Das Rätsel der Sandbank
Das Rätsel der Sandbank is a German television series based on the 1903 novel The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers. It was produced by the public television and radio station Radio Bremen, and starring Burghart Klaußner as Davies and Peter Sattmann as Carruthers – the novel's two British yachtsmen and amateur spies.[1]
| Das Rätsel der Sandbank | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rainer Boldt |
| Starring | Burghart Klaußner Peter Sattmann Isabel Varell Gunnar Möller |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Radio Bremen (ARD) |
| Original release | 11 October 1985 |
The original novel, a sensational success at the time of publication, was one of the first signs heralding half a century of enmity and war between Britain and Germany, with the novel's British protagonists unearthing a German plot for the invasion of England and courageously striving to foil it.
See also
- The Riddle of the Sands (1979 film with Michael York)
- List of German television series
References
- Das Rätsel der Sandbank at IMDb (1987 version)
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