Derrick / episode list
This is a listing of the episodes of the German television crime series Derrick , in chronological order of the first broadcast. The series comprises 281 episodes, which were first broadcast in Germany from October 20, 1974 to October 16, 1998 on ZDF . Herbert Reinecker was responsible for the scripts for all 281 episodes.
main characters
- Horst Tappert as Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick
- Fritz Wepper as Inspector Harry Klein
- Willy Schäfer as a detective Willy Berger (from episode 8)
- Günther Stoll as Schröder detective (episodes 5 to 35)
- Gerhard Borman as a detective Echterding (episodes 12 to 38)
- Marion Kracht as police psychologist Sophie Lauer (episodes 242, 252, 266, 272, 278)
also:
- Hermann Lenschau as Kriminalrat Harder (episodes 5, 8, 21)
- Johanna von Koczian as Derrick's friend, psychologist Renate Konrad (episodes 11, 20)
- Claus Richt as a detective Lippert (episodes 40, 41, 43)
- Margot Medicus as Derrick's friend, interior designer Ariane (episodes 115, 117)
By far the most guest appearances in the series was made by Dirk Galuba in a total of 22 episodes, followed by Philipp Moog (16 episodes), Pierre Franckh , Sky du Mont and Jutta Kammann (14 episodes each). If you also consider small actors, Holger Petzold's list is topped with 23 appearances.
Directors
- Theodor Grädler (50 episodes)
- Helmuth Ashley (46 episodes)
- Zbyněk Brynych (37 episodes)
- Alfred Weidenmann (30 episodes)
- Alfred Vohrer (28 episodes)
- Dietrich Haugk (15 episodes)
- Günter Gräwert (14 episodes)
- Wolfgang Becker (11 episodes)
- Jürgen Goslar (11 episodes)
- Horst Tappert (11 episodes)
- Franz Peter Wirth (5 episodes)
- Eberhard Itzenplitz (5 episodes)
- Michael Braun (3 episodes)
- Gero Erhardt (3 episodes)
- Peter Deutsch (3 episodes)
- Wigbert Wicker (3 episodes)
- Leopold Lindtberg (2 episodes)
- Erik Ode (2 episodes)
- Helmut Käutner (1 episode)
- Hans-Jürgen Tögel (1 episode)
Episode list
episode | title | First broadcast | Director | particularities |
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1 | Forest path | Oct. 20, 1974 | Dietrich Haugk | May only be broadcast in a version shortened by 24 seconds in German-speaking countries due to controversial depictions of violence. |
2 | Johanna | Nov 3, 1974 | Leopold Lindtberg | |
3 | Foundation festival | Dec. 1, 1974 | Helmut Käutner | |
4th | Midnight bus | Jan. 12, 1975 | Theodor Graedler | First episode produced, shot in the summer of 1973. |
5 | Death on the railroad track | Feb 9, 1975 | Alfred Weidenmann | First episode with Schröder. |
6th | Only excitement for Rohn | 9 Mar 1975 | Wolfgang Becker | |
7th | Madeira | Apr 6, 1975 | Theodor Graedler | |
8th | Signs of violence | May 4th 1975 | Theodor Graedler | First episode with Berger. Sybil Danning was dubbed by Ingrid van Bergen . |
9 | Paddenberg | June 1, 1975 | Franz Peter Wirth | |
10 | Hoffmann's journey into hell | June 29, 1975 | Theodor Graedler | |
11 | Pawn shop | July 27, 1975 | Dietrich Haugk | |
12 | A suitcase from Salzburg | Aug 24, 1975 | Alfred Weidenmann | First episode with Echterding. Kurt Jaggberg has a guest appearance as District Inspector Wirz (known from the crime scene episodes with Chief Inspector Marek). |
13 | Kamilla's young friend | 21 Sep 1975 | Alfred Vohrer | |
14th | The day after the murder | Oct. 19, 1975 | Helmuth Ashley | Oliver Grimm was dubbed by Michael Ande . |
15th | Alarm on district 12 | Dec. 14, 1975 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
16 | Death of the hummingbirds | Jan. 11, 1976 | Dietrich Haugk | Director Haugk appears as the silent chief doctor. |
17th | Death of the Trumpeter | Feb. 8, 1976 | Zbyněk Brynych | With the prominently used song "Without you it's night" by Sabrina & Peter Thomas . Director Brynych makes a brief appearance as a man fetching flowers from a locker. |
18th | fear | 7th Mar 1976 | Theodor Graedler | The intro of the derrick theme from Les Humphries is used here as background music for a scene and is repeated several times for this purpose. Derrick has his most emotional moment in the series when he grabs the perpetrator by the collar and hits a closet with the exclamation "You pig, you damn pig!" |
19th | Dead birds don't sing | Apr 4, 1976 | Alfred Vohrer | Former poison cabinet episode: 5 dead were too many for the audience. |
20th | shock | May 2, 1976 | Alfred Vohrer | Former poison cabinet episode: The murder of a child also received harsh criticism. |
21st | Calcutta | May 30, 1976 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
22nd | Not a nice Sunday | June 27, 1976 | Leopold Lindtberg | Was produced in 1974 as the 7th episode. |
23 | On your own | July 11, 1976 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
24 | An incomprehensible guy | July 25, 1976 | Theodor Graedler | |
25th | The board party | Aug 8, 1976 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
26th | The super thing | 5th Sep 1976 | Wolfgang Becker | |
27 | risk | 19 Sep 1976 | Franz Peter Wirth | |
28 | Pecko | Oct 3, 1976 | Zbyněk Brynych | Berger, who is unusually present in this episode, is listed in the credits as “Kriminalbeamter Weber”. |
29 | The man from Portofino | Nov 28, 1976 | Dietrich Haugk | |
30th | Yellow He | Jan. 23, 1977 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
31 | Neck in noose | Feb 6, 1977 | Alfred Vohrer | |
32 | One night in October | 6th Mar 1977 | Wolfgang Becker | |
33 | Open account | 20 Mar 1977 | Alfred Vohrer | |
34 | Death of the Usurer | Apr 3, 1977 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
35 | The cuckoo's egg | June 12, 1977 | Alfred Vohrer | Last episode with Schröder. |
36 | Murder in the TEE 91 | July 10, 1977 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
37 | Via Bangkok | Aug 21, 1977 | Theodor Graedler | |
38 | Debt collection | Sep 18 1977 | Helmuth Ashley | Last episode with Echterding. First episode with a soundtrack by Frank Duval . |
39 | Dead in the forest | Oct 16, 1977 | Helmuth Ashley | |
40 | The photographer | Jan. 6, 1978 | Helmuth Ashley | |
41 | Death of a fan | Feb 3, 1978 | Alfred Vohrer | The episode works entirely without the derrick theme. |
42 | Evening peace | Feb. 24, 1978 | Helmuth Ashley | |
43 | An ambush | 31 Mar 1978 | Alfred Vohrer | |
44 | Stein's daughter | May 5th 1978 | Wolfgang Becker | |
45 | Piano concerto | June 16, 1978 | Helmuth Ashley | |
46 | Coffee with Beate | July 14, 1978 | Alfred Vohrer | A case for Harry. |
47 | Solo for Margarete | Aug 4, 1978 | Michael Braun | |
48 | Lissa's father | Aug 25, 1978 | Alfred Vohrer | The episode works entirely without the derrick theme. |
49 | The informer | 22 Sep 1978 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
50 | The lost seconds | Oct 20, 1978 | Alfred Vohrer | |
51 | Ute and Manuela | Nov. 17, 1978 | Helmuth Ashley | |
52 | High School | Dec 15, 1978 | Theodor Graedler | |
53 | The L factor | Jan. 5, 1979 | Helmuth Ashley | |
54 | Attack on Bruno | Feb. 2, 1979 | Theodor Graedler | |
55 | Schubach's return | 9 Mar 1979 | Theodor Graedler | |
56 | A scary house | 30th Mar 1979 | Alfred Vohrer | |
57 | The doll | May 11, 1979 | Theodor Graedler | A case for Harry. |
58 | tandem | June 8, 1979 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
59 | Lena | June 29, 1979 | Theodor Graedler | |
60 | Visit from New York | July 27, 1979 | Helmuth Ashley | |
61 | A congress in Berlin | Aug 24, 1979 | Helmuth Ashley | With a running time of 75 minutes, the special for IFA 1979 is the only episode that is excessively long. |
62 | The third victim | 28 Sep 1979 | Alfred Vohrer | |
63 | The temptation | Oct 26, 1979 | Erik Ode | |
64 | An angel of death | Nov 23, 1979 | Alfred Vohrer | |
65 | Diamond ace | Dec 21, 1979 | Dietrich Haugk | |
66 | Hanna, dear Hanna | Jan. 4, 1980 | Theodor Graedler | |
67 | Insatiable hunger | Jan 25, 1980 | Helmuth Ashley | |
68 | A song from Thebes | 7th Mar 1980 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
69 | Deadly second | 23 Mar 1980 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
70 | A deadly price | May 2, 1980 | Helmuth Ashley | |
71 | The decision | May 30, 1980 | Theodor Graedler | |
72 | Death seeks subscribers | June 27, 1980 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
73 | On an estate | Aug 1, 1980 | Theodor Graedler | |
74 | Witness Yurowski | 22 Aug 1980 | Alfred Vohrer | |
75 | An incredibly strong personality | 19 Sep 1980 | Erik Ode | |
76 | Pricker | Oct 17, 1980 | Alfred Vohrer | |
77 | A candle to the murderer | Nov 21, 1980 | Dietrich Haugk | Duval's “Angel of Mine” from that episode became a hit. |
78 | A calculation doesn't work out | Dec 12, 1980 | Helmuth Ashley | |
79 | The channel | Jan. 2, 1981 | Helmuth Ashley | |
80 | In the abyss | Jan. 30, 1981 | Helmuth Ashley | Reinecker clearly borrows from his commissioner episode “A Spark in the Cold”. Even Klaus Behrendt reiterates its main role of the alcoholic witnesses to the crime. |
81 | No garden of Eden | Feb 13, 1981 | Günter Gräwert | |
82 | A very old story | 27 Mar 1981 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
83 | The sister | May 1, 1981 | Helmuth Ashley | A case for Harry, who here has to deal with the death of a young delinquent whom he shot in self-defense. |
84 | Death of an Italian | July 10, 1981 | Helmuth Ashley | |
85 | The sixth match | Aug 14, 1981 | Alfred Vohrer | |
86 | Percentages | Aug 28, 1981 | Theodor Graedler | |
87 | The lodger | Oct 9, 1981 | Michael Braun | |
88 | Death in the lake | Nov 6, 1981 | Alfred Vohrer | |
89 | The hour of the murderer | Dec. 4, 1981 | Theodor Graedler | |
90 | A rose in the trash | Jan. 22, 1982 | Günter Gräwert | |
91 | A trap for Derrick | 5th Mar 1982 | Theodor Graedler | |
92 | At night in a strange house | Apr 2, 1982 | Helmuth Ashley | |
93 | The trip to Lindau | May 14, 1982 | Alfred Vohrer | |
94 | A case for Harry | July 9, 1982 | Zbyněk Brynych | A case for Harry. |
95 | The alibi | Aug 20, 1982 | Alfred Vohrer | |
96 | House music | 17 Sep 1982 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
97 | The man from Kiel | Oct 10, 1982 | Alfred Vohrer | |
98 | An eerie experience | Dec 10, 1982 | Theodor Graedler | |
99 | Via Genoa | Feb. 4, 1983 | Helmuth Ashley | |
100 | The dead in the Isar | 4th Mar 1983 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
101 | One night's secrets | 25th Mar 1983 | Alfred Vohrer | |
102 | The perpetrator sent flowers | Apr 29, 1983 | Helmuth Ashley | |
103 | Little Ahrens | May 27, 1983 | Günter Gräwert | Silent credits without music. |
104 | Deadly rendezvous | 16 Sep 1983 | Jürgen Goslar | |
105 | Lohmann's inner peace | Oct 14, 1983 | Jürgen Goslar | |
106 | Assassination attempt on Derrick | Nov 11, 1983 | Zbyněk Brynych | A case for Harry. |
107 | The horrors of the night | Dec 9, 1983 | Zbyněk Brynych | A case for Harry. The content of the episode follows on from the previous one. |
108 | Dr. Romans and the man of the year | Dec 30, 1983 | Theodor Graedler | Silent credits without music. |
109 | The girl in jeans | Jan. 20, 1984 | Theodor Graedler | |
110 | The seduction | Feb 10, 1984 | Helmuth Ashley | |
111 | Manuel's nurse | 2nd Mar 1984 | Helmuth Ashley | |
112 | Three breathless days | 30th Mar 1984 | Alfred Vohrer | |
113 | Deadly way out | Apr 27, 1984 | Alfred Vohrer | |
114 | Not a nice trip to Rome | May 25, 1984 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
115 | Playing with death | June 15, 1984 | Theodor Graedler | |
116 | One killer too little | July 20, 1984 | Alfred Vohrer | |
117 | Attack from the dark | Aug 10, 1984 | Jürgen Goslar | |
118 | End of a longing | Aug 31, 1984 | Michael Braun | |
119 | Gangsters have different rules of the game | Sep 14 1984 | Alfred Vohrer | |
120 | The strange life of the judge | Oct 19, 1984 | Theodor Graedler | |
121 | The best in class | Nov 23, 1984 | Theodor Graedler | |
122 | Imagine having Dr. Prestel shot | Dec 14, 1984 | Zbyněk Brynych | For the first time with a soundtrack by Eberhard Schoener . |
123 | The man from Antibes | Jan. 18, 1985 | Jürgen Goslar | |
124 | Greg's trumpet | Feb 8, 1985 | Jürgen Goslar | |
125 | Rasko's children | 1st Mar 1985 | Theodor Graedler | |
126 | Dead goldfish | 22 Mar 1985 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
127 | Who Shot Asmy? | Apr 19, 1985 | Jürgen Goslar | |
128 | The deadly silence | May 3, 1985 | Theodor Graedler | |
129 | An eerie finish | May 17, 1985 | Jürgen Goslar | |
130 | Sister Hilde | June 14, 1985 | Theodor Graedler | |
131 | Long night for Derrick | June 28, 1985 | Dietrich Haugk | |
132 | Wreath laying | 6 Sep 1985 | Zbyněk Brynych | Eduard Erne was dubbed by Michael Ande. |
133 | Death of a young girl | Oct. 4, 1985 | Theodor Graedler | |
134 | The dancer | Nov 3, 1985 | Zbyněk Brynych | Based on Reinecker's 1977 novel The Commissioner and the Dancer . |
135 | Family in the fire | Dec 13, 1985 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
136 | On a Monday morning | Jan. 3, 1986 | Jürgen Goslar | At the beginning of this episode (up to the bank robbery) there was a one-off experiment with an authorial off-narrator. |
137 | Naujock's sad end | Jan. 24, 1986 | Alfred Vohrer | |
138 | Secret in the skyscraper | Feb. 7, 1986 | Wolfgang Becker | |
139 | the eye witness | Apr 4, 1986 | Theodor Graedler | |
140 | The absolute end | Apr 25, 1986 | Alfred Vohrer | |
141 | The charm of the Bahamas | May 16, 1986 | Jürgen Goslar | |
142 | The night Ronda died | 4th July 1986 | Theodor Graedler | |
143 | An ice cold dog | July 25, 1986 | Theodor Graedler | |
144 | The Weidau case | Aug 8, 1986 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
145 | Closed time for murderers | 22 Aug 1986 | Gero Erhardt | Based on the Reinecker novel Der Kommissar und der Despot from 1977. |
146 | The role of his life | Oct 3, 1986 | Alfred Weidenmann | Director Weidenmann is mentioned in this episode, but as "Weidemann". |
147 | Don't fire this man! | Nov 28, 1986 | Horst Tappert | |
148 | Girl in fear | Jan. 2, 1987 | Horst Tappert | |
149 | The lady from Amsterdam | Jan. 30, 1987 | Helmuth Ashley | |
150 | Call at night | 20 Mar 1987 | Theodor Graedler | |
151 | Absolute madness | Apr. 24, 1987 | Horst Tappert | The episode shows parallels to “Death in the Lake”, and Robert Atzorn can be seen in a similar role again. The subplot in turn (a terminally ill man takes on a murder he did not commit in order to secure his surviving dependents financially) was later developed by Reinecker for “The Murderer's Wife”. |
152 | The dead man on the park bench | 5th June 1987 | Theodor Graedler | Both Ursula Karven and Werner Rom were dubbed by other speakers. |
153 | The night of the jaguar | June 19, 1987 | Jürgen Goslar | |
154 | A way to freedom | 3rd July 1987 | Gero Erhardt | |
155 | Night patrol | Sep 18 1987 | Dietrich Haugk | |
156 | Koldau's last trip | Oct 2, 1987 | Franz Peter Wirth | |
157 | Just trouble with the man from Rome | Oct. 30, 1987 | Helmuth Ashley | |
158 | Goos murder case | Nov 27, 1987 | Franz Peter Wirth | Based on Reinecker's 1978 superintendent novel The Truth in the Goos Murder Case . |
159 | Flying bird | Jan. 8, 1988 | Wolfgang Becker | For the first time with a soundtrack by Helmut Trunz . |
160 | Murder dreams | Feb 5, 1988 | Gero Erhardt | |
161 | A series of fine days | 4th Mar 1988 | Wolfgang Becker | |
162 | No risk | 25th Mar 1988 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
163 | Looking for a motif | Apr 22, 1988 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
164 | There's a big thing going on | May 13, 1988 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
165 | The Piraeus Adventure | July 1, 1988 | Zbyněk Brynych | Harry cries at the end of the episode. |
166 | The voice | July 22, 1988 | Helmuth Ashley | |
167 | The end of an illusion | Aug 12, 1988 | Günter Gräwert | |
168 | Including murder | Aug 19, 1988 | Helmuth Ashley | |
169 | The murderous Druse | Oct 21, 1988 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
170 | Kind of murder | Nov 25, 1988 | Günter Gräwert | |
171 | How do we get Bodetzki? | Jan. 6, 1989 | Horst Tappert | Based on Reinecker's 1979 novel of the same name. |
172 | Kissler's murderer | Jan. 27, 1989 | Wolfgang Becker | |
173 | The second murder | Feb. 24, 1989 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
174 | Blue Rose | 17th Mar 1989 | Zbyněk Brynych | Producer Helmut Ringelmann has a cameo as a passer-by in the underground car park. |
175 | The voice of the murderer | Apr 14, 1989 | Theodor Graedler | |
176 | Vengeance campaign | May 5th 1989 | Theodor Graedler | |
177 | Scream in the night | June 2, 1989 | Günter Gräwert | |
178 | The cold of life | June 30, 1989 | Helmuth Ashley | The villain is shot by Derrick at the end of the episode. |
179 | Mozart and death | 29 Sep 1989 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
180 | A little crook | Oct 20, 1989 | Helmuth Ashley | |
181 | Diebach's wife | Nov. 17, 1989 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
182 | A strange day in the country | Dec 15, 1989 | Wolfgang Becker | |
183 | No end in favor | Jan. 5, 1990 | Theodor Graedler | |
184 | Deadly patent | Feb. 2, 1990 | Horst Tappert | |
185 | Judith | 9 Mar 1990 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
186 | Tossner's end | Apr 20, 1990 | Günter Gräwert | Director Gräwert played the eponymous villain himself; Derrick and Harry only appear after 32 minutes. |
187 | Fall from hell | May 25, 1990 | Theodor Graedler | |
188 | The loner | June 8, 1990 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
189 | The enemy of man | July 20, 1990 | Günter Gräwert | |
190 | Death at the edge of the forest | Aug 17, 1990 | Wolfgang Becker | A case for Harry. Parallels to “Tote im Wald” up to the title. |
191 | Abyss of feelings | Sep 14 1990 | Horst Tappert | |
192 | The moment of truth | Oct 12, 1990 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
193 | Relationship broken | Nov 9, 1990 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
194 | Solo for four | Dec 14, 1990 | Franz Peter Wirth | Parallels to "open account". |
195 | Caprese in the city | Jan. 4, 1991 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
196 | Dangerous way through the night | Feb 1, 1991 | Günter Gräwert | |
197 | Penthouse | 15th Mar 1991 | Theodor Graedler | |
198 | Who are you father | Apr 26, 1991 | Helmuth Ashley | |
199 | Lost dignity | May 31, 1991 | Theodor Graedler | |
200 | Open case | June 28, 1991 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
201 | The dead hardly plays a role | July 19, 1991 | Horst Tappert | |
202 | Disturbances in the desire to live | Aug 9, 1991 | Theodor Graedler | |
203 | Death in the backyard | Sep 20 1991 | Zbyněk Brynych | From this episode on, Derrick always wears glasses. |
204 | The Scream | Oct 18, 1991 | Helmuth Ashley | A case for Harry. |
205 | Doctor Bloch's smile | Nov 29, 1991 | Günter Gräwert | |
206 | Isolde's dead friends | Dec 20, 1991 | Helmuth Ashley | |
207 | The trip to Munich | Jan. 17, 1992 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
208 | A strange man of honor | Feb 14, 1992 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
209 | Murder in the stairwell | 20 Mar 1992 | Helmuth Ashley | |
210 | The festive menus of Mr. Borgelt | Apr 24, 1992 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
211 | The silent murder | May 22, 1992 | Theodor Graedler | |
212 | Beatrice and Death | June 19, 1992 | Theodor Graedler | |
213 | An ice cold number | 17th July 1992 | Helmuth Ashley | Was produced in 1990 as the 193rd episode. |
214 | Days of anger | Aug 21, 1992 | Günter Gräwert | |
215 | The murderer's wife | Sep 18 1992 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
216 | Billie's brave new world | Oct 16, 1992 | Wolfgang Becker | |
217 | A strange private investigator | Nov 13, 1992 | Helmuth Ashley | |
218 | Not an expensive dead man | Dec 11, 1992 | Helmuth Ashley | |
219 | A very sad process | Jan. 22, 1993 | Theodor Graedler | |
220 | Man in the rain | Feb 5, 1993 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
221 | Slow waltz | 5th Mar 1993 | Helmuth Ashley | |
222 | Closed walls | Apr 16, 1993 | Theodor Graedler | |
223 | After eight long years | May 7, 1993 | Helmuth Ashley | |
224 | The partner | June 18, 1993 | Günter Gräwert | |
225 | The strange thing is love | July 16, 1993 | Theodor Graedler | |
226 | Two days, two nights | Aug 6, 1993 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
227 | Night performance | Sep 24 1993 | Helmuth Ashley | |
228 | Melody of death | Oct 29, 1993 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
229 | The night with Ariane | Nov 26, 1993 | Günter Gräwert | |
230 | An object of desire | Dec 17, 1993 | Zbyněk Brynych | Director Brynych makes a brief appearance as a pedestrian who touches his forehead. |
231 | The topic | Jan. 7, 1994 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
232 | At night when she ran home | Feb. 4, 1994 | Helmuth Ashley | |
233 | The plea | 4th Mar 1994 | Theodor Graedler | |
234 | A very honorable gentleman | Apr 22, 1994 | Zbyněk Brynych | |
235 | A terminus | May 27, 1994 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
236 | May I introduce you to my murderer? | June 24, 1994 | Theodor Graedler | |
237 | Don't shake hands with the killer | July 8, 1994 | Theodor Graedler | |
238 | Face behind the pane | Aug 5, 1994 | Dietrich Haugk | As a professor at the film school, director Haugk lectures on Bernd Eichinger . |
239 | The key | Sep 9 1994 | Zbyněk Brynych | Derrick composer Duval plays the hit man. Derrick himself has a rare outburst of anger, and from this episode onwards God is made a topic with great regularity. |
240 | The raft | Oct 7, 1994 | Helmuth Ashley | |
241 | Night prayers | Nov 11, 1994 | Theodor Graedler | |
242 | Dinner with Bruno | Dec 9, 1994 | Alfred Weidenmann | First episode with Sophie Lauer (here still Sophia). |
243 | Cat with no ears | Jan. 6, 1995 | Horst Tappert | Silent credits without music. |
244 | Call from Vienna | Feb 3, 1995 | Dietrich Haugk | |
245 | A murder, part two | 24 Mar 1995 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
246 | Tea time with a murderess? | Apr 28, 1995 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
247 | A murder and lots of nice people | May 19, 1995 | Theodor Graedler | |
248 | Kostloff's theme | June 23, 1995 | Dietrich Haugk | Silent credits without music |
249 | Derrick's dead friend | July 14, 1995 | Theodor Graedler | |
250 | A man's heart | Aug 18, 1995 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
251 | Your brother the killer | 8 Sep 1995 | Hans-Jürgen Tögel | |
252 | The indifference of the murderer | Oct 6, 1995 | Helmuth Ashley | |
253 | Mr Widanje dreams badly | Nov 17, 1995 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
254 | Midnight solo | Dec 15, 1995 | Helmuth Ashley | |
255 | The second bullet | Jan. 5, 1996 | Horst Tappert | |
256 | Have a nice day, murderer | Feb. 2, 1996 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
257 | Ruth and the killer world | March 8 1996 | Helmuth Ashley | |
258 | Is Babette having breakfast with a murderer? | Apr 5, 1996 | Eberhard Itzenplitz | |
259 | Girl in the moonlight | May 10, 1996 | Jürgen Goslar | |
260 | Murder echo | June 21, 1996 | Helmuth Ashley | |
261 | The empty room | July 12, 1996 | Horst Tappert | |
262 | Rieke's sad neighbor | Aug 9, 1996 | Eberhard Itzenplitz | |
263 | The defender | 6 Sep 1996 | Peter German | |
264 | The dark light | Oct 11, 1996 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
265 | Witness Karuhn | Nov 8, 1996 | Peter German | The two supposedly always “politically correct” investigators each use an expletive phrase in this late episode: “Shit!” (Derrick) or “the arrogant ass” (Harry). |
266 | Bleichröder is dead | Dec 13, 1996 | Peter German | |
267 | A little red number | Jan. 3, 1997 | Eberhard Itzenplitz | |
268 | Juxtaposition | Jan. 31, 1997 | Eberhard Itzenplitz | |
269 | Lost place | 14 Mar 1997 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
270 | Song of the night birds | Apr 18, 1997 | Wigbert Wicker | |
271 | Lost and found Anja | May 23, 1997 | Dietrich Haugk | |
272 | Hell in your head | June 20, 1997 | Helmuth Ashley | |
273 | The Chaplain's Nights | Sep 12 1997 | Eberhard Itzenplitz | |
274 | The murder that was a mistake | Oct 17, 1997 | Dietrich Haugk | |
275 | The first of all songs | Nov 7, 1997 | Horst Tappert | |
276 | Pornocchio | Dec 12, 1997 | Helmuth Ashley | Working title: The Broken Violin. |
277 | The murderer's daughter | Jan. 23, 1998 | Dietrich Haugk | Shortly before the end of the series, Derrick shows himself again unusually emotional and, despite his advanced age, again takes a killer at the sleeper. |
278 | Anna Lakowski | 6th Mar 1998 | Wigbert Wicker | |
279 | Mr. Kordes needs a million | Apr 17, 1998 | Wigbert Wicker | This episode stands out due to the perpetrator's internal monologue and the haunting soundtrack, in which story elements such as church bells and dance steps are mixed with the music. |
280 | Mama Kaputtke | May 1, 1998 | Alfred Weidenmann | |
281 | The parting present | Oct 16, 1998 | Dietrich Haugk | Rolf Schimpf , Michael Ande and other actors from the series Der Alte and producer Ringelmann have guest appearances. |
Production sequence
The order chosen for the first broadcast of the episodes often did not match their actual production order. Especially the order in which the early episodes from the experimental phase of the series were broadcast is a real mess. Here are the first thirty episodes in the order in which they were made (the first two were shot in 1973):
- 01 midnight bus (broadcast as episode 4)
- 02 Foundation Festival (episode 3)
- 03 Pawnshop (episode 11)
- 04 forest path (episode 1)
- 05 Paddenberg (episode 9)
- 06 Madeira (eps. 7)
- 07 Not a nice Sunday (episode 22)
- 08 Johanna (eps. 2)
- 09 Hoffmann's journey into hell (episode 10)
- 10 only excitements for Rohn (episode 6)
- 11 fear (eps. 18)
- 12 death on the railroad track (episode 5)
- 13 The Day After the Murder (episode 14)
- 14 signs of violence (eps. 8)
- 15 Calcutta (eps. 21)
- 16 A suitcase from Salzburg (episode 12)
- 17 Kamilla's young friend (eps. 13)
- 18 Death of the hummingbirds (eps. 16)
- 19 an incomprehensible guy (eps. 24)
- 20 alarm on district 12 (episode 15)
- 21 The Man from Portofino (eps. 29)
- 22 Death of the Trumpeter (eps. 17)
- 23 dead birds don't sing (eps. 19)
- 24 shock (eps. 20)
- 25 On your own (eps. 23)
- 26 The Bordfest (episode 25)
- 27 The super thing (episode 26)
- 28 Risk (eps. 27)
- 29 Pecko (eps. 28)
- 30 Yellow He (eps. 30)
Web links
- Derrick in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Derrick blog (episode guide with annotations)
- Derrick Database (episode guide with list of actors A – Z)
- Derrick Fan Club (episode guide with list of actors A – J)
- EpisodeWorld: Derrick Episode Guide
- Fernsehserien.de: episode guide
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