''Siska'' is a German television series created by

Herbert Reinecker Herbert Reinecker (24 December 1914 – 27 January 2007) was a very prolific German novelist, dramatist, screenwriter and former Nazi SS officer. Career Born in Hagen, Westphalia, Reinecker began to write short story, short stories already as a h ...

and

Helmut Ringelmann Helmut Ringelmann (4 September 1926 – 20 February 2011) was a German film and television producer. Ringelmann was born in Munich, he produced a number of television series including the long running '' Der Kommissar'' from 1968 to 1974. H ...

and broadcast since October 30, 1998 on the network

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 France, the series was broadcast on

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and rebroadcast on 13th Street. It is a

police drama The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eithe ...

and follows the adventures of Peter Siska, a police officer of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, and later Victor Siska.''Siska'' on ZDF website
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Cast

* Peter Kremer: Police Officer Peter Siska (Episodes 1–56, 1998–2004)''Siska'' on krimiserien.heimat.eu
/ref> * Matthias Freihof: Police Officer Lorenz Wiegand (Episodes 1–50, 1998–2003) *

Robinson Reichel Robinson Reichel (born 16 May 1966) is a German television actor. Selected filmography * ''Derrick'' - Season 10, Episode 06: ''"Tödliches Rendezvous"'' (1983) * ''Die Wächter ''Die Wächter'' is a 1970 dystopian novel '' The Guardians'' (G ...

: Police Officer Felix Bender (Episodes 51–56, 2003) * Tobias Nath: Police Officer Gerhard Lessmann (Episodes 57–77, 2005–2007) *

Wolfgang Maria Bauer Wolfgang Maria Bauer (born 9 June 1963) is a German television actor, theatre director and author. Selected filmography * '' Father's Day'' (1996) * ' (1997) * ''666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! ''666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du ...

: Police Officer Viktor Siska (Episodes 57–91, 2004–2008) *

Werner Schnitzer Werner Schnitzer (born January 9, 1942 in Donauwörth, Germany) is a German television actor. Selected filmography * Derrick - Season 2, Episode 10: "Kamillas junger Freund" (1975) * Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum ...

: Police Officer Jacob Hahne (since 1998–2008) * Dirk Plönissen: Police Officer Robert Dahlberg (since 2007–2008)

References

External links

* 1998 German television series debuts 2008 German television series endings German crime television series 1990s German police procedural television series 2000s German police procedural television series German drama television series Television shows set in Munich German-language television shows ZDF original programming {{germany-tv-prog-stub