Season 3 • Episode 14
LatestVerbotene Liebe is a German television soap opera Verbotene Liebe was initially based on original story and character outlines from the Australian soap opera Sons and Daughters, before evolving into a show of its own as the series progressed. The show originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Anstetten family and the middle-class Brandner family. More specifically, it dealt with the story of Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten, two strangers whose fascination for each other leads them to fall in love, neither of them cognizant of the fact that they are twins separated by their parents. It is this story of forbidden love that gave the series its title.
Acting
Gabriele Metzger carried 20 seasons as chaotic icon Charlie.
Writing
Started as twin-incest plot and somehow got wilder.
Production
Survived cancellation twice. The cockroach of German TV.
Gabriele Metzger
Charlie Schneider
Isa Jank
Clarissa von Anstetten
Miriam Lahnstein
Tanja von Lahnstein
Wolfram Grandezka
Ansgar von Lahnstein
Martina Servatius
Elisabeth von Lahnstein
Kerstin Landsmann
Kati von Sterneck
Thore Schölermann
Christian Mann
Jo Weil
Oliver Sabel
Andreas Brucker
Jan Brandner
Inez Bjørg David
Vanessa of Beyenbach
Angelo Michele Franke
Kellner Angelo Totti
Krystian Martinek
Ludwig von Lahnstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show was cancelled in 2015, fan outrage brought it back as a web series, then it got cancelled again, then REVIVED in 2020. German soap fans do not play.
Verbotene Liebe became a queer cult hit for its groundbreaking gay storylines in the 2000s, particularly the Christian/Oliver relationship that lasted years and got actual wedding episodes.
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