Wege_zum_Glück

<i>Wege zum Glück</i>

Wege zum Glück

TV series or program

Wege zum Glück (English: Ways to Happiness)[1] is a German telenovela. The show was starting on October 6, 2005, on ZDF and originally was planned to have 250 chapters. Later the concept was changed and the title became a label to tell different love stories in telenovela-style. After 789 chapters, the network decided to cancel the show. The last episode aired on February 24, 2009.

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ZDF decided to end the show after ratings declined from season to season. Unable to find a successful replacement, the network announced in January 2012 that a deal was made with the production company Grundy UFA to reactivate the Wege zum Glück series. The melodramatic stories were also shown in Austria, Switzerland and Italy.

Overview

Season 1

Chapter 1 - Chapter 250: (Julia – Wege zum Glück) Julia Schilling meets Daniel Gravenberg on a tour in South Africa and they eventually start to fall for each other. But then Julia has to flee together with her troubled mother Christa. They get back to Germany and Julia thinks that she lost Daniel forever. Penniless, Julia tries to start a new life in the fictional town Falkental and begins working at a porcelain manufactory. She first doesn't know that Daniel is the junior executive at the company. After many complications and schemes from Daniel's mother Annabelle, the pair get their happy end.

Season 2

Chapter 251 - Chapter 500: Nina Bergmann is a single parent after her husband Max van Weyden went missing on a Photo Safari. Nina tried to find him, but in the end had to flee to her aunt Birgit Hertel, who lives in Falkental. She meets Julia's half brother Ben Petersen and falls in love with him after they work closely together in the manufactory. Eventually Nina has to fight for custody over her daughter as Annabelle's new husband Richard van Weyden, Max' father, doesn't think she's a responsible parent. As Annabelle has to fight against the rejection of Richard's daughter Viktoria, Nina finds a rival Elsa Ritter for Ben's heart just as Max returns into their lives. In the end, Nina and Ben get married and leave for their honeymoon in the Caribbeans.

Season 3

Chapter 501 - Chapter 703: Luisa Maywald comes together with her adoptive sister Nora to Falkental to search for her biological mother. Someday she runs into Simon Becker and realizes that he possesses her old talisman. Luisa gets into his atelier to get it back and is caught by Simon. As Luisa tries to get away she destroys a stature, who hits Simon's head. As Luisa runs off to get help, Nora gets to Simon and eventually turns up as a romantic rival for Simon's heart. After Nora finds out that Annabelle is her biological mother, she becomes part of her schemes and is used by Annabelle. In the end, Nora faces prison for a crime her mother committed and Luisa ends up marrying Simon. They leave Falkental behind and start a new life with their son Moritz in New Zealand.

Season 4

Chapter 704 - Chapter 789: Before the new season starts, chapters 704 to 710 focus on other storylines of the residents in Falkental. After that the audience sees Nora and how she tries to escape from a prison hospital. She flees to Hamburg and meets Alexander Wagner. The two spend an unforgettable day together, before Nora has to take a six-year sentence in prison. After six years, Nora and Alexander meet again on her birthday and she tells him her life story. They eventually discover that they are siblings and that their love is impossible. Caught between love and taboo, Nora and Alexander are unable to resist each other. After it is proven that they aren't brother and sister after all, the two get married while Annabelle is finally paying for her crimes. As she escapes from police custody, Annabelle decides to take her own life.

Cast

Actor Role Episodes Years
Susanne GärtnerJulia Gravenberg, née Schilling1–3032005–2007
Susanne HäuslerChrista Schilling1–120
236–250		2005–2006
Roman RossaDaniel Gravenberg1–3032005–2007
Holger C. GothaFrederik Gravenberg1–270
705–789		2005–2006
2008–2009
Isa JankAnnabelle Gravenberg, née Krüger, divorced van Weyden †1–732
734
2005–2008
Karin UgowskiEva Landmann1–7892005–2009
Michael RastJörg Schwarz †1–2342005–2006
Friedhelm PtokWerner Gravenberg †1–131
137
171–178
2005–2006
Ralph SchichaTobias Becker1–7382005–2008
Lucie MuhrPatrizia Gravenberg1–3212005–2007
Angela SandritterSilke Mertens1–4622005–2007
Kaya Marie MöllerLilly Gerlach, née Becker1–4122005–2007
Nicolas ArtajoKolja Hertel1–4522005–2007
Anton NouriAndreas Krill †1–1102005–2006
Christoph KornschoberNiko Becker3–3212005–2007
Stefan MockerJan Schönke5–2762005–2006
Leander ModersohnTim Gerlach13–4122005–2007
Sonja BaumMarie Vermont44–2182005–2006
Lina Rabea MohrCharlotte „Charlie“ Vermont69–3442006–2007
Michèle MarianBirgit Hertel112–5002006–2007
Nicola RansomKaty Wellinghoff, née Neubauer178–2112006
Gisa ZachNina Petersen, née Bergmann216–5002006–2007
Nicole Mercedes MüllerPaula Bergmann #1216–5002006–2007
Mareile Bettina MoellerViktoria „Vicky“ van Weyden †222–4932006–2007
Peter ZimmermannRichard van Weyden231–7892006–2009
Hubertus GrimmBenjamin „Ben“ Petersen239–5002006–2007
Jens Peter NünemannHagen Ritter245–6332006–2008
Sebastian EdtbauerErik Landmann †281–4772006–2007
Bernhard ReiningerStefan Krill326–4622007
Corinna A. HornElsa Landmann, née Ritter333–7892007–2009
Silke MatthiasHelena van Weyden, née Bernstein †339–6122007–2008
Jost PieperMaximilian „Max“ van Weyden348–4422007
Birte WentzekMeike Becker, née Hansen350–7332007–2008
Lisa SpickschenElisabeth „Lizzy“ van Weyden412–6902007–2008
Markus FrankKonrad Landmann457–7892007–2009
William MangHarald Becker †466–5882007–2008
Heike SchroetterMarianne Becker466–7382007–2008
Susanne BerckhemerLuisa Becker, née Maywald469–7032007–2008
Anja BocheNora Wagner, née Krüger, adopted Maywald, accepted van Weyden469–7892007–2009
David KramerSimon Becker476–7032007–2008
Günter BubbnikSebastian Becker503–7332007–2008
Markus BaumeisterHenning Reichenbach508–7122007–2008
Katrin GriesserSophie Nowak513–7892007–2009
Hans-Jochen RöhrigLudwig Adam548–7892008–2009
Marvin JaacksTheo Gehrmann #1638–7132008
Armin SchlagweinTom Nowak693–7892008–2009
Kaja Schmidt-TychsenConstanze Becker702–7892008–2009
Marijam AgischewaJudith Wagner707–7892008–2009
Timo HübschAlexander Wagner709–7892008–2009
Steven MertingMichael Adam †711–7842008–2009
Bela KlentzeTheo Landmann, adopted, née Gehrmann #2714–7892008–2009
Christina AthenstädtJessica Fuchs725–7882008–2009
Jennifer BreitrückPaula Bergmann #2733–7892008–2009

References

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    ZDF Enterprises - Program Sales - International Catalogue - Series - Love + Romance
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