Judge Alexander Hold
| Television series | |
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| Original title | Judge Alexander Hold (Family Cases - Judge Hold) Judge Alexander Hold - Special: Secrets |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2001-2013 |
| Production company |
Constantin Entertainment GmbH |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 2038 in 12 seasons |
| genre | Pseudo-documentary , court show |
| First broadcast | November 12, 2001 on Sat.1 |
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Judge Alexander Hold was a pseudo-documentary court show broadcast on Sat.1 , in which fictitious court hearings in criminal matters are presented. The main actor is the real judge Alexander Hold . The series is considered an offshoot of judge Barbara Salesch . In the week from September 13 to September 17, 2010, the title was renamed due to a different legal situation: Family cases - Judge Hold. Another special week went on air from March 19 to March 23, 2012 and from July 23 to July 27, 2012. There were episodes that did not show court hearings, but cases in the form of a pseudo-docu-soap . The programs ran under the title Richter Alexander Hold - Special: Secrets .
On December 4, 2012, the 2000th episode aired. On December 21, 2012 it was announced that the last episode had been filmed on December 20, 2012. From January 2 to February 12, 2013, the remaining new episodes of the program were shown.
After no more episodes are produced, reruns are still broadcast daily on Sat.1 Gold .
Realism
As in other pseudo-documentaries, the reality of criminal negotiations is only reflected in the series to a very limited extent. A significant difference to the actual everyday life in German courtrooms can be seen in the loud, sometimes polemical attacks between public prosecutor and defense attorney . Unexpected new developments in the process, which prove the innocence of the accused and unmask a witness present as a real perpetrator, are standard in the program. This increases the tension effect, but this approach suggests to the viewer a negligent preliminary investigation by the criminal police and the public prosecutor's office . In real legal practice, however, an indictment should only be brought after careful investigations and if there is sufficient evidence, which is why such dramatic turning points are extremely rare in real court hearings.
Another point is the standardized banter between the judiciary and the accused / witness. The witnesses and defendants also insult each other regularly, almost compellingly. Physical excesses rarely occur. Usually this is punished with serious reminders and fines.
Cast and production
The main actor is Alexander Hold as presiding judge. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are also embodied by real lawyers. Supporting actors are usually assessors , if necessary co-plaintiffs , defendants , witness (s) , experts , secretaries and, if applicable, lay judges .
Richter Alexander Hold was produced by the German production company Constantin Entertainment in Studio 11 of the ProSiebenSat.1 production in Unterföhring near Munich. As defendants, plaintiffs, witnesses, experts, etc. occur only amateur actors on. However, uniformed police officers in the courtroom are portrayed by real police officers, while the bailiff is an actor.
Family cases
For the week from September 13 to September 17, 2010, Judge Hold tried mock family cases. In these cases family law was used heavily. The show's title at the time was Family Cases - Judge Hold .
Secrets - living with lies
In the week from March 19 to March 23, 2012, no court hearings were shown, but cases in the form of a pseudo-docu-soap . There were cases that deal with secrets of family members. The title of the show at that time was Judge Alexander Hold - Special: Secrets .
Airtime and audience ratings
The series has been broadcast on Sat.1 in the afternoons from Monday to Friday since November 12, 2001, on Saturdays since May 8, 2004, and even on Sundays from September 18 to November 13, 2005. It is often repeated at night. From August 21 to December 29, 2006, the program was broadcast Monday through Friday at noon. However, the broadcast slot on Saturday remained at 4 p.m. as usual. On November 28, 2006, the one thousandth broadcast was broadcast.
Since January 2, 2007, the one-hour program has been shown again daily from Monday to Saturday in the original slot at 4 p.m. and also at noon at 12 p.m. (here only Monday to Friday) with repeats. In the ninth year, too, the series achieved audience ratings well above the broadcaster average and a viewer range of often over 3 million viewers aged 3 and over (best value: 3.88 million viewers). The repetitions of older programs at noon at noon still reach an average of 1.7 million viewers. After the court show Das Strafgericht ( RTL ) was discontinued , the market share rose to over 20%. The show has been on Sat.1 Gold's night program since the beginning of 2015.
On October 19, 2009, the 1500th and on December 4, 2012, the 2000th program was broadcast. The program has been broadcast in 16: 9 widescreen format since May 2, 2011 . On April 7, 2017, the show ran for the last time on the main program Sat.1.
Offshoot
Lenßen & Partner is considered an offshoot of Richter Alexander Hold . Ingo Lenßen worked asa lawyerfor Hold even before his own broadcast. After his own show was discontinued in November 2009, he appeared again more frequently on Alexander Hold . In March 2012 Lenßen returned with his own show. In the run-up there was a crossover with judge Alexander Hold . In 2013, In the Name of Justice - We Fight For You! emerged from the court showwith the takeover of a total of six lawyers from Judge Alexander Hold after his appointment in February 2013.
occupation
- Judge
- The prosecutors
- Sewarion Kirkitadze
- Stephan Lucas
- Benita Closet (November 2003 to February 2013)
- Dirk Althaus (December 2003)
- Christina Dissmann (May 2002 to November 2003; subsequently in several episodes by judge Barbara Salesch as a lawyer )
- Claudia Ellen Behr (February 2002 to May 2002)
- Hans-Joachim Flocke (November 2001 to July 2002)
- Gitta Langenfeldt (November 2001 to December 2001)
- The lawyers
- Ingo Lenßen (December 2001 to October 2007, May 2010 to April 2012)
- Christian Vorländer (January 2003 to February 2013)
- Maria Isabella Kirkitadse (March 2006 to February 2013; occurs despite her new surname under her previous name Isabella Schulien )
- Florian Wehner (February 2010 to June 2011)
- Alexander Stephens (June 2011 to February 2013)
- Jörn-Jacob Guthold (January 2006 to April 2010)
- Ama Walton (April 2007 to February 2010)
- Dr. Birgit Schoeller (November 2003 to December 2006)
- Mandana Mauss (October 2002 to December 2006)
- Ricarda Lang (November 2001 to January 2006)
- Thorsten Wirths (September 2005 to November 2005)
- Ralf Brückner (September 2003 to November 2005)
- Stefan Rochus Eber (November 2003 to November 2004)
- Nadja Lehmann (February 2003 to November 2003)
- Barbara von Petersdorff (December 2001 to November 2002)
- Herbert Posner (November 2001 to November 2002)
- Laurent Mies (February 2002)
- Christian Hoffmann (November 2001 to February 2002)
- Marco Wiens (November 2001 to February 2002)
- Judicial officer
- Juvenile court assistance
- Daniela Cramer
- Michaela Strasser
- Dana Berg
- Ana Paola Peters