Archive of death
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Archive of death |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| year | 1980 |
| Production company |
DEFA for television in the GDR |
| length | each about 57 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | Adventure series |
| Director | Rudi Kurz |
| idea | Rudi Kurz |
| script | Rudi Kurz |
| production | Siegfried Kabitzke |
| music | Wolfgang Hohensee |
| camera | Günter Heimann |
| First broadcast | January 4, 1980 ( GDR ) to GDR 1 |
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Archive of Death is a 13-part television series that was produced by DEFA for GDR television from 1978 to 1980 . The episodes were each one hour long and were shown on Fridays at 8 p.m. from January 4 to March 28, 1980.
action
In November 1944 there are five international resistance fighters; Georg, Boris, Heiner, Hauptmann Ernst and Janek in the process of bringing a secret German archive containing the names of collaborators to the Allies. The problem is that if the Soviet Army continues to advance, there is a risk that this archive will be misplaced. The exact location of this archive is not yet known, so the group is parachuted to the edge of the Beskids . One of them, Georg, is injured when the group takes off and is separated from the others. He is rescued by the Polish partisan Hanka in a swamp. When Georg fails due to his injury, Hanka and his friends kidnap the chief medical officer Dr. Lukewarm. This gives Georg a new identity for the time being. The group is separated by various circumstances, but comes together again and can continue to carry out the task. The resistance fighters find another ally in radio operator Renate Wiesner. Opponents are Major Zirrgiebel and Captain Frenzel of the Abwehr as well as SS-Standartenführer Hauk, SS-Obersturmbannführer Flint and SS-Obersturmführer Beisel.
Episode list
| number | Episode title | First broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A man is being hunted | 4th January 1980 |
| 2 | Death lurks everywhere | January 11, 1980 |
| 3 | The trail is lost | January 18, 1980 |
| 4th | A dead person gives no information | January 25, 1980 |
| 5 | The enigmatic radio message | February 1, 1980 |
| 6th | Haunted in Hell Valley | February 8, 1980 |
| 7th | Yellow topaz | February 15, 1980 |
| 8th | Signals from the canyon | February 22, 1980 |
| 9 | race against time | February 29, 1980 |
| 10 | The dead in the salt | March 7, 1980 |
| 11 | The grave in the shaft | March 14, 1980 |
| 12 | The wrong photographer | March 21, 1980 |
| 13 | Password Pilatus | March 28, 1980 |
background
A similar series with partly the same contributors ran four years later under the title Front Without Mercy .
Several German actors, who were seen in prominent supporting roles, also dubbed other foreign-language actors at the same time: Helmut Schellhardt as Henselmann and voice of Colonel Balkownik, Karl Sturm as Flint's driver and voice of Stepan and most notably Frank Schenk as a young soldier in the archive and voice of the main character Heiner. Leon Niemczyk , Gojko Mitić and Angel Stojanow can be heard with their own voices. The role of Hanka was voiced by Renate Rennhack .