Regina auf den Stufen (1990)

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Country: Austria, Germany
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1992-01-07
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: German
Stars: Katja Riemann , Mark Kuhn , Serge Avedikian , Karin Kienzer , Erich Hallhuber , Jan Biczycki , Roswitha Schreiner , Jeane Manson , Jan Kurbjuweit , Hans Stetter
Runtime: 45 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Regina on the Ladder to Success , Regina auf den Stufen (Germany) , Regina auf den Stufen , Regina révbe ér (Hungary)
Plot: 10 episodes of 54 minutes makes 9 hours. With the 3-dvd set, you can watch it all in a row, and I did (on a bed-ridden day).Katja Riemann sure shines (and won a price for Best New Actress) in this exuberant epic set in 1956/57 West Germany.We get a quite complex story around Regina (fled from East Germany, to Munich). On a 1956 New Year's Day celebration, she gets involved with Martin, who was just freed from Soviet prisons. Then there's the genial (but weird) Hungarian photographer Janos.. and about a dozen other main characters, of which I liked most the old photographer Brunnhuber, and Stups, the secretary who made her own business.The 1950s were quite nicely recreated (as far as I can tell, born 1956), mostly in period cars (let me drop some brand names: Steyr, Goliath, Lloyd, Borgward,...), and many other props. After initial doubts, the meandering story drew me in, a little bit more with each episode.Utta Danella, after whose book this serial was made, has a reputation for popular but ultimately trivial novels for a female readership. That may well be, but even as a male I enjoyed this 9-hours show. Very much, even though I suffered through the only "action" scene where a Borgward Isabella is crashed...
IMDB:tt0121679