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Derrick (1974)

Derrick poster
Genre
crime television series
Country
Germany
Length
25 seasons, 281 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his assistant Harry Klein investigate murder cases in Munich. They use careful procedure and calm deduction to find the killers.

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What happens

Derrick is a German crime television series produced between 1974 and 1998, starring Horst Tappert as Detective Chief Inspector (Kriminaloberinspektor) Stephan Derrick, and Fritz Wepper as Detective Sergeant (Kriminalhauptmeister) Harry Klein, his loyal assistant. They solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings (with three unsolved cases in total). It was produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG. Derrick is considered to be one of the most successful television programmes in German television history; it was also a major international success, with the series sold in over 100 countries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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