Unter Uns

"Unter Uns" ("Among Us") is the name of a popular German soap opera which was first broadcast on November 28, 1994 on RTL. It was the second daily soap on RTL after Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. Its 3000th episode aired in January, 2007.

The series revolves around the neighbourhood of the Schillerallee, particularly the family Weigel. Throughout the series, various German celebrities had cameo appearances, including Dariusz Michalczewski, Dustin Semmelrogge and Rudolph Moshammer.

In 2002, figure skater Tanja Szewczenko received a leading part in the series but left in 2005.

Original cast member Christiane Maybach who portrayed the house owner Margot Weigel died in April 2006 at the age of 74. Her character also died off-screen in August 2006 and the show did a memorial episode.

Current Cast

* Yvonne de Bark as Dr. Pia Lassner (2006-)
* Petra Blossey as Irene Weigel (original cast)
* Stefan Bockelmann as Malte Winter (2001-)
* Sarah Bogen as Lilith Rose (2001-)
* Imke Brügger as Rebecca Mattern Winter (1997-)
* Andreas Buengen as Jan Gräser (2002-)
* Claudelle Deckert as Eva Wagner (2001-2006; 2007; 2008-)
* Kathleen Fiedler as Anna Weigel (Recast; 2006-)
* Holger Franke as Wolfgang Weigel (original cast)
* Stefan Franz as Rolf Jäger (2002-)
* Jane Hempel as Sophie Himmel Eiler (Recast; 2001-)
* Isabell Hertel as Ute Kiefer Weigel (1995-)
* Anna-Julia Kapfelsperger as Charlotte Sommer (2008-)
* Olivia Klemke as Franziska Gellert (2005-)
* Till and Ben Koytek as Conor Weigel (2003-)
* Patrick Müller as Tobias Lassner (2006-)
* Kai Noll as Rufus Sturm (2003-)
* Ben Ruedinger as Till Weigel (Recast; 2000-)
* Marcel Saibert as Martin "Mars" Sommer (2004; 2005-)
* Lars Steinhoefel as Ingo "Easy" Winter (2005-)
* Sarah Ulrich as Romy Sturm (Recast; 2005-)
* Milos Vukovic as Paco Weigel (2000-)
* Claudia Hein as Sabine Conrad (2003-; recurring)
* Giovanni Luzi as Enzo Laguardia (2005-; recurring)
* Marco Sprinz as Richie (2003-; recurring)
* Emma Reinhardt as Emma the dog (2002-)

Most important former main Cast members

* Nina Azizi as Antonia Schwarz (Recast; 1995-1997)
* Eric Benz as Nick Neuhaus (1997-2000)
* Oliver Bootz as Chris Weigel (1994-1997)
* Wayne Carpendale as Max Pfitzer (2000-2001)
* Björn Casapietra as Armin Franke (1994-1996)
* Arnold Dammann as Viktor Falkenberg (1997-2000)
* Stephen Dürr as Till Weigel (first actor; 1994-1996)
* Arissa Ferkic as Silke Seebach (2006-2008)
* Isabel Florido as Lona Dee (1995-2000)
* Bodo Frank as Marc Albrecht (1994-1998)
* Marco Girnth as Sven Rusinek (1995-1998)
* Wolfram Grandezka as Roman Klingenberg (1998-2000)
* Petra Gumpold as Ariane Sturm (2003-2006; Guest appearances 2007 and 2008)
* Tatiani Katrantzi as Jennifer Turner (1994-1998)
* Cecilia Kunz as Corinna Bach (1994-1997; Guest appearance 1998-1999)
* Tobias Licht as Gideon Kern (2000-2001)
* Christiane Maybach as Margot Weigel (1994-2005)
* Sylvia-Agnes Muc as Laura Böhme (1994-2001)
* Claudia Neidig as Claudia Falkenberg (1997-2001)
* Janis Rattenni as Anna Weigel (first actress, 1994-2005)
* Alexander Sholti as Björn Winter (2001- 2008)
* Diana Staehly as Sue Sommerfeldt (1998-2000)
* Tanja Szewczenko as Kati Ritter (2002-2005)
* Ole Tillmann as Jonas Sommerfeldt (1999-2001)
* Sven Waasner as René Sturm (2003-2006)
* Melanie Wichterich as Vicky Kramer (2000-2004)
* Verena Zimmermann as Jessica Falkenberg (1997-1999)