Metropolitan area

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Television series
Original title Metropolitan area
Grossstadtrevier tv logo.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 1986
Production
company		 Studio Hamburg ,
since season 29 under the name of the subsidiary Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH
length 48 minutes
Episodes 452+ in 33 seasons ( list )
genre Crime , drama
Theme music Metropolitan area - truck stop
idea Jürgen Roland
production Wolfgang Henningsen
First broadcast December 16, 1986 on Das Erste

Das Großstadtrevier is a German television series that is broadcast on Erste . It has been produced by Studio Hamburg since May 1984 and currently comprises 452 episodes in 33 seasons. The first episode aired on December 16, 1986.

action

Everyday police work in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli and in the Kiez is shown , with the focus on the officers of the fictitious 14th Police Commissioner / PK14 (up to Season 23, 14th Police Station ). The plot essentially consists of three parts.

On the one hand, from the area of ​​everyday police work with mainly minor offenses such as theft , neighborhood disputes, traffic offenses, family disputes, etc., the often unbureaucratic and interpersonal help of the officials, especially when it comes to older citizens, children and the homeless, is almost a matter of course of the work.

There is also the area around the Kiez and Reeperbahn , where the officials primarily deal with prostitution , human trafficking, drugs and violence, but also deal with the concerns of the people who live and work there. For this purpose, real localities such as B. the travesty cabaret powder keg and the box pub Zur Ritze . When working around the Reeperbahn, Dirk Matthies' numerous contacts in the Kiez often prove to be very helpful.

The third sub-area is the private life of the PK14 police officers and their togetherness at work, true to the motto one for all, all for one . Here the cohesion and the familiar way of dealing with each other are particularly emphasized, this becomes clear through joint trips to the country and the joint after-work beer in the local pub Big Harry (previously at Elli's). The civil servants' private activities, which now and then also end up as business matters, are often part of the series.

Larger crimes, such as murder , hostage-taking , and robbery are occasionally discussed.

Locations

Since season 33, the interior shots and the entrance to the commissioner's office have been filmed in Studio Hamburg Atelier 3 in the Hamburg district of Tonndorf. The exterior shots take place in front of the archway at Elsässer Straße 20/22.

Previously, the district was located in a building on Mendelssohnstrasse / corner Paul-Dessau-Strasse, Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. The red brick building, which also housed the offices of / Studio Hamburg Produktion GmbH (which produced the metropolitan area up to and including the 32nd season) outside of shooting times, was used for both indoor and outdoor shots.

In episodes 1 to 28, the real police station 12 (today a branch of the police station 14), Klingberg 1 in 20095 Hamburg (next to the Chilehaus) was used for the exterior shots. The sign with the inscription "Polizeirevier 12" was pasted over accordingly.

Other recurring main locations are the Reeperbahn , Sankt Michaelis , the Sankt-Josefs-Kirche in St. Pauli and the St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken . Some episodes take place outside Hamburg, so the 300th episode (broadcast under the episode title 5 after 12 on January 10, 2011) was filmed in Bad Segeberg against the backdrop of the open-air theater on Kalkberg , where the Karl May Games usually take place and was laid out as a western . In addition, three episodes were filmed at Gut Rundhof in the Gasthof Weißer Hirsch . The episode Fährmann hol'röver was filmed on the North Sea island of Neuwerk , part of the Hamburg-Mitte district .

Another special location was the former Repsold fireboat , which is used for excursions on the Lower and Upper Elbe . In the metropolitan area, the Repsold served Dirk Matthies ( Jan Fedder ) as a barge for eight years .

  • Archway Elsässer Straße 20/22

    Since the 33rd season, the location for the exterior shots of the police station

  • Until the end of the 32nd season, the filming location of the metropolitan area in Mendelssohnstrasse in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

  • St. Pauli Landungsbrücken in autumn 2004 (land side); Level tower (left), old Elbe tunnel (right) from the underground station

actor

Current leading actors

actor Role name Episodes Seasons Years Rank
Maria Ketikidou Hariklia "Harry" Möller 64– 8th- 1994– Police chief; then chief police officer; now police chief
Saskia Fischer Mrs. Küppers 244– 21– 2007– Chief Police Officer
Marc Zwinz Johannes "Hannes" Krabbe 289– 23– 2009– Police chief
Wanda Perdelwitz Nina Sieveking 327– 26– 2012– Chief of Police
Sven Fricke Daniel Schirmer 327– 26– 2012– Police commissioner
Peter Fieseler Piet Wellbrook 375– 29– 2015– Police commissioner
Patrick Abozen Lukas Petersen 424– 32– 2018– Police superintendent
Farina Flebbe Jessy Jahnke 444– 33– 2020– Police chief

Farina Flebbe represented Wanda Perdelwitz in episodes 444–454, whose role Nina Sieveking suffered a gunshot wound in episode 443. Wanda Perdelwitz was on maternity leave at the time of filming for the remaining episodes of the 33rd season.

Former leading actors

actor Role name Episodes Seasons Rank
Thomas Naumann Georg Thiede 1-6 1 Police sergeant major
Arthur Brauss Richard Block 1-36 1-5 Police chief
Mischa Neutze Lothar Kruger 1-48 1-6 Police Chief Master
Peter Heinrich Brix 85-289 9-23 Police chief
Kay Sabban Neithardt Koehler 1-54 1-7 Police chief; later chief police officer
Mareike Carrière Ellen Wegener † 1-62 1-8 Police chief; later chief police officer
Edgar Hoppe Dietmar Steiner 1-191 1-17 Police Chief Master
Peter Neusser Rolf Bogner 1-192 1-17 Police chief; later police commissioner
Till Demtrøder Henning Schulz 34-294 5-23 Police chief; then police chief; later police chief
Christoph Eichhorn Robert Quest 55-78 7-9 Police Chief Master
Britta Schmeling Maike Bethmann 63-72 8th Chief of Police
Andrea Lüdke Tanja König 73-124 9-12 Police chief
Dorothea Schenck Anna Bergmann 125-191
290-326		 13-17
23-25		 Police
Chief Police Officer
Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff Svenja Menzel 193-208 18th Chief of Police
Matthias Walter Philip Caspersen 193-216 18-19 Police Chief Master
Wilfried Dziallas Bernd Voss 193-243
248-249
398		 18-21
30		 Police superintendent
Anja Nejarri Katja Metz 209-288 19-23 Chief of Police
Tommaso Cacciapuoti Fabian Brandt 217-240 19-20 Police Chief Master
Sebastian Hölz Benjamin "Ben" Kessler 241-272 21-22 Police Chief Master
Sophie Moser Nicole "Nicki" Beck 245-326 21-25 Police chief candidate, then police chief
Steffen Groth Hauke ​​Jessen 285-288
295-310
317 + 318		 23
24		 Police chief
Mads Hjulmand Mads Thomsen 311-382 25-29 Chief of Police, then Police Commissioner
Jens Münchow Paul Danning 327-423
450		 26-32
33		 Police chief
Jan Fedder Dirk Matthies 37-447 6-33 Police chief; Police chief; later police commissioner; then police superintendent

supporting cast

Continuous or recurring supporting roles

actor Role name Years Episodes Seasons Role description
Lutz Mackensy Chief Detective Iversen 1991-2005 div. 5-19 Chief of Police, later Chief of Police
Brigitte Janner Elli Meier 1994-2017 div. 7-23 Landlady of the local pub in the 14th district near Elli ,

later owner of the white deer country inn , maternal friend of Dirk Matthies

Jim Boeven Klaus Kruger 1999-2002 div. 16 younger brother of Lothar Krüger
Barbara nuts Ilse Bogner 2000-2003 div. 14-17 Wife of district manager Rolf Bogner
Eva Blum Maria Schäuffele 2002-2009 div. 15-23 Cleaner of the 14th district, later co-owner

a boutique, flirt by Lothar Krüger

Harry Schmidt Big Harry 2003-2017 div. 17-30 Kiezkneipier, host of the PK14 Big Harry's local pub ,

Buddy of Dirk Matthies

Tatjana Clasing Elisabeth Finally 2004-2006 div. 18-20 Environmental activist, former landlady and ex-fiancee of Lothar Krüger
Dietz-Werner Steck Albert Schäuffele 2005-2009 div. 19-23 Father of Maria Schäuffele
Michael Trischan Hinrich Petersen 2005-2009 div. 19-23 ev. pastor of the ship's church, friend of Dirk Matthies
Katja Zinsmeister Eva Schulz born Pingels 2007-2009 div. 21-23 Wife, later ex-wife of Henning Schulz
Tina Engel Maria Metz 2008-2009 div. 22-23 Mother of Katja Metz, owner of a kiosk
Peter Lohmeyer Hanno Harnisch 2008-2013 div. 22-26 Police commissioner, deputy head of PK14
Oskar Schröder Max Bergmann 2010–2012 div. 23-25 Son of Anna Bergmann
Nicole Heesters Renate Küppers 2010-2015 div. 23-28 Mother of Head of Commissariat Küppers
Hendrik Duryn Hendrik Hansen 2011–2012 div. 25th Sea captain, co-owner of the family's

Antique shop, partner of Anna Bergmann

Ingo Naujoks Benjamin Lindner-Stoll 2014 div. 27 Controller of the PK14
Daniela Schulz Caroline Schirmer 2014-2017 div. 27-31 Wife, later ex-wife of Daniel Schirmer

Guest actors (selection )

Team division

Patrol car 14/2

  • Seasons 1–5: Richard Block, Ellen Wegener
  • Season 6–8: Dirk Matthies, Ellen Wegener (from season 8 episode 63: Maike Bethmann)
  • Season 9–12: Dirk Matthies, Tanja König
  • Season 13-17: Dirk Matthies, Anna Bergmann
  • Season 18: Dirk Matthies, Svenja Menzel
  • Season 19–21: Dirk Matthies, Katja Metz
  • Season 21: Ben Kessler, Katja Metz
  • Season 22: Dirk Matthies, Katja Metz
  • Season 23–25: Dirk Matthies, Anna Bergmann
  • Season 26: Dirk Matthies, Paul Dänning
  • Season 27–32: Paul Dänning, Nina Sieveking
  • Season 32–: Lukas Petersen, Nina Sieveking (episode 444–454: Jessy Janke)

Representing: Hariklia Möller, Henning Schulz, Lothar Krüger

Patrol car 14/3

  • Season 9: Lothar Krüger, Müller
  • Season 26: Daniel Schirmer, Nina Sieveking

Motorcycle patrol 14/15

  • Season 1–7: Neidhardt Koehler

Civil warning 14/21

  • Season 8–11: Hariklia Möller
  • Season 11–23: Hariklia Möller, Henning Schulz (Season 23 episodes 285–288: Hauke ​​Jessen)
  • Season 24: Hariklia Möller, Hauke ​​Jessen
  • Season 25–29: Hariklia Möller, Mads Thomsen (season 25 episodes 317–318, (Christmas special): Hauke ​​Jessen)
  • Season 29–: Hariklia Möller, Piet Wellbrock

Representing: Fabian Brandt

Environment manhunt

  • Season 27-33: Dirk Matthies

Back office

  • Season 1: Georg Thiede, Dietmar Steiner, Lothar Krüger
  • Season 2–5: Dietmar Steiner, Lothar Krüger
  • Seasons 6–7: Dietmar Steiner, Henning Schulz
  • Seasons 7–9: Dietmar Steiner, Henning Schulz, Robert Quest
  • Season 9–11: Dietmar Steiner, Lothar Krüger, Henning Schulz
  • Season 11–17: Dietmar Steiner, Lothar Krüger
  • Seasons 18-19: Lothar Krüger, Philip Caspersen
  • Season 19–20: Lothar Krüger, Fabian Brandt
  • Seasons 21-23: Lothar Krüger, Nicki Beck
  • Seasons 23-25: Nicki Beck, Hannes Krabbe
  • Season 26: Hannes Krabbe
  • Season 27–: Hannes Krabbe, Daniel Schirmer

for a short time or as a substitute: Dirk Matthies, Hariklia Möller, Katja Metz

Revier, commissariat management

  • Season 1–17: Rolf Bogner
  • Season 17–21: Bernd Voss
  • Season 21–23: Dirk Matthies (season 22 episodes 266–268: Hanno Harnisch)
  • Season 23–: Ms. Küppers

Representing: Lothar Krüger, Dietmar Steiner

In season 27, Mrs. Küppers, in episode 346 Lost in Paradise , made a complete team swap for testing purposes. As a result, Mrs. Küppers took over the back office, Daniel Schirmer became head of PK14, Dirk Matthies and Hannes Krabbe formed a new team in 14/2, Paul Dänning became the new civil investigator alongside Hariklia Möller and Nina Sieveking and Mads Thomsen took over the 14/2 3.

Figures timeline

Main characters timeline from 1986 to date
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
'86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20
Harry Möller
Mrs. Küppers
Hannes Krabbe
Nina Sieveking
Daniel Schirmer
Piet Wellbrook
Lukas Petersen
former figures
Richard Block
Neithard Koehler
Ellen Wegener †
Maike Bethmann
Tanja König
Dietmar Steiner
Rolf Bogner
Svenja Menzel
Philip Caspersen
Fabian Brandt
Bernd Voss
Ben Kessler
Katja Metz
Lothar Krüger # 1 Lothar Krüger # 2
Henning Schulz
Hauke ​​Jessen
Anna Bergmann Anna Bergmann
Nicole Beck
Mads Thomsen
Paul Danning
Dirk Matthies
'86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Directors

Episodes

Trivia

  • In the first episode, Karl-Heinz Hess has a guest appearance as police chief and connects the metropolitan area with the previous series Police Radio calls and Hamburg Transit .
  • Ellen Wegener (played by Mareike Carrière) was the first female police officer in the metropolitan area. At the end of season 7 she accepts a marriage proposal from colleague Dirk Matthies (Jan Fedder), but dies in episode 62 (Ellen's farewell 2) ; in episode 61 (Ellen's farewell 1) , a pharmacist, the mistress of a murder suspect, had given her a poisoned tea.
  • Jan Fedder first appeared in the series as a police reporter before becoming Dirk Matthies Wegener's new colleague on the strip in episode 37 (season 6). In addition, in episode 3 he made a guest appearance as the noisy tenant Holger Pohl, and in episode 34 he hit his car against the wall as an accident driver. In episode 243 (season 21), Matthies reluctantly succeeded district manager Bernd Voss (Wilfried Dziallas), who was retiring. Before that, Matthies had become unfit for field service due to a stiff leg caused by a gunshot wound. In the 23rd season he voluntarily vacated the executive chair for Ms. Küppers ( Saskia Fischer ), who thus became head of the new police station 14; After a successful ReHa, Matthies himself is now doing his beloved patrol duty again. After Matthies shot a boy while on duty at the beginning of season 27 and wanted to quit his job, Ms. Küppers made him an offer to become a milieu investigator, which he accepted.
  • Kay Sabban , who played the motorcycle policeman Neidhardt Koehler, died of a pulmonary embolism while filming the 55th episode (Zapfenstreich) . In his honor, the role of motorcycle policeman was never again cast.
  • The figure of Lothar Krüger was portrayed by two different actors (1986–1993 by Mischa Neutze , 1995–2010 by Peter Heinrich Brix (from episode 85: The radio message )). However, Lothar Krüger was only relevant in episodes 1 to 35 (after that Neutze served more as an extra) and when the role was later taken over by Peter Heinrich Brix. It is not entirely clear whether the character played by Peter Heinrich Brix is ​​identical to that played by Mischa Neutze.
  • Peter Heinrich Brix , Wilfried Dziallas , Till Demtrøder , Maria Ketikidou , Jens Münchow , Tommaso Cacciapuoti , Wanda Perdelwitz and Saskia Fischer also had guest appearances in the metropolitan area before they became part of the regular cast. Wilfried Dziallas, Peter Heinrich Brix and Jens Münchow also after they left the regular cast.
  • The director Jürgen Roland and the band Truck Stop , who sings the theme song, can also be seen in guest appearances.
  • The stories of the NDR series Neues aus Büttenwarder , in which Peter Heinrich Brix and Jan Fedder also play the leading roles , come from the pen of Norbert Eberlein , who wrote the books for some episodes . Guido Pieters took over the direction here as well .
  • Lutz Mackensy was seen for the first time in episode 3, but up to episode 32 he was the criminal investigation officer Christian "Chris" Lang, only from episode 36 he became Kriminalrat (later Kriminaloberrat) Iversen. However, his character was the same from the first appearance. In episode 219 he got out and took part in a total of 86 episodes.
  • Since the beginning of the 21st season (2007), the police in the 14th district have been wearing new (blue) uniforms and have new patrol cars (also blue).
  • Ms. Küppers' first name is not mentioned in any episode, her mother calls her "Rübchen" (episodes 286, 356 and 372). Between season 22 and season 23 there was a best of compilation from previous seasons under the title Neues aus dem Großstadtrevier . In the synopsis of said program, the first name of Ms. Küppers is given as Regina, as well as in the role description on the ARD website for the series. In episode 428, Hannes Krabbe finds a piece of paper with the signature "R. Küppers" and is obviously observed knowingly by Mrs. Küppers. [1] According to the cast list for the episode Hallo Chef in NDR Teletext from May 28, 2016 and on the NDR website, her first name is Margret.
  • In the episode Mother's Day , which belongs to season 23, Ms. Küppers ( Saskia Fischer ) receives a visit from her mother Renate ( Nicole Heesters ). Actresses Nicole Heesters and Saskia Fischer are mother and daughter in real life too.
  • Jan Fedder, Anja Nejarri and Jens Münchow are the only actors who have had a double role in one episode each. In the episode The Double Matthies, Jan Fedder also plays an unsuccessful actor who causes chaos. In the episode Fallen Angels, Anja Nejarri mimes the corpse of a woman who died in a traffic accident in addition to her role as Katja Metz. In the episode The Crown Witness , Jens Münchow also plays a mafioso in addition to his regular role.
  • Jan Fedder can be seen for the last time in episode 447 Key Moments. But his role Dirk Matthies does not leave the series until episode 452 absolute beginner . This unusual situation arose because Jan Fedder was not available for the last episodes of the 33rd season. An ankle injury forced him to take a long break from filming. During this break in filming, however, Jan Fedder died unexpectedly on December 30, 2019. Originally, his departure was only to be incorporated into the series at the beginning of the 34th season. However, it was decided to comply with the wish of the audience, to say goodbye to Jan Fedder in the current 33rd season. As a result, some scenes were reproduced in February 2020, which were then incorporated into the already completed episode 452.
  • The 33rd season of the metropolitan area ended prematurely with episode 452 absolute beginners . This episode was the farewell episode for Jan Fedder's longstanding lead role, Dirk Matthies. The planned double episode Ms. Küppers and the Death, which was originally announced to be broadcast in May 2020, is now to be broadcast as the start of the 34th season in autumn 2020.
  • The ARD temporarily changed the broadcasting time, which led to a drop in ratings. In the meantime, the series has been moved back to its original place in the previous evening program (6:50 p.m.). The first called the metropolitan area the mother of all police series.
  • Grossmouthrevier was a parody of Großstadtrevier that was shown regularly in the episodes of the 2011 skit show Dennis and Jesko .
  • Several police officers who work as extras in the series are real Hamburg police officers .
  • The series emergency vehicles are mostly models of the BMW 5 series . Over time, the E12 , E34 , E39 , E60 and F10 series were used. A Ford was often used in the early episodes.
  • In 2009 the metropolitan area was also sold to the Italian television RAI UNO. There the series ran for some time in the morning under the title 14 ° Distretto .

literature

In September 2007, a pocket booklet on the series was published under the title Chefsache . The magazine was written by Jan Michaelis, and a scene photo from the TV series was used as the cover picture. Originally, the issues were supposed to appear annually, but the series was discontinued after the first volume. Unsold copies were still available in 2009.

Two years later, in September 2009, another paperback was published with the title The 14th Revier . The slim book was written by Matthias Röhe and provided with photos of the set and the actors. The entrance to Revier 14 can be seen as the cover picture.

The paperback Peter 14/2 has been on patrol since October 2010 . It represents the updated version of the book Das 14. Revier by Matthias Röhe. The emergency vehicle with radio call name Peter 14/2 is placed on the cover.

In July 2011 the book Die Kultbullen from Hamburg was published (Success in series: The metropolitan area celebrates 25 years), a reference work on Germany's oldest police series. All leading actors from 1986 to 2011 are presented, deaths from the past 25 years are outlined and the book contains an extensive series of photos. The entrance to the 14th commissioner's office can be seen on the cover.

On December 16, 2016, exactly 30 years after it was first broadcast, the book Die Kultbullen von Hamburg was published (Success in series: 30 years of the TV series Großstadtrevier) . It is a 240-page reference work on Germany's oldest police series. All leading actors from 1986 to 2016 are portrayed, the locations are presented, and deaths from the past 30 years are outlined. The book contains an extensive series of photos; The cover shows a policeman pointing to the badge.

The book Das 14th Kommissariat by Matthias Röhe was published in February 2020 . It is a 300-page book which, among other things, deals with the move from the old to the new guard. Interviews with actors, a list of prominent actors, the exact locations and mistakes in the film can be found in the book.

The book Moving to the new 14th Commissariat , published in April 2020, deals with the last day of shooting at the location in Mendelsohnstrasse with a series of photos from the set, gives an overview of the previous leading actors and introduces the new 14th Commissariat on the premises of Studio Hamburg. It contains 200 pages with information about the TV series Großstadtrevier.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shooting for «Großstadtrevier» in a new guard. In: WORLD. May 3, 2019, accessed June 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The "Großstadtrevier" is moving to the new Kommissariat hamburger-allgemeine.de, accessed on May 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Excitement about cult series: That's why the “Großstadtrevier” guard explodes. In: theworldnews.net. November 28, 2018, accessed January 1, 2020 .
  4. ^ Fireboat Repsold: Heimathafen Großstadtrevier. In: HAMBURG snaps! July 3, 2015, accessed March 26, 2020 .
  5. ^ Repsold. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Fresh wind in the "Revier". Dirk Matthies goes on patrol with a new colleague. Retrieved March 14, 2015 .
  7. ↑ "Großstadtrevier": A new guard, a dramatic exit and a cheeky substitute / The 33rd season with 16 episodes starts on January 27, 2020 in the first. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
  8. ↑ New investigator for ARD long-running metropolitan area ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  9. ↑ Mads Hjulmand leaves “Großstadtrevier” , BZ from January 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Das Erste / “Großstadtrevier”: the anniversary season with references to 30 years of series history starts on Monday in the first . In: presseportal.de . ( presseportal.de [accessed October 24, 2017]): “And what actually happened to Lothar Krüger (Peter Heinrich Brix in an episode role)? The former colleague, who took off his police uniform after winning the lottery and joined a theater company, is now working as a cleaner on a tourist steamer (episode 404: Who is Lothar Krüger?). "
  11. ↑ Saskia Fischer as Mrs. Küppers' chief police officer. ARD website for the series, accessed on June 12, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Cast list for the episode "Hallo Chef". NDR website for the series, accessed on June 12, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Großstadtrevier: In medical treatment: Jan Fedder fails to film. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
  14. ^ Farewell to Jan Fedder - Großstadtrevier. ARD Das Erste, accessed on March 23, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Cheerful to deadly. (No longer available online.) Das Erste , February 19, 2012, archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; accessed on November 23, 2017 .
  16. ^ The 14th Commissariat of Matthias Röhe. In: lehmanns.de. Retrieved May 15, 2020 . ; ISBN 9783752894479
  17. ^ Relocation to Matthias Röhe's new 14th police station. In: openpr.de. Retrieved April 26, 2020 . ; ISBN 9783751905237