SOKO München
Appearance
SOKO München | |
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Also known as | SOKO 5113 |
Genre | Crime |
Created by | Dieter Schenk |
Written by | Conny Lens Franz-Xaver Wendleder Hubert Eckert Jochen Wedegärtner Renate Kampmann |
Directed by | Kai Borsche Bodo Schwarz Ulrich Stark Zbynek Cerven |
Starring | Wilfried Klaus (1978–2009) Werner Kreindl (1978–1992) Bernd Herzsprung (1978–1992) Hartmut Schreier (1992–2010) Michel Guillaume (1993–) Christine Döring (2000–2008) Bianca Hein (2006–) Gerd Silberbauer (2008–) Joscha Kiefer (2010–) |
Theme music composer | Arpad Bondy |
Composers | Axel Kroell Robert Fuhrmann Robert Krolage |
Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of seasons | 45 |
No. of episodes | 656+ |
Production | |
Executive producer | Eva Gerstenberg |
Producers | Daniel van den Berg, Joachim Kosack |
Production locations | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Cinematography | Oliver-Maximilian Kraus Matthias Papenmeier Stefan Motzek |
Editor | Axel Laustroer |
Running time | 43 Minutes |
Production companies | Elan-Film Gierke & Company (1978–) UFA Fernsehproduktion (1978–2013) UFA Fiction (2014–) |
Original release | |
Network | ZDF |
Release | 2 January 1978 |
Related | |
SOKO – Der Prozess |
SOKO München (until 2015: SOKO 5113) is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired on 2 January 1978, and is set in Munich. SOKO is an abbreviation of the German term “Sonderkommission” (engl. special investigation team).
The production ends in 2020 after 40 years; it is planned to replace the format by SOKO Hamburg and SOKO Potsdam.
Longest serving cast
- Wilfried Klaus as Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl (381 episodes, 1978–2008)
- Hartmut Schreier as Kriminalkommissar Manne Brand (278 episodes, 1992–2008)
- Michel Guillaume as Kriminalkommissar Theo Renner (261 episodes, 1993–2008)
- Werner Kreindl as Kriminalhauptkommissar Karl Göttmann (126 episodes, 1978–1992)
- Christine Döring as Kriminaloberkommissarin Susanne von Hagenberg (118 episodes, 2000–2008)
- Bernd Herzsprung as Kriminalobermeister Fred Less (115 episodes, 1978–2008)
Spin-offs
The first spin-off series was a twelve-part series named Solo für Sudmann in 1997, followed by SOKO series based in other cities in Germany and Austria:
- Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig, since 2001)
- SOKO Kitzbühel (since 2003)
- Cologne P.D. (SOKO Köln, since 2003)
- SOKO Wismar (since 2004)
- SOKO Donau (in Germany SOKO Wien; since 2005)
- SOKO Rhein-Main (since 2006; initially titled Die Spezialisten: Kripo Rhein-Main)
- Stuttgart Homicide (SOKO Stuttgart, since 2009)
External links
- SOKO München at IMDb
Categories:
- German crime television series
- 1978 German television series debuts
- 1970s German television series
- 1980s German television series
- 1990s German television series
- 2000s German television series
- 2010s German television series
- Television shows set in Munich
- German-language television programs
- ZDF television series
- German television show stubs