Stromberg 

A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.

Creator:

Ralf Husmann

Stars:

Christoph Maria Herbst, Oliver Wnuk, Bjarne Mädel

10 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Bernd Stromberg 46 episodes, 2004-2012
Oliver Wnuk	...	Ulf Steinke 46 episodes, 2004-2012
Bjarne Mädel	...	Berthold Heisterkamp 46 episodes, 2004-2012
Diana Staehly	...	Tanja Seifert / ... 46 episodes, 2004-2012
Joe Henselewski	...	Mitarbeiter Müller / ... 34 episodes, 2004-2012
Andreas Hermann	...	Mitarbeiter Hermann 31 episodes, 2005-2012
Prashant Prabhakar	...	Mitarbeiter Prashant 30 episodes, 2005-2012
Lars Gärtner	...	Herr Becker / ... 29 episodes, 2005-2012
Milena Dreißig	...	Jennifer Schirrmann 26 episodes, 2007-2012
Martina Eitner-Acheampong	...	Erika Burstedt 25 episodes, 2004-2007
Laurens Walter	...	Lars Lehnhoff 24 episodes, 2005-2012

Storyline

A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.

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Plot Keywords:

smartass | character name as series title | one word series title | surname as series title | office | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

11 October 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Офис

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brainpool, Pro 7

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

German version of british comedy series "The Office".

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Friends: Prashant Prabhakar (2013)

User Reviews

'Stromberg' : A parody on Office-life and its people.

Based on the extraordinary successful British original 'The Office', the first episodes of 'Stromberg' had a huge legacy to carry. Anyhow, the German adaption is a very good fit to the original. The main strength of the German version lies in its leading actor Christoph Maria Herbst, who plays the head of a department in an insurance, the counterpart of the role British comedian Ricky Gervais plays. Christoph Maria Herbst impersonates perfectly the German lazy, sexist and totally political incorrect office-worker, who is mostly hated but also commiserated by the viewers. I would even say he is a better fit to that role than Ricky Gervais, because he behaves, mimics and looks ( the bold head - perfect ! ) more like the typical office-worker, but maybe thats just my German-office-worker influenced view. The whole episodes are just like the original made up like a documentation, which means unsteady zooms and shots, less cuts and camera-angles and people who feel embarrassed to be filmed, which all together gives it the realistic appeal. I have seen only a few episodes of the British original, so I do not want to say 'Stromberg' is better, but if the original is better, 'Stromberg' is very close behind it. Everyone around Germany should look forward for the second season of 'Stromberg', coming in fall 2005, and I hope it will be more successful than the first, this show definitely deserves it.