Professor van Dusen

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Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)
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Radio play from Germany
Year of production 1978-1999
genre Thriller
consequences 77 (2 of them as two-part) of 50–60 min
production RIAS Berlin (1978–1993)
Germany radio (1994–1999)
Publisher / label High score music
Contributors
author Jacques Futrelle , Michael Koser
Machining Michael Koser
Director Rainer Clute , Sylvia Rauer , Dietrich Auerbach
speaker

Professor van Dusen (actually Professor Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus van Dusen , also The Thinking Machine ) is the main character and thus namesake of a 77-part radio play series, which was first produced and broadcast by RIAS from 1978 to 1999 and later by Deutschlandradio . The series is based on the short stories by the writer Jacques Futrelle (there: Professor Augustus S. F. X. van Dusen ). The radio plays have been published in a digitally remastered version by Highscore Music since 2010 .

New episodes have been produced since 2015, until 2019 with the participation of the original author Michael Koser , although he had previously excluded new episodes several times.

There are also comic adaptations of some radio plays.

Radio play series

characters

Prof. van Dusen

The figure of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus van Dusen (at Futrelle: Augustus SFX Van Dusen), called The Thinking Machine , born on March 2, 1846, was invented around 1900 by the American writer Jacques Futrelle . Van Dusen embodies the epitome of the modern scientist at the beginning of the 20th century, who has a passion for solving tricky criminal cases. In Germany, the figure was best known for the radio plays by Michael Koser in the Berlin RIAS (from 1994: Deutschlandradio Berlin ). Only a small part of these cases build on the stories of Futrelle; the remaining cases are from Michael Koser's own pen. The main role was spoken by Friedrich W. Bauschulte (1923-2003) in all 79 radio play episodes (77 episodes, two of which were two-part) .

Hutchinson Hatch

Hutchinson Jefferson Hatch Jr. was created by Jacques Futrelle. He is a detective assistant, companion, chronicler and friend of Professor van Dusen. He supports the great amateur criminologist in numerous criminal cases. Initially introduced by Futrelle only as a secondary character, the meaning of the character for Michael Koser, who edited some of the original stories for the radio and also created many of his own radio plays, increases significantly. Hutchinson Hatch takes on the role of narrator and questioner. Klaus Herm (1925–2014) was the speaker in all radio play episodes.

Guest speaker

One or more guest speakers can be heard in every radio play, including: Hubertus Bengsch , Detlef Bierstedt , Lothar Blumhagen , Horst Bollmann , Susanna Bonaséwicz , Christian Brückner , Hans-Werner Bussinger , Wolfgang Condrus , Gerd Duwner , Hermann Ebeling , Peter Fitz , Gudrun Genest , Heinz Giese , Brigitte Grothum , Till Hagen , Edith Hancke , Hans Peter Hallwachs , Monika Hansen , Beate Hasenau , Herbert Herrmann , Martin Hirthe , Klaus Jepsen , Joachim Kerzel , Reinhard Kolldehoff , Helmut Krauss , Maren Kroymann , Ulrike Krumbiegel , Tilly Lauenstein , Helga Lehner , Regina Lemnitz , Arnold Marquis , Max Volkert Martens , Peter Matić , Otto Mellies , Klaus Miedel , Edgar Ott , Katja Riemann , Christian Rode , Liane Rudolph , Otto Sander , Peter Schiff , Gunter Schoß , Hans Teuscher , Jürgen Thormann , Eric Vaessen , Herbert Weißbach , Harry Wüstenhagen and many others.

The consequences

The following list shows the chronological order of the production and the CD release ofsequence / Highscore Music as well as the chronological order of the cases, which are located between the years 1898 and 1912.

No.
(production) 		No.
(CDs) 		No.
(cases) 		title production CD release
01 01 14th One ounce of radium RIAS 1978 10/22/2010
02 02 03 The safest prison in the world RIAS 1978 10/22/2010
03 03 16 Murder by gas light RIAS 1979 10/22/2010
04th 04th 22nd The man who lost his head RIAS 1979 10/22/2010
05 05 25th Die well with Shakespeare RIAS 1979 07/10/2011
06th 06th 27 The pearls of the Kali RIAS 1979 13/01/2012
07th 07th 31 Whiskey in the clouds RIAS 1979 04/13/2012
08th 08th 34 Detectives competition RIAS 1979 07/13/2012
09 09 37 A murderer at Madame Tussaud RIAS 1979 05/17/2013
10 10 42 Living pictures - dead man RIAS 1979 11/15/2013
11 11 01 Van Dusen's first case RIAS 1979 05.09.2014
12 12 47 Voices from the afterlife RIAS 1980 03/06/2015
13 13 48 Who likes to die in Monte Carlo? RIAS 1980 04/20/2017
14th 14th 51 Red blood and white cheese RIAS 1980 06/23/2017
15th 15th 53 Gamblers, Zossen and Zinnober RIAS 1980 08/18/2017
16 16 56 Duel of the giants RIAS 1980 October 20, 2017
17th 17th 61 The prison of Count Dracula RIAS 1980 December 01, 2017
18th 18th 63 The eunuchs sit howling in the harem RIAS 1981 02/09/2018
19th 19th 66 The curse of the Pharaoh RIAS 1981 06/01/2018
20th 20th 69 Hatch wants to get married RIAS 1981 08/11/2018
21st 21st 71 The Singapore headhunter RIAS 1981 April 17, 2020
22nd 22nd 73 Doctor Tschu Man Fu RIAS 1981 07/24/2020
23 - 74 Robinson's Island RIAS 1981 -
24 - 78 The earth has him again RIAS 1982 -
25th - 23 Professor van Dusen and the circus killer RIAS 1982 -
26th - 43 Professor van Dusen saves the Venus de Milo RIAS 1982 -
27 - 72 Professor van Dusen and the terrible snowman RIAS 1982 -
28 - 60 Professor van Dusen on the tightrope RIAS 1983 -
29 - 52 Where is Professor van Dusen? RIAS 1983 -
30th - 32 Professor van Dusen and the unprovoked murder RIAS 1983 -
31 - 46 Professor van Dusen against the phantom RIAS 1983 -
32 - 26th Professor van Dusen and the Eye of the Cyclops RIAS 1984 -
33 - 67 Professor van Dusen and the magic carpet RIAS 1984 -
34 - 39 Professor van Dusen helps Scotland Yard RIAS 1984 -
35 - 70 Professor van Dusen and the Maharaja's treasure RIAS 1984 -
36 - 17th Professor van Dusen in the Wild West RIAS 1984 -
37 - 21st Professor van Dusen and the vampire of Brooklyn RIAS 1985 -
38 - 55 Professor van Dusen and the bloody message RIAS 1985 -
39 - 33 Professor van Dusen on the back stairs RIAS 1985 -
40 - 38 sound and smoke RIAS 1986 -
41 - 54 Professor van Dusen meets Kaiser Wilhelm RIAS 1986 -
42 - 62 Third round for Professor van Dusen RIAS 1986 -
43 - 02 Professor van Dusen and the corpse robber RIAS 1986 -
44 - 06th Professor van Dusen and the Mafia murder RIAS 1986 -
45 - 10 Professor van Dusen and the missing millionaires RIAS 1986 -
46 - 28 Professor van Dusen and the Black Knight RIAS 1987 -
47 - 68 Professor van Dusen in Morocco RIAS 1987 -
48 - 18th A dinosaur for Professor van Dusen RIAS 1987 -
49 - 76 Professor van Dusen and the Hatch case RIAS 1987 -
50 - 77 Professor van Dusen and the seven detectives RIAS 1988 -
51 - 04th Professor van Dusen drives a sledge RIAS 1988 -
52 - 29 Professor van Dusen lets the pig out RIAS 1988 -
53 - 59 Professor van Dusen falls under the robbers RIAS 1989 -
54 - 15th At the last moment: Professor van Dusen RIAS 1989 -
55 - 35 Professor van Dusen and the murder in the club RIAS 1989 -
56 - 08th Professor van Dusen plays Santa Claus RIAS 1989 -
57 - 57 Professor van Dusen sees twice RIAS 1990 -
58 - 41 Professor van Dusen and the third man RIAS 1990 -
59 - 75 Professor van Dusen on the death ship RIAS 1990 -
60 - 58 Professor van Dusen on a secret mission RIAS 1990 -
61 - 65 Professor van Dusen and the mystery of the pyramid RIAS 1991 -
62 - 07th Professor van Dusen visits his bank RIAS 1991 -
63 - 09 Professor van Dusen drives the devil out RIAS 1992 -
64 - 20th Ear witness: Professor van Dusen RIAS 1992 -
65 - 30th Augustus in Wonderland RIAS 1992 -
66 - 11 Professor van Dusen conjures up a ghost RIAS 1992 -
67 - 24 Professor van Dusen is ticking away RIAS 1993 -
68 - 05 Professor van Dusen and the gold of Mexico RIAS 1993 -
69 - 36 Professor van Dusen and the black five-penski RIAS 1993 -
70 - 19th UFOs about Professor van Dusen Deutschlandradio 1994 -
71 - 44 Professor van Dusen and the Zola case (part 1) Deutschlandradio 1994 -
72 - 45 Professor van Dusen and the Zola case (part 2) Deutschlandradio 1994 -
73 - 12 Professor van Dusen plays the killer game Deutschlandradio 1994 -
74 - 40 Professor van Dusen and the sign of the seven Deutschlandradio 1994 -
75 - 49 Professor van Dusen in Hannibal's footsteps (part 1) Deutschlandradio 1995 -
76 - 50 Professor van Dusen in Hannibal's footsteps (part 2) Deutschlandradio 1995 -
77 - 13 Professor van Dusen and the Phantom of the Opera Deutschlandradio 1996 -
78 - 64 Professor van Dusen: The wall has to go Deutschlandradio 1997 -
79 - 79 Professor van Dusen's greatest case Deutschlandradio 1999 -

history

The best overview of the radio play series Professor van Dusen is probably given by the introductory words by director Rainer Clute to the radio feature Der Fall van Dusen ( Deutschlandradio 1999):

"Since the start of the cheerful historical crime series in 1978, Michael Kosers Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. August van Dusen, brilliant scientist and passionate amateur criminologist, with his loyal assistant, companion and chronicler Hutchinson Hatch, has taken care of the solution of unsolvable cases around the world and has kept a steadily growing audience in suspense year after year. "

- Michael Koser : The van Dusen case

“Saturday, June 24, 1978: the first radio play production day of the first Van Dusen crime novel! A day on which the whole energy of those involved was concentrated, because there was a lot to be regulated before production could begin. The prelude to the planned series was rather slow. Michael Koser, author of this series of radio plays, was not very well received by RIAS Berlin's radio drama dramaturgy. The then head of the entertainment program, Hans Rosenthal , reacted much more positively, and his series-proven editorial team was happy to take on this new project. The only thing missing was a suitable and interested director. Michael Koser approached me and quickly convinced me of his idea. We both knew each other as a writer / director team à la Holmes / Watson, Miss Marple / Mr. Stringer or something similar. Now it was time to find the protagonists for the main roles (Professor van Dusen and Hutchinson Hatch). After some deliberation, the choice fell on Friedrich W. Bauschulte, then a member of the ensemble of the Schiller Theater, which has long since closed, and also "the voice" of some prominent actors in the dubbing work. He became Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Augustus van Dusen, called The Thinking Machine ; Klaus Herm, first working for the Schiller Theater, then as a freelance actor, became Hutchinson Hatch, the mad reporter for the Daily New Yorker , van Duzen's constant companion and assistant as well as a meticulous chronicler of the adventures of his famous professor. "

- Michael Koser : The van Dusen case

“After a relatively short period of time, our production team grew together into a very well-coordinated ensemble, which from the start included a permanent technical team that has changed little over the years. Shortly after the start of the series, Sylvia Rauer joined us, first as an assistant director and now as an indispensable co-director. Some of the radio plays that were produced in the very early days under great time stress and in an improvisational mood are still my favorite crime novels today, for example Whiskey in the Clouds or Red Blood and White Cheese . This audio piece was also the beginning of an increasingly important part of music. The crime thriller set in the Swiss Alps was enriched exclusively with madrigal music, a very unusual choice for the time, as the average crime thriller music tended to use the crime scene genre. Van Dusen Music has now found its own fan community, which represents its interests hand in hand with the Van Dusen Fan Club that has existed in Berlin for years. Again and again I was asked to give the sources of the soundtrack music for die-hard fans or to compile soundtracks. Unfortunately: There are no soundtracks from Van Dusen crime novels. The sources, on the other hand, are accessible to everyone: it is what we generally call “classical music”. So we don't use specially composed music, but it's always, mostly elaborately, edited. And it belongs to the text that inspired it. Without the text, it will probably lose a lot of its impact. "

- Michael Koser : The van Dusen case

Since October 2010, the digitally remastered episodes on CD and for download are in order of production released (see table above), first by Folgenreich , one for Universal Music Group belonging radio play label. The distribution rights had previously been acquired by the Highscore Music label. After the appearance of the first eight episodes, both labels announced in January 2013 that all further episodes would appear directly in the distribution of Highscore Music without any consequences. At the end of each episode, a comment by author Michael Koser and director Rainer Clute is added, in which background information and anecdotes on the respective production are reported.

controversy

In 1980 the RIAS refused to broadcast the 17th case in the series ( Two corpses on the Orient Express ) because the plot was too macabre. Author Michael Koser:

“My then editor at RIAS, who was very much in favor of the professor and me (...), for reasons of taste and aesthetics, did not want to accept that the victim was not only murdered but also eaten. She went to her boss, who also had something against cannibalism in the crime drama, who went to the program director, and after much back and forth the decision was made: the manuscript would be rejected and not produced. I hurriedly devised and wrote a substitute adventure for van Dusen, 'Count Dracula's Prison'. "

- Michael Koser

The WDR then produced the radio play, albeit in a revised form, as the name Professor van Dusen could not be used for licensing reasons. The episode turned into a Sherlock Holmes parody with the title The Horrific Adventure on the Orient Express , the protagonists were renamed Shylock Homes (the van Dusen role, this time voiced by Klaus Herm ) and Dr. Watts ( Michael Thomas ). A commercial release followed in 1994.

New episodes

Infobox microphone icon
Professor van Dusen
Radio play from Germany
Year of production since 2015
genre Thriller
consequences 20+ of 75–80 min
production Allscore / indigo
Publisher / label High score music
Contributors
author Marc Freund , Michael Koser , Bodo Traber , Eric Niemann
Machining Michael Koser
Director Gerd Naumann
speaker

In March 2015 Allscore and Highscore Music announced the production of new Professor van Dusen episodes. The numbering started again from the beginning, the consequences also differ in design from the previous re-releases. In addition to other main speakers, the production team is also different from that of the radio plays, only author Michael Koser was involved again. However, Koser is no longer the sole author of the new cases. In the past he had repeatedly emphasized that the series ended with the end of the radio plays. The first episode appeared in April 2015. In October 2019, Koser announced that he would no longer participate in the further development of the series for reasons of time.

No. No. (cases including original series) Timeframe of the action title author publication
01 10a From April 25th, 1901 Professor van Dusen in the haunted house Marc friend 04/02/2015
02 62a From October 31, 1904 Professor van Dusen rides the Trojan horse Michael Koser 07/21/2015
03 06a April 1900 Professor van Dusen thaws Marc friend 09/25/2015
04th 15a From June 13th, 1902 Professor van Dusen is chasing a shadow Bodo Trotter 11/27/2015
05 12a From October 13th, 1901 Professor van Dusen and the house of 1,000 doors Marc friend 02/26/2016
06th 22a From October 19, 1902 Professor van Dusen beats himself Eric Niemann 05/27/2016
07th 05b December 31, 1899– January 1, 1900 Professor van Dusen sets off fireworks Eric Niemann 09/09/2016
08th 06b Professor van Dusen and invented death Marc friend 11/18/2016
09 05c From 01/01/1900 Professor van Dusen is committed to murder Marc friend 02/24/2017
10 29b Early summer 1903 Professor van Dusen buys the pig in a poke Bodo Trotter 05/26/2017
11 06c From 07/21/1900 Professor van Dusen in the lion's den Marc friend 09/15/2017
12 26a March 1903 Professor van Dusen rides a roller coaster Marc friend 11/24/2017
13 12b Professor van Dusen plays theater Eric Niemann 03/23/2018
14th 39a A light goes on for Professor van Dusen Marc friend June 15, 2018
15th 53a From June 25th, 1904 Professor van Dusen in the mansion of the dead Marc friend 14.09.2018
16 04a August 1899 Professor van Dusen takes the confession Marc friend 11/23/2018
17th 39a From December 3rd, 1903 Professor van Dusen sets the sails Marc friend 03/15/2019
18th 02a From November 12th, 1898 Professor van Dusen and the laughing murderer Marc friend 06/14/2019
19th 53b From June 27th, 1904 Professor van Dusen lays out a bait Marc friend 09/27/2019
20th 05a December 24th, 1899 Professor van Dusen's Christmas story Marc friend 11/29/2019
21st From 02.15.1902 Professor van Dusen counts Marc friend March 27, 2020
22nd June 1900 Professor van Dusen asks to dance Marc friend 06/19/2020

Sherlock Holmes & Co

In the radio play series "Sherlock Holmes & Co", which has been produced since 2010 and is a homage to Sherlock Holmes , Professor van Dusen and Hutchinson Hatch play in some episodes instead of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson with. Here too, Hutchinson Hatch acts as the narrator. Martin Keßler as Professor SFX van Dusen and Norbert Langer as Hutchinson Hatch were selected for the speakers . The radio plays are published by Romantruhe / Rough Trade Distribution . The Van Dusen cases are based on the original short stories by Jacques Futrelle and are more closely based on the original. Author Markus Winter said in an interview:

“Back then, in the fairway of the Holmeswelle, Futrelle wrote very beautiful, classic detective stories with the thinking machine. Koser mainly wrote his own stories. And its further development of the van Dusen has very, very little to do with the original. "

- Markus Winter : hoerspiele.de

Previous episodes with Professor van Dusen as part of Sherlock Holmes & Co:

No. No. (As part of Sherlock Holmes & Co) title author CD release
01 02 The broken bracelet Jacques Futrelle 09/24/2010
02 04th The accursed gong Jacques Futrelle 03/11/2011
03 06th The superfluous finger Jacques Futrelle 05/31/2013
04th 07th The tragedy of Birlstone (1st part) Markus Winter 02/28/2014
05 08th Box 341 (2nd part) Markus Winter 02/28/2014
06th 10 The grip of death Jacques Futrelle 08/01/2014
07th 13 The flaming phantom Jacques Futrelle 01/30/2015
08th 18th The ghost woman Jacques Futrelle 09/18/2015
09 21st Message from the realm of the dead Jacques Futrelle January 15, 2016
10 24 The grinning god Jacques Futrelle 06/17/2016
11 29 The horror of Central Park Jacques Futrelle 11/25/2016
12 34 The house of the damned Jacques Futrelle 11/24/2017
13 38 The black death Markus showerk 06/08/2018
14th 40 Circus of crime Markus showerk 08/31/2018

The comic series

The "Professor van Dusen" comic series is an adaptation of some radio plays as comics with texts by Michael Koser and drawings by Gerd Pircher . From 2004 to 2006 the comics were first published by Wunderland-Verlag . The first volume Professor van Dusen against the Phantom initially only existed as a fan edition limited to 1000 copies, but was then also regularly available in stores since December 2005. The second volume, Der Fluch des Pharao , which came out in June 2005, appeared on the other hand regularly from the beginning. The third volume, Professor van Dusen and the Corpse Robber , was finally released in March 2006. Since the publication of the fourth volume, Prof. van Dusen meets Kaiser Wilhelm, in January 2007, the series has been self-published by the authors as Print On Demand; the first three volumes, which are now out of print, have been reissued. The subject of the fifth volume is the case of Prof. van Dusen and the black knight ; it was published in May 2008. The sixth comic album Doktor Tschu Man Fu has been available since June 2010. The seventh episode of the series (January 2012) is devoted to the case of Zwei Leichen im Orient-Express , the original script of which was originally rejected by RIAS and then produced in a modified form by WDR (→ see controversy ).

  • Prof. van Dusen against the phantom (The Thinking Machine, 1). Wunderland, Nordenham 2005, ISBN 3-933683-45-9 .
  • The Curse of the Pharaoh (The Thinking Machine, 2). Wunderland, Nordenham 2005, ISBN 3-933683-46-7 .
  • Prof. van Dusen and the corpse robber (The Thinking Machine, 3). Wunderland, Nordenham 2006, ISBN 3-933683-47-5 .
  • Prof. van Dusen meets Kaiser Wilhelm (The Thinking Machine, 4). (Self-published).
  • Prof. van Dusen and the black knight (The Thinking Machine, 5). (Self-published).
  • Doctor Tschu Man Fu (The Thinking Machine, 6). (Self-published).
  • Two corpses on the Orient Express (The Thinking Machine, 7). (Self-published).

Six of the seven volumes published are based on the episodes of the same name in the radio play series.

Anthologies

In 2016, the so far seven volumes were published in two edited volumes by the Comic Verlag Kult Comics by Comic Combo Leipzig.

  • The Thinking Machine - The Most Exciting Cases of Professor van Dusen, Integral 1 (Comic Cases 1–4). Kult Comics, 2016, ISBN 3-981796-04-7 .
  • The Thinking Machine - The Most Exciting Cases of Professor van Dusen, Integral 2 (Comic Cases 5–7). Kult Comics, 2016, ISBN 3-981796-05-5 .

Short story

For Free Comic Day 2017, Kult Comics contributed the short story Professor van Dusen Finds the Ring of Polycrates . The comic book with a making-of was available free of charge from comic book dealers on the day; it is not available in regular stores.

More cases

Professor van Dusen in the haunted house

Professor van Dusen in the Haunted House is an unfinished Van Dusen case. The author published the corresponding synopsis and the unfinished manuscript on his homepage. The first episode of the new series is based on this story (→ see New Episodes ).

The very last Van Dusen case: Hutchinson Hatch and the Voice from Beyond

Hutchinson Hatch and the Voice from Beyond is a prose story by Michael Koser from the beginning of May 1916 from the year 2009. He also describes it as the very last Van Dusen case :

“For me the story is the worthy end to the long, successful series around Professor van Dusen. I hope I don't disappoint the fans too much if I categorically state here: There will be no further Van Dusen cases. The chronicle is closed - I'm done with the professor. "

- Michael Koser

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Professor van Dusen finally on CD and as a download. (No longer available online.) Highscore Music, March 12, 2010, archived from the original on March 22, 2010 ; Retrieved March 22, 2013 .
  2. ↑ The Van Dusen CDs are here! vandusen.com, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Professor van Dusen. Allscore, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Michael Koser: The very last Van Dusen case. profvandusen.com, May 2009, accessed March 22, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Prof. Van Dusen audio play list. vandusen.de, accessed on March 22, 2013 .
  6. ^ Professor van Dusen is coming home. In: Facebook . Highscore Music, January 17, 2013, accessed March 22, 2013 .
  7. ↑ New PDDDAvD episodes on Highscore Music. (No longer available online.) Serious January 17, 2013, archived from the original on February 5, 2013 ; Retrieved March 22, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Michael Koser, Gerd Pircher: The terrifying adventure on the Orient Express. profvandusen.com, 2004, accessed September 22, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Michael Koser, Gerd Pircher: A message from Michael Koser. profvandusen.com, October 2019, accessed on August 4, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Sherlock Holmes & Co: Speaker. romantruhe.de, accessed on March 22, 2013 .
  11. ↑ Interview with Markus Winter. hoerspiele.de, March 9, 2011, accessed on March 22, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Professor van Dusen finds Polycrates' ring. (No longer available online.) Free Comic Day , archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; accessed on June 24, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Michael Koser: Professor van Dusen in the haunted house. profvandusen.com, March 2005, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Michael Koser: Hutchinson Hatch and the Voice from Beyond. profvandusen.com, May 2009, accessed September 15, 2018 .