Sperling (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | sparrow |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1996-2007 |
| Production company |
Rainer Poelmeyer |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Episodes | 18 ( list ) |
| genre | Thriller |
| idea |
Dominik Graf Rolf Basedow Dieter Pfaff |
| First broadcast | March 2, 1996 on ZDF |
| occupation | |
Sperling is a crime film series on the ZDF broadcaster with Dieter Pfaff in the title role, filmed between 1996 and 2007 in Germany. Other roles include Benno Fürmann , Petra Kleinert , Carin C. Tietze , Anna Böttcher and Philipp Moog . The actor Hans-Joachim Grubel was also part of the investigation team until he suddenly died in August 2004. His death was built into the plot in the penultimate episode of the series.
After a total of 18 episodes, Dieter Pfaff declared in July 2007 that he was no longer available for the role because he considered the character to be "out of touch".
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Dieter Pfaff
Benno Fürmann
Philipp Moog
Carin C Tietze
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| Role name | actor | consequences |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Sperling | Dieter Pfaff | 1-18 |
| Norbert Wachutka | Hans-Joachim Grubel | 1-15 |
| Karsten Rohde | Benno Fürmann | 1-7 |
| Vera Kowalski | Petra Kleinert | 1-7 |
| Waltraud Schütze | Anna Boettcher | 1-17 |
| Falk Hoffmann | Philipp Moog | 9-18 |
| Kerstin Sprenger | Gesche Tebbenhoff | 9-14 |
| Marie Winter | Carin C. Tietze |
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Hans Sperling is a police officer with body and soul. In the course of time he has worked his way up to chief detective and is now head of the serious crime investigation team in the capital Berlin. After his wife Jutta had committed suicide and jumped from the Europacenter, he had to deal with this stroke of fate, which he succeeded in doing without being bitter, but his daughter had turned away from him because he never had time for his family due to his police work and she blames him for her mother's death.
Sperling's ability to love and a certain devotion to people and their destinies make him a good investigator. He often empathizes with the perpetrators, feels their motives and thus finds the solution, which he approaches with calm and perseverance. Often times he makes further investigations and is not satisfied with a quick fix.
Episode list
| No. | Original title | First broadcast | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparrow and the hole in the wall | March 2, 1996 | Dominik Graf | Rolf Basedow |
| By chance, Sperling and his team fell straight into the hands of a bank robber. The actually innocent one was under pressure: The trail leads to the illegal gaming scene, to the actual masterminds of the robbery. | ||||
| 2 | Sparrow and the fallen angel | Feb. 1, 1997 | Kai Wessel | Rolf Basedow |
| A series of break-ins is carried out. After Sperling witnesses a robbery on a showman, everything points to a specific perpetrator, but the case doesn't seem to be that simple. | ||||
| 3 | Sparrow and the lost stones | March 1, 1997 | Guido Pieters | Rolf Basedow |
| An older man, apparently popular, is shot; there are old gems in his jacket. Sperling finds connections to the disappearance of Jewish property in World War II. | ||||
| 4th | Sperling and his game against everyone | Apr 5, 1997 | Torsten C. Fischer | Claudia Holldack & Rolf Basedow |
| Actually, the team around Sperling should only observe the evacuation of an occupied house. Instead, they witness a bank robbery. At first it seems that the case is easy to get under control, but then a hostage-taking ensues and Sperling gets caught between the fronts. | ||||
| 5 | Sparrow and the dead from Vilnius | Apr 17, 1998 | Kai Wessel | Burt Weinshanker |
| When looking at the apartment, Sperling is knocked down. What role does Lilli Spiegel play in the attack? And what does the native Lithuanian have to hide? | ||||
| 6th | Sparrow and the wrong friend | Apr 24, 1998 | Guido Pieters | Jürgen Pomorin |
| Sperling makes the acquaintance of Sabri, who wants to get his girlfriend Zenia out of a strip club. But the relationship between the two seems to be strained. | ||||
| 7th | Sparrow and the Burning Arm | Oct 23, 1998 | Dominik Graf | Rolf Basedow |
| At first it's just an argument in Sperling's bar, but the next day there is a wild bar fight, the reason for which can only be found out gradually. | ||||
| 8th | Sparrow and the sleeping girl | Oct 24, 1998 | Juraj heart | Marie Graf |
| A gas station attendant is injured in a robbery. The two perpetrators are caught, but what role does Jule play that Sperling evidently recognizes in a disco? | ||||
| 9 | Sparrow and the great word of honor | Dec 16, 2000 | Sibylle table | Hartmann Schmige |
| A security guard is shot dead in a robbery. The only witness gives evidence of a criminal record, but is he also the perpetrator? | ||||
| 10 | Sparrow and the crocodile in the garbage | March 31, 2001 | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Philipp Moog & Frank Röth |
| A boy disappears. In addition, Sperling is looking for the masterminds of drug deals. | ||||
| 11 | Sparrow and the final taboo | Aug 3, 2001 | Peter Schulze-Rohr | Norbert Ehry |
| The journalist Kohnart is found murdered after his celebration. Was it suicide? What role do his daughters play? | ||||
| 12 | Sparrow and the silent cry | March 9, 2002 | Marcus O. Rosenmüller | Ralph Bohn & Christine Boock |
| Even when on vacation, Sperling does not allow the investigation: The Gehricke family on Usedom was on fire, what is behind it? | ||||
| 13 | Sparrow and the man on the sidelines | Apr 5, 2003 | Marcus O. Rosenmüller | Philipp Moog & Frank Röth |
| There is no murder to be solved this time, but there are difficulties with a colleague from the security police. | ||||
| 14th | Sparrow and the fear of pain | Aug 29, 2003 | Marcus O. Rosenmüller | Norbert Ehry |
| A kidnapping of siblings with a high ransom demand soon seems strange to Sperling. With the help of a former kidnapping victim, he tries to track down the perpetrators. | ||||
| 15th | Sparrow and the last chance | Jan. 10, 2004 | Thomas Jahn | Lars Becker & Thomas Jahn |
| Sperling is invited to the wedding by his old friend and colleague Blau, but not without ulterior motives. | ||||
| 16 | Sperling and the Wachutka case | Oct 21, 2005 | Thomas Jahn | Thomas Jahn |
| Sperling's colleague Wachutka is murdered on the street. The trail leads to the red light district: Wachutka had taken a Macedonian girl from the scene and hid it. | ||||
| 17th | Sparrow and the cat in the trap | Nov 26, 2005 | Friedemann Fromm | Günter Schütter |
| Another boy has disappeared, the son of a married couple. Does your rich employer have anything to do with the case? | ||||
| 18th | Sparrow and the cold fear | March 10, 2007 | Uwe Janson | Uwe Janson |
| Various pieces of information come to light during a wiretapping. Berlin seems threatened by a terrorist attack. | ||||
DVD publications
- The complete series was released on April 10, 2015
Awards
- The series Sperling and the Hole in the Wall was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize in 1997 ; Director Dominik Graf and cameraman Benedict Neuenfels received personal awards.
- The episode Sperling and the Burning Arm was awarded the Bavarian TV Prize and the TV Film Prize of the German Academy of Performing Arts in 1999.
Trivia
- The film music for the episode Sperling and the Hole in the Wall was composed by Dominik Graf with his school friend Helmut Spanner .
- Dieter Pfaff in the role of Hans Sperling also appears in the episodes Das tote Mädchen (2006) and Tödliche Kunst (2007) of the Swedish television series Kommissar Beck - The new cases .
Web links
- Sperling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sperling at Fernsehserien.de
- Sperling and the cold fear ( Memento of November 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Hemsida om Beck-och Sperling-filmerna