Fennel Vennel 19

Fennel Vennel 19 (*Ringelgasse 19*) is a German cartoon. The series tells about the lives of children who live in a three-story apartment building at Fennel Vennel 19. The street is located on the outskirts of the small fictional town of Chezelwick.

## Brief description

In the small town of Cheselweck there are seven bus routes and one tram, a museum with a dinosaur, a castle ruin with a great view but no ghosts, and a biscuit factory. Fennel Vennel 19 is an apartment building on the outskirts of town where lots of children live. Together, they have bundles of fun and exhilarating adventures. With so many lively imaginations, things are never boring at Fennel Vennel 19!

## Main characters

* Willy Wutz - A nine-year-old (or seven-year-old?) boy. He eats a lot, including sweets and sausage. Playing football. He likes to read comics and watch TV. He has many ideas, but does not want to become a janitor like his father. His best friend is Tomek.
* Tomek Keller - the smartest and oldest among the children. Likes to invent things. Willie is his best friend.
* Sarah - is Tomek's younger sister. It doesn't really stand out from the rest of the characters.
* Pippa Gertner - loves horses. Wants a new dad, as her own father is absent for unknown reasons. She always blushes when everyone looks at her. Dreams of Ernest Ernest becoming her father. Lives on the 1st floor.
* Tanya and Tonya Kronbush - inseparable red-haired twins. They don't look alike at all, but they wear the same clothes. They live on the 3rd floor.
* Brothers and sisters Akrosimovich - four children of different ages. They, like everyone in their family, are musical. In some episodes, they don't go outside the house as they need to practice playing musical instruments, but they can go outside with them. We moved to live from Ukraine.They live on the 2nd floor.

## Minor characters

* Ernest Ernest - is an art teacher. Likes to look out the window and dream. Secretly in love with Peppa's mother. He wears a green sweater and glasses. Lives on the attic floor.
* Mrs. Gardner - is a postman and Peppa's mother.
* The janitor Wutz - is Willy's father.
* Willy's mother - (name to be confirmed)
* Widow Pondacherry - is a widow. Possibly the oldest character. Lives on the 1st floor.
* Mr. Wheeler - is Tomek's father. Works as a police officer.
* Tiffy - is a teenage girl. She doesn't "play" with the main characters because she is already too old for children's games. If you take all the underage characters, including her, then she is the oldest character. She is 14 years old. In episode 8, she meets a guy. Lives on the 2nd floor.
* Hong - is an exchange student from China. She appeared for the first and last time in episode 18.
* The rest of the inhabitants of the house and the street

## Produced and shown on TV

The animated series was produced by Motionworks (now MIDEU Films) on behalf of WDR. The first and test screening of the still pilot episode was made in the autumn of 2010 in the block "*Die Sendung mit der Maus*". A year later, on May 7, 2011, a screening took place at the "*Stuttgart International Animated Film Festival*. 2 years after the release of the pilot episode, on September 30, 2012, a completely completed series was shown in the same block "Die Sendung mit der Maus".

At present, it is problematic to find, let alone wait on TV, this cartoon, but unofficially there is such an opportunity. The original in German is on the Veoh website. English dub on YouTube. Legally on the Internet you can watch the German original on Prime Video or buy it on YouTube, and from dubbed versions in other languages, only Dutch dubbing on the NPO streaming service under the NPO Start subscription, Finnish on Yle Areena, Norwegian on NRK TV, and Czech on Česká televize.

## Dubs

* German (source) - "*Ringelgasse 19*".
* English - "*Fennel Vennel 19*".
* Russian - "*Весёлая улица, 19*".
* Spanish - "*La Pandilla de Fennel Vennel 19*".
* Finnish - "*Kuminakuja 19*".
* Swedish - "*Ringvägen 19"*.
* Dutch - "*Ringel Singel 19*".
* Norwegian -"*Solsikkesmuget* *19*".
* Czech - "*Kruhová ulice 19*".
* Persian - "*کارتون فنل‌ونل*".

Perhaps there are other dubs.

## Media Franchise

Based on the animated series produced DVDs with episodes and CDs with audio episodes, and books based on the cartoon.

## List of episodes

1. *When Willi was a hero*
2. *When Sergej Got His Glasses*
3. *When They Had an Argument*
4. *When They Had Holidays*
5. *When Willy Had Homework*
6. *When Willy No Longer Wanted to Be Willy*
7. *When Pippa Was Not Afraid*
8. *When the Power Went Out*
9. *When the Big Race Happend*
10. *When They Went to the Biscuit Factory*
11. *When They Decided What They'd Grow Up to Be*
12. *When a Package Arrived*
13. *When Pippa Had Her Birthday*
14. *When They Needed a New Football*
15. '*When Pippa Wanted a New Papa*
16. *When They Cooked Together*
17. *When Willy Ran Away*
18. *When a Visitor Arrived*
19. *When They Made a Circus*
20. *When They Were on a Desert Island*
21. *When They Found a Shoe*
22. *When Willy Was a Clown*
23. *When They Went to the Woods*
24. *When They Wanted to Build a Tree House*
25. *When Tanya Was All Alone*
26. *When Sarah Wanted a Snowman*

## Criticism

Unfortunately, the series did not become popular. Most likely, the fact is that he was not properly promoted, and because of all the specifics - criticism is mainly due to the plot, and the fact that not a single character "can speak words" - all actions are voiced by the narrator. IMDb rating is 7,7 out of 10 stars.

## Links

1. Ringelgasse 19 - MIDEU Films
2. Fennel Vennel 19

## Notes

1. ↑ Where Akrosimovich is from can be found out from episode 4, at 1:03 (time is indicated taking into account the screensaver)