On the trail of the perpetrator
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Original title | On the trail of the perpetrator |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Year (s) | 1967-1973 |
length | 60 to 90 minutes |
Episodes | 17th |
genre | Thriller |
Director | Jürgen Roland |
production | Studio Hamburg for NDR |
music | Siegfried Franz |
First broadcast | June 15, 1967 on ARD |
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On the trail of the perpetrator is a German crime series by Studio Hamburg on behalf of the NDR , which was produced between 1967 and 1973. All episodes were directed by Jürgen Roland . The series is based on the French series The Five Last Minutes ( Les cinq dernières minutes ). Episodes 1 to 6 were shot in black and white, the other twelve in color.
concept
In this crime series, set in Paris and the surrounding area and designed by French authors in most of the episodes, the audience (based on the model of the short TV series Inspector Hornleigh intervenes ... from 1961) should be involved in the search for the perpetrator. Before the film began, director Jürgen Roland asked the audience to solve the case on the basis of evidence .
Now the Whodunit began to discover a murder. Then the brash and grumpy inspector Bernard and his assistant, Inspector Mireux (episode 1–2) and the somewhat stupid Inspector Janot (from episode 3) determined. Sometimes Bernard put forward several theses for the audience. At the end of the day Bernard turned to the camera and said: “For me the case is clear. And for you?"
Now Jürgen Roland appeared again, who received several prominent guests in front of a large audience and asked them for their opinion. The guests included Uschi Glas , Helga Feddersen , Inge Meysel , Liselotte Pulver , Katja Ebstein , Reinhard Mey and Hans-Dietrich Genscher , who gave their tips and gave reasons.
Finally it went back to the plot in which Commissioner Bernard now provided the solution. A few quickly thrown down words, apparently unimportant remarks, supposedly insignificant observations, which in their combination led to the conviction of the murderer, were of decisive importance.
Finally, Jürgen Roland and his guests analyzed the result. There was no price for the right solution.
Although the perpetrator was on the trail of France, the series was exclusively made up of German actors. Jürgen Roland engaged several prominent actors of the television era at the time: Wolfgang Kieling, Ruth Maria Kubitschek and Horst Frank appeared in two episodes, Klaus Löwitsch was seen three times, Margot Trooger even five times.
consequences
- 1: At the edge of the ring (first broadcast July 15, 1967, with Rudolf Schündler , Friedrich Joloff , Helmuth Schneider , Horst Michael Neutze , Herbert Fleischmann )
- 2: Ten cases of whiskey (first broadcast December 9, 1967, with Klaus Löwitsch , Ruth Maria Kubitschek , Stanislav Ledinek , Herbert Weissbach , Gerhard Frickhöffer , Herbert Fux )
- 3: Schrott (first broadcast June 8, 1968, with Viktoria Brams , Alexander Golling , Margot Trooger , Rudolf Schündler , Bernd Herzsprung , Horst Michael Neutze )
- 4: The window to the garden (first broadcast May 31, 1969, with Hannelore Elsner , Werner Peters , Margot Trooger, Peter Weck , Rosemarie Fendel )
- 5: Family Trouble (first broadcast October 4, 1969, with Walter Jokisch , Mady Rahl , Rudolf Schündler , Hans-Jürgen Bäumler , Hilde Sessak , Karl Schönböck )
- 6: Woman wanted ... (first broadcast March 28, 1970, with Werner Peters, Barbara Rütting , Carl Schell , Stella Mooney , Heinz Fabian , Horst Beck , Willy Witte )
- 7: Dolls don't talk (first broadcast June 27, 1970, with Will Quadflieg , Hans Korte , Edith Schultze-Westrum , Jan Hendriks , Helen Vita , Violetta Ferrari , Dieter Borsche , Margot Trooger)
- 8: Frogmen (first broadcast on September 19, 1970, with Gerd Baltus , Heidelinde Weis , Art Brauss , Uwe Friedrichsen , Carl Lange , Günter Lüders )
- 9: Headline: Murder (first broadcast on December 19, 1970, with Heidi Brühl , Karl Walter Diess , Wolfgang Lukschy , Dénes Törzs , Herbert Mensching , Ernst Stankovski )
- 10: Death at the wheel (first broadcast on May 15, 1971, with Horst Frank , Evelyn Künneke , Hubert von Meyerinck , Ulli Philipp , Günther Ungeheuer )
- 11: Flying lesson (first broadcast November 27, 1971, with Hansjörg Felmy , Cordula Trantow , Margot Trooger, Karl-Heinz Hess , Joachim Richert , Joseph Offenbach , Helen Vita )
- 12: Die in Schönheit (First broadcast June 10, 1972, with Klaus Löwitsch, Monika Peitsch , Eva Pflug , Hans Söhnker )
- 13: Without wreath and flowers (first broadcast on July 22, 1972, with Wolfgang Kieling , Rudolf Schündler , Cordula Trantow , Margot Trooger, Walter Kohut , Ingmar Zeisberg , Dirk Dautzenberg )
- 14: Death in the Mask (first broadcast November 4, 1972, with Horst Frank, Monika Gabriel , Wolfgang Kieling, Heinz Schubert , Werner Pochath , Beate Hasenau , Andrea Rau )
- 15: No oats for Nicolo (first broadcast December 16, 1972, with Ivan Desny , Christiane Maybach , Mady Rahl, Helmut Schmid , Claus Wilcke , Franz Muxeneder , Klaus Löwitsch)
- 16: Blind hatred (first broadcast May 26, 1973, with Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Anita Lochner , Günter Lüders , Rose Renée Roth , Hanne Wieder , Otto Kurth , Mady Rahl)
- 17: Stellwerk 3 (first broadcast August 4th 1973, with Evelyn Opela , Gundy Grand , Mady Rahl, Hans Korte , Günther Ungeheuer, Uwe Dallmeier , Dieter Prochnow , Peter Ahrweiler , Joachim Richert , Günter Mack )
DVD release
All episodes were released on DVD in 2005. This also contains the film, also directed by Jürgen Roland, One is missing from the spa concert of 1968 as a bonus ("18th episode").
Web links
- Crimes of the track in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the trail of the perpetrator on the crime thriller website
- On the trail of the perpetrator in the Kabel 1 series dictionary