The Blind Judge | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Written by | Günter Kunert |
Directed by | Vojtěch Jasný |
Starring | Franz Josef Steffens Joachim Dietmar Mues |
Country of origin | West Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Producer | Peter von Zahn |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | Windrose Film- und Fernsehproduktion |
Release | |
Original network | ARD |
Original release | 19 September – 15 December 1984 |
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