Berlin, Berlin

Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 18:50 on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.

A sequel film, Berlin, Berlin, was released on Netflix on May 8, 2020.

Plot
The series tells the story of Lolle (played by Felicitas Woll) who, after finishing school, follows her boyfriend, Tom, from Malente to Berlin. Once there, she discovers that Tom has been cheating on her with another girl. Rather than move back home, Lolle decides to stay in Berlin with her cousin, Sven (played by Jan Sosniok), his best friends Hart (Matthias Klimsa) and Rosalie (Sandra Borgmann). At the end of season one Lolle and Sven fall in love with each other, even though they are second cousins. Their grandparents were siblings, as is revealed in the first episode when Daniel, Sven's son, asks Lolle how she is related to him.

Before getting into a relationship with Lolle, Sven instead decides to go back to his former wife, Silvia, because of Daniel. Season one also follows Lolle's relationship with the ex-girlfriend, Rosalie, of Tom's new girlfriend. At the end of season one, Rosalie, an actress, leaves Germany to go to the USA and pursue a new life.

At the beginning of season two Lolle, desperate after losing Sven to Silvia and Rosalie's departure to the USA, she finds a new friend with Rosalie's former girlfriend, Sara (Rhea Harder). At first Lolle wants to convince Sven to love her, but he seems to be undecided and is unsure of what he should do. She then meets Alex, an art student, and they become a couple. Sven separates from Silvia once more, however, and is now free to be with Lolle, but she replies that she should stay with Alex. At the end of season two, she realizes that she loves Sven too, and attempts being with both Sven and Alex. Hart also begins to acknowledge his love for Sarah, and after a series of problems, they get together.

Episodes
Series One (2002)
 * 1) Landflucht (Pilot)
 * 2) Wie bekomme ich meinen Freund zurück
 * 3) Happy Birthday, Lolle
 * 4) Auf der Flucht
 * 5) Rotalarm
 * 6) Ich will Sandra Bullock massieren
 * 7) Selbstversuch
 * 8) All you need is love
 * 9) Träume
 * 10) Lolle und der Traumprinz
 * 11) Nicht ganz koscher
 * 12) Die Geliebte
 * 13) Singles
 * 14) Dr. Strangelove
 * 15) Lesbe sein dagegen sehr
 * 16) Küssen, küssen, küssen
 * 17) Lolle gegen Fatman
 * 18) Ich bin nicht nett
 * 19) Beste Freunde
 * 20) Taddi und Mr. Psycho
 * 21) Cousin und Cousine
 * 22) Extremsitutionen ...
 * 23) Martha
 * 24) Überraschungen
 * 25) Eine Million
 * 26) Positiv ist negativ

Series Two (2003)


 * 1) Lolle allein in Berlin
 * 2) Frisch verheiratet
 * 3) Cinderello
 * 4) Froschkönige
 * 5) Höllendate
 * 6) Männer sind auch nur Menschen
 * 7) Malente, Malente
 * 8) Eltern, früher oder später kriegen sie dich
 * 9) Looking for Beinlich
 * 10) Nicht fair
 * 11) Wer liebt Fatman?
 * 12) Big and Beautiful
 * 13) Kairo
 * 14) That's the way
 * 15) Ex und hopp
 * 16) Spieglein, Spieglein
 * 17) Gegen die Uhr
 * 18) 20 Minuten
 * 19) Ich lieb dich nicht - du liebst mich nicht
 * 20) Aha

Series Three (2004)


 * 1) Sven oder Alex?
 * 2) Alex oder Sven
 * 3) Nimm Zwei
 * 4) Nicht genug
 * 5) Jung, dynamisch, arbeitslos
 * 6) Backe, backe Kuchen
 * 7) Mütter und Töchter
 * 8) Ziemlich ähnlich
 * 9) Generationen
 * 10) Hochzeitsspiele
 * 11) Svenja
 * 12) Täuschen, tarnen, küssen
 * 13) Vero
 * 14) That's what friends are for
 * 15) The weapons of women
 * 16) The ghosts I called
 * 17) Again with feeling
 * 18) Daily Talk
 * 19) Dream job
 * 20) Wickie

 Series Four (2005) 


 * 1) Stuttgart - Stuttgart
 * 2) Real friends
 * 3) At first Blick
 * 4) fear is stupid
 * 5) happy family
 * 6) had pig
 * 7) love is…
 * 8) revenge is…
 * 9) what if
 * 10) fate
 * 11) Silvia
 * 12) Rituals
 * 13) Hero of the Year
 * 14) Be Hard
 * 15) The wedding dress
 * 16) Deus ex machina
 * 17) Hormones are stupid
 * 18) Weekend in the country
 * 19) The wedding
 * 20) Melbourne, Melbourne (Finale)

Awards
In 2004 the series won an International Emmy Award in the category "Best Comedy" for Episode 47.