SOKO Wismar

SOKO Wismar
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GenrePolice procedural
Written byvarious
Directed byvarious
Starring
  • Udo Kroschwald
  • Katharina Blaschke
  • Silke Matthias
  • Dominic Boeer
  • Nike Fuhrmann
  • Stella Hinrichs
  • Gustavs Gailus
Theme music composerUdo Lindenberg
Composers
  • Michael Dübe
  • Kerim König
  • Andreas Kaiser
  • Dirk Leupolz
  • Sibin Vassilev
  • Andreas Koslik
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons21
No. of episodes484
Production
Executive producers
  • Dagmar Rosenbauer
  • Andreas Knoblauch
  • Gregori Winkowski
  • Theo Leipert
  • Moritz Hansen
Producervarious
Production locationsWismar, Berlin
Cinematographyvarious
Editorvarious
Running time45 minutes
Production companyReal Film Berlin
Original release
NetworkZDF
Release6 October 2004 (2004-10-06)
Related
SOKO – Der Prozess

SOKO Wismar is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of SOKO München, launched in 1978 under the name SOKO 5113. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team".

Synopsis

Under the leadership of First Chief Inspector Jan Reuter, Chief Inspector Lars Pöhlmann, Chief Inspector Karoline Joost, and Chief of Police Paula Moorkamp, a police team investigates criminal cases in the north German town of Wismar. Assisting the team are forensic scientist Roswitha Prinzler, Latvian exchange officer Edgars "Eddi" Jansons, and coroner Helene Sturbeck.

Production

SOKO Wismar is produced by Real Film Berlin, a subsidiary of Studio Hamburg. Filming takes place both in Wismar and its surroundings as well as in Berlin. The World Heritage Sites of Wismar's old town and its harbour often serve as filming locations. The entrance to the police station is actually the entrance to the Hospital of the Holy Ghost. The inside of the station is filmed at Adlershof Studios, in Berlin.[1]

Crossover

On 3 April 2013, five SOKO teams were brought together for a five-part special titled SOKO – Der Prozess. In it, the teams from Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Stuttgart, and Wismar have to solve the murder of a police officer. The five episodes were shown across Germany from 30 September to 4 October 2013.

Cast and characters

Current

Actor Character Rank Since
Udo Kroschwald Jan Reuter First chief inspector 2004–
Katharina Blaschke Dr. Helene Sturbeck Coroner / ER doctor 2005–
Silke Matthias Silke Schwarz / Roswitha Prinzler Forensic scientist 2006–11 / 2011–
Dominic Boeer Lars Pöhlmann Chief of police / Chief inspector 2007–11 / 2015–
Nike Fuhrmann Karoline Joost Chief inspector 2018–
Stella Hinrichs Paula Moorkamp Chief of police 2021–
Gustavs Gailus Edgars "Eddi" Jansons Latvian exchange officer 2022–

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dreh im Polizeirevier Adlershof: Soko Wismar ermittelt in Berlin - 81x im Jahr" [Shooting in the Adlershof police station: Soko Wismar investigates in Berlin – 81 times a year]. berliner-zeitung.de (in German). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2022.


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