SOKO München
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).
| SOKO München | |
|---|---|
| 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–) |
| Distributor | ZDF ZDF Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 2 January 1978 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | SOKO – Der Prozess |
| External links | |
| SOKO München at ZDF | |
| SOKO München at UFA | |
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)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.