Stromberg

TV Series
2004–2012
TV-14
25m

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Christoph Maria Herbst in Stromberg (2004)

A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.

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8.4/10

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Awards
- 10 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
Contrary to popular belief, this show is not an official remake of the BBC sitcom The Office (2001), but actually started as an unlicensed rip-off of it. The show was treated as an original by the channel Prosieben, until it eventually got the attention of the BBC, who noticed how similar it was to their own version. In fact, several dialogue scenes were copied almost verbatim, and many other similarities were so apparent that the BBC threatened legal action against the show's production company Brainpool. Beginning with the second season, to avoid legal issues, the text "Inspired by the UK BBC series The Office created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant" was added to the ending credits. It has since been acknowledged as a remake.

Connections
Featured in Willkommen Österreich: Die 122. Sendung: Uwe Kröger & Ralf Husmann (2010)

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8/10

Definitely wouldn't survive today.

The German adaptation of "The Office" is quite impressive.

The series is very funny and with Christoph Maria Herbst in the leading role, it's just perfectly cast. Bjarne Mädel also plays his role exceptionally well.

It is also noteworthy that the characters for the adaptation were not simply taken over bluntly, but have been given their own character traits.

But the series definitely would survive today like it's original.

Sadly the society these days gets upset about every little joke and tries to cancel every human being, which is why good comedy shows are slowly dying out and the genre "comedy" with it.