Allein gegen die Zeit (Alone Against Time) is a German real-time television series, aired since 2010. Broadcast on KI.KA, structurally, it resembles the American TV series 24. It was followed in 2016 by a special TV movie.
Plot
Season 1 The Teenagers Ben, Leo, Jonas, Sophie and Özzi have a detention on a Saturday morning. When their teacher Mr. Funke, Ben's father, leaves the classroom and does not return, the five children go and look for him. While passing another classroom, they realise that a group of criminals took the whole astronomy set hostage. Immediately the five students want to run away to get help, but all exits are blocked. Soon they realise that the gangsters seek to get hold of the "nanotron", which was designed by Mr. Funke to heal cancer. Mr. Funke turns out to be in fact a Professor with the last name Brehmer. Rather than healing, the criminals plan an attack on the heads of state of all European countries, this is possible because the "nanotron" is a device that controls little robots called "nanobots", these can not only destroy cancer cells but also they allow the owner of the "nanotron" to control the mind of his victim. The five children as well as two policemen, the streetgang of Özzi's brother and Sophie's mother manage to interfere the gangsters plan and save Europe from being ruled by an authoritarian ruler. The pupils act in an extraordinary way: Özzi is the technology freak – he hacks computers and builds machines; Sophie is the science genius – she manages to produce an antidote for the "nanobots"; Leo is a martial arts expert; Ben is the primary target of the villains as he is the professor's son, also he is the first person, whose mind gets controlled; Jonas is the show-off in the group, but in the end he proves his courage and loyalty, this saves all the kids in the end.
Season 2 In season 2, the five teenagers are on a trip to a lake. Upon arriving there, they are watched by a group of military-like behaving people. When these people kidnap Ben, the others look for him in the forest. They meet up with a dying man. He tells them that if the villains succeed, thousands will die, then he dies himself. Later the 4 pupils find a former GDR military base. They manage to get in, and slowly they begin to uncover the mystery: the villains have added a toxin to about 350 flowers, these flowers are kept in a vacuum, 2 minutes after leaving it they spray the toxic everybody who gets in touch with it dies within 3 hours, however Sophie finds out that a bee sting from a local bee is an antidote. Again the teenagers manage to defeat the villains step by step. The villains this time are led by Alexandre Legard, a terrorist suffering from a light allergy. Legard plans to take revenge on the German government because they destroyed his terror unit 2 years ago. During the season it is revealed that Ben's mother, who was believed to be dead for 2 years, is still alive and also taken hostage by Legard, which is why Ben had been kidnapped. After an exciting showdown the children and their friends stop the contamination of more people and Ben's mother returns home.
Cast and characters
Main characters Character Actor Seasons Episode count Ben Brehmer Timon Wloka 1-2 26 Leonora "Leo" Largareta Janina Fautz 1-2 26 Jonas Stürmer Timmi Trinks 1-2 26 Özgür "Özzi" Delikaya Uğur Ekeroğlu 1-2 26 Sophie Kellermann Ruby O. Fee 1-2 26 Herr Funke/Professor Michael Brehmer Peter Lohmeyer 1-2 25
Supporting characters Character Actor Seasons Episode count Cenk Delikaya Eralp Uzun 1-2 26 Jacqueline "Jacky" Fritsche Shalin Tanita Rogall 1-2 24 Lennart "Lenny" Merz Sascha Chmelensky 1-2 24 Miriam "Miri" Meyer Alexandra Weis 1-2 24 Tanja Greve Alwara Höfels 1-2 23 Harald Jakobs Denis Moschitto 1-2 23 Marvin Bejean Banner 1-2 10 Max Forck Tim Wilde 1 13 Rocky Oliver Wnuk 1 13 Bianca Emily Behr 1 13 Thomas Kern Augustin Kramann 1 11 Frau Kellermann Anika Mauer 1 10 Andreas Schier Ralph Herforth 1 5 Frau Dehning Julika Jenkins 1 4 Johann Bauer Florian Martens 1 3 Paul Conrad F. Geier 1 13 Basti Jan Jakob Müller 1 13 Tobias Dorian Brunz 1 13 Bodo Nenad Lucic 1 13 Boris Thomas Arnold 2 13 Götz Paul Maaß 2 12 Julio Moritz Gaa 2 11 Vadim Timur Isik 2 11 Tom Mirko Lang 2 11 Lasinski Arnd Klawitter 2 10 Martin Vogt Veit Stübner 2 8 Dorfpolizist HaJo(village policeman HaJo) Ronald Kukulies 2 8 Alexander Legard Richard Sammel 2 7 Elisabeth Genthin Julia Jäger 2 7 Marius Mickey Hardt 2 7 Dr. Crohn Dietrich Hollinderbäumer 2 6 Laurenz Georgi Hartmut Volle 2 5 Innenminister(Interior Minister) Lennardt Krüger 2 5 Carla Brehmer Suzan Anbeh 2 4 Frank Brandner Peter Prager 2 4 Schneider Dirc Simpson 2 5 Wolters Alexander Sternberg 2 3 Einbrecher(Burglar) Thomas Jester 2 5 Wolf Weller Steffen Groth 2 3 Agent Philipp Mauritz 2 2 Agent Lars Löllmann 2 2 Polizist Armin Dillenberger 2 2 Polizist Cyrus David 2 2 Bundespräsidentin(Federal President) Henriette Gonnermann 2 1
Episodes
Season 1: 2010 Series# Episode# Title Original air date Written by Directed by 01 01 08:00 February 3, 2010 Silja Clemens & Stephan Rick Stephan Rick 02 02 09:00 February 4, 2010 Silja Clemens Stephan Rick 03 03 10:00 February 8, 2010 Silja Clemens Stephan Rick 04 04 11:00 February 9, 2010 Catharina Junk Stephan Rick 05 05 12:00 February 10, 2010 Catharina Junk & Michael Demuth Stephan Rick 06 06 13:00 February 11, 2010 Silja Clemens & Michael Demuth Stephan Rick 07 07 14:00 February 15, 2010 Silja Clemens Stephan Rick 08 08 15:00 February 16, 2010 Catharina Junk Stephan Rick 09 09 16:00 February 17, 2010 Catharina Junk Andreas Morell 10 10 17:00 February 18, 2010 Catharina Junk Andreas Morell 11 11 18:00 February 22, 2010 Catharina Junk & Michael Demuth Andreas Morell 12 12 19:00 February 23, 2010 Silja Clemens & Michael Demuth Andreas Morell 13 13 20:00 February 24, 2010 Silja Clemens Andreas Morell
Season 2: 2011-2012 Series# Episode# Title Original air date Written by Directed by 14 01 08:00 December 26, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 15 02 09:00 December 27, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 16 03 10:00 December 27, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 17 04 11:00 December 28, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 18 05 12:00 December 28, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 19 06 13:00 December 29, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 20 07 14:00 December 29, 2011 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 21 08 15:00 January 2, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 22 09 16:00 January 2, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 23 10 17:00 January 3, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 24 11 18:00 January 3, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 25 12 19:00 January 4, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell 26 13 20:00 January 4, 2012 Ceylan Yildirim, Michael Demuth & Oke Stielow Andreas Morell
References
External links
Official website