External links
- Die Cleveren at IMDb
| Die Cleveren | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Hans Werner Meyer |
| Opening theme | Crime |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL |
| Original release | 1998 – 2006 |
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The pilot was a ninety-minute telefilm broadcast on March 10, 1998, which was more than eighteen months before the regular first season in November 1999.
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