The 16th season of Bergdoktor on ZDF has just ended when actor Mark Keller (57) reveals details about his role as Dr.
Alexander Kahnweiler.
Ellmau – Breather for the fans of the ZDF hit series “Der Bergdoktor”: The 16th season is over, the 17th season is scheduled to be shot in spring 2023.
Definitely part of the cast again: audience favorite Hans Sigl and “his best friend” Mark Keller.
Bergdoktor soon overtaken on TV by the new ZDF series?
Even if the two have not been seen on "Bergdoktor" for a long time, there is already a replacement for ZDF viewers: On March 6, the new series "Der Schwarm" will start on ZDF.
Even before the first episode is broadcast, the adaptation of Frank Schätzing's novel promises to be a great success.
Family drama, tears and farewells: The 16th "Bergdoktor" season in pictures
Family drama, tears and farewells: The 16th "Bergdoktor" season in pictures
Mark Keller is promoting his new album during the month-long Bergdoktor break.
After his live breakdown with Giovanni Zarrella, the Bergdoktor star Mark Keller will soon be seen on TV in the next hit show.
"One on the gossip": Mark Keller blasphemes about the script at the Bergdoktor
On Monday, the father of two from Überlingen chatted about his career as a singer and actor on the ZDF magazine "Volle Kanne." There Keller also revealed that he initially didn't agree with the Bergdoktor role. was.
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Mark Keller spoke on "Volle Kanne" on ZDF about his role in the Bergdoktor.
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A viewer asked Keller if he hesitated in accepting the role because the role of Dr.
Kahnweiler is not as smart and clever as that of Dr.
Martin Gruber (played by Hans Sigl).
"The opposite was the case," says Mark Keller.
Mark Keller created his own character to play Dr.
Alexander Kahnweiler
“In terms of structure, Kahnweiler was only supposed to be the opponent of Gruber.
He spoke like Hans Sigl, was competent and everything," explains Keller.
When Hans Sigl and Mark Keller read the planned role in the script, they didn't think both actors were right.
The roles were too similar.
It would be much better if Dr.
Kahnweiler would be "different" than Martin Gruber.
So Keller suggested his specially created, special voice, which he uses to read a self-written fairy tale to his children.
Then Keller said to the director: "But if I arrange the role in such a way that the guy has a gossip," Kahnweiler would suddenly have a very own, different character than Martin Gruber. "And that was the recipe for this role," remembers Keller on ZDF.
Already knew? "The Mountain Doctor" is a remake
“Der Bergdoktor” was already on the air in the 1990s.
From 1992 to 1997, the doctor series was still on Sat.1.
At that time, Gerhart Lippert (85) took on the role of the mountain doctor as Dr.
Burgner.
But after only four seasons, Burgner died in serial death and Dr.
Hallstein (Harald Krassnitzer, 62) became the new mountain doctor.
Despite good ratings, Sat.1 canceled the series after only five years.
Finally, ZDF secured the rights to the series – with success.
Because even after 16 seasons, there is still no series finale planned
What looks like a mountain idyll on TV is actually hard work.
From getting coffee to setting up the set and driving tractors from A to B: Ronja Forcher (26) once asked what an intern at “Der Bergdoktor” does.
Sources used
: zdf.de
List of rubrics: © ZDF
