Inspector Rex (1994)

Original title

Kommissar Rex

Genre

crime television series, police television drama, comedy television series

Country

Germany, Austria, Italy

Length

10 seasons, 119 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 288 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police procedural centered on a German Shepherd named Rex who works with detectives to solve homicides. The series follows his human partners and the rest of the homicide unit as they investigate crimes in Vienna and later Rome.

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What happens

Inspector Rex (German: Kommissar Rex; Italian: Il commissario Rex) is an Austrian-Italian police procedural television series created by Peter Hajek and Peter Moser. Originally an Austrian series aired from 1994 to 2004 on ORF 1, in 2008 it was revived as an Austro-Italian production on Rai 1 and, from the next year, was made fully in Italy, with occasional episodes set in Austria. Rai 1 eventually cancelled the Austro-Italian production in June 2015, after eight Italian seasons. The series follows the German Shepherd police dog Rex, his partners and the rest of the team at the Vienna Kriminalpolizei homicide unit, as they work together to solve crimes. From 2008, episodes are set in Rome. A spin-off series, Stockinger, focuses on Ernst Stockinger, one of the original members of the homicide division, was televised in 1996. International remakes include Polish Komisarz Alex (English title: Inspector Alex), set in Łódź (2012–present); Latvian Inspektors Grauds (2002); Russian Muhtar's return (2004–2019, broadcast on Russia-1 and NTV); Portuguese Inspetor Max (2004–present); Lithuanian Inspektorius Mažylis (2014); Slovak Rex set in Bratislava (2017) and Canadian Hudson & Rex (2019–present). In October 2024, it was announced that Inspector Rex will return to television in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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