The old
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The old |
 | |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | since 1977 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 435+ ( list ) |
| genre | Thriller |
| Theme music |
Peter Thomas (episode 1–100) Eberhard Schoener (from episode 101) |
| idea | Helmut Ringelmann |
| production | Helmut Ringelmann (episode 1–356), Susanne Porsche (from episode 357), Susanne Freyer (from episode 419) |
| First broadcast | April 11, 1977 on ZDF |
| occupation | |
Der Alte is a German-language television crime series produced by ZDF , SRF and ORF . The 94-minute pilot film entitled Die Dienstreise was broadcast on Easter Monday 1977 .
In the first 100 episodes, Erwin Köster ( Siegfried Lowitz ) headed Murder Commission II in the Munich police headquarters. He was supported by his assistants Gerd Heymann ( Michael Ande ) and Martin Brenner ( Jan Hendriks ). His superior was Franz Millinger ( Henning Schlueter ). In his last episode ( Two Lives , first broadcast: January 12, 1986), Köster suffered a shot in the stomach, as a result of which he died in hospital.
On February 28, 1986, his successor Chief Inspector Leo Kress ( Rolf Schimpf ) took up his post and also brought reinforcements with him: Henry Johnson ( Charles M. Huber ), who was replaced in 1997 by Axel Richter ( Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss ). Werner Riedmann ( Markus Böttcher ) was responsible for securing evidence .
After more than 21 years, Schimpf retired in his 222nd episode as Chief Inspector Kress . His successor from March 2008 was Walter Kreye for 43 episodes in the role of Chief Inspector Rolf Herzog . In September 2012 Jan-Gregor Kremp took over this role as Chief Detective Richard Voss . The characters Axel Richter and Werner Riedmann were replaced in 2015 by the criminalist Annabell "Anna" Lorenz ( Stephanie Stumph ) and the commissioner candidate Tom Kupfer ( Ludwig Blochberger ).
Initially only a detective assistant, later chief detective and finally chief detective, Heymann retired after 39 years and over 400 cases in 2016. Measured by the number of episodes and the time, Ande played an investigator on German television for the longest time.
In 2017 Thimo Meitner joined the team as the new fourth man in the role of Lennard "Lenny" Wandmann . However, Lenny is not a commissioner, but a trained computer scientist and works as a researcher and IT specialist and thus takes on Werner Riedmann's tasks rather than Gerd Heymann's. Lenny has Asperger's Syndrome and works exclusively in the background. Witness interviews and the job outside do Anna and Tom.
occupation
Summary table The current line-up is shown in bold .
| actor | role | consequences | Years | Reason for leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The old" | ||||
| Siegfried Lowitz | Chief Detective Erwin Köster † | 1-100 | 1977-1986 | dies as a result of a gunshot wound |
| Rolf Schimpf | Chief Detective Leo Kress | 101-322,340 | 1986-2007, 2009 | is retiring |
| Walter Kreye | Chief Detective Rolf Herzog | 323-365 | 2008–2012 | travels to South America to see his son |
| Jan-Gregor Kremp | Chief Detective Richard Voss | 366– | 2012– | |
| More roles | ||||
| Michael Ande | Chief Detective Gerd Heymann | 1–403 (absent in episodes 45 and 53) | 1977-2016 | is retiring |
| Jan Hendriks | Detective Inspector Martin Brenner | 2-4, 7-8, 10-11, 14-15, 17, 19-22, 24-25, 27-36, 41-44, 46-101 | 1977-1986 | transferred to another department |
| Henning Schlueter | Kriminalrat Franz Millinger | 1–3, 5–6, 8, 10–11, 13–14, 16–18, 20–22, 27–32, 35–38, 40–42, 44, 47–48, 51–52, 55– 59, 61-62, 66, 68, 72, 78 | 1977-1984 | |
| Wolfgang Zerlett | Chief Detective Meyer Zwo | 32, 36–40, 49, 51, 53, 57–62, 65, 67, 73–74, 76, 78, 81–82, 85–86, 92–95, 97–100, 106–107, 111– 112, 114 | 1979-1987 | |
| Jan Meyer | Chief Detective Loewinger | 91, 94, 96, 99, 101, 104 and 111 | 1985-1986 | |
| Charles M. Huber | Detective Inspector Henry Johnson | 101-225 | 1986-1997 | unknown |
| Markus Böttcher | Chief Detective Werner Riedmann | 108-109, 113-114, 116-123, 126-139, 141-394 | 1986-2015 | moves to the BKA in Wiesbaden |
| Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss | Chief Detective Axel Richter | 226-394 | 1997-2015 | emigrates to America |
| Ulf J. Söhmisch | Police doctor | 74, 77, 91-94, 96, 98, 100-109, 111, 114, 116-139, 142-166, 168-182, 184-252, 254-269, 271-327, 329-374 | 1983-2013 | |
| Christina Rainer | Forensic doctor Dr. Franziska Sommerfeld | 375– | 2013– | |
| Stephanie Stumph | Detective Inspector Annabell "Anna" Lorenz | 395– | 2015– | |
| Ludwig Blochberger | Detective Inspector Tom Kupfer | 395– | 2015– | |
| Thimo Meitner | IT specialist Lennard "Lenny" Wandmann | 405– | 2017– | |
Figures timeline
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| 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | |
| The old | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erwin Köster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Kress | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolf Herzog | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Voss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief of the old man | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franz Millinger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other commissioners: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerd Heymann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Brenner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meyer Two | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowinger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Werner Riedmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axel Richter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annabell "Anna" Lorenz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Copper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coroner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Ulf J. Söhmisch" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franziska Sommerfeld | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IT expert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lenny Wandmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legend (meaning of color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| main actor | supporting cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
background
Formative directors in the early 1980s were Theodor Grädler , Günter Gräwert and Zbynek Brynych , who each staged most of the episodes. Besides Helmuth Ashley , Brynych was also the most active until the mid-1990s. Helmuth Ashley worked on 55 episodes of the series until his retirement in 2005. For more than a decade Gero Erhardt and Hartmut Griesmayr stood out from 1998, in the decade it is Ulrich Zrenner , Michael Kreindl and Raoul W. Heimrich . Volker Vogeler wrote most of the episodes. In the decade the authors Claus Stirzenbecher and Jan von der Bank shaped the series. Four directors also worked as authors in personal union. Other participants are listed in the episode list.
The MORE Music and Media series has been published in Collector's Boxes since 2008 . There are currently 25 boxes available - all released for ages 12 and up - containing episodes 1 to 400. (As of May 29, 2020).
DVD
Vol. 01 Episode 001-022 11/24/2008 Vol. 02 Episode 023-047 06/25/2009 Vol. 03 Episode 048-065 11/06/2009 Vol. 04 Episode 066-086 04/23/2010 Vol. 05 Episode 086-100 09/24/2010 Vol. 06 Episode 101–115 04/22/2011 Vol. 07 Episode 116-130 December 16, 2011 Vol. 08 Episode 131-145 04/06/2012 Vol. 09 Episode 146-160 08/31/2012 Vol. 10 Episode 161-175 11/02/2012 Vol. 11 Episode 176-190 02/08/2013 Vol. 12 Episode 191-205 05/24/2013 Vol. 13 Episode 206-220 06.09.2013 Vol. 14 Episode 221-235 31/01/2014 Vol. 15 Episode 236-250 05/02/2014 Vol. 16 Episode 251-265 08/29/2014 Vol. 17 Episode 266-280 December 19, 2014 Vol. 18 Episode 281-295 05/29/2015 Vol. 19 Episode 296-310 10/16/2015 Vol. 20 Episode 311-325 03/11/2016 Vol. 21 Episode 326-340 09/09/2016 Vol. 22 Episode 341-355 07/28/2017 Vol. 23 Episode 356-370 11/09/2018 Vol. 24 Episode 371-385 05/03/2019 Vol. 25 Episode 386-400 05/29/2020
Web links
- The old man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- kommissar-koester.de
- The old man at Fernsehserien.de
- The old man on the ZDF page for the broadcast
- The crime homepage
- Everything about the Kommissar Köster era
swell
- ↑ Michael Ande leaves the "old man". Der Tagesspiegel, February 5, 2016, accessed on February 6, 2016.