Father Brown (TV series)

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Television series
Original title Father Brown
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1966-1972
length 25 minutes
Episodes 39 in 5 seasons
genre Crime series
music Bert Breit (seasons 1–3) Hans Hammerschmid (seasons 4 and 5)
German-language
first broadcast		 January 1966
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Father Brown is a 39-part crime series that was produced in five seasons between 1966 and 1972 and broadcast by all regional broadcasters of the ARD in their evening programs. The first 13 episodes (seasons 1 and 2) were shot in black and white, the remaining episodes were shot in color. Various authors were responsible for the scripts (see episode list), Rainer Wolffhardt (season 1), Imo Moszkowicz (seasons 2 and 3) and Hans Quest (seasons 4 and 5) directed. The production initially had the television production Dr. Heinz Scheiderbauer (seasons 1 and 2), later in charge of TV 60 television production (seasons 3–5).

action

Father Brown solves murder cases from a different point of view than the police usually do: He tries to understand the role of the perpetrator in order to understand his thoughts and actions and thus ultimately to be able to solve the crime. In doing so, he is usually the proverbial nose length ahead of the police. The individual episodes are based on motifs from the novels by Gilbert K. Chesterton , these are named with their original titles in the episode lists next to the subsequent titles. The implementation of these novel templates was carried out relatively faithfully.

Others

The first two seasons of the series were shot and produced in Austria, which is why most of the roles were cast by Austrian actors. From season 3 the production was transferred to the Munich TV 60 television production, which is why with the beginning of episode 14 the shooting took place in Bavaria and mainly German actors were to be seen in guest roles.

Josef Meinrad , who played the title role, wanted to become a priest himself and lived for a while in a monastery.

Helmut Alimonta played in Hell, Hell, Hell , The Heavenly Arrow and The Purple Wig , making him the most frequently used actor in this series.

In the episode The Inheritance of Robert Musgrave (Season 4 / Episode 5) director Hans Quest acted at the side of his wife Ingrid Capelle . The castle used as the setting in this episode was the same as in Hell, Hell, Hell (Season 3 / Episode 6), but had a different name.

Within the individual seasons, the mode of broadcasting was partly different, the episodes were broadcast weekly, sometimes only monthly.

Episode 1 ( The Mistake of the Machine ) was the only one to be repeated for the first time in 1996 since it was first broadcast.

Episode list

season 1

No. (total) No. (season) First broadcast title original script Guest actors (selection)
1 1 ??. January 1966 The fault of the machine The mistake of the machine Martin Duschat Walter Regelsberger , Dany Sigel
2 2 February 23, 1966 The admiral in the pool The Green Man Martin Duschat Christine Prober , Felix Franchy
3 3 March 16, 1966 The man with the top hat The absence of Mr. Glass Franz Geiger Rose Renée Roth , Heinz Ehrenfreund
4th 4th ??. April 1966 The unsolvable problem The Insoluble Problem Martin Duschat Herbert Fux , Anton Duschk
5 5 May 13, 1966 Caesar's head The Head of Cesar Martin Duschat Peter Machac , Ernst Anders
6th 6th June 10, 1966 The song to the flying fish The Song of the Flying Fish Rainer Wolffhardt Otto Ambros , Karl Fochler
7th 7th July 22, 1966 The eye of Apollo The Eye of Apollo Ulrich Berns Raoul Retzer , Grete Zimmer

season 2

No. (total) No. (season) First broadcast title original script Guest actors (selection)
8th 1 January 12, 1968 The three shooting stars The Flying Stars Ernst Pfeiffer Erich Auer , Margot Philipp
9 2 January 26, 1968 An actress' alibi The Actor and the Alibi Martin Duschat Hilde Weissner , Ellen Umlauf
10 3 February 9, 1968 A glass of whiskey The Quick One Martin Duschat CW Fernbach
11 4th February 16, 1968 Salad for Colonel The Salade of Colonel Cray Günther Swars
12 5 February 23, 1968 The sins of Prince Saradin The Sins of Prince Saradine Martin Duschat Erwin Strahl , Olga von Togni
13 6th March 1, 1968 The thief's paradise The Paradise of Thieves Franz Geiger Josef Hendrichs , CA Tichy , Heinz Zuber

season 3

No. (total) No. (season) First broadcast title original script Guest actors (selection)
14th 1 4th June 1969 The point of a needle The point of a pin Martin Duschat Hans Epskamp , Georg Hartmann , Gert Wiedenhofen , Christian Wolff
15th 2 June 11, 1969 The invisible The Invisible Man Martin Duschat Dinah Hinz , Kurt Zips , Willy Schultes
16 3 June 18, 1969 The shape is wrong The wrong shape Franz Geiger Georg Lehn , Nino Korda
17th 4th June 25, 1969 The curse of the book The Blast of the Book Franz Geiger Frauke Sinjen , Michael Hinz
18th 5 2nd July 1969 Who was the culprit? The Crime of the Communist Rolf Schulz Hans Korte , Herbert Weissbach , Hans Zesch-Ballot
19th 6th July 9, 1969 Hell, hell, hell The Three Tools of Death Rolf Schulz Peter Capell , Astrid Frank , Karl Walter Diess , Sigfrit Steiner , Helmut Alimonta

Season 4

No. (total) No. (season) First broadcast title original script Guest actors (selection)
20th 1 October 15, 1970 The blue cross The Blue Cross Martin Duschat Götz Olaf Rausch , Heinz Frölich , Hans Elwenspoek , Hannes Kaetner , Rolf Castell
21st 2 October 22, 1970 The duel The Chief Mourner of Marne Franz Geiger Robert Meyn , Viktoria Brams , Eckart Dux , Walter Kohut , Rudolf Schündler
22nd 3 October 29, 1970 The red moon of Meru The Red Moon of Meru Franz Geiger Günther Neutze , Hans Cossy , Ilona Grübel , Gaby Herbst , Otto Kurth
23 4th 5th November 1970 The heavenly arrow The Arrow of Heaven Rolf Schulz Joachim Hansen , P. Walter Jacob , Berno von Cramm , Helmut Alimonta
24 5 November 12, 1970 The inheritance of Robert Musgrave The Worst Crime in the World Franz Geiger Hans Quest , Gerd Baltus , Ingrid Capelle
25th 6th November 26, 1970 The Vamp from Protters Pond The Vampire of the Village Rolf Schulz Ruth Maria Kubitschek , Wolfgang Engels , Peter Maertens , Edith Volkmann , Willy Semmelrogge
26th 7th 3rd December 1970 Gloria scandal The Scandal of Father Brown Martin Duschat Christiane Nielsen , Dieter Borsche , Xenia Pörtner , Claus Hofer , Achim Strietzel , Robert Naegele
27 8th 17th December 1970 The assassination The Resurrection of Father Brown Martin Duschat Claus Biederstaedt , Wolfgang Lukschy , Werner Peters , Sigurd Fitzek , Änne Bruck

Season 5

No. (total) No. (season) First broadcast title original script Guest actors (selection)
28 1 June 9, 1972 The judicial mirror The Mirror of the Magistrate Martin Duschat Karin Eickelbaum , Friedrich Joloff , Karl-Maria Schley , Otto Bolesch , Horst Sachtleben
29 2 June 16, 1972 The Seven Fishermen's Club The Queer Feet Martin Duschat Karl Lieffen , Carl Lange , Viktor Staal , Panos Papadopulos
30th 3 June 30, 1972 Vaudrey's disappearance The Vanishing of Vaudrey Rolf Schulz Hans Hermann Schaufuss , Holger Hagen , Katharina de Bruyn , Alexander Hegarth , Wolfried Lier
31 4th July 10, 1972 The Pendragon Curse The Perishing of the Pendragons Rolf Schulz Fritz Tillmann , Gundolf Willer , Rüdiger Bahr , Joost Siedhoff
32 5 ??. July 1972 The man in the passage The Man in the Passage Martin Duschat Albert Lieven , Krista Keller , Horst Naumann , Wolfgang Weiser , Karl Renar
33 6th July 31, 1972 The purple wig The Purple Wig Rolf Schulz Günter Strack , Alexis von Hagemeister , Paul Bürks , Helmut Alimonta
34 7th August 14, 1972 Who is threatening Sir Claude? The Strange Crime of John Boulnois Franz Geiger Alexander Kerst , Ulrich Faulhaber , Karl John , Ina Peters , Angelika Bender
35 8th September 11, 1972 The riddle Michael Mondschein The Man with the Two Beards Martin Duschat Paula Denk , Folker Bohnet , Edgar Wenzel , Ellen Frank
36 9 2nd October 1972 The winged dagger The Dagger with Wings Franz Geiger Günther Stoll , Diana Körner , Herbert Tiede , Lisa Helwig , Simone Rethel , Sigurd Fitzek , Wolf Ackva , Uli Steigberg
37 10 October 16, 1972 The hammer of god The Hammer of God Franz Geiger Louise Martini , Martin Hirthe , Günter Mack , Werner Pochath , Helma Seitz
38 11 November 6, 1972 The canine oracle The Oracle of the Dog Martin Duschat Anita Lochner , Klaus Löwitsch , Konrad Georg , Manfred Seipold
39 12 4th December 1972 Meet at the tiger cage The Pursuit of Mr. Blue Martin Duschat Karin Hübner , Walter Sedlmayr , Udo Vioff , Barbara Rath , Wolf Rahtjen

Reviews

The crime thriller homepage sees leading actor Josef Meinrad "undoubtedly with his leisurely manner" as "the right cast" , but criticizes the title music of the first three seasons, which is "better and more appropriate" in the rest , whereby here a comparison with the soundtrack of Martin Böttcher from the two Heinz Rühmann films The Black Sheep and He Can't Leave It and the ARD series Pfarrer Braun is drawn. The crime thriller homepage also notes positively that with the change of the production company from season 3 onwards, "the series is not only gaining in color, but also in speed and tension" . You can tell that the filming did not take place in England, "but the loving, detailed set makes it easy to forget" .

publication

All seasons have been released on DVD, although there are only fragments of the episode Salat for Herr Colonel and these are only contained within the DVD with seasons 1 and 2 as 9-minute bonus material. The entire 5th season can be seen on YouTube for almost five hours .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The crime thriller homepage
  2. ^ Father Brown at Pidax Film