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.[1]

Allein gegen die Zeit
Also known asAlone Against Time
GenreAction/Adventure
Teen drama
Created byCeylan Yildirim
Silja Clemens
Stephan Rick
StarringTimon Wloka
Janina Fautz
Timmi Trinks
Uğur Ekeroğlu
Ruby O. Fee
Peter Lohmeyer
ComposersPivo Deinert
Hans Hafner
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducersCeylan Yildirim
Martin Hofmann
Running time25 minutes approx.
Original release
NetworkKI.KA
Release3 February 2010 (2010-02-03)

Plot

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Season 1

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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

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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

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Main characters

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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

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Episodes

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Season 1: 2010

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Episode
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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

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Episode
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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

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  1. ^ "Allein gegen die Zeit - der Film". IMDb.
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