Im Namen des Gesetzes

Im Namen des Gesetzes
Genre
Created by Harald Vock
Based on Law & Order
Starring List of characters
Composer(s)
  • Rainer Oleak
  • Wilhelm Stegmeier
Country of origin Germany
Original language(s) German
No. of seasons 16
No. of episodes 193
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Christian Hannoschöck
  • Peter Jännert
Producer(s)
  • Michael Alexander
  • Torsten Götz
  • Melanie Brozeit
  • Thomas Justus
  • Jan-Richard Schuster
  • Alexander von Hohenthal
Editor(s)
  • Claudia Klook
  • Kirstin Geller
  • Lars Späth
Location(s) Berlin
Cinematography
  • Nicolai Kätsch
  • Thomas Plenert
  • Christoph Krauss
  • Stefan Motzek
Running time 45 minutes
Release
Original network RTL
Original release September 20, 1994 (1994-09-20) – October 30, 2008 (2008-10-30)
External links
Production website

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.

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 name Portrayed by Position English translation Years
Law (detectives, medical examiners & forensic scientists)
Stefan Kehler Wolfgang Bathke Kriminalhauptkommissar Principal Detective 1994-2008
Mark Eschenbach Matthias Bullach Kriminaloberkommissar Senior Detective 1994–1996
Peter Wolniak Uwe Fellensiek Kriminalkommissar Detective 1996-1998
Ralf Bongartz Max Gertsch Kriminalkommissar Detective 1998-2000
Axel Bonhoff Wolfgang Krewe Kriminalkommissar Detective 2000-2008
Dr. Duhler Klaus Schindler Gerichtsmediziner Medical Examiner 1998-2008
Svenja Björson Li Hagman Kriminaltechnikerin Forensic Scientist 2005-2008
Order (prosecutors, judges and advocates)
Dr. Gerhard Lotze Henry van Lyck Oberstaatsanwalt Senior Prosecutor 1994-2004
Dr. Steiner Wolf-Dietrich Berg Oberstaatsanwalt Senior Prosecutor 1998
Dr. Max Brunner Michael Fitz Oberstaatsanwalt Senior Prosecutor 2004-2005
Dr. Tobias Kampen Axel Pape Oberstaatsanwalt Senior Prosecutor 2005-2008
Karin Kerstin Magdalena Ritter Staatsanwältin Prosecutor 1994
Charlotte Glaser Britta Schmeling Staatsanwältin Prosecutor 1994-2005
Susanne Clausen Brigitte Beyeler Staatsanwältin Prosecutor 1999-2002
Lisa Sturm Mariella Ahrens Staatsanwältin Prosecutor 2005-2008
Eva Hardenberg Sandra Borgmann Staatsanwältin Prosecutor 2008
Annekathrin Bürger Vorsitzende Richterin Presiding Judge 1998-2004
Walter Tschernich Vorsitzender Richter Presiding Judge 1998-2004
Bodo Wolf Vorsitzender Richter Presiding Judge 1998-2007
Hans Peter Hallwachs Vorsitzender Richter Presiding Judge 2000-2008
Norbert Ghafouri Vorsitzender Richter Presiding Judge 2002-2008
Heidrun Gärtner Richterin Judge 2003-2008
Gotthardy Angela Hobrig Haftrichterin Custodial Judge 2000-2002
Siegfrid Rasch Karl-Heinz von Liebezeit Rechtsanwalt Advocate 2000-2007

References


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