Im Namen des Gesetzes

Im Namen des Gesetzes (English: in the name of the law) is a German television series. It follows the work of Berlin based criminal police officers and public prosecutors.

Im Namen des Gesetzes
Genre
Created byHarald Vock
Based onLaw & Order
StarringList of characters
Composers
  • Rainer Oleak
  • Wilhelm Stegmeier
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons16
No. of episodes193
Production
Executive producers
  • Christian Hannoschöck
  • Peter Jännert
Producers
  • Michael Alexander
  • Torsten Götz
  • Melanie Brozeit
  • Thomas Justus
  • Jan-Richard Schuster
  • Alexander von Hohenthal
Production locationBerlin
Cinematography
  • Nicolai Kätsch
  • Thomas Plenert
  • Christoph Krauss
  • Stefan Motzek
Editors
  • Claudia Klook
  • Kirstin Geller
  • Lars Späth
Running time45 minutes
Release
Original networkRTL
Original releaseSeptember 20, 1994 (1994-09-20) –
October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30)

Plot

The series is based on the long-running U.S. television series Law & Order and uses a similar narrated intro and scene change titles.

Mistakes

The police officers and prosecutors act in the same way the detectives and district attorneys in Law & Order do, although they actually interact different in Germany. Especially the procedures in court are completely different as it is mainly the judge who questions the defendants and witnesses.

Intro

Much like Law & Order, every episode starts with a narrated intro.

Die folgende Geschichte beruht auf Tatsachen. Sie schildert die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft bei der Bekämpfung von Straftaten. Die Staatsanwaltschaft beauftragt die Polizei mit der Aufklärung der Straftaten und klagt die Täter vor Gericht an. Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft handeln im Namen des Gesetzes.

In English:

The following story is based on actual events. It tells of the co-operation between the criminal police and the prosecutor's office when combating criminality. The prosecutor's office orders the police to solve crimes and charges the offenders in court. Police officers and prosecutors act in the name of the law.

Characters

The series follows two officers of the criminal police: one senior detective (German: Kriminalhauptkommissar) and one junior detective (German: Kriminaloberkommissar or Kriminalkommissar) as well as a senior and a junior prosecutor (German: Oberstaatsanwalt and Staatsanwalt). A medical examiner (German: Rechtsmediziner or Gerichtsmediziner) is also frequently featured.

In contrast to most other police procedurals in German television, the audience learns nothing personal about any of the characters. Neither do they express personal feelings or emotions as it is frequently shown in Law & Order.

While the senior detective remained the same over the course of the series, the junior one changed multiple times. The prosecutors stayed the same for the first 10 years but afterwards, they changed multiple times as well.

Character namePortrayed byPositionEnglish translationYears
Law (detectives, medical examiners & forensic scientists)
Stefan KehlerWolfgang BathkeKriminalhauptkommissarPrincipal Detective1994-2008
Mark EschenbachMatthias BullachKriminaloberkommissarSenior Detective1994–1996
Peter WolniakUwe FellensiekKriminalkommissarDetective1996-1998
Ralf BongartzMax GertschKriminalkommissarDetective1998-2000
Axel BonhoffWolfgang KreweKriminalkommissarDetective2000-2008
Dr. DuhlerKlaus SchindlerGerichtsmedizinerMedical Examiner1998-2008
Svenja BjörsonLi HagmanKriminaltechnikerinForensic Scientist2005-2008
Order (prosecutors, judges and advocates)
Dr. Gerhard LotzeHenry van LyckOberstaatsanwaltSenior Prosecutor1994-2004
Dr. SteinerWolf-Dietrich BergOberstaatsanwaltSenior Prosecutor1998
Dr. Max BrunnerMichael FitzOberstaatsanwaltSenior Prosecutor2004-2005
Dr. Tobias KampenAxel PapeOberstaatsanwaltSenior Prosecutor2005-2008
Karin KerstinMagdalena RitterStaatsanwältinProsecutor1994
Charlotte GlaserBritta SchmelingStaatsanwältinProsecutor1994-2005
Susanne ClausenBrigitte BeyelerStaatsanwältinProsecutor1999-2002
Lisa SturmMariella AhrensStaatsanwältinProsecutor2005-2008
Eva HardenbergSandra BorgmannStaatsanwältinProsecutor2008
Annekathrin BürgerVorsitzende RichterinPresiding Judge1998-2004
Walter TschernichVorsitzender RichterPresiding Judge1998-2004
Bodo WolfVorsitzender RichterPresiding Judge1998-2007
Hans Peter HallwachsVorsitzender RichterPresiding Judge2000-2008
Norbert GhafouriVorsitzender RichterPresiding Judge2002-2008
Heidrun GärtnerRichterinJudge2003-2008
GotthardyAngela HobrigHaftrichterinCustodial Judge2000-2002
Siegfrid RaschKarl-Heinz von LiebezeitRechtsanwaltAdvocate2000-2007

References


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