3 January 1969
"Toter Herr im Regen" ("Dead Man in the Rain"), the
first episode of the German television series "Der Kommissar"
(The Police Inspector), is broadcast on the German network ZDF. The
series, written by Herbert Reinecker, starred Erik Ode as Kommissar
Herbert Keller of the Munich Mordkommission (Murder Squad). Keller's
team consisted of Kriminalhauptmeister (Police Inspector) Walter
Grabert (Günther Schramm), Kriminalhauptmeister Robert Heines
(Reinhard Glemnitz), and Kriminalmeister (Detective Sergeant) Harry
Klein (Fritz Wepper) who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger
brother (also in real life) Kriminalmeister Erwin Klein (Elmar
Wepper).
Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller |
"Der Kommissar"
format is a whodunnit with a murder victim, a group of suspects, and
a police detective who reasons out who the murderer is. Sometimes
Kommissar Keller gathers all the suspects at the scene of the crime,
reconstructing the murder in a Poirot or Maigret manner. A total of
97 black-and-white episodes (55 minutes each) were filmed and
broadcast between 1969 and 1976.
Günther Schramm as
Kriminalhauptmeister Walter Grabert and Emely Reuer as Kriminalassistentin Helga Lauer |
Elmar Wepper as
Kriminalmeister Erwin Klein and Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller |
Main Cast
- Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller
- Günther Schramm as Kriminalhauptmeister Walter Grabert
- Reinhard Glemnitz as Kriminalhauptmeister Robert Heines
- Fritz Wepper as Kriminalmeister Harry Klein
- Elmar Wepper as Kriminalmeister Erwin Klein
- Emely Reuer as Kriminalassistentin Helga Lauer
- Helma Seitz as Kriminalassistentin Käthe Rehbein
- Rosemarie Fendel as Franziska Keller
Opening and closing credits
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