is a six-part German miniseries, directed by Dieter Wedel and originally broadcast on

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

in 2002. The story focused on a candidate for

chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

, played by Heinz Hoenig, and his advisor, Sigi Semmeling, played by Stefan Kurt. The series also 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 as Dr. Klaus Hennig; and Heike Makatsch 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