The Captain (TV series)

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Television series
Original title The captain
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Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1995–1996, 1999, 2008
length 90 minutes
Episodes 9 in 3 seasons
genre adventure
music Günther Fischer
First broadcast January 4, 1997 on ZDF
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Robert Atzorn
Captain Frank Harmsen (episode 1–9)
Angelika Hartung
Elke Harmsen (episode 1-7)
Doreen Jacobi
Anita Harmsen (episode 1-7)
Alexander Eisenfeld
Thomas Harmsen (episode 1-2)
Dieter Hufschmidt
Shipowner Nielson (episode 1-7)
Jophi Ries
Chief engineer Fritz Kaiser (episode 1–6)
Sharon Brauner
Thea, Nielson's secretary (episodes 1-6)
Jürgen Tarrach
Machinist Wysocki (episode 1–5)
Ulrike Folkerts
Environmental activist Franziska Spöhr (episode 1)
Günther Kaufmann
Machinist Fred (eps.3)
Veit Schubert
First Officer Horst Rochow (episode 3)
Felix von Manteuffel
Freight Agent ( eps.3 )
Georges Claisse
Mercenary La Croix (eps.4)
Armin Dillenberger
Mercenary Paulsen (episode 4)
Martin Semmelrogge
Steward Schmoltke (episode 5)
László I. Kish
Machinist Oliver Droll (episode 6)
Christine Neubauer
Dr. Beate Wollitz (episode 7)
Jasmin Schwiers
Anita Harmsen (episode 8–9)
Peter Fieseler
Simon Baum (episode 8-9)
Waldemar Kobus
Manne Erdmann (episode 8–9)
Nele Mueller-Stöfen
Dr. Isabel Kersten (episode 8–9)

The captain is an adventure television series of the ZDF , the first episode saw nearly nine million viewers.

Frank Harmsen is the captain of several cargo ships . With changing ships he transports explosive cargo on the world's oceans and with his friend chief engineer Fritz , machinist Wysocki and the respective crew, he has adventures between environmental crime and drug smuggling , civil war and mutiny .

After Atzorn quit "Der Kapitän" in 1999 due to "boring" scripts, he was drawn to the oceans again as Frank Harmsen since the end of his time as a crime scene inspector. His old companions Kaiser (Jophi Ries) and Wysocki (Jürgen Tarrach) are not on board. Filming in South Africa, Argentina, the Arctic and Hamburg ran from February to the end of April 2008.

Episodes

Season No. of the sequence Title of the episode First broadcast script Director
1 1 Dangerous cargo 4th January 1997 Christian Frei Erhard Riedlsperger
1 2 The last voyage of the MS Cartagena January 8, 1997 Christian Frei Erhard Riedlsperger, Werner Masten and Thomas Jacob
1 3 In the forecourt of hell January 11, 1997 Werner Masten and Carl-Christian Demke based on motifs by Christian Frei Werner masts
1 4th Between the lines January 15, 1997 Christian Frei Erhard Riedlsperger
1 5 Death in the neck January 19, 1997 Werner Masten and Carl-Christian Demke Werner masts
2 6th No port for the "Anastasia" January 15, 2000 Benedikt Gollhardt Sabine Landgraeber
2 7th The secret of the Viking January 22, 2000 Benedikt Gollhardt Helmut Metzger
3 8th Pirates February 20, 2009 Rafael Solá Ferrer Axel Barth
3 9 Pack ice February 23, 2009 Lorenz Stassen Axel Barth

DVDs

On February 25, 2011 the complete series with 9 episodes was released on 5 DVDs in one box.

DVD DVD box "The Captain"
1 Dangerous cargo, the last voyage of the MS Cartagena
2 In the forecourt of hell, between the fronts
3 Death in the neck, no haven for the "Anastasia"
4th The secret of the Viking
5 Pirates, pack ice

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