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Rote Rosen

2006

Rote Rosen is a German telenovela produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft Lüneburg and broadcast by Das Erste since November 6, 2006. The show is a complex telenovela, who tells one love story every season about women in their forties.

Christian Goebel

Christian Goebel was born on August 14, 1959 in Bochum, Germany. He is an actor, known for SK Kölsch (1999), Rote Rosen (2006) and Das Büro (2003).

Mathias Harrebye-Brandt

Mathias Harrebye-Brandt was born in 1974 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Hanna (2011), A Hologram for the King (2016) and Rote Rosen (2006).

Ludger Burmann

Ludger Burmann (born August 4, 1956, in Werne) is a German actor. Burmann received acting training from Anneliese Römer. From 1984 to 1989, he was a permanent ensemble member at the Dortmund Municipal Theater. Since the late 1980s, he has appeared in numerous television series and radio drama productions. He frequently portrays down-to-earth characters, such as farmers, construction workers, or caretakers. Burmann gained particular recognition for his role as Darius Pawelczik in the WDR series *Die Anrheiner*, as well as its spin-off series, *Ein Fall für die Anrheiner*. Starting in 2012, he also played the role of Walter Berger in the telenovela *Rote Rosen*. In addition to his acting work, Burmann also works as a funeral and wedding officiant. He resides in his birthplace, Werne.

Simon Licht

Simon Licht is a German actor, born on July 8, 1966, in Hückeswagen and raised in Hannover. He completed his acting training from 1988 to 1991 at the Konservatorium Wien and is known for numerous episodic roles in crime series, including appearances in “SOKO Köln” (as Dr. Marco Taleb, 2003–2025), “SOKO Leipzig” (as Dr. Bertram Hellmann), “SOKO Stuttgart,” “SOKO Kitzbühel,” “SOKO Potsdam,” “SOKO München,” “Polizeiruf 110,” “Tatort,” “Alarm für Cobra 11” (2000–2013), “Wilsberg,” “Der Lehrer,” and “Ein Fall für zwei”. His notable roles include Hans-Jürgen Wehmeyer as the boss in “Stromberg” (seasons 3–4, 2000–2008), Horst Mahler in “Der Baader Meinhof Komplex” (2008), parts in Oskar Roehler’s films “Elementarteilchen” (2006) and “Lulu und Jimi” (2009), as well as Peter Weller in the soap “Rote Rosen” (over 30 episodes, 2009); further engagements include “Beck is back!” (2018–2019), “Das Traumschiff,” “WaPo Bodensee,” “Hubert und Staller,” and feature films like “Lexx” as well as TV movies like “Dünnes Blut” (2020).

Sarah Masuch

Sarah Masuch is a German actress, born on March 31, 1978, in Hamburg as the daughter of a Nigerian father and a German mother. She completed her acting training from 1996 to 2000 at the Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding in Munich and was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg from 2000 to 2005, where she performed in plays such as “Die Möwe,” “Die Frau vom Meer,” and “Velvet Underground”; she speaks English, Spanish, and French, and plays piano and clarinet. She became known for her role as Dr. Iris Brooks in the ARD series “Lindenstraße” (2012–2020, over 350 episodes), Anette Roth in the telenovela “Rote Rosen” (2022–2023, season 21), as well as guest appearances in “Stromberg” (2005, 3 episodes), “Großstadtrevier,” “Tatort,” “Heiter bis tödlich,” TV films like “Mutterglück” (2006), “Für meine Kinder tu’ ich alles” (2008), and awards such as the Amnesty International Acting Award (2013).

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Dominic Raacke

Dominic Raacke is a German actor, screenwriter and dubbing and radio play actor. He had his breakthrough in 1983 as Karl Boetzkes in the ARD television series Rote Erde. He became known to a wider audience as Berlin Tatort detective Till Ritter, whom he played between 1999 and 2014.

Markus Knüfken

Markus Knüfken wuchs in Essen auf. Knüfken machte 1985 in Essen-Kettwig sein Abitur und zog dann nach München, um seinen Zivildienst anzutreten. 1987 arbeitete er für sechs Monate im Paketpostamt München, um sich eine halbjährige Reise nach Australien zu finanzieren. Im April 1988 kam er aus Australien zurück. Er machte den Taxischein und arbeitete als Dauerstatist bei der Bavaria Film für die ARD Reihe Rote Erde. Im Sommer 1990 begann er seine Ausbildung als Schauspieler bei der Schauspielschule Schauspiel München. Nach drei Jahren schloss er die Ausbildung ab. Sein Anfänger-Engagement hatte er im Februar 1994 beim Stadttheater Herford. Zuvor drehte er jedoch bereits seine ersten Fernsehproduktionen. Seine erste große Rolle spielt Knüfken im November/Dezember 1993 als rechtsradikaler Skinhead in der Polizeiruf-110-Folge Samstags wenn Krieg ist unter der Regie von Roland Suso Richter. Es folgten Hauptrollen in Krimi-Reihen wie Tatort und Notruf Hafenkante. Im Jahr 1995 etablierte sich Markus Knüfken mit der Hauptrolle des Eddie Velten in der Serie Auf Achse. Seitdem hat er in vielen Fernsehfilmen, Serien aber auch Kinoproduktionen mitgespielt. Als seine persönlichen Lieblingsprojekte nennt Knüfken Bang Boom Bang und Doppelpack. Weitere bekannte Produktionen, an denen Knüfken mitwirkte, waren unter anderem Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit und Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. Markus Knüfken war mit der niederländischen Schauspielerin Ellen ten Damme verheiratet. Er lebt seit 2003 in Hamburg und ist mit Andrea Lion verheiratet, mit der er ein Kind und eine Stieftochter hat.

Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt (born in East Berlin, East Germany on 7 January 1984) is a German actor. Internationally, he is best known for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the television series Sense8. He is also well-known for acting in movies such as Before the Fall (2004), The Wave (2008) and Free Fall (2013). At the 2004 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, he won the best actor award for ‘Napola’ and in the 2006 Bavarian Film Awards, he won the best young actor award for ‘Der Rote Kakadu’. Riemelt's career began in Germany at the age of 13, in the TV productions Eine Familie zum Küssen and Praxis Bülowbogen. The following year Riemelt played his first leading role in the ZDF Christmas series Zwei allein (director: Matthias Steurer): the Waisenkind "Max Loser". In the video for the title song "Two of a Kind" by the Hamburg duo "R & B", Riemelt has a cameo appearance. He has starred in all of Dennis Gansel's feature films, starting with Mädchen, Mädchen. In 2013, he starred in the movie Free Fall with Hanno Koffler, in which he plays Kay Engel, a police officer in training. The movie depicts a gay love story and has been compared to Brokeback Mountain. From 2015 to 2018, he starred in The Wachowskis' Netflix series Sense8, playing Wolfgang Bogdanow, a German safe cracker. The first season received positive reviews from critics. In 2020, he joined the cast of The Matrix 4.

Dominik Graf

Dominik Graf (born September 6, 1952) is a German film and television director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. Born in Munich, he is the son of actor Robert Graf and actress and writer Selma Urfer. He initially studied German literature and musicology before enrolling at the University of Television and Film Munich in 1974. His graduation film Der kostbare Gast (1979) received a Bavarian Film Award. Graf established himself as a director of crime dramas and thrillers, gaining recognition for his work on German television series such as Der Fahnder and Tatort. His breakthrough in cinema came with the crime thriller Die Katze (1988), starring Götz George, for which he received the German Film Award for Best Director. He subsequently directed Die Sieger (1994), an ambitious police thriller that became one of his best-known films. His later work includes Der Felsen (2002), Hotte im Paradies (2002), Der rote Kakadu (2006), and the acclaimed crime series Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (2010). He also directed Beloved Sisters (2014), a historical drama about Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte and Caroline von Lengefeld, which was selected as Germany’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2021, Graf directed Fabian: Going to the Dogs, an adaptation of Erich Kästner’s novel set in Berlin during the final years of the Weimar Republic. The film received several German Film Award nominations and won the Silver Award for Best Feature Film. In addition to his filmmaking career, Graf has taught film directing at the International Film School Cologne since 2004. His work has been recognized with numerous honors, including German Film Awards, Bavarian Film Awards, and multiple Grimme Awards.

Tanja Schleiff

Tanja Schleiff (born in 1973 in Erfurt) is a German actress. The daughter of actors Renate Hundertmark and Klaus Schleiff, she trained in acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. She began her career on stage, performing notably at the Residenztheater in Munich and the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf. In cinema, she has appeared in several notable feature films, such as Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004), Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo (Der rote Kakadu, 2006), and Ralf Westhoff's comedy Shoppen (2006). On television, she has featured in numerous series and television films, notably portraying Countess Esterházy in the historical series Sisi (2021–2024) and Edith in the drama series Charité (2017).

Elisabeth Volkmann

The trained singer and occasional sex film actress (“Hausfrauen-Report”, 1971) became a joker and comedian who liked to show herself in suspenders and bodices. She completed her training at the Folkwangschule in Essen, where she received her first role in the theater. She later moved to Munich, and she has also appeared on stage in Berlin and Hamburg, among other places, playing Shakespeare and other classics. She became known above all as Jolanthe von Scheußlich through the cult series "Klimbim", in which she stood in front of the camera together with Ingrid Steeger. Volkmann starred in numerous other TV series, including "Die rote Meile" (1999) and "Schloss Pompon Rouge" (1991). With director Rainer Werner Fassbinder she filmed, among other things, "The Longing of Veronika Voss" (1982). Volkmann had her last great success as a voice actress: she was the German voice of Marge Simpson and her twin sisters Patty and Selma in the animated series "The Simpsons

Saki Miura

Saki Miura (三浦 小季, Mirua Saki, born October 13) is a Japanese voice and stage actress born in Hokkaido. She is affiliated with Mystar LLC. Her blood type is B. She started her activities as a junior at JTB Entertainment on April 1, 2017 and became an affiliate on May 1, 2019. She left the company on December 31, 2021. On March 10, 2022, she joined Mystar LLC. Her hobbies include online shopping, beauty research, choreography, and stage appreciation. She is also skilled at knitting and self-nail. Her special skills are singing, dancing, gymnastics, flexibility, and rote memorization.

Milena Dreißig

Milena Dreißig (born May 24, 1975, in Berlin) is a German actress. She is known for her role as 'Jennifer Schirrmann' in three seasons of the series "Stromberg" and as the original casting for 'Toni Schwarz' in the series "Unter uns". Already during her school years, Dreißig discovered her passion for dance and completed corresponding training. After her Abitur, she began training as a restorer for paintings and sculptures in the Lüchow-Dannenberg museum association, but did not complete it. From 1998 to 2001, Dreißig attended the acting school "Der Kreis" (Fritz-Kirchhoff-Schule) and soon received her first engagement at the Orphtheater Berlin with the play "Katzen haben sieben Leben". Further roles followed: at the Schillertheater-Werkstatt in "Sucking Dublin" and at the Schaubühne in the "Vagina Monologues". In 2003, Milena Dreißig performed at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in "Krautsuppe tiefgefroren", and in 2005, the production "Heißer Sommer, heile Welt" followed. From 2007 to 2012, she played the role of 'Jennifer Schirrmann' in three seasons of the award-winning comedy series "Stromberg", which made her known to a broader television audience. In recent years, she has appeared at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin in new productions, including the staging of Franz Kafka's "The Trial" (2024) as well as the 2025/26 season with premieres such as "Das Rote Haus" and "Todesfuge".