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Lady Cop

1994–2006 · 6 seasons

A steady, grounded police procedural carried by a warm, capable lead, more about character and routine investigation than shocks.

Created by
Eva Zahn
Genres
Crime
Starring
Hannelore Elsner, Til Schweiger, Karlheinz Lemken
Overview
Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop.

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Created by
Eva Zahn
Genres
Crime
Starring
Hannelore Elsner, Til Schweiger, Karlheinz Lemken
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • justice
    • family
    • work
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • procedural
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
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    Created by
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    Starring
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    Length
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    Network
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    Country
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    Languages
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