Wolff's territory

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Television series
Original title Wolffs Revier (1992-2006)
Wolff (2012)
Wolffs-Revier-Logo.svg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1992-2006, 2012
Production
company		 Borussia Media
Nostro Film
Odeon Film
Sat.1
length 90 minutes
(episodes 17, 63, 72 and 173)
45 minutes
Episodes 173 + 1 graduation film in 13 seasons ( list )
genre Crime series
idea Karl-Heinz Willschrei
music Klaus Doldinger
First broadcast September 17, 1992 on Sat.1
occupation

Wolffs Revier is a German crime series , which was first broadcast from 1992 to 2006 and 2012, about Kriminalhauptkommissar Andreas Wolff , who works for the Berlin Murder Commission.

The series consists of 173 episodes in 13 seasons, which were created over 14 years. In 2011 a film was made that is a continuation of the series. However, this was not successful enough to warrant further productions. The series was also awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize .

action

The protagonist of the series is detective chief inspector Andreas Wolff, who works with his partner Günther Sawatzki in the crime department on people on the homicide squad in Berlin. The series takes place in Berlin, which is growing together after reunification, Wolff and Sawatzki are themselves a West-East investigator couple. Together they solve crimes like murders or kidnappings and are supervised by the public prosecutor Dr. Peter Fried supports. In 1999, Dr. Fried to Cologne to work as a judge there. Wolff's partner Sawatzki is shot while chasing a pickpocket on the street and later dies in hospital. A little later, Wolff got a new, this time younger partner, named Thomas Borkmann, who later got together with his daughter Verena. Verena is 14 years old at the beginning of the series and goes to school. Her parents, Wolff and his ex-wife Ellen, are divorced but still get on very well. Verena lives with her father and causes him trouble more than once. When she is older, she becomes pregnant and has a son, whom she names Luis. The father is unknown.

production

Conceived by the writer and screenwriter Karl Heinz Willschrei in the early 1990s , the series was produced from 1992 to 2006 by Nostro Film for Sat.1 . In 2011, Nostro was again commissioned by Sat.1 to make a sequel that should be used for further episodes or films. The film was finally broadcast on Sat.1 in January 2012.

occupation

Only the characters of the KHK Andreas Wolff and his daughter Verena remained unchanged until 2006. In the first 99 episodes, KOK Günther Sawatzki ( Klaus Pönitz ) and public prosecutor Dr. Peter Fried ( Gerd Wameling ) Wolff's partner. From episode 100 the characters Sawatzki and Dr. Fried was canceled, and Wolff was given a young partner in KK Thomas "Tom" Borkmann . After the reactivation of the series, Jürgen Heinrich remained in the series as Andreas Wolff, what happened to Tom Borkmann is unclear. Added to this was Stephan Luca as CHD Marck .

Main and supporting actors

actor Role name Leading and supporting role
(episodes) 		Main and supporting roles
(seasons)
Jürgen Heinrich Chief Detective Andreas Wolff 1-173, KiR 1-13, KiR
Klaus Pönitz Chief Detective Günther "Watzki" Sawatzki † 1-99 1-8
Gerd Wameling Dr. Peter Fried 1-99, 173 1-8, 13th
Nadine Seiffert Verena Wolff 1-173, KiR 1-13, KiR
Steven Merting Detective Inspector Thomas "Tom" Borkmann 100-173 8-13
Elia carpenter Ellen Wolff 1-30 1-2
Eckhard Heise Chief Detective Horst Buchwald 1-99 1-8
Renan Demirkan Biologist Dr. Sarah Herzog 166-173 13
Stephan Luca Chief Detective Marck
KiR

Remarks:

  1. ↑ KiR = Wolff: Fight in the Revier.

Television broadcast

see also: Wolffs Revier / Episodenliste From 1992 to 2006 a season of 11 to 16 episodes was broadcast annually. In 1997, the series was not broadcast at all, instead two seasons of the series ran in 1998. On May 24, 2006, the last full-length episode entitled Fear was shown , in which Wolff shoots his opponent, but is hit so badly that he falls into a coma. At the end of the episode, Jürgen Heinrich says goodbye to his fans with a wink.

In June 2011 it was announced that the series would be continued after more than five years. The supposed death of Inspector Wolff in the last episode is portrayed in such a way that he was only shot and fell into a coma. Initially, only one film was shot with a running time of 90 minutes, which was broadcast on January 17, 2012 on Sat.1. The ratings were unsatisfactory for Sat.1, so the broadcaster announced on January 30, 2012 that the series should not be continued.

After episodes of the series were broadcast by Sat.1 Gold and AXN from 2013 , hr-fernsehen has been showing episodes from Wolff's area in its late-night program since the beginning of 2015 .

International broadcasts

Wolff's Revier found its audience not only in Germany but also in other European countries:

Awards

In 1993, Karl Heinz Willschrei , Jürgen Heinrich , Klaus Pönitz and Gerd Wameling were awarded the bronze Adolf Grimme Prize for the series.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andreas Markhauser: Sat.1 reactivates “Wolffs Revier”. Oddsmeter.de , June 20, 2011, accessed on January 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Manuel Weis: Sat.1: Mangold goes on, Wolff not , accessed on August 17, 2012.