Um Himmels Willen
| Um Himmels Willen | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jana Brandt Sven Döbler Claudia Sihler |
| Starring | Fritz Wepper Andrea Sihler Janina Hartwig Jutta Speidel Denise M'Babye Emanuela von Frankenberg Anna Luise Kiss Andrea Wildner Horst Sachtleben Lars Weström Karin Gregorek Wolfgang Müller |
| Theme music composer | Birger Heymann Philipp F. Kölmel Arnold Fritzsch Nik Reich Ludwig Eckmann |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 20 |
| No. of episodes | 260 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jana Brandt Sven Döbler Claudia Sihler Siegfried B. Glökler Jan S. Kaiser |
| Production location | Germany |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45–50 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company | ARD |
| Original release | |
| Network | ARD |
| Release | 8 January 2002 |
Um Himmels Willen (English: For Heaven's Sake) is a German television sitcom created by Jana Brandt and Sven Döbler, which originally aired on Das Erste since 8 January 2002. The 13th season was aired from 4 March 2014 to 3 June 2014 and is syndicated in many European countries.
The series follows the daily life of a group of nuns in a small monastery in the fictional town of Kaltenthal in lower Bavaria, and the careers of the town's troubled citizens, mostly the mayor and police officers. The sitcom was produced by ARD. It originally starred Jutta Speidel as the main character of the head nun, however she was replaced by Janina Hartwig in 2007. Fritz Wepper appears as her antagonist, the cunning and jovial town mayor.
The show aired at 20:15 on Tuesday nights on ARD in Germany. By June 2013, 156 episodes had been broadcast over eleven seasons. Besides being immensely popular in Germany (with some 7.2 million views per episode), the show is also broadcast daily in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, and Denmark.