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Rentnercops

2015 · 7 seasons

A gentle, good-humoured police procedural where generational banter and mild mystery keep things comfortable and easy to follow.

Created by: Thorsten Näter, Dennis Satin
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tilo Prückner, Wolfgang Winkler, Aaron Le

Overview: Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.

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Created by: Thorsten Näter, Dennis Satin
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Tilo Prückner, Wolfgang Winkler, Aaron Le

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
aging
work
friendship
family
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: crime, drama
Created by: Thorsten Näter, Dennis Satin, Janis Rebecca Rattenni
Starring: Tilo Prückner, Wolfgang Winkler, Aaron Le, Katja Danowski, Isabelle Barth, Christian Hockenbrink, Verena Plangger, Katharina Witza
Length: 7 seasons, 82 episodes, 55 min each
Network: Das Erste
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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