On the subject of Euro TV crime -- does anyone out there remember 'Derrick', the German TV series starring Horst Tappert? Was it ever screened in any anglophone countries? As a teenager I remember watching it dubbed in Afrikaans (I believe it was dubbed into Chinese as well) and thinking it was quite good. Are there any English subtitled dvd episodes available?
Sean Shapiro
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From: E. Borgers <webeurop@yahoo.fr>
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Cc: jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:04:18 PM
Subject: Re : RARA-AVIS: Re: Wallander and Montalbano TV series
I can't
agree more with your appreciation of the TV adaptation of Camillieri's
Montalbano..
French
Maigret is a fantastic series, if we speak about the last one with Bruno Cremer
in the title role (sometime a little too slow, even by Simenon's books' standards).
I'll strongly
recommend another series, made for Swedish TV: MANKELL'S WALLANDER_- 13
episodes, each of approx 1h30; it's coherent, noir from time to time, dark grey
all along, beautifully photographed and filmed, good actors. A quality series.
Only two or three films of this series are weak, which is an outstanding score
for a TV series.
And¦ I
really do not like Mankell's novels.
Warning:
there is a new BBC Wallander series (2 episodes till now) which is not bad but
lacks some soul and is more superficial; K.Branagh plays the central character
and we can feel that all is devoted to serve the actor (not the story).
E.Borgers
Polar Noir
http://www.geocitie s.com/polarnoir
> > Meanwhile, the Montalbano series based on Andrea Camilleri is very fine.. A channel called MHz has been broadcasting the series around here. Unusual crimes, excellent Sicilian atmosphere, pretty dark without much action. This TV series honors the books, which are also excellent..
>
> MHz ("megaHertz" ) WorldView is actually a small public-broadcasting network, with its offerings, including weekly European crime drama (repeated several times) including the COMMISSIONER MONTALBANO, German TATORT/SCENE OF THE CRIME, French MAIGRET and other telefilm series, with affiliate stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Salt Lake City, and other markets along with the DC/Northern Virginia area. "Check your local listings"
>
> http://www.mhznetwo rks.org/mhzworld view/affiliates/
Good to know. I watch so little television that I don't know exactly which channels I have... I found this one purely by chance, saw it was Montalbano (I have read Camilleri) and decided to watch it. It's very well done. I'll have to check out the German series.
Best,
mrt
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