# Bibi und Tina
**Bibi und Tina** (Bibi & Tina) is a German children's media franchise centered on Bibi Blocksberg, a teenage witch, and her best friend Tina Martin, who spend their holidays together at the Martinshof riding stables. It began as an audio play series in 1991 as a spin-off of the *Bibi Blocksberg* audio plays, and has since expanded to animated cartoons, live-action feature films, and a streaming series.[1](https://bibiandtina.com/) • [2](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | First "Bibi & Tina" audio story appeared in 1991, as a spin-off of the *Bibi Blocksberg* audio plays[1](https://bibiandtina.com/) • [2](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html) |
| First feature film | *Bibi & Tina – Der Film*, German theatrical release 6 March 2014, directed by Detlev Buck[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_) |
| Film series | Five theatrical films between 2014 and 2022, all directed by Detlev Buck[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) • [5](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-6-scheint-ausgeschlossen-so-koennte-es-trotzdem-einen-neuen-teil-geben--01K569PFNB9MY1WF17XKDPXMHH) |
| Ticket sales | The first four films sold about seven million tickets in Germany[2](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html) |
| First film's result | 1.2 million cinema admissions, one of the most successful German films of 2014; nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis as Bester Kinderfilm[6](https://www.3sat.de/film/spielfilm/bibi--tina---der-film-102.html) • [7](https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/film/bibi-tina/) |
| Streaming series | Live-action series on Prime Video from 3 April 2020, one season of ten episodes of 20 to 25 minutes[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) |
| Recasting | From the fifth film, *Einfach anders* (2022), Katharina Hirschberg and Harriet Herbig-Matten played the leads[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
Bibi Blocksberg is a witch and, in the words of the official character description, also a totally normal 13-year-old teenager. She loves horses and spends almost every vacation with her friend Tina and Tina's favorite mare Sabrina at Martin's Farm (the Martinshof). The two friends weather their adventures with a strong sense of fairness, almost always without witchcraft; at the Martinshof she is not allowed to cast spells, but she is allowed to ride.[1](https://bibiandtina.com/) • [3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_)
The stories center on the friendship between the two girls, their horses (Bibi rides the white mare Sabrina, Tina the dark-brown Amadeus), and the circle around Schloss Falkenstein, the estate of Count Falko von Falkenstein, whose son [Alexander](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexander) is Tina's boyfriend.[6](https://www.3sat.de/film/spielfilm/bibi--tina---der-film-102.html) Recurring antagonists include scheming businessmen and rivals who threaten the stables, the count's horse breeding, or the friends' relationship.[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_)
## Audio plays and animation
The franchise began with audio stories on cassette: the first appeared in 1991, and the series has since grown to more than 30 audio plays and 10 audiobooks in the English-language catalog alone, alongside books and merchandise.[1](https://bibiandtina.com/) • [2](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html) A German source counts over 120 audio play episodes published to date, with new releases continuing.[5](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-6-scheint-ausgeschlossen-so-koennte-es-trotzdem-einen-neuen-teil-geben--01K569PFNB9MY1WF17XKDPXMHH) An animated television series has also run for decades; one German listing dates it from 2004.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina)
## The live-action films
**The first film (2014).** *Bibi & Tina – Der Film*, the first live-action adaptation of the characters, was directed by Detlev Buck from a screenplay by Bettina Börgerding and produced by DCM Pictures with Boje Buck Produktion, Kiddinx, and ZDF.[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_) • [8](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7840/2678811) Lina Larissa Strahl played Bibi, Lisa-Marie Koroll played Tina, and the cast included Louis Held as Alexander, Ruby O. Fee as the rival Sophia von Gelenberg, Charly Hübner as the unscrupulous horse dealer Kakmann, and Michael Maertens as Count Falko.[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_) The plot pits the friends against Sophia, who wants to take Alex to her boarding school in England, and against Kakmann, who schemes to get the count's promising foal; Bibi's magic initially backfires, and the friendship with Tina itself is at stake before the big horse race at the castle.[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_) The film was released in Germany on 6 March 2014, ran 101 minutes, and was rated FSK 0 (no age restriction).[3](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_) Its songs, written by Peter Plate of the band [Rosenstolz](https://www.edgepedia.org/rosenstolz) with Ulf Leo Sommer and Daniel Faust, became earworms and contributed substantially to the film's success: with 1.2 million viewers it was one of the most successful German cinema releases of 2014.[8](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7840/2678811) • [6](https://www.3sat.de/film/spielfilm/bibi--tina---der-film-102.html) It was nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis as Bester Kinderfilm (best children's film).[7](https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/film/bibi-tina/)
**The series.** Four more films followed, all directed by Buck: *Bibi & Tina – Voll verhext!* (2014), *Bibi & Tina – Mädchen gegen Jungs* (2016), *Bibi & Tina: Tohuwabohu total* (2017), and *Bibi & Tina – Einfach anders* (2022).[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) The films are self-contained adventures that do not build on one another and can be watched in any order.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) The second film, *Voll verhext!*, turns on a burglary at Schloss Falkenstein in which valuable paintings and the count's monocle collection are stolen before a costume festival, while the Martinshof struggles with a shortage of guests.[9](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-voll-verhext-2014/) Buck had originally planned to end the series with *Tohuwabohu total*, saying that Strahl and Koroll had finished school and should move on, but the franchise's success brought a fifth film.[5](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-6-scheint-ausgeschlossen-so-koennte-es-trotzdem-einen-neuen-teil-geben--01K569PFNB9MY1WF17XKDPXMHH)
**Commercial performance.** The first four films drew around seven million cinema visitors in Germany.[2](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html) • [10](https://cinepreview.de/index.php/bibi-tina-die-erfolgsgeschichte-von-zwei-besten-freundinnen) [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) figures compiled by a German film-site listing put the five films' combined gross at 46.16 million US dollars, with *Mädchen gegen Jungs* (2016) the highest at 14.22 million.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) A Swiss-German cinema study lists the *Bibi and Tina* films among the best-selling European films in Swiss-German cinemas.[11](https://kids-regio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AGKinderfilmCH_StudieKinderfilmstrategie_240524_EN.pdf)
**The fifth film and recasting.** *Einfach anders* (released 21 July 2022) starred Katharina Hirschberg as Bibi and [Harriet Herbig-Matten](https://www.edgepedia.org/harriet-herbig-matten) as Tina, who had first played the roles in the Prime Video series.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) • [12](https://www.tvtoday.de/filme/bibi-und-tina-einfach-anders_10550075.html) Its story mixes identity search, fake news spread through a local radio station, and an apparent alien visit.[10](https://cinepreview.de/index.php/bibi-tina-die-erfolgsgeschichte-von-zwei-besten-freundinnen) No sixth film has been announced; instead, a separate *Bibi Blocksberg* film series without Tina began in German cinemas in December 2025, written by Bettina Börgerding but explicitly not part of the *Bibi & Tina* series.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina)
## The Prime Video series
A live-action series titled *Bibi & Tina*, again directed by Detlev Buck, launched on Amazon Prime Video on 3 April 2020 with a completely new, younger cast. Its single season of ten episodes, each 20 to 25 minutes, follows the friends' summer at the Martinshof, which struggles with water shortage after a heat wave dries up the farm's well; a second season was never made.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina) The series served as the bridge to the recast film series, since Hirschberg and Herbig-Matten played the leads there first.[4](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina)
## Reception
The first film received a "good" (3.5 of 5) rating from the FILMSTARTS critics, who credited Buck with capturing the tone of the audio plays while keeping everyday teenage problems such as jealousy and anxiety about the future at the center.[13](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/222132/kritik.html) On IMDb the film holds a rating of 4.9/10 from about 1,200 users.[14](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3202200/ratings/) Common Sense Media's review notes positive role models, with Bibi and Tina as close and loyal friends and the message that cheaters do not always get away with it, while flagging mild language and an unscrupulous horse breeder who dopes his horse.[15](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/bibi-tina)
## References
1. [Bibi and Tina – official website](https://bibiandtina.com/)
2. [Kritik zu Bibi & Tina – Einfach Anders, FILMSTARTS.de](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/291916/kritik.html)
3. [Bibi & Tina, filmportal.de](https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/bibi-tina_)
4. [Bibi und Tina: Reihenfolge aller Filme und der Serie, SciFiScene](https://www.scifiscene.de/filmreihen/bibi-und-tina)
5. [„Bibi & Tina 6“ scheint ausgeschlossen, Kino.de](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-6-scheint-ausgeschlossen-so-koennte-es-trotzdem-einen-neuen-teil-geben--01K569PFNB9MY1WF17XKDPXMHH)
6. [Bibi & Tina – Der Film, 3sat-Mediathek](https://www.3sat.de/film/spielfilm/bibi--tina---der-film-102.html)
7. [Bibi & Tina, Deutscher Filmpreis](https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/film/bibi-tina/)
8. [„Bibi & Tina – der Film“: Kinostart für ZDF-Koproduktion von Detlev Buck, Presseportal/ZDF](https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7840/2678811)
9. [Bibi & Tina – Voll verhext!, Kino.de](https://www.kino.de/film/bibi-tina-voll-verhext-2014/)
10. [BIBI & TINA: Die Erfolgsgeschichte von zwei besten Freundinnen, Cinepreview](https://cinepreview.de/index.php/bibi-tina-die-erfolgsgeschichte-von-zwei-besten-freundinnen)
11. [Kinderfilmstrategie study, kids-regio.org](https://kids-regio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AGKinderfilmCH_StudieKinderfilmstrategie_240524_EN.pdf)
12. [Bibi & Tina – Einfach anders, TV Today](https://www.tvtoday.de/filme/bibi-und-tina-einfach-anders_10550075.html)
13. [Bibi & Tina – Der Film: Kritik, FILMSTARTS.de](https://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/222132/kritik.html)
14. [Bibi & Tina (2014) – Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3202200/ratings/)
15. [Bibi & Tina – Parents' Guide & Movie Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/bibi-tina)
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