Bianca – Wege zum Glück was the first German telenovela, developed by the TV production company Grundy UFA . It started on 1 November 2004 and ran until 5 October 2005 on the ZDF . The main characters were Bianca Berger, played by Tanja Wedhorn, and Oliver Wellinghoff, played by Patrik Fichte.

Tanja Wedhorn
Bianca Wellinghoff, geb. Berger

Christoph Mory
Edmund „Eddie“ Behringer

Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
Sofia Wellinghoff

Nicola Ransom
Katy Wellinghoff, geb. Neubauer

Michael Rotschopf
Pascal Wellinghoff
Nadja Robiné
Denise Richter
Birgit Wiedel Weidinger
Bärbel Krause

Peter Hladik
Alexander Wellinghoff
Andreas Hutzel
Matthias Rüger
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Bleak House80%
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Return to Eden69%