Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten

***Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten*** (English: _Good Times, Bad Times_) was a German soap opera. the first episode was made on May 11, 1992.

## Broadcasting schedules

_Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten_ started on the 11th of May, 1992. It was broadcasted from Monday to Friday on the German TV channel RTL. The episodes were repeated the next day at 8:30 a.m.

The first episode was broadcasted on VOX on October 1995. After the 2500th episode in February 2005, it was removed from VOX.

## Localities

Many main roles of the series went to several cafés and restaurants at the beginning of the series, those are the pubs like _Allistairs_, _Siggis Bar,_ _Daniels Bar_, the bar _Bluebird_, the restaurant _Fasan,_ and the café _Mocca_ for example. There was a lot of business going on in the media industry, for example, the advertising agency _Löpelmann_, _Sisters,_ and the newspaper editorial offices of the local newspaper _City-Lights_ and _Morgenecho_. In the _Viktoria-Luise-Gymnasium_ Elisabeth Meinhart and Clemens Richter are teaching the students. They played many young main roles. Furthermore, there were many shops: _Holms Tante, Emma Laden_, _Charlies Laden_, _Kais Corner,_ and several boutiques. Other important localities were a motorcycle workshop, which was led by Peter Becker and Heiko Richter. The GP surgeries were from Dr. Ulrich and then Dr. Gundlach. Now, Jo Gerner leads a law firm. The hostel _Traumfabrik_ was destroyed in 2010. Afterward, you can see the lifestyle magazine _Metropolitan Trends_ of Katrin Flemming, the club _Mauerwerk_, the café _Vereinsheim_, Tayfuns food shops _Spätkauf_ and _Badak Bio_, the cosmetics business of EmilyMany main roles of the series went to several cafés and restaurants at the beginning of the series, those are the pubs like _Allistairs_, _Siggis Bar,_ _DanielsBar_, the bar _Bluebird_, the restaurant _Fasan_ and the café _Mocca_ for example. There was a lot of business going on in the area of the media industry, for example, the advertising agency _Löpelmann_, _Sisters,_ and the newspaper editorial offices of the local newspaper _City-Lights_ and _Morgenecho_. In the _Viktoria-Luise-Gymnasium,_ Elisabeth Meinhart and Clemens Richter taught the students. They played many young main roles. Furthermore, there were many shops: _Holms Tante, Emma Laden_, _Charlies Laden_, _Kais Corner,_ and several boutiques. Another important locality was a motorcycle workshop, which was led by Peter Becker and Heiko Richter. The GP surgeries were from Dr. Ulrich and then Dr. Gundlach. Now, Jo Gerner leads a law firm. The hostel _Traumfabrik_ was destroyed in 2010. Afterward, you could see the lifestyle magazine _Metropolitan Trends_ of Katrin Flemming, the club _Mauerwerk_, the café _Vereinsheim_, Tayfuns food shops _Spätkauf_ and _Badak Bio_, the cosmetics business of Emily Höfer, the Jeremiah hospital. Höfer, the Jeremiah hospital.

The North American country of Canada played a major role in GZSZ because many characters traveled to that country. Paula Rapf went to Canada and started working at a farm. Afterward, her best friend Tim Böcking and his son Felix came to this country. Afterward, Tim's girlfriend Caroline Neustädter, and her son Benjamin joined. In 2010, Tim's father Clemens Richter, and his wife Elisabeth Meinhart moved to Canada. John Bachmann visited the country regularly.

### Alexander's loft

In 2010, _Alexander Cöster_ moved to a loft in the newly constructed Kiez. A friend of Alexander gave him the apartment. The loft was seen in 2011 when the exchange student _Zac Klingenthal_ moved into his loft. Alexander lived in Maren's apartment. At that time, the loft didn't show, because Vince, Zac, and Bommel got to change the apartment.

### Law firm

The law firm has been led by _Jo Gerner_ since 1993. It was shown at different locations. Over time, Gerner moved his law firm into his apartment _Gerners Villa_ and now _Townhouse_. His secretary was _Heike Rieckmann_, who was seen until 2008. Her successor was _Iris Cöster_. _Patrick Gerner also worked_ at the law firm, as well as Patrick's father. The temporary staff was: _Emily Höfer_, _Zac Klingenthal,_ and _Tim Böcking._

### Atelier

There was an atelier since the summer of 1999, but it always changed. The first resident was _Peter Becker_. Gradually, more people lived there. The list of them includes: _Barbara Graf_, _Christopher Bohlstädt_, _Xenia die Montalban_, _Senta Lemke_, _Hannes Bachmann_, _Ben Bachmann_, _John Bachmann_, _Fabian Moreno_, _Vincent Buhr_, _Henrik Beck_, _Leon Moreno_, _Pia Koch, Till Kuhn,_ and _Patrick Gerner. It_ wasn't seen for five months, because of water damage. After the separation of Jo Gerner, _Katrin_ lived in the atelier with her daughter _Johanna Flemming _until Johanna went to a boarding school.

### Badak Bio

On June 2011 bought _Tayfun Badak_ a biostore. His wife _Dascha Badak_ worked there, but she moved to Berlin.

### Jeremiah hospital

There is a hospital since 1993. Before that, it was known as the _Marien Hospital_. It was a crux of the matter when _Sonja Wiebe_ and _Andy Lehmann_ had an accident. Since 2009, there are several scenes in the _Jeremiah hospital_, because _Ayla Özgül_ is a physiotherapist and _Philip Höfer _is a doctor there.

### Kollestyle

_Kollestyle_ is a beautysalon. Since 2013 it leads _Emily Höfer_. The salon is next to the Mauerwerk. Before that, it was a Boutique called _Prinzesskleid_ (former: _GretaMarlene_) of _Jasmin Flemming_ and before that, it was a hat shop.

### Mauerwerk

The _Mauerwerk_ opened in 2008. The owner was _Leon Moreno_ and _Henrik Beck_. Soon afterward, Henrik left the town and _John Bachmann_ was the partner. After discrepancies, Leon left the Mauerwerk. His successor was _Tayfun Badak_. Now, Leon works as a cook again. Because of a fire at the _Fasan_, the crew was used at the Mauerwerk. These are _Armin_, _Stefan_, _Daniela,_ and _Kathleen_. Furthermore, _Vince Köpke_ does training as a cook and _Jasmin_ works as a condition. David Brenner was the boss of the Mauerwerk for a short time because of the Mafia. But he gave it back when he went in the witness protection. Leon tried to get the crew again. Everyone except for Daniela, because she found another job.

The Mauerwerk is one of the best-known clubs in Berlin. Many interpreters are to sing at the Mauerwerk. Nena, Mando Diao, 2raumwohnung and Jennifer Rostock for example. Once a week _Pia Koch_ is to be seen as a DJane. All of the guest stars, who perform at the Mauerwerk, belong to the prominent guest appearances.

### Mauerwerk-Loft

_Tayfun Badak_ bought the Mauerwerk and made it from the upper floor of the Mauerwerk an apartment. He moved with _Max Tuner Krüger_ and _Dominik Gundlach_ in this apartment. Tayfuns girlfriend _Emily Höfer_ also lived there.

### Metropolitan Trends

The _Metropolitan Trends_ is a lifestyle magazine of _Katrin Flemming_.

In 2008, _Gerner_ bought the local newspaper _Morgenecho_. The old editorial office from the courtyard was to be laid in Gerners _Townhouse_, because of water damage. Beginning of 2010, the Morgenecho was sold, because Katrin wanted to start a lifestyle magazine. The editorial team is threatened with cancellation, so they move to Metropolitan Trends.

In May 2010, the magazine was presented to the public.

The owner is Jo Gerner, publishers are Katrin Flemming and Sophie Lindt.

Currently, it works with Maren Seefeld as editor-in-chef, Tamara Wegener, and Natalie. Alexander Cöster was the photographer and editor-in-chief for a long time.

### Spätkauf

From 2006 to 2008 was the owner of the Spätkauf, Danny. In 2008, Tayfun Badak bought the shop, because Danny was stressed and now, he works as a staff. The temporary staff was _Tim Böcking_, _Lenny Cöster,_ _Emily Höfer,_ and Tayfun's wife _Dascha Badak_. Mesut works there.

### Townhouse

There was a townhouse since 2008. _Jo Gerner lives there._ Until the separation, _Katrin Flemming_ lived there and so did _Johanna_. _Dominik Gundlack, Max Krüger, Jasmin Flemming_, _Patrick Gerner,_ and _Anna_ also live in the townhouse.

In the lower rooms, arethe magazine _Metropolitan Trends_ and the office rooms of Katrin and Jo. On the first floor is the living area of the family Gerner. On the second floor are the sleeping chambers and in the attic is the granny flat Dominik. Patrick had to live in the cellar for a short time.

### Vereinsheim

The _Vereinsheim_ has been there since 2010. At that time it was a hotel. _Pia Koch_ had rented the lobby and created it to be his own café. It was founded as Vereinsheim because Pia didn't have the money for the concessions. _Pia Koch, Emily Höfer, 'Dominik Gundlach,' and Max Krüger_ were the partners. Anni also works there. Eventually, _Pia_ and _Emily_ sold their shares to _Max Krüger_. Now, _Max_ and _Dominik_ are the owners of the café. Over the Vereinsheim, Dominik and Tuner lived together.

### Victoria-Luise-Gymnasium

The _Victoria-Luise-Gymnasium_ is the school at GZSZ and is on the Kiez. The teachers _Clemens Richter_ and _Elisabeth Meinhart_ have taught at the school until 2010. 34 main roles were pupils at the school. _Lenny Cöster_ also worked as a caretaker.

Until the summer of 2013, _Zac Klingenthal_ and _Lilly Seefeld continually_ visited the school and finished with their Abitur. At the time, Mieze was a pupil at this school.

### The shared apartment

From 1995 to 2002, there was a shared apartment, but it was redeveloped, because of water damage. The inhabitants of that time had to move out. They are: _Sandra Lemke_, _Marie Balzer_, _Julia Blum_ and _Verena Koch_. They moved into another apartment in the same building. This exists since 2002._ Lena_ and _John Bachmann_, _Caroline Neustädter_, _Henrik Beck_, _Franziska Reuter_, _Paula Rapf_, _Leon Moreno_, _Verena Koch_, _Emily Höfer_, _Tayfun Badak_, and _Ayla Özgül_ lived there.

Now, the people that lived there decreased to _Jasmin Flemming_, Nele, _Anni, Ayla _and_ Mesut_.

### Bachmann/Höfer apartment

The apartment of Bachmann existed since 2001 and is on the Kiez. The address is the _Reichenburger Staße 16_. In the beginning, _Xenia di Montalban_ rented the apartment, because she wanted to make the _Christopher-Bohlstädt-foundation_. This foundation was for illiterates. It was too small so she left and took her foundation with her. Just a short time after that, _Patrizia Bachmann_ moved in with her sons _John_ and _Ben_ in this apartment. Afterward, _Hannes Bachmann_, John ,and Ben's father came to live there too. Then, Ben and Patrizia went to Africa, and _Senta Lemke_, Patrizia's sister, moved into the apartment. Senta and Hannes were a pair. Afterward, _Emily_ and _Philip Höfer_, the half-siblings of John and the illegitimate children of Hannes came to live there too. _Paula Rapf_, the wife of John also lived in this apartment. They lived for a long time in this constellation, until Hannes and Senta died in an air crash. The relationship between John and Paula didn't work out. She moved out and after disputes, Emily also left this apartment. _Leon Moreno_, _Vince Köpke_, _Tayfun Badak, Zac Klingenthal, Lilly Cöster, Dascha Badak, _and_ David Brenner_ also left the apartment.

_Philip Höfer was the only one left _in this apartment.

### Seefeld/Cöster apartment

At the end of 2008, the Cöster family moved into the apartment. _Lenny Cöster_ and his friend _Carsten Reimann_ lived there for a long time. After the separation of _Alexander_ and _Iris Cöster,_ Lenny, Carsten, and _Lucy Cöster_ left Berlin. Alexander lived alone for a long time. He moved out and moved into a loft instead.

Since December 2010, _Maren_, _Lilly,_ and _Tanja Seefeld _lived there. Alexander moved into this apartment again, because he and Maren were a pair. In the summer of 2013, Tanja moved out of the apartment. Now, the son of Maren Jonas lives in the apartment.

### Moreno/Koch apartment (former of Richter)

_Clemens Richter_ and his wife _Vera Richter_ moved into this apartment in 1996. The address is the Reichenburger Straße 1. After the separation of Clemens and Vera, _Elisabeth Meinhart-Richter_, a good friend of Clemens moved into this apartment in 2002 and since 2009 they are married. In 2010 they left Berlin and went to Canada. They gave the apartment to her old acquaintance _Leon Moreno_. Now, he is living with his son _Oskar Moreno_ in this apartment. His other son _Vince Köpke_ is living with his friend _Zac Klingenthal_ in a shared apartment.

It lives also _Anna Meisner_, _Nico Weimershaus_, _Frank Richter_, _Cora Hinze_, _Alexander Hinze_, _A. R. Daniel_, _Rosalinde Blümel_, _Tim_ und _Felix Böcking_, _Dascha Höfer_, _Iris Cöster,_ and _Verena Koch_ in this apartment.

## Main characters

|Role|Actor|id="mwAWo"|Duration|id="mwAWs"|Job|id="mwAWw"|Connections|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Joachim „Jo“ Gerner|Wolfgang Bahro|id="mwAXE"|1993–|id="mwAXI"|Lawyer and businessman; owner of _Metropolitan Trends_|id="mwAXQ"|Son of Richard Graf; half-brother of Patrick Graf ser.; father of Vanessa, Dominik, Patrick jr. and Johanna; grandfather of Sunny; ex- husband of Nataly, Patrizia, Katrin; ex-fiancé of Ellinor, Isabel and Sophie; ex-boyfriend of Rebecca, Barbara and Sonja; ex-love affair of Iris|
|Leon Moreno|Daniel Fehlow|id="mwAXk"|1996–1998 1999 2001–2004 2005–2007 2007–2010 2010–|id="mwAX8"|Managing Director and chef of the _Mauerwerk_|id="mwAYE"|Father of Vince and Oskar; brother of Fabian; adoptive brother of Vanessa; widower of Verena; ex-husband of Cora; boyfriend of Sophie; ex-boyfriend of Kim, Katja, Katrin, Isabel and Pia; ex-affair of Daniela and Anna; One-Night-Stand of Flo, Christina "Tina“ Köpke and Maren|
|John Bachmann|Felix von Jascheroff|2001–2014 2015||Son of Patricia and Hannes; brother of Ben and Lena; half-brother of Philip and Emily; nephew of Senta; cousin of Sandra; father of Benjamin; uncle of Kate; husband of Pia; ex-husband of Paula; ex-boyfriend of Julia, Caroline and Elena; ex-affair of his half-sister Emily; One-Night-Stand of Kathleen||||
|Katrin Flemming, <small>née Gabriele "Gabi" Galuba</small>|Ulrike Frank|id="mwAYc"|2002–2003 2004–|id="mwAYk"|Partner of _Metropolitan Trends_|id="mwAYs"|Mother of Jasmin and Johanna; sister of Anna; daughter of Irene; ex-wife of Marc and Jo; ex-girlfriend of Leon, David Carstensen and Bommel; ex-affair of Alexander and Kurt|
|Emily Badak, <small>née. Höfer</small>|Anne Menden|id="mwAZE"|2004–|id="mwAZI"|Owner and businesswoman of the _Kollestyle_|id="mwAZQ"|Mother of Kate; daughter of Hannes Bachmann; twin sister of Philip; half-sister of John, Ben and Lena; aunt of Benjamin; wife of Tayfun; ex-girlfriend of Lenny, Patrick jr., Tuner; ex-affair of John, Dominik and David|
|Philip Höfer|Jörn Schlönvoigt|id="mwAZk"|2004–|id="mwAZo"|Doctor in _Jeremias-Krankenhaus_|id="mwAZw"|Son of Hannes Bachmann; twin brother of Emily; half-brother of John, Ben and Lena; uncle of Kate and Benjamin; husband of Ayla; ex-husband of Dascha; ex-boyfriend of Franzi and Lucy; One-Night-Stand of Lilly|
|rowspan="2"|Alexander Cöster|Nik Breidenbach|id="mwAaE" align="center"|2007–2009||id="mwAaQ" rowspan="2"|Father of Lenny and Lucy; half-brother of Daniel; uncel of Lukas; boyfriend of Maren; ex-husband of Iris; ex-boyfriend of Anna; ex-affair of Katrin and Olivia|
|id="mwAaY"|Clemens Löhr|id="mwAag" align="center"|2009–|id="mwAaI" align="center"|Editor-in-Chief of _Metropolitan Trends_|||
|Jasmin Flemming, <small>née Melanie "Melli" Galuba</small>|Janina Uhse|id="mwAa4"|2008–|id="mwAa8"|Temporary help at _Mauerwerk_ and _Vereinsheim_|id="mwAbI"|Daughter of Katrin; half-sister of Johanna; niece of Anna; granddaughter of Irene; ex-wife of Kurt; ex-fiancée of Dominik; ex-girlfriend of Patrick jr.; girlfriend of Anni|
|Tayfun Baydak|Tayfun Baydar|id="mwAbc"|2008–|id="mwAbg"|Owner of the _Mauerwerk_, _Spätkauf_ and _Badak Bio_|id="mwAbw"|Adoptive father of Kate; son of Semira and Cem Badak; nephew of Oya and Birol Özgül; second cousin of Kemal and Ayla; husband of Emily, ex-husband of Dascha; ex-fiancé of Ayla; ex-affair of Verena and Pia|
|Pia Bachmann, <small id="mwAa0">née Koch</small>|Isabell Horn|2009–2014 2015–||Daughter of Claus; half-sister of Verena; aunt of Oskar; wife of John; ex-girlfriend of Leon; ex-affair of Tayfun; One-Night-Stand of Dominik and Anni||||
|Max "Tuner" Krüger|Thomas Drechsel|id="mwAcE"|2009–|id="mwAcI"|Partnership of the _Vereinsheim_|id="mwAcQ"|Son of Elvira and Edzard Wilhelm Krüger; half-brother of Jacky; ex-boyfriend of Emily|
|rowspan="2"|Ayla Höfer <small>née. Özgül</small>|Sıla Şahin|id="mwAco" align="center"|2009–2014||id="mwAc0" rowspan="2"|Daughter of Oya and Birol Özgül; sister of Kemal; niece of Semira and Cem Badak; second cousin and ex-fiancée of Tayfun; wife of Philip; ex-fiancée of Kaan|
|id="mwAc8"|Nadine Menz|id="mwAdE" align="center"|2014–||Physiotherapist_ in Jeremias-Krankenhaus_|||
|Maren Seefeld|Eva Mona Rodekirchen|id="mwAdY"|2010–2013 2013–|id="mwAdg"|Partner of _PR Plan Now_|id="mwAdo"|Mother of Tanja, Lilly and Jonas; girlfriend of Alexander; ex-girlfriend of Kurt; One-Night-Stand of Leon|
|Liljane „Lilly“ Seefeld|Iris Mareike Steen|id="mwAd8"|2010–|id="mwAeA"||id="mwAeE"|Daughter of Maren; sister of Jonas; half-sister of Tanja; ex-girlfriend of Bommel and Vince; One-Night-Stand of Philip|
|Vincent „Vince“ Köpke|Vincent Krüger|id="mwAeY"|2011–|id="mwAec"|Chef in _Mauerwerk_|id="mwAek"|Son of Leon, half-brother of Oskar; ex-boyfriend of Lilly; ex-affair of Tanja; One-Night-Stand of Mieze|
|Mesut Yildiz|Mustafa Alin|id="mwAfU"|2011–|id="mwAfY"|Temporary help in _Spätkauf_|id="mwAfg"|Boyfriend of Nele|
|Elena Gundlach <small>née. Castillo</small>|Elena Garcia Gerlach|id="mwAf4"|2013 2014 2014–|id="mwAgE"||||
|Andrea "Anni" Brehme"|Linda Marlen Runge|id="mwAgY"|2013–|id="mwAgc"|Apprentice as a sound engineer, barkeeper at the _Vereinsheim_|id="mwAgk"|Affair of Jasmin; One-Night-Stand of Pia|
|Nele Lehmann|Ramona Dempsey|id="mwAg4"|2013–|id="mwAg8"|Hairdresser at _Kollestyle_|id="mwAhE"|Cousine of Chris; girlfriend of Mesut; One-Night-Stand of Dominik|
|Mieke "Mieze" Lutze|Franziska van der Heide|id="mwAhY"|2013–|id="mwAhc"|Schoolgirl|id="mwAhg"|She was in a youth center with Vince; girlfriend of Jonas; One-Night-Stand of Vince|
|David Brenner|Philipp Christopher|id="mwAh0"|2014–|id="mwAh4"|Event planner of the _Mauerwerk_|id="mwAiA"|Ex-affair of Emily|
|Sophie Lindh|Lea Marlen Woitack|id="mwAiU"|2014–|id="mwAiY"|Law student, publisher of _Metropolitan Trends_|id="mwAig"|Ex-fiancée of Jo, girlfriend of Leon|
|Jonas Seefeld|Felix van Deventer|id="mwAi0"|2014–|id="mwAi4"|Schoolboy|id="mwAi8"|Son of Maren; brother of Lilly; half-brother of Tanja; ex-boyfriend of Lisa; boyfriend of Mieze|
|Chris Lehmann|Eric Stehfest|2014–|DJ in _Mauerwerk_|Cousin of Nele||||
|Sunny Richter|Valentina Pahde|2015–||Daughter of Vanessa and Frank; granddaughter of Jo and Karsten; great-granddaughter of Richard; niece of Dominik, Patrick jr. and Johanna; great-niece of Clemens and Wilfried; second cousin of Heiko, Tim and Diana||||

## Crossover

- The performers of _Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast_ Melanie Schmidt and Horst Dahnke played by Sigrid M. Schnückel and Thomas Engel had a guest appearance in 2000.
- On 7 May 2010, Jo Gerner was a guest appearance at _Alles was zählt_ in episode 924.
- The performer of _Alles was zählt_ Richard Steinkamp (Silvan-Pierre Leirich) and Simone Steinkamp (Tatja Clasing) had a guest appearance on May 2010.
- On 14 May 2010, the role of Katrin Flemming-Gerner was a guest appearance at _Alles was zählt_ in episode 928.
- On June 2010 reported the magazine Metropolitan Trends about Isabelle Reichenbach, an ice-skater at Alles was zählt.
- The main roles of _Eine wie keine_ Manuela and Marc married at the original Kiez of GZSZ. Arne Stephan, the performer of Marc played from 2006 to 2008 at GZSZ.
- The fake GUFA-Bank from _Alles_ was shown at GZSZ at the end of 2010.