5.4 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin Germany No. of episodes 80 First episode date 18 January 1999 Network Sat.1 | 5.4/10 IMDb No. of seasons 8 Original network Sat.1 Final episode date 2 September 2010 Cast Tom Gerhardt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original release 18 January 1999 – 2 September 2010 Program creators Tom Gerhardt, Herman Weigel Similar The Shameless Three, Ritas Welt, Die Camper, Alles Atze, Bewegte Männer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein (English lit.: Caretaker Krause - Order is a must) is a German sitcom with Tom Gerhardt in the title role, shown from 1999 through 2010 on Sat.1.
The series parodies typical German "squareness". Half-day caretaker Dieter Krause is the embodiment of the German "square"; he is pernickety, blindly follows order, denounces others, is nosy, consistently puts his own interests above all else, acts subservient to his superiors and is brutish and unjust to those he deemes below him.
Many plot elements — mishaps, misunderstandings, and frequent cases of mistaken identity — originate from Boulevard theatre. The characters in the series borrow heavily from those in Tom Gerhardt's film Voll normaaal, in many cases sharing names. In Voll normaaal, Tom Gerhardt played the roles of both Dieter and Tommie Krause; in Hausmeister Krause, Tommie was played by Axel Stein. Daughter Carmen is played by Janine Kunze. Other characters from Voll normaaal, such as Tommie's friend Mario, are relegated to the status of background characters. The scope of action also changed.
