Police call 110
A successful former GDR format is celebrating its birthday
There is a new team for the “Polizeiruf 110” anniversary: Inspector Henry Koitzsch (Peter Kurth) and Inspector Michael Lehmann (Peter Schneider).
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For the 50th “Polizeiruf 110” anniversary there is not only a completely new team, but also exciting repetitions and a documentary.
The 50th birthday of the “Tatort” series was celebrated last year with a crossover double episode of the Munich and Dortmund teams. Now it’s the turn of the other Sunday thriller. For the 50th “Polizeiruf 110” anniversary, those responsible have thought of something else. To celebrate the day there is a new team in Halle / Saale, which will be introduced next Sunday with the episode “Polizeiruf 110: An der Saale hellem Strande” (May 30th, 8:15 pm, the first). But that’s not all: a documentary about the crime series and many exciting repetitions and video clips await the audience.
Originally a GDR crime thriller
The “Polizeiruf 110” series was invented in the GDR in 1971 – it was first broadcast on June 27, 1971 – and after the reunification it became part of the all-German ARD program. Although not quite as many viewers tune in as in “Tatort”, the films mostly scratch the ten million mark. This also makes them one of the most successful crime thrillers on German television. The broadcasters MDR, rbb, NDR and the BR are currently producing crime novels with these five “Polizeiruf 110” teams:
The top stars of the format with outstanding ratings and passionate fans are certainly the Rostock investigators (since 2010) around Commissioners Bukow and König (Charly Hübner, 48, and Anneke Kim Sarnau, 49). Whether it stays that way remains to be seen, because after Hübner announced his exit, the first crime thriller will be filmed without him starting today, Tuesday. “One is missing – think of you”, writes colleague Andreas Günther (47) on Instagram.
Claudia Michelsen (52) has been clarifying criminal cases in Magdeburg as Commissioner Doreen Brasch since 2013. Lucas Gregorowicz (44) has been investigating as Commissioner Adam Raczek in the border area between Brandenburg and Poland since 2015. In the autumn of this year, actor André Kaczmarczyk (born 1986) joins as a co-investigator. And the Austrian actress Verena Altenberger (33) can be seen in the Munich branch of the crime fiction format as investigator Elisabeth “Bessie” Eyckhoff. Her new case “Polizeiruf 110: Frau Schrödinger’s cat” (June 20) closes this year’s Sunday crime season before the summer break.
This is what the anniversary event is all about
But first there is the anniversary event. In “Polizeiruf 110: An der Saale hellem Strande”, Chief Detective Henry Koitzsch, played by Peter Kurth (64), and Detective Inspector Michael Lehmann, played by Peter Schneider (born 1975), try to shed light on a mysterious murder case through intensive interviews with witnesses. which has not yet been clarified even after several months – between everyday tragedies and touching fates, perhaps the murderer is hiding?
In the crime thriller there is also a reunion with actor Andreas Schmidt-Schaller (75), who from 1986 to 1995 in a total of 33 “police call 110” cases as first lieutenant or superintendent Thomas Grawe for the German television network (DFF), the state television the GDR, and then determined for the MDR.
The documentary
The 45-minute documentary “Police Call 110: The Crime Documentation” runs on the anniversary Sunday (May 30th) at 11:35 pm and shows the eventful history of the series. You can see a look behind the scenes of the new “Polizeiruf 110” from Halle. There are also stars of the series such as Hübner, Sarnau, Michelsen, Schmidt-Schaller and other former investigators such as Maria Simon (45), Edgar Selge (73), Michaela May (69), Jaecki Schwarz (75) and Ben Becker (56 ) to speak.
Own appearance in media library
The “Polizeiruf 110” also has one for its anniversary own appearance in the ARD media library to get. It contains greeting videos from the stars, classics, accompanying extras, insights into the filming and particularly worth seeing repetitions such as “Polizeiruf 110: Sabine” or “Polizeiruf 110: Dunkler Zwilling” from Rostock.
Exciting “Polizeiruf 110” thrillers are also repeated in the television program, including: “The Crossword Puzzle Case” (May 25, 10:55 pm, MDR) from 1988, “Liquid weapon” (May 25, 12:15 am, MDR) the parents of star actress Anna Maria Mühe (35), Jenny Gröllmann (1947-2006) and Ulrich Mühe (1953-2007). Or “And forgive us our guilt” (May 28, 10:15 pm, the first) with Matthias Brand (59) and Karl Markovics (57), which was directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner (44).