| SOKO München | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime |
| Created by | Dieter Schenk |
| Written by |
Franz-Xaver Wendleder Hubert Eckert |
| Directed by |
Bodo Schwarz |
| Starring |
Wilfried Klaus (1978-2009) Werner Kreindl (1978-1992) Bernd Herzsprung (1978-1992) (1992-2010) (1993-) (2000-2008) (2006-) (2008-) Joscha Kiefer (2010-) |
| Theme music composer | |
| Composer(s) | Axel Kroell Robert Fuhrmann Robert Krolage |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language(s) | German |
| No. of seasons | 40 |
| No. of episodes | 545+ |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Eva Gerstenberg |
| Producer(s) | Daniel van den Berg, Joachim Kosack |
| Location(s) | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Cinematography | Oliver-Maximilian Kraus Matthias Papenmeier Stefan Motzek |
| Editor(s) | Axel Laustroer |
| Running time | 43 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Elan-Film Gierke & Company (1978-) (1978-2013) (2014-) |
| Distributor |
ZDF |
| Release | |
| Original network | ZDF |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 2 January 1978 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | SOKO – Der Prozess |
| External links | |
| SOKO München at ZDF | |
| SOKO München at UFA | |
SOKO München is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" (Special [Police] Commission - meaning special investigation team) in German. SOKO München is set in Munich.
The first spin-off series was a twelve-part series named "Solo für Sudmann" in 1997, followed by SOKO series based in other cities in Germany and Austria: