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Ohnsorg Theater - Wenn der Hahn kräht (1976)
Character: Tierarzt Renken
The village tailor Witt has been burgled, and he himself has received a nasty blow to the head! The seriousness of the crime means that the gendarme in charge does not investigate the case alone - the new head of the district is eager to take over. The head of the parish, Kreyenborg, slyly supports the criminal investigation by getting help from his servant Willem, a man of "plietscher Dröhnbüdeligkeit (a charmingly clever annoyance)". The young vet Renken is also happy to help him, which his daughter Lena warmly welcomes. After confusing statements from Trina, the tailor's wife, the question arises: is there something to cover up?
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Ohnsorg Theater - Für die Katz (1974)
Character: Peter
This farmer comedy is about a completely normal and very average cat who the nasty neighbor claims has chosen his purebred chicken chicks as his favorite food. The neighbor responds with a sharp shot from a hunting rifle. As a result, the cat is fatally shot and the cat owner is deeply wounded. The argument begins, there is talk of murder and crime, the dispute escalates through three acts until the - naturally conciliatory - conclusion: it turns out that everything was "for nothing".
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Ohnsorg Theater - Der möblierte Herr (1971)
Character: Max Kolbe
Sculptor Max Kolbe has rented a room with the Käselau family as a "furnished gentleman" to escape his love-struck bride and to work in peace for an exhibition. But he is not safe from anything in this tenement: the women's lives seem to be dominated by gossip, curiosity and envy. But the men are no better! Kolbe's false name and his actions arouse the strongest suspicions in the house: why doesn't he go to work? Is he doing shady business? What are the young ladies looking for with him?
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Ohnsorg Theater - Willems Vermächtnis (1978)
Character: N/A
When city doctor Jan Vahlfeldt inherits his eccentric uncle’s rural practice, he must also take on its quirky long-time assistant, Anna Michels. Adapting to country life and her unconventional ways, Jan faces a series of humorous challenges before claiming his inheritance.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Trautes Heim (1970)
Character: Norbert Schmidt
Norbert and Traute get married and are now looking for a home. He is an accountant and doesn't attach much importance to things that are desirable to many others - the main thing is to live well and celebrate the festivals as they fall. She is a typist and is only used to cleanliness and correctness at home. For financial reasons, she cannot afford her own apartment for the time being. Either the rent is too high or the building cost subsidy is too high. So the young couple decide to live with Traute's parents for the time being. However, Norbert, who grew up in completely different circumstances, leaves after ten months. In order to keep her husband, Traute decides to live with him at his parents' - but that doesn't work out either.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Frauen an Bord (1976)
Character: Hein Butendörp
The coastal skipper Hein Butendörp marries his Alma head over heels because there is a baby on the way. The parents of the girl from a "better family" are bitterly angry about this "improper" liaison: they had completely different plans for their pretty daughter. Butendörp and his young wife live in an old boatman's cottage. Hein saves as much as he can to replace his outdated ship with a modern coaster. But for all her good intentions, the young sailor's wife Alma is getting in over her head with housekeeping. Soon she has run up so many debts that the bailiff is at the door. In dire need, she asks her parents to visit her. Then Hein Butendörp returns unexpectedly from the sea. Her mother-in-law is determined to get even with him...
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Ohnsorg Theater - Ein Mann mit Charakter (1979)
Character: N/A
Baker Heinrich Hintzpeter rules his family and bakery with stubborn certainty, silencing everyone’s voice. His mother Dora and daughter Gisela wrestle with the fallout - between ex-wife Selma’s return and Gisela’s suitors - while Heinrich’s refusal to listen prolongs the mess until he finally learns to hear others.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Schmuggelbrüder (1983)
Character: Felix / Alex
In a small harbor on the North Sea coast, the skipper's pub "Zum eisernen Matrosen" and the customs office are located opposite each other. Since smuggling has been practiced on the Waterkant since time immemorial, the "smuggler king" Adrian and his two sons Paul and Emil try to outsmart the conscientious and omnipresent customs officer - according to the motto: "Go to sleep with grog, wake up with grog, that's the whole course of the day!"
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Ohnsorg Theater - Der Trauschein (1986)
Character: Florian Beck
Vicky and Robert are getting married in a week's time. Surely everything would take its normal course if it weren't for this tricky matter of an official document. Robert's mother insists on seeing Vicky's parents' marriage certificate. After all, the son is supposed to marry into an orderly relationship. But it's like a spell. The important document is and remains untraceable. An embarrassing suspicion arises: Was Rudolph and Ella Borchers' marriage perhaps not legally valid?
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Ohnsorg Theater - Wenn du Geld hast (1988)
Character: Oskar Pommerenke
Emilie Kappelhoff runs the household for her brother Julius. One day she discovers a savings book with a balance of 350,000 DM, which he wanted to keep secret from the family. Emilie and the children believe they have hit the jackpot, which will solve all their money worries. They quickly spread the news. Suddenly, many so-called friends come forward.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Die Königin von Honolulu (1977)
Character: Matrose Jan
In the sailors' pub "Die Königin von Honolulu" in Hamburg's St. Pauli district in 1910, the sailors are sitting grumpily and pestering their wages master, Krischon Honolulu, to finally get them a ship, as their coffers are at low tide. Then the sailor Scharli appears and reports that an American luxury yacht has arrived, owned by the millionaire William Thomson, a "madman" and misogynist who throws his money around. Eight sailors are wanted for a voyage around the world, including to Honolulu.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Rund um Kap Hoorn (1973)
Character: Jonny Tetens
Karl Nass and Jonny Tetens are captain and helmsman on a long voyage. When their shipowner Christiansen sells all his ships in order to have a modern container fleet built, Karl and Jonny bridge this waiting period as landlords of the sailors' pub "Kap Hoorn". One day, the shipowner's pretty little daughter Irmgard appears at "Uncle" Karl's because she has left home and her father wants to marry her off to a rich business friend in order to save his container building program financially. Under the mask of clumsiness and unattractiveness, she hides from her father's inquiries. Jonny falls in love with her. The father still gets the missing million.
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Ohnsorg-Theater - Der schönste Mann von der Reeperbahn (1974)
Character: Willy Eggers
The nightclub "Zum Klabautermann" in St. Pauli is a cheerful place where people like to meet. Every evening, when the two bargemen wrap the guests in sailor's yarn as supposed sailors on a long voyage and Lotti, known as "Das laufende Glück", knits the clientele, things get very lively. Can landlady Hermine prevent a competitor from poaching her "artistic" staff...?
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Ohnsorg-Theater - Die Venus von Müggensack (1977)
Character: Karl Müggensack
Since the "Venus" left him seven years ago, Karl Müggensack has gone through life on one horse. He does his hard work as a farmer and pig farmer, he is plagued by his intervertebral discs and his slovenly housekeeper. A sad case of being a bachelor. And then she turns up again, the ex-fiancée from the city who shamefully dumped him back then!
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Ohnsorg Theater - Gute Nacht, Frau Engel (1983)
Character: Uwe
Eight days before the wedding, Ute Forster falls in love with another man. At least that's what Mrs. Engel claims. With her clairvoyant prediction, she causes considerable confusion, as the preparations for this important event have of course already been made. But Mrs. Engel is not only a blind fortune teller, she also knows her way around Cupid's winding paths...
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Ohnsorg Theater - Mutter Griepsch mischt mit (1975)
Character: Jens Thiermann
A big change is on the horizon in a small northern German community. The local council agrees that the village needs a doctor, a properly qualified doctor of medicine. But where to put the doctor and practice? There is only one option: The house of midwife Mathilde Jansen, which belongs to the municipality. Midwives are becoming unfashionable anyway. Although she is forced to vacate her home as a result of the change that has been decided, the midwife goes along with it. Mathilde herself gets involved in the search for a doctor. The local council is soon in for a rude awakening. Midwife Jansen, known as "Mother Griepsch" in the old North German dialect, has all too wilfully bungled the local politicians.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Oh, diese Eltern! (1984)
Character: Volker Johannsen
The perfectly healthy widow Lieselotte Ölkers and the widower Walter Johannsen meet in Dr. Bolt's waiting room. While chatting about incurable diseases, incompetent doctors and ineffective medication, they become closer. Their children think this late love is silly childishness. Sex and love in old age? Impossible. A vehement argument between young and old begins.
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Ohnsorg Theater - Frau Pieper lebt gefährlich (1975)
Character: Robert Westphal
Commissioner Brockmann's criminal investigation is prompted by the body found by the cleaner Erna Pieper, which turns out to be very mobile! She disappears and reappears, causing considerable confusion among the survivors. The inspector and the cleaner get into a fierce competition to solve the case. The expert and the naively clever dilettante engage in a veritable battle of applied detective story logic. Which professionally proud expert likes it when a "little woman from the street" keeps messing up his work with her uneducated, "common sense" - and is successful at the same time...
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