Verbotene Liebe (pronounced [fɛɐ̯ˈboːtənə ˈliːbə]; English: Forbidden Love), often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995. Verbotene Liebe is an adaption of Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, initially based on that serial's original story and character outlines, before diverging as the new series progressed.
It is about the lives and loves of both young and older characters in Düsseldorf and the Spanish island Mallorca. In the beginning, Cologne also played a big role in the show's story. Currently the focus is on the aristocratic Lahnstein family and the middle-class Brandner family. Veteran actors Gabriele Metzger as Charlie Schneider and Konrad Krauss as Arno Brandner are the only remaining original cast members. Isa Jank rejoined the show as Clarissa von Anstetten in 2011 after ten years of abstinence. There is generally a turnover of younger cast members in their twenty/thirty-somethings. The show is also well known for its LGBT characters, presenting bisexuality and homosexuality as equal to the heterosexual relationships in the show. It has become popular with gay and lesbian audiences in Europe and in the United States.
The series tackles controversial issues such as drug addiction, murder, rape, suicide, adultery, homophobia, incest, alcoholism, drug abuse, HIV, schizophrenia, miscarriage, kidnapping and sexual confusion. The majority of the footage is taped in the studios of the Magic Media Company in Cologne-Ossendorf. Episodes regularly feature footage shot on location in and around Cologne and Düsseldorf. There are 23 fixed sets and 7 interchangeable sets on a floor span of 1270 square metres. The viewers of this soap are varied, ranging from small children to senior citizens. The soap celebrated its 15th anniversary in January 2010.
In 2008 the show received international attention with the love story of the gay couple Christian Mann and Oliver Sabel. They featured a story on the British magazine reFRESH and another article was featured in the September 23 issue of Soap Opera Weekly. The show has since developed a large following elsewhere in Europe and beyond. The relationship between Oliver and Christian develops with different stories over two years to the couple's engagement and wedding.
The show has also attracted international popularity with the lesbian character Carla von Lahnstein and her relationship with Stella Mann as a lesbian couple. They are featured on the gay media interest website Afterellen.com and the relationship is chronicled in detail in gay media interest blogs. Before Carla's relationship with Stella, the character was involved in two other popular love stories with Hanna Novak and Susanne Brandner.
Series cast summary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108979/
Official web: http://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/soaps-telenovelas/verbotene-liebe/index.html
Sources: wikipedia.org, daserste.de, imdb.com
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