Genre: | Sitcom Comedy Dramedy |
Creator: | Chris Geletneky Sascha Albrecht Bastian Pastewka |
Director: | Joseph Orr Jan Markus Linhof Peter Welz Erik Haffner Wolfgang Groos |
Starring: | Bastian Pastewka Sonsee Neu Matthias Matschke Bettina Lamprecht Cristina Do Rego Dietrich Hollinderbäumer Sabine Vitua |
Voices: | Norbert Langer |
Theme Music Composer: | Daniel Wehr |
Composer: | Andreas Grimm Daniel Wehr |
Country: | Germany |
Language: | German |
Num Seasons: | 10 |
Num Episodes: | 99 |
Producer: | Josef Ballerstaller Ralf Guenther |
Location: | Cologne, Germany |
Runtime: | 25 minutes |
Company: | Brainpool |
Network: | Sat.1 (2005–2014) Amazon Prime Video (2018–2020) |
Pastewka is a German television sitcom that aired from 2005 to 2014 on German TV channel Sat.1. The series, currently in its tenth and last season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d’Or and the German Television Prize.
Pastewka is an Amazon Original since 2018. The eighth, ninth and final tenth season were released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on January 26, 2018, January 25, 2019, and February 7, 2020.
Since the first season many German actors and media personalities have appeared in minor roles throughout the years.