SOKO Donau

SOKO Donau (in Germany SOKO Wien) is an Austrian crime drama television series produced by ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the sixth spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113 (SOKO München since 2015), launched in 1978. The show, which debuted on 20 September 2005 in Austria and 18 October 2005 in Germany, focuses on a Viennese police team responsible for investigating crimes committed on the Danube (German: Donau) river and its tributaries. The boat team operates in and around Vienna as well as Lower and Upper Austria, sometimes travelling all the way to Bratislava.

SOKO Donau
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GenrePolice procedural
Written byvarious
Directed byvarious
Composers
  • Lothar Scherpe
  • Bob Gutdeutsch
  • Péter Wolf
  • Joao Jarosch
Country of originAustria
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons17
No. of episodes247
Production
Executive producers
  • Heinrich Ambrosch
  • Sonja Hofmann
  • Klaus Jüptner
Producervarious
Cinematographyvarious
Editorvarious
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original release20 September 2005 (2005-09-20) (ORF)
10 June 2005 (2005-18-10) (ZDF)
Related
SOKO München

Crossover

A crossover episode with Leipzig Homicide, titled "Der vierte Mann", was broadcast on ORF on 2 November 2019 and ZDF on 8 November 2019. The screenplay was based on a true story related to the Viennese political activist Rudolfine Steindling.[1][2]

Cast and characters

Current

Actor Character Rank Since
Lilian KlebowPenelope "Penny" LanzDistrict inspector / Group inspector2005–
Helmut BohatschFranz WohlfahrtCrime technician2005–
Paul MatićDr. Paul SeilerChief prosecutor2005–
Hary PrinzErnst KanterBKA chief2006–
Maria HappelDr. Franziska BeckMedical examiner2010–
Brigitte KrenDr. Henriette WolfChief2018–
Andreas KiendlKlaus LechnerDistrict inspector2021–
Martin GruberMax HerzogChief inspector2022–
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See also

References
  1. ""Soko Donau"-Spezial: Leipzig zu Gast in Wien" ["Soko Donau" special: Leipzig as a guest in Vienna]. kurier.at (in German). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. "ORF-1-Premiere für erstes "Soko Donau"-Crossover "Der vierte Mann"" [ORF-1 premiere for the first "Soko Donau" crossover "The Fourth Man"]. ots.at (in German). 31 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2022.


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