The Daredevils (TV series)

Television series
Original title	The daredevils
Country of production	Germany
original language	German and DGS
Year (s)	2010–2012
Production company	Constantin Television
length	45 minutes
Episodes	8 and pilot in 1 season ( list )
genre	Crime , action
Theme music	Tomcat by Dominic Boeer
production	Friedrich Wildfeuer Cornelia Popp
music	Dynamedion Klaus Garternicht (pilot)
camera	Stefan Wachner Stefan Unterberger Sebastian Janke Gerhard Schirlo (pilot)
First broadcast	December 23, 2010 (pilot) January 12, 2012 (series) on RTL
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Die Darufgänger is a German crime series that was broadcast by the private broadcaster RTL . The first season started on January 12, 2012. Due to the unsatisfactory audience ratings, RTL announced the end of production. Accordingly, there will be no second season of the series.

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actor	role	Episodes
Dominic Boeer	Chief Detective Carl Berger	1.00–1.08
Jörg Schüttauf	Chief Detective Marcus Maiwald	1.00–1.08
Benjamin Höppner	brown	1.00–1.08
Tobias light	Chief Inspector Stump	1.00-1.02, 1.04-1.06, 1.08
Anna von Berg	Sandra Maiwald	1.00–1.03, 1.05–1.08
Aurelia Selene Schäfer	Loretta Maiwald	1.00-1.02, 1.05, 1.07-1.08
Jella Haase	Clara Maiwald	1.00
Géraldine Raths		1.01-1.03, 1.05
Brian Rutte	Paul Maiwald	1.00-1.02, 1.05
Bjarne Rutte	Carlo Maiwald	1.00-1.02, 1.05

Episode list

Pilot film

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	First broadcast D	Director	script	Audience rating	Prod. Code
-	-	my country	December 23, 2010	Florian Kern	Frank Speelmans	4.64 million	100
Eight years ago, Carl apparently shot the bomber Christoph Weber in self-defense. Nobody knew, however, that he could be resuscitated. Weber had lost his family in the great flood in 2002 and now wants to hold those who are supposedly responsible to account. He doesn't shy away from Maiwald's family, and to make matters worse, he wanted to destroy a dam wall. Guest actors: Nadeshda Brennicke as Verona Winter, Fabian Hinrichs as Christoph Weber, Gode ​​Benedix as Finke, Christoph Zrenner as Christian Holzer, Timo Jacobs as Block, Anton Lewit as Varres, Eva Meier as an emergency doctor

season 1

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	Original title	First broadcast D	Director	script	Audience rating	Prod. Code
1	1	Carnapping	January 12, 2012	Franziska Meyer-Price	Frank Speelmans	4.00 million	104
The LKA is alerted by a series of car thefts. The perpetrators use new types of duplicate keys with which they can steal cars. Then the patent attorney Fahrenholz lies dead in front of the office. He wanted to patent the duplicate keys for his client Andreas Sommer. Madleck has long been on the LKA's wanted list and has not yet been caught. For the engineer Andreas Sommer, who invented this key, a troubled time begins. To prevent the car thefts, Markus and Carl go to the Carnapper Mecca, an illegal market for stolen cars and spare parts in the Czech Republic. But Madleck wants more and Andreas kidnaps his wife Anna to get another fifty duplicate keys from Andreas. That same night, Madleck wants to start another car inspection. The LKA only has a few hours to find Madleck and his accomplices. Guest actors: Julia-Maria Köhler as Lydia, Jürgen Rißmann as Anton Madleck, Bastian Klang as Andreas Sommer, Juliane Götz as Anna Sommer, Marc Rissmann as Nick, Jörg Rühl as Wollenhaupt, Christoph Jungmann as Becker
2	2	The package	January 19, 2012	Florian Kern	Ulf Tschauder	4.09 million	102
On the eve of the planned arrest of the freight forwarder and weapons smuggler Werner Belmann, he is the victim of an attack. Belmann had entered into the agreement with the LKA Sachsen. He wanted to surrender and pass on his knowledge of the illegal arms trade to the LKA. Carl and Markus witnessed the attack. Carl takes up the pursuit of the perpetrator, but he evades arrest by suicide. Carl and Markus suspect a larger group of perpetrators and are sure that the linchpin of these escalating events is a mysterious package. The package is the load of the missing articulated lorry. Markus has a suspicion, because there is a terror warning against a high-profile European business delegation and that this was a target. Markus and Carl concentrate their investigations on Belmann's friend, 30-year-old Gaby Zaufke. Gaby becomes the main witness and wards for the LKA. The only purpose in life is to finally be elected Miss Saxony, and this election is in a few days. She has little idea of ​​Belmann's illegal business, but at least she brings Markus and Carl to Frank Belmann. But the next lead leads on to a group of Islamists. Guest actors: Annett Fleischer as Gaby Zaufke, Mirko Lang as Frank Bellmann, Holger Richter as Werner Bellmann, Roman Schikorsky as Thomas Mehlkamp
3	3	Sea of ​​tears	January 26, 2012	Franziska Meyer-Price	Felix Mennen & Frank Speelmans	3.46 million	106
Markus and Carl watch Markus daughter Clara meet her new boyfriend Lars, but Markus is not very enthusiastic about it. There were a number of arson attacks on cars that night. The trail leads to an occupied house whose owner, the building contractor Drechsler, blames the occupiers for the fires. Carl and Markus are amazed to see Clara's friend Lars as the leader of the squatters. Lars fights against Drechsler, who wants to have the house cleared, and is supported by lawyer Bender. The fronts are extremely hardened and Lars blames Drechsler for the death of his girlfriend Melanie. Melanie died in an attempted arson on the roof of the old house. Markus and Carl get caught between the fronts and witness an attempted murder on Drechsler. The worst thing for Markus is that his daughter Clara sticks to Lars. While trying to solve Melanie's death in the attic, Markus and Carl come across unsolved puzzles that need to be solved. Guest actors: Marlon Kittel as Lars Möller, Christoph Letkowski as Simon Ittersheim, Marie Rönnebeck as Julia, Hubertus Hartmann as wood turner, Friederike Frerichs as Frau Bertz
4th	4th	Uneasy rider	February 2, 2012	Franziska Meyer-Price	Markus Hoffmann & Uwe Kossmann	3.38 million	105
In order to clear up a series of murders among members of the motorcycle gang "Speedwarriors", the LKA decides to smuggle Carl with a false identity into the bikers. Although the staged murder he committed on a gang member shows the desired success and Carl is accepted by the bikers, Marcus realizes that not everything went smoothly because the journalist Katja Lensky witnessed the alleged crime and smells the story of their life. The fact that she photographed a covert LKA operation puts Carl in mortal danger. While Marcus does everything possible to prevent the journalist from publishing her story, Carl tries to win the trust of the biker president Steven, whereby he increasingly attracts the distrust of the vice president of the Warriors. Little by little, Carl understands the deeper interrelationships of the biker community and it becomes clear to him that not all members feel committed to the principles of eternal loyalty and solidarity. But the realization comes too late, because suddenly Carl's cover is blown and a tough competition between him and Steven is imminent. Guest actors: Valerie Niehaus as Katja Lensky, Marc Benjamin Puch as Jesus, Hanno Koffler as Steven, Anja Knauer as Yvonne Siebert, Michael Kind as Kofler, Sönke Möhring as Joey Wagner
5	5	Sweet kid	February 9, 2012	Florian Kern	Frank Speelmans	3.51 million	103
When Carl and Markus take Clara to school, a man makes himself suspicious in Carl's eyes. Carl thinks he sees a classmate of Clara's who is sexually molested. When Carl confronts the man named Prager against Markus, the two LKA officers are rudely locked in a vehicle and handcuffed by four bodyguards. Meanwhile, Prager and his partner Kürten are planning a raid on a drug store. Later the LKA Sachsen learns that Lilli is the daughter of Prager. When Markus and Carl visit Lilli in the apartment under the roof of a skyscraper to actually demand an account from Prager for the attack by the bodyguards, they find the forklift driver Bott, who worked in a drug store, dead on the roof. But Prager is not in his apartment, instead Lilli, who has obviously observed the murder and is fearfully silent. They don't want to leave Lilli alone and take her with them, but still at the scene of the crime they meet the BKA officer Koller, who wants to usurp this case. The LKA Sachsen determines that Prager and Lilli live in a false identity protected by the state. The over-ambitious Koller caught Prager and is now forcing him to work with him. Prager is said to have stolen antidepressants worth 17 million euros from a warehouse. With this robbery he is supposed to deliver Kürten to the knife. Bott had seen through Prager's plan and had to die because of it. Markus and Carl don't trust Koller and secretly join the action. Guest actors: Lili Zahavi as Emily Kress, Ronald Kukulies as Koller, Thomas Dannemann as Paul Kress, Aljoscha Stadelmann as Mirco Kürten, Isabel Schosnig as a detective, Michael Baderschneider as Felix Bott
6th	6th	Matryoshka	February 16, 2012	Florian Kern	Markus Hoffmann & Uwe Kossmann	3.54 million	101
The thief Dill Boskow steals a woman's handbag and finds a pistol in it. The gun, however, falls into the hands of Marcus and Carl a little later. They then discover that a Russian was killed with it. The LKA Sachsen finds out that the Russian Mafia hold their regular meetings on a ship, where uncomfortable shops are closed with funny karaoke chants. Marcus tries to explain to his friend that certain decisions are shaped by political calculation. But Carl doesn't have time for quibbles because he has to find a supposed Russian killer. While Carl dives into the Elbe, is knocked down several times and is kidnapped by two Russians, he and Marcus actually manage to shed light on the case. Guest actors: Andrea Osvárt as Valentina Alexejewna, Jevgenij Sitochin as Dimitri Krailov, Jurij Rosstalnyj as Zatchinaev, Lenn Kudrjawizki as priest, Pit Bukowski as Dill Boskow, Jakob Bieber as Odin
7th	7th	In the crosshairs	February 23, 2012	Franziska Meyer-Price	Markus Hoffmann & Uwe Kossmann	3.07 million	107
Three murders occur within a very short time that were committed with a precision crossbow. And there is no discernible relationship between the victims. Marcus and Carl realize that they are obviously dealing with someone who chooses victims at random. Only when they succeed in thwarting a fourth attack and questioning the victim, 28-year-old Janek Polanski, can they not only find out the perpetrator's pattern. But when Markus and Carl start access, they only realize too late that they are part of this game themselves. Marcus is ambushed and kidnapped. In the violence of the perpetrator, he learns what his real motives are for his terrible deeds. But the realization comes too late and Marcus realizes that there is only one left who can save his life. This is his colleague Carl. He is actually ready to do anything for his partner's life. Guest actors: Vinzenz Kiefer as Janek Polanski, Stefan Rudolf as Jochen Nowak, Heiko Pinkowski as a customer in the tanning salon, Derek Nowak as Sam Debago, Mario Mentrup as Jochen, Martin Walde as Marvin Roth
8th	8th	Family ties	March 1, 2012	Hans-Günther Bücking	Christoph Darnstädt & Ulf Tschauder	0.88 million	108
Markus is homeless and unhappy because Sandra kicked him out after she learned that he repeatedly took part in dangerous missions against her agreement. Carl takes him camping and soon regrets it, because first Markus wails his ears, then he stumbles over a dead ex-colleague in the middle of the night. Then they track down an Iraqi family who don't speak a word of German. The dead man is the customs investigator Becker, whom Markus knows from earlier years of service. What was he doing with this group of illegal refugees behind the German-Czech border, who shot him and why? The refugees, a married couple and their ten-year-old son, only cause further confusion with their attempts to explain. While Sandra takes the family home, Carl and Markus go on a search for clues and quickly end up with the club owner Dieter Lowicki, who knows how to legally camouflage his human trafficking with forced prostitutes. Tragic hero or dead traitor? Our colleagues do not yet agree on this question. With every answer there are new questions up to the point in time when the two LKA officers find the key figure in this case. Guest actors: Arved Birnbaum as Dieter Lowicki, Neda Rahmanian as Samira Lowicki, Emilio Moutaoukkil as Fadi Altai, Robert Viktor Minich as a girl trafficker, Ramin Yazdani as Nadir Altai, Inaam Wali as Laila Altai, Reza Brojerdi as Karaman Altai

Reviews

“'Die Draufgänger' is a funny and entertaining pastime for everyone who can overlook the sometimes absurd events and the stale and obligatory love affair with a wink and a laugh. The serious crime fanatic is advised against this partly parodistic seeming fool's piece. "

- Jakob Bokelmann, Oddsmeter.de

“The German viewers must have been very naughty, because on behalf of Knecht Ruprecht, RTL [...] distributes the TV equivalent of rod blows. [...] “Action-packed, humorous and exciting right up to the last minute” - seldom did an advertising slogan apply to a film less than with the “daredevils”. "The Daredevils" have achieved something that has never happened to me [...]: I had to turn off the film before the end! I couldn't stand this mixture of boredom and stupidity any longer. "

- Christian Junklewitz, Serienjunkies.de

Web links

• The Daredevil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official page for the series

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RTL discontinues “Daredevil” & “Countdown” . Oddsmeter.de . February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
2. ↑ Fabian Riedner: Primetime Check: Thursday, December 23, 2010.quotemeter.de, December 24, 2010, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Jan Schlüter: Weak start for "The Daredevil". Oddsmeter.de, January 20, 2012, accessed November 6, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Jan Schlüter: Primetime-Check: Thursday, January 19, 2012.quotemeter.de, January 20, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Fabian Riedner: Primetime Check: Thursday, January 26, 2012.quotemeter.de, January 27, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Fabian Riedner: Primetime Check: Thursday, February 2, 2012.quotemeter.de, February 3, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Manuel Weis: Primetime check: Thursday, February 9, 2011.quotemeter.de, February 10, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
8. ↑ David Grzeschik: Primetime check: Thursday, February 16, 2012.quotemeter.de, February 17, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Manuel Weis: Primetime check: Thursday, February 23, 2012.quotemeter.de, February 24, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Manuel Weis: Quota check: "The daredevils". Quotemeter.de, March 2, 2012, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Jakob Bokelmann: The Critics: «The Daredevil». Quotemeter.de , December 22, 2010, accessed September 6, 2011 . 
12. ^ Christian Junklewitz: The Daredevils: Nightmare Before Christmas - Review. Serienjunkies.de, December 23, 2010, accessed September 6, 2011 .