first = Bernd
authorlink =
title = Chef - Deutsch / Deutsch - Chef. Klartext am Arbeitsplatz
publisher = Langenscheidt
url = http://www.langenscheidt.de/katalog/titel_langenscheidt_chef-deutsch_deutsch-chef_847_1608.html
date = 2007
isbn = 3468731124 ] The book is a bestseller in Germany and topped the non-fiction charts of Der Spiegel.cite web
url = http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/charts/0,1518,458623,00.html
title = Spiegel Online Bestseller
accessdate = 2007-04-16
publisher = Der Spiegel Verlag
language = German ]

Cast

*Christoph Maria Herbst as Bernd Stromberg
*Oliver Wnuk as Ulf Steinke
*Martina Eitner-Acheampong as Erika Burstedt
*Tatjana Alexander as Tatjana Berkel
*Bjarne Mädel as Berthold Heisterkamp (Ernie)
*Diana Staehly as Tanja Seifert
*Sinan Akkus as Sinan Turculu
*Lars Gärtner as Timo Becker
*Simon Licht as Hans-Jürgen Wehmeyer
*Joe Henselewski as Josef Müller
*Rita Winkelmann as Klüver
*Prashant Prabhakar as Prashant
*Laurens Walter as Lars Lehnhoff
*Maja Beckmann as Sabine Buhrer
*Angelika Richter as Nicole Rückert
*Stefan Lampadius as Lambert
*Nadja Becker as Maja
*Frank Montenbruck as Montenbruck
*Peter Rütten as Mr. Pritsch
*Dorothea Förtsch as Förtsch
*Andreas Hermann as Hermann

References

External links

* [http://www.prosieben.de/show_comedy/stromberg/ Official website of the German version]
*imdb title|0428167|Stromberg