Torrent (TV Series)
Television series | |
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Original title | Torrent |
Country of production | Germany |
original language | German |
Year (s) | 1993-1997 |
length | 45 minutes |
Episodes | 52 in 4 seasons |
genre | drama |
Theme music | Free and easy |
idea | Idea and book
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production | Reinhild Gräber, Ruben Hanne, Rudolf Kurz |
music | Stephan Massimo |
German-language first broadcast |
September 1, 1993 on Das Erste |
occupation | |
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The television series Wildbach was broadcast for the first time on the ARD evening program between 1993 and 1997. The stories focus on the adventures of the local mountain rescue service and the everyday experiences of their relatives. Spectacular climbing activities, sensational rescue measures and lots of criminal cases create suspense. The name Wildbach stands for a fictional place somewhere between Bavaria and Tyrol, where the events are supposed to take place. In the series Garmisch-Partenkirchen is given as a close district town. The series was shot in Tyrol , especially in the Alpbachtal .
Framework story
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The head of the mountain rescue service is Martin Kramer, who lives in a former farm and has an insatiable passion for electronics. Among other things, the inventor is working on a mountain navigation system, which he encountered with great resistance during the development. Conny Leitner, a somewhat reckless sports retailer, runs a shop in the valley. He often throws himself headlong into adventures and has to be brought back to his senses by his colleagues with a lot of good persuasion. Dr. Günther Hofer is the only doctor in town and is also active in the mountain rescue service. The bachelor keeps putting his hopes in the most diverse ladies, but does not get beyond superficial acquaintances.
Alois Angerer is the tenant of a gas station that he runs with his mother Erni. He is in a relationship with Inge, the plump saleswoman in Conny's sports shop. The young, good-looking Bernd Ferstl is a police officer and an avid mountaineer. His colleague, the squat Herbert Rechenbacher, holds the position in the valley, unlike the others he is not a "mountain watchman". Emmeran Nahaider is a mountain host and works on a voluntary basis in the mountain rescue operations center. The hotel owner Christl Meierhofer is close friends with Martin and has to cope with the loss of one of her two sons. When she is offered the post of UN ambassador, she leaves Wildbach and moves to Geneva.
Martin Kramer has two roommates: his enterprising daughter Lissi Kramer, who is at the beginning of the series, and the young journalist Michaela Sommer, the daughter of an old love, who arrives after Lissi's "departure" from Australia and makes her home in Wildbach. Both women have a relationship with Conny, who, however, constantly proves to be a serious painter and is prone to affair. Michi works for the regional daily newspaper and unearths many a scandal. Her mother Helen, an old friend of Martin, follows her after a while; she too is traveling from her adopted Australian home. Helen gets closer to Martin again and opens a bistro in an old mountain hut. The unsuspecting Michaela is suddenly confronted with the fact that Martin is really her father.
The native Franz Hamberger is responsible for the Wildbach branch as a member of the mountain rescue committee. Wherever he can, he makes himself important and confronts the mountain watchmen with a fait accompli. Martin in particular is usually not taken with his plans, but Hamberger knows better than anyone how to let his charm play out. With a special task force, which is supposed to advance the mountain rescue technically, he suffers a serious shipwreck. Hamberger appears regularly at the Kramerhof and lets himself be pampered by Helen's delicacies. His son Tobi is a junior member of the mountain rescue service and is full of energy. The lively head of the tourist office, Eva Neureuther, is a good friend of Martin and is on site for all occasions.
The men from the mountain rescue have to prove themselves in many exciting episodes, in which it is often a matter of life and death. Despite everything, the series is spiced with a strong dash of Bavarian humor and does not lack a cheerful down-to-earth attitude.
background
Almost all episodes of the TV series Wildbach were shot in Alpbach and Reith im Alpbachtal . Since many of the locals also played as extras , an active fan club developed, the "torrent fans" regularly published news about the series and the location. Accordingly, the filming locations were also exploited for tourism and hikes and sightseeing were offered. Stephan Massimo composed the title song Free and Easy and was sung by Stan Bush .
Episode list
season 1
No. total | No. season | Episode title | First broadcast on ARD |
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1 | 1 | Death goes with it | September 1, 1993 |
2 | 2 | In the mousetrap | September 8, 1993 |
3 | 3 | Mountain rally | September 15, 1993 |
4th | 4th | Fortuna doesn't love everyone | September 22, 1993 |
5 | 5 | Jessica | 29th September 1993 |
6th | 6th | Those who fish in murky waters | October 6, 1993 |
7th | 7th | Climbing war | October 13, 1993 |
8th | 8th | Trapped in the rock | October 20, 1993 |
9 | 9 | All or nothing | October 27, 1993 |
10 | 10 | Rescue in Italian | 3rd November 1993 |
11 | 11 | Kids | November 10, 1993 |
12 | 12 | Secrets | November 24, 1993 |
13 | 13 | Piste hooligans | 1st December 1993 |
season 2
No. total | No. season | Episode title | First broadcast on ARD |
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14th | 1 | The baptism of fire | September 19, 1994 |
15th | 2 | Flying high | September 29, 1994 |
16 | 3 | Advertising for the mountain rescue service | October 10, 1994 |
17th | 4th | Survival | 17th October 1994 |
18th | 5 | In all friendship | October 24, 1994 |
19th | 6th | Dangerous love | October 31, 1994 |
20th | 7th | Indefinite suspicion | November 7, 1994 |
21st | 8th | The Jenseits GmbH | November 14, 1994 |
22nd | 9 | The bet | November 21, 1994 |
23 | 10 | Mr. Mountain Bike | November 28, 1994 |
24 | 11 | Spy for love | 5th December 1994 |
25th | 12 | For life and death | December 12, 1994 |
26th | 13 | Open invoices | December 19, 1994 |
season 3
No. total | No. season | Episode title | First broadcast on ARD |
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27 | 1 | Extremes | March 25, 1996 |
28 | 2 | Rivals | April 1, 1996 |
29 | 3 | Thunderstorm with consequences | April 15, 1996 |
30th | 4th | Rock tiger | April 22, 1996 |
31 | 5 | Dangerous snow | April 29, 1996 |
32 | 6th | The second chance | May 6, 1996 |
33 | 7th | Winter guests | May 13, 1996 |
34 | 8th | Avalanche danger | May 20, 1996 |
35 | 9 | Hunting fever | June 3, 1996 |
36 | 10 | The scandal | July 1, 1996 |
37 | 11 | False alarm | July 8, 1996 |
38 | 12 | The cloverleaf | July 15, 1996 |
39 | 13 | The challenge | July 22, 1996 |
Season 4
No. total | No. season | Episode title | First broadcast on ARD |
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40 | 1 | blackmail | June 18, 1997 |
41 | 2 | The cover photo | June 25, 1997 |
42 | 3 | Deadly mistakes | July 2, 1997 |
43 | 4th | Mr. Honeymoon | July 9, 1997 |
44 | 5 | sabotage | July 16, 1997 |
45 | 6th | Buried alive | July 23, 1997 |
46 | 7th | Snowboard fever | July 30, 1997 |
47 | 8th | Disappeared without a trace | August 13, 1997 |
48 | 9 | loner | August 20, 1997 |
49 | 10 | Lousy business | August 27, 1997 |
50 | 11 | The amulet | September 3, 1997 |
51 | 12 | Crashed | 17th September 1997 |
52 | 13 | To Nepal | September 24, 1997 |
Torrent on DVD
Since May 13, 2008, all episodes have been available on DVD boxes with 4 or 5 DVDs:
- Wildbach episodes 01–16 = 4 DVDs
- Wildbach episodes 17–32 = 4 DVDs
- Wildbach episodes 33–52 = 5 DVDs
Web links
- Torrent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wildbach at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wildbach bei alpbachtal.at, accessed on February 21, 2015.
- ↑ Location of the TV series “Wildbach” at presse.tirol.at, accessed on February 21, 2015.
- ↑ Wildbach Tour - The main locations of the ARD series at outdooractive.com, accessed on February 21, 2015.