German television award 1999
The first presentation of the German Television Prize took place on October 2, 1999 in Cologne's Coloneum and was the first event in this modern media complex. The award ceremony was moderated by Jochen Busse , Johannes B. Kerner , Gabi Bauer and Kai Pflaume . The recording was broadcast by the private television broadcaster RTL .
Award winners
| price | Award winner / film / series | Nominations |
| Best TV film / multi-part | Sparrow and the Burning Arm (ZDF) |
The Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) The store (ARD / ORB) |
| Best series | Double use (RTL) |
The last witness (ZDF) Nikola (RTL) |
| Best Documentary / Best Documentary | The candidate (ARD / SWR) |
The Andreotti Trial (ARTE) The death ride of the ICE 884 (ZDF) |
| Best report | 24 hours: terminus Vienna - the corpses from Sensengasse (Sat.1) |
Truckstop-Geiselwind: Days and nights at the largest truck stop in Europe (ARD / Radio Bremen) The courier of the stars - On the go with a delicatessen importer (WDR) |
| Best information broadcast | Culture time (3sat) |
WiSo (ZDF) ZDF morning magazine (ZDF) |
| Best entertainment show | TV total (ProSieben) |
The weekly show (Sat.1) rooms available! (WDR) |
| Best show | Bet that..? (ZDF) |
The Harald Schmidt Show (Sat.1) Hausfieber (RTL) |
| Best sports show | RTL Formula 1 (RTL) |
the current sport studio (ZDF) ARD Sportschau live: DFB Cup final (ARD) |
| Best children's show | The dog from the Elbe (KiKa) |
Die Wahl-Maus (WDR) PUR / Logo extra : War in Kosovo (ZDF) |
| Best foreign broadcast | Hatred and Death A Valley in Kosovo (Channel 4 / ARD / WDR) |
Slobo and Mira (BBC / ARD / NDR) |
| Best Director TV Film / Multi-Part | Claudia Prietzel for Shame (ARD / WDR) |
Roland Suso Richter for Sperling and the Burning Arm (ZDF) Dominik Graf for The Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) |
| Best directing series | Dror Zahavi for double commitment - Die Todfreundin (RTL) |
Thorsten Näter for Delta Team - order secret! (ProSieben) Gabriele Heberling for HeliCops - use via Berlin (Sat.1) |
| Best book TV film / multi-part | Horst Sczerba for The Innocence of the Crows (ARD / NDR) |
Rolf Basedow for Sperling and the Burning Arm (ZDF) Gabriela Sperl-Werner for love and other disasters (ARD / BR) |
| Best book series | Gregor Edelmann for The Last Witness (ZDF) |
Franz Xaver Sengmüller for Der Bulle von Tölz (Sat.1) Christian Pfannenschmidt for Girl Friends (ZDF) |
| Best Actor Leading Role TV Film / Multi-Part | Benno Fürmann for The Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) |
André Hennicke for Sperling and the Burning Arm (ZDF) |
| Best Actor Leading Role Series | Ludger Pistor for Balko (RTL) |
Ulrich Mühe for The Last Witness (ZDF) |
| Best Actress, Leading Role, TV Film / Multi-Part | Suzanne von Borsody for Dark Days (ARD / WDR), The Murderer (ZDF) |
Dagmar Manzel for Der Laden (ARD / ORB) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Series | Ruth Drexel for Der Bulle von Tölz (Sat1) |
Mariele Millowitsch for girl friends - friendship with heart (ZDF), Nikola (RTL) Katy Karrenbauer for behind bars - Der Frauenknast (RTL) |
| Best Actor, Supporting Role | Martin Benrath for Der Laden (ARD / ORB) |
Jürgen Hentsch for Mein Kind muss Leben (SWR), The Murderer (ZDF) Oscar Ortega Sánchez for 36 hours of fear (Sat1) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Katrin Saß for A Man Crashes (ZDF), Sperling and the Burning Arm (ZDF) |
Angela Winkler for Die Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) Stefanie Stappenbeck for Dark Days (ARD / WDR) |
| Best moderation information | Leo Busch for Das Thema (n-tv) |
Steffen Seibert for Hallo Deutschland (ZDF) Antonia Rados for her RTL Aktuell Kosovo reporting (RTL) |
| Best camera |
Martin Langer for The Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) |
Hans Fromm for The Sleep Thief (ZDF / ARTE) Benedikt Neuenfels for Your Best Years (ZDF / ARTE), My Friend Balou (ZDF / ARTE) |
| Best cut | Jens Klüber for Operation Noah (Pro7) |
Veronika Zaplata for Die Musterknaben (ZDF) Hana Müllner for your best years (ZDF / ARTE), Sperling and the Burning Arm (ZDF) |
| Best music | Nikolaus Glowna for Bella Block: On the hunt (ZDF) |
Ulrich Reuter for Die Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) Dieter Schleip for Bitter Innocence (ARTE), Your best years (ZDF / ARTE), Tatort: Schwarzer Advent (ARD) |
| Best production design | Michael "Dago" Pfalzer and Bettina Schmidt for Die Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) |
Frank Polosek for Das Yellow vom Ei (ZDF) Lothar Holler for Der Laden (ARD / ORB) |
| Best costumes | Silke Sommer for The Bubi Scholz Story (ARD / WDR) |
Ruth Löffelholz for The Kiss of the Killer (RTL) Eveline Stösser for Die Musterknaben (ZDF) |
| Special Price | Boris Becker and Steffi Graf | |
| Honorary award of the donors | Kurt Masur | |
| Sponsorship award |
Stefan Krohmer (director) for Barracuda Dancing (ZDF) Stefanie Stappenbeck (acting) for Dark Days (ARD / WDR) |