SOKO München | |
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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 | Germany |
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: