SOKO Munich

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Television series
Original title SOKO 5113 (1978–2015)
SOKO Munich (2016–2020)
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1978-2020
Production
company		 UFA fiction
length Seasons 1–3: 25 minutes
Seasons 4–46: 43 minutes, sporadically 90 minutes
Episodes 675 and 1 special in 46 seasons ( list )
genre Thriller
idea Dieter Schenk
production Simon Müller-Elmau
music Arpad Bondy
First broadcast January 2nd, 1978 on ZDF
occupation

SOKO Munich (until 2015: SOKO 5113 ) is a German crime series by ZDF . Production of the television series set in Munich began in autumn 1976, and broadcasting began on January 2, 1978. On August 23, 2019, ZDF announced the discontinuation of SOKO Munich. The production of the regular episodes of the final 46th season ended in 2019, a final feature film episode was produced from August to September 2020. The last episode Countdown was broadcast on December 29, 2020.

concept

The series was initially based on an idea from detective director Dieter Schenk , which he put down in 1975. The manuscript was also published as a novel entitled "Der Durchläufer" (Frankfurt 1978). Schenk was head of the Gießen criminal police and later worked for the Federal Criminal Police Office. During his time at the Hessian State Criminal Police Office, Schenk had the telephone extension number 5113 , which gave the television program its name. The number 5113 in the original series title referred to the extension of the SOKO boss. Schenk also wrote episode scripts until 1986, after which he stayed with the series as a consultant. He emphasized that his investigators are not infallible soloists, but team-minded, normal people. He attached great importance to a realistic depiction of police work and the correctness of criminal tactics, but not to the fact that in reality there are no permanent special commissions, but that these are always put together for special cases. Ingrid Fröhlich , who played Detective Inspector Renate Burger in the first three seasons , became one of the first female inspectors on German television, even if the field work was always done by her male colleagues.

The basic concept of the series was to show the criminal investigation work as realistically as possible, without working with the exaggerations and overdrawings usual in other crime series . The teamwork should be in the foreground of the presentations, in which the characters' private lives were also integrated. Originally, SOKO 5113 was solely responsible for processing offenses in the area of ​​organized drug crime. Cooperation with other European police authorities (e.g. in Italy and the Netherlands) was discussed at an early stage. Several episodes in the first seasons played entirely abroad. In later seasons, however, the special commission cleared up the majority of capital crimes that were no longer related to drug or organized crime .

The broadcast of the 38th season ended with the anniversary episode 500 Das Alibi on March 25, 2013, in which the Mayor of Munich Christian Ude gave a speech as a guest actor in a cameo appearance . In July 2015, ZDF announced the change in the series title from SOKO 5113 to SOKO Munich . This is intended to standardize the series titles of the mother series and offshoots. Unlike SOKO 5113 , the titles of all offshoots contain the name of the city in which the respective investigative team is active. The series title was changed in January 2016. At the same time as the series title was changed, a horizontal narrative thread was added to the plot of the television series with the broadcast of the 561st episode on January 4, 2016: In addition to the "case of the week", another case was subsequently extended over several episodes. This returned to the original concept of the series, because the first three seasons were also told with a horizontal strand, i.e. with a continuous plot. This narrative style should allow the characters of the investigators to be drawn more deeply. This development reflected the increased popularity of horizontal narrative structures in successful US crime series. In the last few seasons this concept of the horizontal narrative thread was rejected again.

On August 23, 2019, ZDF announced the discontinuation of SOKO Munich. The production of the regular episodes of the final 46th season ended in 2019, the last episode was broadcast until the end of 2020. The broadcasting slot on the Monday evening was taken over by the branches SOKO Hamburg and SOKO Potsdam . At the end of the series, the 90-minute feature film episode Countdown was produced by September 2020 and broadcast on December 29, 2020.

occupation

The first head of the special commission was Kriminalhauptkommissar Karl Göttmann ( Werner Kreindl ) up to and including the 12th season . After Kreindl's death in 1992, which also went hand in hand with the death of his role in the series, he was succeeded by Chief Detective Horst Schickl ( Wilfried Klaus ), who was also part of the SOKO as Chief Detective since the first episode. Since Kreindl died during the filming of episodes 124 and 125, which were linked in terms of content, but episode 126 had already been filmed at this point, the first broadcast of these three episodes was adjusted accordingly. The scriptwriters intended that Schickl would take over the management of SOKO in 1992. It was originally her plan to promote the character of Göttmann to the position of detective director and thus to remove it from the operational work of the special commission. While Schickl was an integral part of the SOKO team until 2008, the investigators at his side changed more frequently. After Schickl left SOKO, which was staged in the feature film episode Die Göttmann (2008), Detective Chief Inspector Arthur Bauer ( Gerd Silberbauer ) became his successor, who headed the SOKO until the end of 2020.

main actor

actor Role name Rank Episodes Seasons Period Reason for exit
Werner Kreindl Karl Göttmann † Chief detective and head of SOKO 1-123, 126 1-12 1978-1992 Poisoned with arsenic by Detective Less
Wilfried Klaus Horst Schickl Kriminaloberkommissar
later chief detective and head of the SOKO		 1-390
410		 1-33
34		 1978-2008
2009		 retires undercover
Hans Dieter Trayer Heinz Flock Detective chief 1-9 1-2 1978 leaves SOKO after an accident; begins his course to become a detective inspector after recovery
Ingrid Fröhlich Renate Burger Detective Inspector 1-19
648		 1-3
45		 1978
2019		 unknown
after her retirement, she is the focus of an investigation as a witness and suspect
Diether cancer Diether Herle Kriminalobermeister
later Kriminalhauptmeister		 1-59 1-7 1978-1986 settles in Switzerland with a drug discovery
Bernd Herzsprung Fred Less Chief of Police
later Chief of Police		 1-114
390		 1-12
33		 1978-1992
2008		 After being promoted to another department
in The Göttmann Files, Detected as a mole and murderer by Chief Detective Göttmann
Tilo Prückner Günter Neubert Detective chief 10-19 2-3 1978 unknown
Hartmut Becker Rechlin Chief Detective 9-19 2-3 1978 unknown
Giovanni early "Django" Nussbaumer Detective chief 20-32 4th 1980-1981 Incapacity
Ingeborg Schöner Anna autumn Detective Inspector 20-41
42-390		 4-5
6-33		 1980-1983
1984-2008		 After the death of Chief Detective Blaschke, he can be transferred to the Missing Department
as a supporting role (wife of Schickl), still part of the series; follows her husband Schickl into retirement
Peter Seum Wolfgang "Wool" Blaschke † Detective chief 33-41 5 1983-1984 is shot in action
Benita gutter Katrin Rieger Detective 42-47 6th 1984 is moved after an investigation mishap
Sabine Kaack Bärbel Mattner Detective 42-68 6-8 1984-1987 is transferred against their will
Verena Mayr Mascha Brandner Detective 69-74 8th 1988 unknown
Heinz Baumann Jürgen Sudmann Chief detective 47, 61-130
139-390		 8-13
13-33		 1987-1993
1994-2008		 marries and retires
as a supporting role continues to be part of the series; helps the SOKO team in The Göttmann Files to investigate the murder of Göttmann
Olivia Pascal Lizzy Berger † Detective Inspector 75-156
390		 9-15
33		 1988-1997
2008		 has a child and goes on maternity leave. She
is shot in Die Göttmann when she tries to protect a witness
Hartmut Schreier Manfred "Manne" Brand † Detective inspector 115-429 12-35 1992-2010 is shot by detective Lorenz
Michel Guillaume Theodor "Theo" Renner Detective master
later detective commissioner, chief detective commissioner and chief detective commissioner		 131-606 13-43 1993-2017 quits the job to take over his mother's café in Italy
Jutta Schmuttermaier Ricarda Larenci Detective Inspector 156-163 15th 1997 falls in love and moves to Italy with her boyfriend
Cay Helmich Maja Cramer † Detective 164-235 16-20 1997-2000 is shot when she saves detective chief inspector Schickl's life
Christine Döring Susanne von Hagenberg Chief Detective Officer 236-353
390		 21-32
33		 2000-2006
2008		 moves to Europol,
helping her former colleagues with the investigation in Die Göttmann
Christofer von Beau Franz Ainfach only Criminal Inspector
later Chief Inspector		 275-675 25-46 2002-2020 Discontinuation of the series; takes over the management of the organized crime department
Bianca Hein Katharina Hahn Detective Commissioner
later Chief Detective Commissioner and Chief Detective Commissioner		 353-654 32-45 2006-2020 accepts a lectureship at the police academy
Gerd Silberbauer Arthur Bauer Chief Inspector and Head of SOKO
later First Chief Inspector 		391-675 34-46 2008-2020 Discontinuation of the series; is retiring
Joscha Kiefer Dominik Morgenstern Criminal Inspector
later Chief Inspector		 435-675 36-46 2010-2020 Discontinuation of the series; moves to Hamburg together with Chief Detective Schwaiger
Amanda da Gloria Antonia "Toni" Bischoff Detective Inspector 561-634 41-44 2016-2019 changes to the Federal Criminal Police Office
Mersiha Husagic Theresa "Resi" Schwaiger Criminal Inspector
later Chief Inspector		 635-675 44-46 2019-2020 Discontinuation of the series; moves to Hamburg with Chief Detective Morgenstern, where she takes over the management of personal security

supporting cast

  • Forensic science

Investigators timeline

Season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Karl Göttmann †
Horst Schickl
Heinz Flock
Renate Burger
Diether Herle
Fred Less
Rechlin
Neubert
Anna autumn
Django Nussbaumer
Wool Blaschke †
Katrin Rieger
Bärbel Mattner
Jürgen Sudmann
Mascha Brander
Lizzy Berger †
Manfred Brand †
Theo Renner
Ricarda Larenzi
Maja Cramer †
Susanne von Hagenberg
Franz Ainfach only
Katharina Hahn
Arthur Bauer
Dominik Morgenstern
Antonia Bischoff
Theresa Schwaiger
Legend (meaning of color)
main actor supporting cast

various

  • Chief Detective Herle ends his work at SOKO with a million dollar booty that he suppresses.
  • Detective Director Stanelle works for the Mafia and is enjoying his retirement in the Mediterranean . When Schickl visits him there, Stanelle tries to recruit him, but Schickl remains steadfast.
  • Chief of Police Blaschke is shot dead during a covert operation by a civil investigator who does not know that Blaschke is a police officer.
  • Forensic doctor Dr. In the episode Die Abrechnung (Season 22, 2002), Fröhlich gives himself an alibi to cover up his murder of a fugitive and is arrested.
  • Detective Chief Inspector Göttmann allegedly dies of a heart attack in 1992 ; the actor Werner Kreindl had also succumbed to the consequences of a heart attack. In the episode Die Göttmann (Season 33, 2008) it turns out fifteen years later that he was actually poisoned by detective master Fred Leß with arsenic (III) oxide (so-called arsenic).
  • Detective master Fred Leß was intended as a runner (DL) and changed to another department. In the episode Die Göttmann it turns out that he was a long-time mole of the Balkan Mafia and poisoned Göttmann.
  • Chief Detective Horst Schickl is shot in the episode Die Göttmann for sham. In fact, he is retiring and living under a new name with his wife and his former colleague and best friend Sudmann in Italy.
  • The actor Wilfried Klaus was appointed honorary commissioner by the foundation of the German Police Union in 2003 .
  • Wilfried Klaus was intended by Hans W. Geißendörfer for the role of his father Beimer in the WDR series Lindenstrasse . Corresponding discussions with Geißendörfer were already well advanced in 1984. But Klaus gave in to the urge of the SOKO colleagues, who threatened to stop if he left.
  • In the penultimate episode of the 35th season, Detective Inspector Brand is shot by his superior, Detective Jan Otto Lorenz. He had worked for the Mafia to get his seriously ill son a new heart. At the end of the 35th season, the actor Hartmut Schreier involuntarily retired as the main actor after 18 years because the ZDF and the production company UFA did not renew his contract.
  • With the arrival of the new detective commissioner Dominik Morgenstern, the previous detective commissioners Theo Renner and Katharina Hahn as well as Franz Ainfachnur were promoted to chief detective.
  • The opening credits of the series played partially on the Hackerbrücke in Munich until season 36 .
  • Kriminaloberkommissar Renner is subsequently shot amok (35th season) by a murderer. From then on, the viewer remained in the dark for a while whether he would survive or not. Renner remained part of the SOKO until 2017. After his character left, actor Michel Guillaume took over the direction of the production of episodes for SOKO Munich several times.
  • With the entry of Detective Commissioner Bischoff, the previous Detective Commissioner Dominik Morgenstern was promoted to Chief Detective Commissioner, the previous Chief Detective Commissioner Theo Renner and Katharina Hahn to Chief Detective Commissioner and the previous Chief Detective Commissioner Arthur Bauer to First Chief Detective Commissioner.

Feature-length episodes

Several full- length 90-minute episodes were shot: In the Name of God (1999), Blood Sacrifice (2002), An Angel Dies (2004), Seeing and Dying Cape Town (2005), The Judgment (2006, broadcast in 2008), The Göttmann Files (2008), Vendetta (2010), final applause (2011), Pentagon (2012), Countdown (2020). On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first broadcast, a 130-minute film from the first six episodes, which comprised a continuous plot, was cut together in 2008. The other 13 episodes from 1978 have not been repeated since the beginning of 1980.

Episode list

Offshoots and crossovers

Offshoot

With the television series Solo für Sudmann there was a first offshoot of SOKO 5113 in 1997. Actor Heinz Baumann , who played the chief detective Jürgen Sudmann, took over investigations there as a private detective. The commissioners of SOKO 5113 made several guest appearances. The two series thus form a series universe . The SOKO offshoots SOKO Leipzig (since 2001), SOKO Kitzbühel (since 2001, in Germany since 2003), SOKO Cologne (since 2003), SOKO Wismar (since 2004), SOKO Donau (in Germany SOKO Vienna ; since 2005), SOKO Rhein-Main (2006–2008, initially under the title The Specialists: Kripo Rhein-Main ), SOKO Stuttgart (since 2009), SOKO Hamburg (since 2018) and SOKO Potsdam (since 2018). SOKO Leipzig was the only offshoot from the series that managed to get a permanent slot in the evening program of ZDF; the other offshoots are broadcast in the weekday evening programs. With the discontinuation of SOKO Munich at the end of 2020, the mother series of the SOKO broadcast format ended after around 43 years.

Crossover

An actual content-related connection between the individual offshoots was only established through a crossover that was produced in 2013. The series SOKO 5113 , SOKO Cologne , SOKO Wismar , SOKO Stuttgart and SOKO Leipzig were involved . The teams solve the murder of a police officer and find themselves in a criminal milieu in which their own law and order prevail. The five-part case, the trail of which stretches across Germany, was broadcast on weekdays from September 30th to October 4th, 2013 on the SOKO pre-evening broadcasting point from 6:00 p.m.

Series universe

As part of the SOKO Leipzig series , there have already been three crossovers: The plot of episode 93 ( The disappeared corpse ) was continued in episode 74 ( The disappeared corpse ) of the series The Rosenheim Cops . Katja Woywood appears in both series as Tanja Biermann . However, the broadcast of the two episodes was not coordinated. Episode 155 ( Abduction in London ) is a crossover with the British series The Bill (1984-2010). The role of DCI Jack Meadows , based there , paid the German colleagues a visit in episode 205 ( The Black Widow ). The series The Bill had already produced three spin-offs that - like The Bill itself - had not previously been broadcast in Germany: Burnside (2000), Beech Is Back (2001) and MIT: Murder Investigation Team (2003-2005) . The five SOKOs mentioned, the spin-off Solo for Sudmann , Die Rosenheim-Cops and the series The Bill and its three spin-offs thus share a common series universe , the mother series of which is SOKO 5113 . With the feature film The Fourth Man (2019) there was also a crossover between the Leipzig SOKO and SOKO Donau (broadcast in Germany as SOKO Vienna ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Coffee maker only: The beginnings of the TV commissioners. Farewell to "SOKO Munich". In: t-online.de. T-Online.de, December 28, 2020, accessed on December 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Media: "Soko 5113" celebrates 500th episode. In: focus.de. Focus Online, March 22, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Media: "SOKO 5113" becomes "SOKO Munich". In: focus.de. Focus Online, July 15, 2015, accessed July 16, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b press kit: SOKO Munich. In: presseportal.zdf.de. ZDF, accessed on November 23, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Horizontal narrative thread, "SOKO 5113": It's not just the name that changes. In: dwdl.de. DWDL, accessed on November 23, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Alexander Krei: ZDF surprisingly discontinues the mother of all "SOKO" series. In: dwdl.de. DWDL.de , August 23, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gerhard Fischer: The last case of the "Soko Munich". In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 18, 2020, accessed on March 3, 2020 .
The SOKO series
Mother series

SOKO Munich (1978-2020, until 2015 under the title SOKO 5113 )

Offshoot
Current

SOKO Leipzig (since 2001) | SOKO Kitzbühel (since 2001) | SOKO Cologne (since 2003) | SOKO Wismar (since 2004) | SOKO Danube (since 2005) | SOKO Stuttgart (since 2009) | SOKO Hamburg (since 2018) | SOKO Potsdam (since 2018)

Former

SOKO Rhine-Main (2006-2007)

Special

Solo for Sudmann (1997)

Crossover

SOKO - The Trial (2013) | The fourth man (2019)