Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein

Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Tom Gerhardt - Dieter Krause Irene Schwarz - Lisbeth Krause Janine Kunze - Carmen Krause Axel Stein - Tommie Krause
Country of origin	Germany
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	80
Original release
Network	Sat.1
Release	18 January 1999 (1999-01-18) – 2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)

Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein (lit. Janitor Krause – Order is essential) is a German sitcom created and written by and starring Tom Gerhardt in the title role that ran from 1999 to 2010 on Sat.1.

Synopsis

The series parodies typical German squareness and fuddy-duddines. 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 deemed below him.

He has an obsession with dachshunds, and spends most of his leisure time working for the local dachshund club Dackelclub KTC (Kölner Teckel Club) 1881 e.V.. This club is a satire on typical German club life as well as on German obedience to rules and authorities, as it is very militaristic, has a strict order of rules and formalities and has a large focus on order and hierarchy.

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.

External links

• Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein at IMDb