(''Alarm in the Mountains'') is a German thriller television series which was broadcast on

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

in 1965. The 13-part series is set in the

Bavarian Alps The Bavarian Alps (german: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria. Geography The term in its wider sense refers to that part of the Eastern Alps that ...

, in the border area around Garmisch.

Broadcasts

The first broadcast took place in 1965 in the ZDF's evening program, every Monday at 6:55 PM. The show fit into the time slot between the Drehschiebe and the beginning of the 7:30 PM news. A rerun of the series was shown from the start of 1967 to the end of 1968 in the daytime programs of the ARD and ZDF. A final rerun was shown in 1971.

Plot

The show focuses on the story of border patrol officer Hans Maussner, and his colleague Toni Kaiser. The plot rotates through stories involving smugglers, poachers, ski accidents, car crashes from mountain cliffs, and murder investigations.

Episode List

Trivia

Because so many scenes were filmed in rocky areas or from great heights, bonus features in the DVD editions mention that filming was often very dangerous. The film crew received assistance from the Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service, the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

, Bavarian Border Police, and the Austrian Gendarmerie.

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