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Das Kriminalmuseum

TV·1963–1970·7 seasons, 41 episodes·ZDF·Crime·1h

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Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.

Cast

Reinhard GlemnitzReinhard GlemnitzErzähler

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1963Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1April 4, 1963—
  2. S01E02Episode 2April 25, 1963—
  3. S01E03Episode 3June 20, 1963—
  4. S01E04Episode 4July 4, 1963—
  5. S01E05Episode 5August 1, 1963—
  6. S01E06Episode 6October 10, 1963—

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season027Episodes1964Aired—Season avg
  1. S02E01Episode 1January 2, 1964—
  2. S02E02Episode 2April 2, 1964—
  3. S02E03Episode 3June 4, 1964—
  4. S02E04Episode 4July 2, 1964—
  5. S02E05Episode 5September 10, 1964—
  6. S02E06Episode 6November 5, 1964—
  7. S02E07Episode 7December 3, 1964—

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season037Episodes1965Aired—Season avg
  1. S03E01Episode 1February 23, 1965—
  2. S03E02Episode 2June 8, 1965—
  3. S03E03Episode 3July 27, 1965—
  4. S03E04Episode 4October 15, 1965—
  5. S03E05Episode 5November 23, 1965—
  6. S03E06Episode 6December 14, 1965—
  7. S03E07Episode 7December 21, 1965—

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season043Episodes1966Aired—Season avg
  1. S04E01Episode 1January 28, 1966—
  2. S04E02Episode 2March 18, 1966—
  3. S04E03Episode 3June 24, 1966—

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0512Episodes1967Aired—Season avg
  1. S05E01Episode 1February 3, 1967—
  2. S05E02Episode 2February 17, 1967—
  3. S05E03Episode 3March 3, 1967—
  4. S05E04Episode 4March 12, 1967—
  5. S05E05Episode 5April 7, 1967—
  6. S05E06Episode 6May 12, 1967—
  7. S05E07Episode 7May 26, 1967—
  8. S05E08Episode 8July 7, 1967—
  9. S05E09Episode 9August 4, 1967—
  10. S05E10Episode 10September 1, 1967—
  11. S05E11Episode 11September 8, 1967—
  12. S05E12Episode 12December 1, 1967—

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season065Episodes1968Aired—Season avg
  1. S06E01Episode 1January 12, 1968—
  2. S06E02Episode 2February 2, 1968—
  3. S06E03Episode 3April 5, 1968—
  4. S06E04Episode 4July 12, 1968—
  5. S06E05Episode 5August 30, 1968—

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season071Episodes1970Aired—Season avg
  1. S07E01Episode 1August 7, 1970—

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

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