# Entführung aus der Lindenstraße

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (meaning 'Kidnap from Linden Street') is a German television film directed by George Moorse. It was produced in 1995 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the German television series Lindenstraße, and stars many cast members of that show.

## Plot

The ARD television series Lindenstraße is about to be cancelled after its ten-year run.
Obsessive Lindenstraße fan and head computer programmer of the GEZ, Detlef Hase (portrayed by Herbert Feuerstein) is distraught. He enters the production studio of the show posing as a tourist, sneaks backstage, and kidnaps the actress Marie-Luise Marjan (playing herself) at gunpoint. He calls her 'Helga' or 'Frau Beimer', her Lindenstraße stage-name, and is infatuated with her. He takes her to an unoccupied castle which belongs to a distant relative of his, and forces her to record a video stating that unless the show Lindenstraße is renewed, the record of all GEZ TV-licenses will be deleted. To prove his ability to carry out his threat, he deletes all data pertaining to the town Bad Schwartau. This however alerts the police to his identity, and after searching his apartment they find a map on which the location of the castle is marked.
Meanwhile, Marie-Luise begins to admire Hase, and is persuaded to support his attempt to save Lindenstraße. They manage to evade capture by the police and drive to the GEZ headquarters, where they lock themselves in the computer room. As the police break in and arrest him, Hase activates a computer virus that will automatically delete the GEZ data, and that can only be deactivated by him. As the virus continues to delete data, WDR director Fritz Pleitgen announces publicly that Lindenstraße will be re-commissioned, citing the public outcry over the proposed cancellation as the reason.
In the final scene, set several weeks later, Marie-Luise visits Hase in prison, and offers him an acting role on the show Lindenstraße after the completion of his custodial sentence.

## Cast

The protagonist Detlef Hase is portrayed by Herbert Feuerstein. Lindenstraße actress Marie-Luise Marjan and the then-director of WDR, Fritz Pleitgen, play themselves. Other fictional roles in Entführung aus der Lindenstraße are portrayed by cast members of Lindenstraße.
| Actor | Role in Film | Role in Lindenstraße |
| Anna Teluren | Cleaner Maria Steiner / Government Minister Ms. Boose | Amélie von der Marwitz |
| Martin Rickelt | Janitor Alfred Pitschak | Franz Wittich |
| Bill Mockridge | GEZ-Supervisor Peter Rummler | Erich Schiller |
| Manfred Schwabe | GEZ-employee Hans Markowski | Matthias Steinbrück |
| Marie-Luise Marjan | herself | Helga Beimer |
| Willi Herren | Newspaper-seller | Olli Klatt |
| Annemarie Wendl | Gertrud Pleitgen (Mother of Intendant Fritz Pleitgen) | Else Kling |
| Helmut Ehmig | Janitor Hans Keller | Hilmar Eggers |
| Ute Mora | make-up artist Elfie Schlueter | Berta Griese |
| Nika von Altenstadt | Ingeborg Roll | Sonia Besirsky |
| Marianne Rogée | Tour-guide Agnes Pilz | Isolde Pavarotti |
| Petra Vieten | Interpreter Mrs. Mandrakis | Corinna Marx |
| Amorn Surangkanjanajai | Set visitor A. Korangunganajai | Gung Pham Kien |
| Ludwig Haas | Lindenstraße Director Walther Planck | Dr. Ludwig Dressler |
| Sybille Waury | Director's Assistant Ines von Falckenberg | Tanja Dressler |
| Andrea Spatzek | Margot Link | Gabi Zenker |
| Anna Nowak | Franziska Witsch | Urszula Winicki |
| Susanne Gannott | Theresa Oezguel | Beate Sarikakis |
| Guido Gagliardi | Sound- and cameraman Ferdi Schmitz | Enrico Pavarotti |
| Wolfgang Grönebaum | Sound- and cameraman Franz Keppler | Egon Kling |
| Moritz A. Sachs | Sound- and cameraman Ludwig Hintermoser | Klaus Beimer |
| Inga Abel | Ulla Fink | Eva-Maria Sperling |
| Tanja Schmitz | Gundi Strack (as Tanja Schmitz-Kemmerling) | Julia von der Marwitz |
| Sontje Peplow | Sandra Fromm | Lisa Hoffmeister |
| Knut Hinz | Commissioner Klaus Weber | Hans-Joachim Scholz |
| Joachim Hermann Luger | Police Officer Horst Braun | Hans Beimer |
| Domna Adamopoulou | Hildegard Knies | Elena Sarikakis |
| Philipp Neubauer | Police technician Heinz Wagner | Philipp Sperling |
| Jo Bolling | SEK Official Rudi Brant | Andi Zenker |
| Hermes Hodolides | SEK Official Alf Schroeder | Vasily Sarikakis |
| Irene Fischer | Police Psychologist Edeltraut Berger | Anna Ziegler |
| Carlos Werner | Friedrich Heinemann | Ernst-Hugo von Salen-Priesnitz |
| Michael Marwitz | Volker Lutz | Kurt Sperling |
| Nadine Spruß | Reporter | Valerie Zenker |
| Kostas Papanastasiou | Reporter | Panaiotis Sarikakis |
| Margret Van Munster | Homeless person | Rosi Koch |
| Robert Zimmerling | Homeless person | Hubert Koch |
| Steffen Gräbner | Helicopter pilot Harry Hansen | Dieter Rantzow |
| Marcus Off | Undersecretary Goetsch | Phil Seegers |
| Georg Uecker | Dietmar Ganz | Carsten Flöter |
| Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum | Reporter Uta Radtke | Iffi Zenker |
| Moritz Zielke | Reporter | Momo Sperling |
| Sigo Lorfeo | Justice Department Official Hans Koschinski | Paolo Varese |

## References in the TV Show

Herbert Feuerstein appears in Episode 528 of Lindenstraße as a chimney sweep, and upon seeing Helga, addresses her by name and appears to hold her in veneration. This can be interpreted as the fulfilment of the conversation between Marie-Luise Marjan and Detlef Hase in the final scene of Entführung aus der Lindenstraße.
In episode 576 a clip from Entführung aus der Lindenstraße appears on television. Erich remarks to Helga: "Actually we could have saved ourselves the cable-TV fees – twenty-seven channels and there’s nothing on!"

## Certification

Entführung aus der Lindenstraße is rated FSK 6 - suitable for viewers of age 6 and above.