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Marienhof (1992)

Marienhof poster
Genre
soap opera
Country
Germany
Length
20 seasons, 403 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows the everyday lives of people living in a fictional Cologne suburb. It covers a wide range of personal and social problems faced by the residents.

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What happens

Marienhof is a German soap opera, first shown on 1 October 1992 on German TV channel, Das Erste. It started as a weekly series, before becoming a daily programme on 2 January 1995. The show was cancelled in February 2011 and aired its last episode on 15 June 2011. The show focuses on the everyday life of the residents of the Marienhof, a fictional suburb in Cologne. Over the years, the show became known for tackling several social issues, such as homosexuality, homelessness, private bankruptcy, rape, drug abuse, AIDS, child abuse, suicide, cancer, adultery and murder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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