The old judge

Television series
Original title	The old judge
Country of production	Austria
original language	German
Year (s)	1969-1971
length	60 minutes
Episodes	12
Director	Edwin Zbonek
script	Fritz Eckhardt
First broadcast	3rd January 1969
occupation
Paul Hörbiger : Dr. Daniel Westermeier, senior regional judge a. D. Herbert Propst : Karl Huml Gusti Wolf : Serafina Vogl, housekeeper at Dr. Westermeier Gustav Dieffenbacher : Otto Höllerl, school director i. R. Marianne Gerzner : Erna, his wife Gerhard Mörtl : Franz Eder, innkeeper Luzi Neudecker : Maria 'Mizzi' Eder, his wife Rudolf Strobl : Gendarmerie Inspector Zeisig Rudi Joksch : Mathias Stadler, businessman Fritz Eckhardt : Dr. Gustav Ressl, community doctor Herbert Prikopa : Alois Maier, Mayor of Pichelshofen Kurt Sowinetz : Conductor on the train

The Old Judge is an Austrian television series consisting of 12 episodes that was broadcast between 1969 and 1970.

action

Based on a script by Fritz Eckhardt, the then 75-year-old Paul Hörbiger played the senior judge. D. Dr. Daniel Westermeier, who is moving from Vienna to Pichelshofen in Lower Austria. The old judge ensures justice in the small town with charm and clever local political moves.

Episodes

1. The inheritance
2. The mayoral election
3. The wandering baby
4. The railway affair
5. The community doctor
6. Circus people
7. The birthday
8. The mineral spring
9. The secrecy of correspondence
10. The auction
11. The young judge
12. The monument

reception

For Paul Hörbiger, The Old Judge meant his breakthrough as a television star after decades in the theater and film. In addition to the usual fan mail, he received numerous letters from naive TV viewers asking him to resolve this or that legal dispute, primarily on inheritance and divorce issues.

Web links

• Online film database
• The old judge at Fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georg Markus: The Hörbigers , Vienna 2006, p. 278