''Solo für Sudmann'' (English title: ''Solo for Sudmann'') is a German crime drama television series that premiered on 23 January 1997 on

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. The show, which consists of one season in twelve episodes, is the first offshoot of ''

SOKO München ''SOKO München'' (until 2015: ''SOKO 5113'') is a German police procedural television series that first aired on 2 January 1978 on ZDF. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ''Sonderkommission'', which means "special investigative team". ...

'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''.

Synopsis

After chief inspector Jürgen Sudmann—former investigator at SOKO 5113—retires, he opens a private detective agency in Munich. Together with his assistant, Susanne Wegener, he solves cases in an unconventional way. Some of his former colleagues from the special commission (SOKO) make guest appearances, including chief inspector Horst Schickl, inspectors Lizzy Berger and Manfred "Manne" Brand, and detective Theodor "Theo" Renner.

Cast and characters

* Heinz Baumann as Jürgen Sudmann * Esther Francksen as Susanne Wegener * Veronika Faber as Johanna Naumann *

Kurt Weinzierl Kurt Weinzierl (15 April 1931 in Innsbruck, Austria – 10 October 2008 in Munich, Germany) was an Austrian television actor. He played Franz Jägerstätter in the biopic of 1971, but is most famous for his satirical portrayal of the head of the ...

as Bank direktor Dreyfuss *

Wilfried Klaus Wilfried Klaus is a German television actor best known for playing Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl in the police procedural ''SOKO München'' from 1978 to 2008. Selected filmography * '' Lina Braake'' (1975) * ''Derrick'' - Season 3, Episod ...

as Horst Schickl * Michel Guillaume as Theo Renner

External links

* 1997 German television series debuts 1997 German television series endings German crime television series German television spin-offs German-language television shows ZDF original programming Television shows set in Munich {{Germany-tv-prog-stub

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