Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. In 2003, she received the Corine Literature Prize. Leon lived in Veni ...

is the author of the '' Commissario Guido Brunetti''

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s series that was adapted as the German television series ''Commissario Brunetti''. The television program, which features music by

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and has been produced 2000–2019 by the ARD in

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Actors

* Commissario Guido Brunetti:

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(''episode 1–4''),

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(''since episode 5'') * Paola Brunetti (Brunetti's wife):

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(''episode 1–4''), Julia Jäger (''since episode 5'') * Vice-Questore Patta:

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* Sergente Lorenzo Vianello: Karl Fischer * Signorina Elettra Zorzi:

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* Raffaele ("Raffi") Brunetti: Patrick Diemling * Chiara Brunetti: Laura-Charlotte Syniawa * Sergente Alvise:

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* Dottore Aurino: Ueli Jäggi

Episodes

No. Title First broadcast Novel Commissario Brunetti- the TV series
at fictional cities.co.uk; retrieved 30 June 2018 * 1. "Vendetta" (12 October 2000) #4 Case · 1995 * 2. "The Anonymous Venetian" (16 October 2000) #3 Case · 1994 * 3. "Fatal Remedies" (10 October 2002) #8 Case 1999 * 4. "A Noble Radiance" (17 October 2002) #7 Case · 1998 * 5. "

Death at La Fenice ''Death at La Fenice'' (1992), the first novel by American academic and crime-writer Donna Leon, is the first of the internationally best-selling Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, Italy. The novel won the Japanese Suntory priz ...

" (23 October 2003 ) #1 Case · 1992 * 6. "Friends in High Places" (31 October 2003) #9 Case · 2000 * 7. "The Death of Faith" – aka "Quietly in Their Sleep" (28 October 2004) #6 Case · 1997 * 8. "Acqua Alta" – aka "Death in High Water" (11 Nov. 2004) #5 Case · 1996 * 9. "Doctored Evidence" (13 October 2005) #13 Case · 2004 * 10. "Uniform Justice" (10 Nov. 2005) #12 Case · 2003 * 11. "

Death in a Strange Country ''Death in a Strange Country'' (1993) is the second novel in Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunet ...

" (19 October 2006) #2 Case · 1993 * 12. "A Sea of Troubles" (2 Nov. 2006) #10 Case · 2001 * 13. "Wilful Behaviour" (15 May 2008) #11 Case · 2002 * 14. "Blood from a Stone" (22 May 2008) #14 Case · 2005 * 15. "Through a Glass, Darkly" (22 October 2009) #15 Case · 2006 * 16. "Suffer the Little Children" (7 October 2010) #16 Case · 2007 * 17. "The Girl of His Dreams" (28 Apr. 2011) #17 Case · 2008 * 18. "About Face" (14 Apr. 2012) #18 Case · 2009 * 19. "A Question of Belief" (11 May 2013) #19 Case · 2010 * 20. "Rich Inheritance" * 21. * 22. * 23. * 24. * 25. * 26. "Earthly Remains" (25 December 2019) #26 Case · 2017

References

External links

''Donna Leon'' series page
at Das Erste ( ARD) website (

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Donna Leon discusses German TV series (3.54–5.03)
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Actors

Episodes

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