DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER (original title)
UFA FICTION GmbH • TV Movie • Netflix • February 14, 2024
Romantic comedy only on Netflix from February 14, 2024
With DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER, UFA Fiction is producing a romantic comedy for the streaming giant Netflix.
The main roles are played by Rosalie Thomass as Maria, who is worried about love, and Laurence Rupp as Karl, who has been abandoned and refuses to enter into a relationship. Other roles are played by Jerry Hoffmann, Denise M’Baye, Paula Schramm, Özgür Karadeniz, Charleen Deetz, Margarethe Tiesel, Arash Marandi, Maria Hofstätter, Timur Isik and Amélie Miloy.
The film is directed by Shirel Peleg, produced by Nataly Kudiabor and executive produced by Leonie Franziska Geisinger and Leslie-Alina Schäfer.
Leonie Franziska Geisinger, Executive Producer UFA Fiction: “Everyone knows how much and how long lovesickness can hurt. How nice that there is DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER, who meet heartache with understanding, compassion and wise advice – even in cases of hardship like Karl… Together with a fantastic team and cast, we are allowed to tell the story of Maria and Karl and are very happy that DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER will start on the most romantic day of the year. We would like to thank Netflix for their trust in our story and the great collaboration.”
DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER is a production of UFA Fiction, a Fremantle company, for Netflix.
Contents
Dumped, cheated on, gap fillers – Maria (Rosalie Thomass) helps those suffering from heartbreak to get out of their misery. Her agency, founded especially for this purpose, is very popular and the single parent finds the right medicine for every kind of heartache. But when she talks an unhappily in love client out of her unwilling-to-commit lover and journalist Karl (Laurence Rupp), things suddenly become uncomfortable. The recently dumped man wants to get back at Maria by publicly exposing her as a lovesick fraud. His research leads him to Maria’s therapy and the game of cat and mouse takes its course …
Background
DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER is loosely based on the successful guidebook “Goodbye Herzschmerz” and the agency of the same name “Die Liebeskümmerer” by Elena-Katharina Sohn. After separating from her then partner, Sohn founded the agency in Berlin in 2011, where she has been helping those affected by heartbreak to find their way out of the pain ever since. The many experiences from her work with her clients have become a bestseller in the form of “Anleitung zum Wieder-Glücklichsein”.
About Elena-Katharina Sohn
Elena-Katharina Sohn is the founder of the agency “Die Liebeskümmerer“. Since 2011, she and her team have specialized in psychological services relating to heartache, love and relationships. Her bestselling guidebook “Goodbye Herzschmerz” (Ullstein Verlag) is the inspiration for the Netflix production. “Das Buch, das dein Herz gern lesen würde” (Heyne Verlag) is the author’s fourth book and will be available from January 2024.
Further information
DIE LIEBESKÜMMERER is a UFA Fiction production. The screenplay was written by Antonia Rothe-Liermann (“Zwischen uns die Mauer”, “Barbaren”) with Malte Welding (“Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase”, “SMS für dich”). This heart-warming comedy is directed and produced by women. Shirel Peleg (“Kiss me Kosher”, “Tatort: Die Nacht der Komissare”) directed and Nataly Kudiabor (“All you need”, “The Mopes”) is the producer. The executive producers are Leonie Franziska Geisinger and Leslie-Alina Schäfer.
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