Lüthi und Blanc


Lüthi und Blanc is a Swiss German language television drama serial of the 1990s and 2000s. It was filmed and produced at locations in Switzerland by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF.

Cast and characters (inclompete)

Plot (excerpt)

The various plot lines are about the fate of families around the stubborn chocolate factory-owner Jean-Jacques Blanc, his wife Johanna, whose daughter Catherine and her son, and Catherine's husband Martin Lüthi. Opponent of the Lüthi and Blanc-clans and "villain" of the series is the opaque, scheming bankers and illegitimate son of J.J. Blanc, Michael Frick. The serial focusses on locations in Zürich and Sainte-Croix, the location of the fictional chocolate factory J. J. Blanc.

Production

Lüthi und Blanc was shot at locations in the Canton of Vaud and in Zürich, and produced in Glattfelden.

Reception

As well as Fascht e Familie, Lüthi & Blanc is still very popular in the Swiss German culture, and from time to time re-broadcast in the Swiss German television. Lüthi and Blanc was by the Swiss media often called Schoggi Soap.