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The Hunt for the Culprit (1957, West Germany)

Original title: Die Jagd nach dem Täter

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In 1957 German NDR public radio station came up with a concept of radio show presenting crime stories, but based on true events. It was not that original idea, similar was used in American shows, like Dragnet, Whitechapel 1212 or British The Black Museum, but The Hunt for the Culprit (original title Die Jagd nach dem Täter) was presenting the stories in German. They brought well-known actors, skilled scriptwriters and the formula became instant hit. Each of 126 episodes presented different story set in a different place, where different crime took place. Close to the end of the show lifespan, they began to use scripts from foreign authors and fiction stories, f.e. written by Agatha Christie or Francis Durbridge.

The formula proved to be successful enough that NDR came up with the idea to turn The Hunt for the Culprit for TV series, called Stahlnetz, again inspired by the American Dragnet.

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Creators of The Hunt for the Culprit

Irmgard Koester

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Harald Vock

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Heinz van Nouhuys

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Walter Niebuhr

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Hellmut Kleffel

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Karl Heinz Zeitler

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Walter Kolbenhoff

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Cast of The Hunt for the Culprit

Kurt Klopsch

as various

Hanns Lothar

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Ingrid Stenn

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Helmut Peine

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Willy Witte

Ingrid von Bothmer

Herbert A E Boehme

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