Danni Lowinski

Danni Lowinski
Format	Dramedy
Created by	Marc Terjung Benedikt Gollhardt
Starring	Annette Frier Nadja Berger Elyas M’Barek Oliver Fleischer Jan Sosniok Axel Siefer
Opening theme	Kate Nash – Mouthwash
Country of origin	Germany
Language(s)	German
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20+
Production
Producer(s)	Phoenix Film / Sat.1
Running time	12 April 2010 - present
Broadcast
Original channel	Sat.1

Danni Lowinski is a German Dramedy featuring Annette Frier as the eponymous character.

Synopsis

Daniela „Danni“ Lowinski (Annette Frier) is a trained hairdresser who received her qualification for college (in Germany called Abitur) doing evening classes and then managed to major in law successfully. After graduating, she wants to work as lawyer but no lawyer's office is willing to employ her. In sheer desperation she has the idea to lease space in a mall where a simple table and two chairs form a small helpdesk. The helpdesk offers people the opportunity to have Danni deal with their legal matters for just one Euro per minute. Of course this leads to Danni attracting rather unusual clients, who solves their cases in an equally unusual manner. She is assisted by her best friend Bea Flohe (Nadja Berger) and the people in the adjacent stores, Persian locksmith Rasoul (Elyas M’Barek) and Nils (Oliver Fleischer), a massage therapist, as well as Dr. Oliver Schmidt (Jan Sosniok), a fellow attorney who works in a lawyer's office located in the mall. In her private life, Danni has to deal with her father Kurt (Axel Siefer), who she lives with.

Cast

• Annette Frier as Danni Lowinski, attorney at law
• Nadja Becker as Bea Flohe, Danni's best friend
• Elyas M’Barek as Rasoul Abbassi, locksmith (season 1)
• Tino Mewes as Hannes, locksmith (season 2)
• Oliver Fleischer as Nils Polgar
• Jan Sosniok as Dr. Oliver Schmidt, attorney at law
• Axel Siefer as Kurt Lowinski, Danni's father
• Sebastian Bezzel as Sven Nowak, mall security (season 2)

Production

Danni Lowinski is produced by Berlin-based producer Phoenix Film. The show was created by Marc Terjung and Benedikt Gollhardt, who also created Edel & Starck (2002-2005), another successful Sat.1 Dramedy.^[1]

Danni Lowinski is distributed internationally by SevenOne International.

Reception

Danni Lowinski turned out to be a hit dramedy, allowing Sat.1 to achieve significant ratings with the target audience^[2] and to win the title of highest-rated show on 5 July 2010.^[3][4] Shortly after the first month of broadcasting, Danni Lowinski was renewed for its second season.^[1]

In August 2010 it was announced that Danni Lowinski was nominated for the Deutscher Comedypreis 2010 ("German Comedy Award 2010") alongside Pastewka and Stromberg.^[5] On 9 October 2010, Danni Lowinski won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television award) for best series.^[6]

In October 2010, it was announced that The CW is planning to develop an adaption based on the German original.^[7] This will be the first time a TV series created in Germany is adapted for the American audience.^[7] It will star Amanda Walsh in the lead role.

In April 2011 Sat.1 renewed Danni Lowinski for its third season. ^[8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Neue Staffel für „Danni Lowinski“" (in German). Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. 22 May 2010. http://www.pnn.de/medien/294149/. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
2. ^ Schröder, Jens (11 May 2010). ""Danni Lowinski" wird zum Quoten-Hit" (in German). meedia.de. http://meedia.de/nc/details-topstory/article/danni-lowinski-wird-zum-quoten-hit_100027911.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=77&cHash=bc528efbf5. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
3. ^ Schröder, Jens (6 July 2010). "Supersieg für Sat.1-Serie "Danni Lowinski"" (in German). meedia.de. http://meedia.de/nc/details-topstory/article/supersieg-fr-sat1-serie-danni-lowinski_100028941.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=23&cHash=45e4abfb94. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
4. ^ Mantel, Uwe (6 July 2010). "Spitzen-Comeback für Danni und Bulle bei Sat.1" (in German). DWDL. http://www.dwdl.de/story/26799/spitzencomeback_fr_danni_und_bulle_bei_sat1/. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
5. ^ Junklewitz, Christian (26 August 2010). "Deutscher Comedypreis 2010: «Lowinski», «Stromberg» nominiert" (in German). Serienjunkies. http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/deutscher-comedypreis-28160.html. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
6. ^ Lückerath, Thomas (10 October 2010). "Stefan Raab und "Im Angesicht des Verbrechens" räumen ab" (in German). DWDL. http://www.dwdl.de/story/28280/stefan_raab_und_im_angesicht_des_verbrechens_rumen_ab/. Retrieved 10 October 2010. 
7. ^ ^{a b} Lückerath, Thomas (5 October 2010). "US-Sender The CW will "Danni Lowinski" adaptieren" (in German). DWDL. http://www.dwdl.de/story/28206/ussender_the_cw_will_danni_lowinski_adaptieren/. Retrieved 5 October 2010. 
8. ^ Canel, Seba. "Danni Lowinski: 3. Staffel 2012 bei Sat.1". Serien-Load. http://www.serien-load.de/blog/danni-lowinski-3-staffel-2012-bei-sat-1/. Retrieved 12 April 2011.