5.4 /10 1 Votes
Genre Telenovela First episode date 20 September 2010 Number of episodes 180 Number of seasons 1 | 5.3/10 IMDb Developed by Günter Overmann Final episode date 21 June 2011 Network ZDF Predecessor Don Juan y Su Bella Dama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Claudio Villarruel
Bernarda Llorente Written by Günter Overmann & writing team Directed by Daniel Anderson
Hartwig van der Neut
Cornelia Dohrn Starring Jessica Ginkel
Max Alberti Similar Alisa – Folge deinem H, Don Juan y Su Bella Dama, Wege zum Glück, Herzflimmern – Die Klinik am See, Storm of Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lena – Liebe meines Lebens (Lena - Love of my Life) is a German telenovela, starring Jessica Ginkel and Max Alberti. It is an adaption of the Argentine telenovela Don Juan y Su Bella Dama, created by Claudio Villarruel and Bernarda Llorente. The telenovela, produced by the international production company Endemol, premiered on September 20, 2010.
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Plot
Lena Sander is a good-hearted, spirited, attractive young woman. She lives in Cologne since her birth and became a trained clerical worker. Lena doesn't enjoy this profession much, which leads her to switch from job to job. Lena lives with her boyfriend of six years, Tony Weiss, and with his eight-year-old son Luca, whom she loves as she would her own child, and her parents Frank and Pia live together with her younger brother Michael right across the street. Lena has a normal life with which she is more or less happy. But the day Lena meets Amelie von Arensberg, her life is about to change. After a bad day, Lena almost runs over Amelie with her bicycle. Lena brings the confused countess home, where she meets Amelie's grandson David. Between Lena and the composer, sparks begin to fly - but both are already in a relationship.
Protagonists
Main cast
Minor cast
Production
After their two previous telenovelas, Alisa - Folge deinem Herzen and Hanna - Folge deinem Herzen, had problems to get recognized by viewers as something different from previous shows, the ZDF channel partnered with Endemol to adapt the Argentine telenovela Don Juan y Su Bella Dama. The result, originally named Lena - Melodien der Liebe, found its German developer with Günter Overmann and his writing team, who promised to create something new in the flavorless German telenovela world, while retaining the warm style all ZDF telenovelas, except for Alisa - which seemed had a cold, re-run feel. The production started on June 30, 2010 in Cologne. Scenes are shot at the MMC Studios in Hürth, Schloss Gymnich and in downtown of Cologne.
Even though the show is an adaption from the Argentine original, a few story points where revisited and changed for the German audience. Producer Quirin Berg said that they needed to make the changes because the original was a primetime format in which social violence played a huge part. Berg said that they needed to make the adaption more European. Conflicts between men and women and crimes in the police service wouldn't have been realistic enough for German standards.
Broadcast
The telenovela starts on September 20, 2010 in three European countries. Other than Germany, the show is shown in Austria and Switzerland. Austria has the first broadcast at 2:25 pm, followed by Germany at 4:15 pm and Switzerland at 4:55 pm. The telenovela serves as a co-production between these three countries, with the ZDF as main contributor and partner with Endemol. In all three countries Lena - Liebe meines Lebens is taking over the time slot of the telenovela Hanna - Folge deinem Herzen. In Estonia this famous telenovela began in May 2011 on TV3 Estonia. In January 2012 "Lena, Liebe meines Lebens" began on TV3 Latvia.