''The Time Has Come'' (German: ''Es ist soweit'') is a 1960 West German
crime
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television series
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broadcast on
ARD in six episodes.
[Compart p.100] It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...
and
on location in Britain. It was part of a group of Strassenfeger, popular crime series which cleared the streets as the entire population watched them. It was one of several
Francis Durbridge
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adaptations to be produced in West Germany.
Cast
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as Clive Freeman
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Eva Ingeborg Scholz (16 February 1928 – 21 March 2022) was a German film and television actress.
Biography
Eva Ingeborg Scholz made her debut in the title role of the 1948 film ''1-2-3 Corona'' and appeared regularly in films over the follow ...
as Lucy Freeman
*
Peter Pasetti
Peter Pasetti (1916–1996) was a German stage, television and film actor. He played a number of leading roles in post-Second World War productions such as the operetta film '' A Night in Venice'' (1953).Goble p.446 From the late 1950s he appeared ...
as Lawrence Hudson
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Siegfried Lowitz
Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor.
Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''.
Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...
as Inspektor Kenton
* Ursula Kopp as Anna
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Karl Lieffen
Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.
He was born in Ossegg (Osek), Czechoslovakia and atten ...
as Pelford
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Inge Egger
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as Ruth Calthorpe
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Fita Benkhoff
Fita Benkhoff (1 November 1901 – 26 October 1967) was a German actress.
Life
Benkhoff was born in 1901. In the 1920s the actress Louise Dumont separated from her husband. Dumont was attached to a number of young actresses including Benkh ...
as Barbara Barstow
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Benno Sterzenbach
Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director.
Biography
His first major role on stage was ''Götz von Berlichingen'' at which he played next to Ellen S ...
as Lomax
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Hanns Ernst Jäger
Hanns Ernst Jäger (1 January 1910 – 15 August 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 1972.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1910 births
1973 deaths
German male ...
as Dr. Robert Stevens
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Kurt Waitzmann
Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber
* '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...
as Kommissar Wilde
*
Ingeborg Christiansen
Ingeborg Christiansen (born 12 November 1930) is a retired German film and television actress.Dimmitt p.85
Selected filmography
* '' Professor Nachtfalter'' (1951)
* ''The Mosquito'' (1954)
* ''The Fisherman from Heiligensee'' (1955)
* ''The For ...
as Schwester Lynn
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Gaby Jäger as Janet Freeman
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Harald Mannl as Mr. Nelson
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Rolf Weih
Rolf Weih (1906–1969) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930)
* '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938)
* '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939)
* '' In the Name of the People'' (1939)
* '' The Governor'' (1939)
* ''Ala ...
as Sergeant Davis
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Willy Friedrichs as Sergeant Cross
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Annemarie Holtz
Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie.
Notable people named Annemarie
* Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician
* Annemarie Bischofberger (born 19 ...
as Mrs. Denby
*
Werner Lieven Werner may refer to:
People
* Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name
Fictional characters
* Werner (comics), a German comic book character
* Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...
as Eddie
*
Peter Halliday
Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor.
Early life
The son of an auctioneer and estate agent, Halliday was brought up in Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, and attended Oswestry School in Shropshire. On leaving school h ...
as George Harris
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Dietrich Thoms
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
as Sergeant Brooks
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Albert Hehn as Jack Stafford
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Klaus W. Krause as Fahrer Wade
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Wolf Petersen as Sergeant Williams
References
Bibliography
* Martin Compart. ''Crime TV: Lexikon der Krimi-Serien''. Bertz + Fischer, 2000.
External links
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1960 German television series debuts
1960s crime television series
German-language television shows
German crime television series