Mandara (TV series)

Television series
German title	Mandara
Original title	Mandara
Country of production	Federal Republic of Germany
original language	German
Year (s)	1983
length	25 minutes
Episodes	12
genre	Mystery
idea	Justus Peacock
music	Jürgen Knieper
First broadcast	November 15, 1983
German-language ; first broadcast	November 15, 1983
occupation
	Horst Frank as Professor Hass; Christina Kubinek as Eltje Timm; Stefan Ernst as Shabu; Florian Jentsch as Hendrik Söhnkensen; Roger Huebner as Sven; Gernot Endemann as Timm pharmacist; Astrid Fournell as Mrs. Timm; Hellmut Lange as Pastor Petersen; Hans Clarin as Lodders; Anita Kupsch as Miss Erlebrecht / Specht; Michael Chevalier as a stonemason Söhnkensen; Rainer Hunold as Pastor Schalk; Wolfgang Condrus as Fischer Lüttig; Bobby Gaitano as Amir; Julia Biedermann as a maid; Henning Gissel as sexton;

Mandara is the title of a German youth series , consisting of 12 parts of 25 minutes each, which was first broadcast on ZDF in the pre-Christmas period 1983 . The series was shot on the island of Sylt . Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb .

content

The series is about an heir to the throne from a distant land who is hidden from beach pirates by the daughter of the village pharmacist. The pirates want to steal the god statue of the prince, with which he wants to free his people. A shady demon (played by Horst Frank ) is also after the statue and an amulet so that he can regain his full power.

Locations

The shooting took place almost exclusively in Berlin-Rudow . There were still scenes from the film " The Laurents ", which were converted into the village "Breemster". The scenes on the beach, in the dunes and at the marina were filmed on Sylt . The opening sequence was created in the botanical garden in Berlin.

Trivia

The actor Stefan Ernst , who plays Shabu, was dubbed by Joachim Tennstedt .
The series was broadcast twice by ZDF, in 1983 and 1990.

radio play

Mandara has also appeared as a radio play series on Europa . The soundtrack was taken from the series and supplemented with additional music.

The six music cassettes:

The wind shape / From the other end of the world
The secret of Shabu / The guest from Polder
The golden hand / the stone of the great council
The curse from distant days / A new Shabu
Mandara is found again / The white noise
Eltje and the golden hand / The end of the demon

DVD

Mandara was released on June 27, 2008 on a double DVD.

Web links

Mandara in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Details on Fernsehserien.de