''Die Affäre Semmeling'' was a 2002 German miniseries, 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 ...

, directed by

Dieter Wedel Dieter Karl Cäsar Wedel (; 12 November 1939 – 13 July 2022) was a German director. Wedel directed numerous television productions since the late 1960s, among them very successful mini-series like ', ', ' and '' Die Affäre Semmeling''. He is ...

. It starred

Mario Adorf Mario Adorf (; born 8 September 1930) is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, am ...

as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener,

Robert Atzorn Robert Atzorn (born 2 February 1945) is a German television actor. He was born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany, now Połczyn-Zdrój, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Life Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He studied grap ...

as Dr. Klaus Hennig, Heinz Hoenig as Axel Ropert, Stefan Kurt as Sigi Semmeling and

Heike Makatsch Heike Makatsch (; born 13 August 1971) is a German actress. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in ''Resident Evil'' (2002), Mia in ''Love Actually'' (2003), and as Liesel's mother in ''The Book Thief'' (2013). Early life Makatsch was bo ...

as Silke Semmeling.

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* ZDF original programming 2002 German television series debuts 2002 German television series endings Television shows set in Hamburg German-language television shows {{Germany-tv-prog-stub