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broadcast on ARD.Bock & Bergfelder p.347 A retired German police inspector goes to live on the

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with his sister, but soon becomes involved helping the local police solve crimes. The show was a follow-up to Erik Ode's role in the long-running

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-set detective show '' Der Kommissar''. The role of his sister was played by his real-life wife

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. The series was

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. Other actors who appeared in the series include

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, Karin Hardt,

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, Wolfgang Preiss,

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, Silvia Reize, Rudolf Schündler,

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and Iris Berben.

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who had been a cast member of ''Der Kommissar'' also featured in the series, with several

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s referring to his earlier role.

Main cast

* Erik Ode as Eric Ott *

as Ilse Ott * Hans-Joachim Frick as Jean Giraud * Marianne Borgo as Claudine *

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as Jeannot

References

Bibliography

*Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0270806 1977 German television series debuts 1981 German television series endings 1970s crime television series 1980s crime television series German-language television shows German crime television series