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Created by | Herbert Lichtenfeld |
Starring | Christian Quadflieg Walter Plathe Wayne Carpendale |
Country of origin | Germany |
No. of seasons | 22 |
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Network | ZDF |
Release | 10 February 1987 – 17 May 2013 |
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