All The Tropes

Ein Herz und eine Seele: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Ein Herz und eine Seele (view source)

Revision as of 23:21, 23 December 2022

21 bytes added ,  1 year ago
m
removed Category:German Media; added Category:German Series using HotCat
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{work}}
'''''Ein Herz und eine Seele''''' (''One Heart and One Soul'') is a [[The Bonn Republic|West German]] [[Live Action TV]]-series, produced [[The Seventies|from 1973 to 1976]]. Being a [[Foreign Remake]] of the [[Britcom]] ''Till Death Us Do Part'', it is notable for bringing the [[Sit ComSitcom]] format to Germany.
 
The series deals with the everyday life of the reactionary and stubborn working class man Alfred Tetzlaff, his [[Housewife|wife Else]], his daughter Rita and his leftist son-in-law Michael.
 
Like ''[[Stromberg (TV)|Stromberg]]'' three decades later, this series is one of the very few [[Foreign Remake|German sitcom remakes]] that are actually ''good''. This fondly remembered series can often be seen rerun in German tv to this day. Especially the episodes "Sylvesterpunsch" and "Rosenmontagszug" are always broadcasted at the holidays during which their plots take place (New Year's Eve and the final day of Carnival, respectively). More recently, the episode "Besuch aus der Ostzone", in which Michael's parents from the <s>East Zone</s> [[East Germany|GDR]] visit the Tetzlaffs, seems to have been repurposed as the holiday episode for the [[The Berlin Republic|Day of German Unity]].
----
{{tropelist}}
=== ''Ein Herz und eine Seele'' contains the following tropes: ===
 
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Else and Alfred dancing tango at the end of the New Year's Eve episode.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Well, New Year's Eve episode, but close enough.
Line 22 ⟶ 21:
* [[German Dialects]]: Michael's mother speaks with a Saxon accent, in a way mirroring Else's slight North German accent.
* [[The Ghost]]: The Tetzlaff's neighbour, Mrs. Suhrbier.
* [[Granola Girl]]: Michael is a Granola ''Boy'', at least in the eyes of Alfred, because Michael is a member of the [[Useful Notes/Political System of Germany|SPD (the mainstream social-democratic party in Germany)]] and happens to originate from the [[East Germany|GDR]].
* <s>[[Halloween Episode]]</s> [[Halloween Episode|Holiday When It Is Custom To Wear Costumes Episode]]
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Quite often.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Alfred only refers to the [[East Germany|GDR]] as the ''Ostzone'' (''[[Commie Land|East Zone]]''), thereby implying that he sees East Germany still just as [[Cold War|Soviet-occupied territory instead of a legitimate state]]. (A hot issue in [[The Bonn Republic|pre-reunified Germany]].)
* [[Jerkass]]: Alfred, most of the time. Though the other characters also have their moments.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Alfred; lampshaded in the Carnival episode, when he wears a Napoleon costume.
* [[National Stereotypes]]: Alfred seems to believe in many of them, mostly the negative ones.
Line 36:
 
{{reflist}}
[[Category:German MediaSeries]]
[[Category:Dom Com]]
[[Category:Ein Herz Undund Eineeine Seele]]
[[Category:TV Series]]
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/523202...1995456"