Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast (1997)

Original title

Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast

Genre

soap opera, LGBT-related television series

Country

Germany

Length

16 seasons, 405 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This long running German soap opera follows the lives of women in a Berlin prison. It features love affairs, drug deals, escape attempts, and conflicts with cruel guards.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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