TV series
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Episode 1
A bank robbery goes down on a peaceful Monday morning. A foolishly brave customer rips the mask off from one of the robbers, and is shot right after. Derrick recognizes the shooter from the surveillance tape.
Directed by Jürgen GoslarGuest stars Christine Ostermayer, Roswitha Schreiner, Jochen Horst, Käte Jaenicke, Heinz Moog, Alf Marholm, Wilfried Baasner, Wolf Goldan
Episode 2
A couple arrives home on a cab. Stepping out and preparing to pay the fare, they hear three gunshots. Sales consult Alfred Naujocks lies dead on the street.
Guest stars Sissy Höfferer, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Sascha Hehn, Susi Nicoletti, Louise Martini, Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Bettina Redlich, Dirk Dautzenberg
Episode 3
Erich, a drug addicted burglar, enters a presumably unoccupied apartment in search for stuff to pawn. There isn't much to be stolen, but he finds a dead young lady in the bedroom.
Guest stars Ekkehardt Belle, Traugott Buhre, Diana Körner, Gerd Baltus, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Bernd Herzsprung, Wolfgang Wahl, Gracia-Maria Kaus
Episode 4
Erich Schuster borrows keys to his old employer's office so that he could use the photocopier. But on the trip he runs to a situation. The Jeweler's shop in the same building is under burglary.
Guest stars Klaus Herm, Ralf Schermuly, Dieter Schidor, Karl Walter Diess, Sky du Mont, Eva Maria Bayerwaltes, Otto Bolesch, Ursula Karven
Episode 5
Herta Kolka has finished her guitar lesson. Shortly after she has left, her teacher hears gunshots and runs to the window to see her lie dead next to her car.
Guest stars Günter Mack, Volkert Kraeft, Reinhild Solf, Konrad Georg, Marion Kracht, Michael Heltau, Enzi Fuchs, Tommi Piper
Episode 6
Gerhard Brosch has been defrauded in stock exchange speculation, and he has lost everything, including all property of his son and daughter.
Guest stars Evelyn Opela, Karl Michael Vogler, Irene Clarin, Thomas Fritsch, Richard Münch, Till Topf, Klaus Behrendt, Ullrich Haupt
Episode 7
Dr. Schenk has a problem. He must ask Derrick, who lives next door, to fetch some stuff from his home. He doesn't want to go himself because his wife's lover boy is there.
Guest stars Klaus Schwarzkopf, Ursula Lingen, Anne Bennent, Marie Theres Relin, Christoph Eichhorn, Alwy Becker
Episode 8
Jakob Lohbach, husband to a rich restaurant owner, dates one of the waitresses.
Guest stars Klaus Löwitsch, Christine Buchegger, Horst Michael Neutze, Axel Milberg, Gundi Ellert, Ida Krottendorf, Katharina De Bruyn, Joachim Wichmann
Episode 9
Something creepy is going on in the Weidau manor. Two young people are definitely murdered a couple days apart, but there's no apparent motive.
Guest stars Friedrich von Thun, Ekkehardt Belle, Christiane Hammacher, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Manfred Seipold, Alf Marholm, Holger Petzold
Episode 10
Arnold Bothe receives a severe head trauma and dies at the hospital. However he managed to drag himself to the phone and call for help.
Guest stars Horst Bollmann, Christoph Waltz, Lena Stolze, Volker Lechtenbrink, Hilde Volk, Horst Naumann
Episode 11
Martin Theimer has capped the bottle. He has decided that he is the right man for an important role in a movie. Another actor has been selected, but Martin is insistent. All of the sudden, his path to stardom is open - but at a cost.
Guest stars Sonja Sutter, Roswitha Schreiner, Peter Bongartz, Edwin Noël, Erich Hallhuber, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Heini Göbel, Else Quecke
Episode 12
Dr. Kroll has been sentenced to an asylum for criminally insane for attempting to murder his wife. After years of therapy, his psychiatrist, Dr. Kraus is convinced that he is now mentally sane and able to live in the society again.
Directed by Horst TappertGuest stars Pinkas Braun, Reinhild Solf, Günter Mack, Michael Hinz, Wolf Roth
Episode information updated Sep 21, 2026
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