A murder for Quandt

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Television series
Original title A murder for Quandt
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1997-1998
length 45 minutes
Episodes 17 in 2 seasons
genre Crime series
Director Michael Mackenroth ,
Michael Steinke ,
Rolf Liccini
script Karl Heinz Willschrei u. a.
First broadcast February 12, 1997
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A murder for Quandt is a crime series produced by Nostro Film based on an idea by Karl Heinz Willschrei and shown on Sat.1 in 1997 and 1998 .

content

The young commissioner Martin Quandt investigates murder cases for the Berlin criminal police. Always properly dressed and go outside his office, he uses as a preferred means of transportation a scooter brand Aprilia . Equipped with a sharp mind, Quandt is outwardly idiot and clumsy and thus weighs his opponents, i.e. the perpetrators in safety. Petrol station attendant Paule not only provides him with fuel, but occasionally also with helpful tips. The viewer learns nothing of Quandt's private life.

Others

The series was based on the American successful series Columbo with Peter Falk , even if the Berlin counterpart was not wearing a crumpled trench coat and was traveling on two wheels instead of a dented classic car. Also with regard to the perpetrator question, Ein Mord was a true copy of Columbo for Quandt , because the series did not work according to the classic Whodunit principle , the perpetrator was known from the outset and the viewer followed the educational work. And while Columbo kept talking about his wife, whom one never saw, Quandt repeatedly mentioned his superior, who did not appear.

A murder for Quandt started with a 90-minute pilot film ( Pech und Schwefel ) and was then broadcast weekly at 9.15 p.m. The audience participation sank in the course of the broadcasts, which may also have been due to the fact that the series ran on Wednesday evenings and therefore often had to compete with sports, especially football, broadcasts. Because of a soccer game, the last episode of the first season ( A good dog ) was only shown in 1998 at the beginning of the second season, of which only four episodes were broadcast. There are uncertainties regarding the question of whether and how many episodes were shot but never broadcast.

Episode list

Pilot film

First broadcast title script Director Guest actors (selection)
February 12, 1997 pitch and sulfur Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Andrea Sawatzki , Vadim Glowna , Arthur Brauss

season 1

No.
(total) 		No.
(season) 		First broadcast title script Director Guest actors (selection)
1 1 February 19, 1997 Blue blood Hartmann Schmige Michael Steinke Falk-Willy Wild , Peter Fitz , Gunda Ebert
2 2 February 26, 1997 Death directs Hartmann Schmige Michael Mackenroth Peter Sattmann , Cay Helmich , Ursula Heyer
3 3 March 5, 1997 The wrong caliber Karl Heinz Willschrei Rolf Liccini Wolfram Koch , Ulrich Wiggers , Ruth Kähler , Günter Short
4th 4th March 19, 1997 Deceived scammers Peter Hemmer Michael Steinke Friedrich-Karl Praetorius , Denise Virieux , Karl Kranzkowski , Jürgen Watzke
5 5 March 26, 1997 Money is great Hartmann Schmige Michael Steinke Martin Halm , Christina Plate , Justina del Corte
6th 6th April 2, 1997 The child Werner Kloss Rolf Liccini Katja Studt , Florian Fitz , Karin Frey
7th 7th April 9, 1997 The trip to Vienna Karl Heinz Willschrei Rolf Liccini Anne Kasprik , Gunter Berger , Christian Pätzold
8th 8th April 16, 1997 Corpse in the basement Hartmann Schmige Michael Steinke Roland Schäfer , Eleonore Weisgerber , Florian Martens
9 9 April 23, 1997 The clairvoyant Hartmann Schmige Rolf Liccini Hannelore Elsner , Max Volkert Martens , Klaus-Peter Grap
10 10 April 30, 1997 Ice age Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Steinke Manfred Zapatka , Jürgen Zartmann , Teresa Harder
11 11 May 7, 1997 The loop Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Heidelinde Weis , René Steinke
12 12 May 14, 1997 The Prince Consort Werner Kloss Michael Mackenroth Günther Maria Halmer , Susanne Bentzien , Gudo Hoegel
13 13 July 22, 1998 A good dog Karl Heinz Willschrei Rolf Liccini Ernst Stötzner , Tamara Rohloff , Walfriede Schmitt

season 2

No.
(total) 		No.
(season) 		First broadcast title script Director Guest actors (selection)
14th 1 July 29, 1998 Chess player Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Hansa Czypionka , Rolf Becker , Dietrich Hollinderbäumer , Karl-Maria Steffens
15th 2 August 5, 1998 The stranger Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Anna Thalbach , Conrad F. Geier , Maria Hartmann
16 3 August 12, 1998 Hunting fever Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Michael Mendl , Heribert Czerniak , Walter Tschernich
17th 4th August 19, 1998 The heart specialist Karl Heinz Willschrei Michael Mackenroth Volker Lechtenbrink , Julia Richter , Wolfgang Unterzaucher

Reviews

A murder for Quandt was rated rather negatively by the criticism. “Hearty snoop, moderate tension.” This is the conclusion that Hörzu comes to in its preliminary review of the pilot episode. At the beginning of the second season, Hörzu complained that title hero Martin Armknecht was "unable to convince" in the previous episodes, although "the cases [...] are intelligently constructed".

The program magazine Gong was already severely criticized with the pilot episode: “Extra-long, low-point and extremely tension-free series start. [...] Quandt, a nice guy, but without the aha effect, (still) without a profile, without that spark that ignites the fuse for 13 upcoming episodes. "Three issues later," Martin Armknecht, this superintendent of the class, [... ] in practice still not what Quandt promises in theory (Columbo). ”In contrast, the conclusion at the beginning of the second season is:“ Enjoyment of thrillers with an intelligent story and a nice detective ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e A murder for Quandt at krimihomepage.de , accessed on March 12, 2016
  2. ^ A b Christian Richter: The TV cemetery: The German Columbo , accessed on March 12, 2016