The duo
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The duo |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2002–2012 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Episodes | 24 ( list ) |
| genre | Thriller |
| production | TV60Film production |
| First broadcast | March 16, 2002 on ZDF |
The duo is a German crime series that was produced by TV60Filmproduktion ( Sven Burgemeister ) for ZDF . The main role was taken on by the Swiss actress Charlotte Schwab as Chief Detective Marion Ahrens, who initially investigated alongside Ann-Kathrin Kramer alias Lizzy Krüger and later alongside Lisa Martinek alias Clara Hertz. From 2002 to 2012, a total of 24 episodes were broadcast at irregular intervals.
background
The series takes place in Lübeck and the surrounding area. At the side of Chief Detective Marion Ahrens, Detective Superintendent Lizzy Krüger investigated in the first eleven episodes, and Detective Superintendent Clara Hertz from episode twelve.
Lisa Martinek's role as Detective Superintendent Clara Hertz became - like the actress herself at the time of filming in summer 2010 - pregnant in the love and death case .
In August 2012 it was announced that the last case in the series would be broadcast in September with the episode Dead Lie Better . The broadcaster justified this decision with the statement that those involved wanted to break new ground.
In 2016, after the series was discontinued in 2012 with Solo für Weiss , in which Anna Maria Mühe plays the role of LKA target investigator Nora Weiss, another ZDF crime film series was shown on German television.
characters
Marion Ahrens
Chief Detective Marion Ahrens is deeply connected to her hometown of Lübeck. She always leads the investigation into the cases. Ahrens is Lizzy Krüger and Clara Hertz's line manager. Ahrens' husband Viktor Ahrens is in charge of forensic science and has had to deal with some personal problems with him over time, which sometimes cannot be separated from the professional ones. During the time she is investigating with Clara Hertz, she reveals her intimate problems about her days.
Lizzy Kruger
The young detective inspector Lizzy Krüger is moving from Hamburg to Lübeck. At the beginning she met with little approval from her superior Marion Ahrens. Her new colleague Benno Polenz ( Mišel Matičević ), who had raised his hopes for Krüger's position, is also reserved for Krüger. After eleven cases together, she got out to take some time off for the family's own riding stud.
Clara Hertz
Detective Commissioner Clara Hertz replaces Lizzy Krüger with the twelfth case. You only live twice . Her first encounter with her superior Ahrens was in a small collision with her car. She had an affair with bank director Robert Lilienthal ( Roman Knižka ), from whom she is pregnant, as one learns of love and death in the case .
occupation
| actor | Role name | Episodes | position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Schwab | Marion Ahrens | 1 - 24 | Chief Detective Officer |
| Ann-Kathrin Kramer | Lizzy Kruger | 1 - 11 | Chief Inspector, takes a break for the family's own riding stud |
| Lisa Martinek | Clara Hertz | 12-24 | Chief Inspector, successor to Lizzy Krüger |
| Peter Prager | Viktor Ahrens | 1 - 24 | Marion Ahrens' husband, head of forensic science |
| Andreas Kaufmann | Coroner | 4 - 24 | |
| Bernhard Piesk | Frank Düblin | 14 - 24 | Detective Assistant |
| Sólveig Arnarsdóttir | Uschi Jacobs | 1 - 12 | |
| Roland Riebeling | Gernot Hilsdorf | 1 - 7 | |
| Björn Kirschniok | Lars Rothe | 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 | Police colleague |
| Martin Brambach | Jens Gante | 6, 12, 24 | Salesman in a car dealership |
| Peter Benedict | Claas Guestrow | 5, 12, 20 | |
| Ulrich von Bock | Dr. Frank Hornung | 4, 11, 17 | |
| Peter Franke | Dr. construction | 1, 19, 23 |
Episode list
Awards
The fifth episode, The Lover , won the VFF TV-Movie Award in 2003 (since 2009: Bernd Burgemeister TV Prize).
DVD publications
- 2010: The Duo (5 DVDs), episodes 12–20 were released, released on October 15, 2010 on Sony Music Entertainment
Web links
- The duo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The duo, last episode "Dead lies better" on the zdf.de site (film available until October 2, 2019)
- The duo at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Duo - episode guide at Fernsehserien.de
- ↑ Lisa Martinek - She is expecting a baby! In: Colorful 2 July .com, 2010. Accessed September 17 of 2019.
- ↑ Send-off for the crime series “Das Duo” on ZDF In: Der Westen . Retrieved September 17, 2019.
- ↑ The duo Fig. DVD case (in the picture: Charlotte Schwab and Lisa Martinek)
- ↑ Das Duo Fig. Back of the DVD case with the titles of the individual episodes
