Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein(1999)

Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein is a German sitcom that aired on Sat.1 from 1999 to 2010, starring Tom Gerhardt as the titular janitor. The series is a sharp parody of German bureaucratic rigidity, following Dieter Krause, a petty, rule-obsessed building superintendent who denounces his neighbours, snoops relentlessly, and treats those he considers beneath him with casual cruelty while grovelling to authority. The show mines comedy from classic boulevard theatre—mishaps, misunderstandings, and cases of mistaken identity—with a supporting cast that includes Axel Stein as Dieter's son Tommie and Janine Kunze as daughter Carmen. Many characters and situations draw from Gerhardt's earlier film Voll normaaal, though the sitcom expands the scope and shifts focus to Dieter's scheming at the apartment building. Ordnung muss sein captures the absurdity of small-minded conformity with dark humour and farcical energy.