Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
Series Details:
| Original title | Alarm für Cobra 11 |
| Also known as | Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Action, crime drama, police procedural |
| Season | 28 |
| Episodes | 381 |
| Release date | March 12, 1996 |
| Running time | 45-90min |
| Starring | Johannes Brandrup, Rainer Strecker, Almut Eggert, Erdoğan Atalay, Mark Keller, René Steinke, Christian Oliver, Gedeon Burkhard, Tom Beck, Vinzenz Kiefer, Daniel Roesner, Katja Woywood, Katrin Heß, Niels Kurvin, Daniela Wutte |
| Directed by | Franco Tozza, Heinz Dietz, Axel Barth, Nico Zavelberg, Axel Sand, Raoul W. Heimrich, Carmen Kurz, Sebastian Vigg, Ralph Polinski, Christian Paschmann, Peter Vogel, Holger Gimpel, Alexander Sascha Thiel, Kai Meyer-Ricks, Helmut Metzger, Darius Simaifar, Pete Ariel, Diethard Küster, Alexander Dierbach, Thomas Höret, Daniel Illigens, Jan Martin Scharf, Boris von Sychowski, Gabriele Heberling, Sebastian Ko, Cornelia Dohrn, Christoph Eichhorn, Arend Agthe, Oren Schmuckler, Hans Schönherr, Dror Zahavi, Stephen Manuel, Matthias Tiefenbacher, Roland Busch, Christian Theede, Holger Haase, Anna-Katharina Maier, Tomy Wigand, Leo Zahn, Robert Sigl, Marc Hertel, Michael Karen, Michael Schneider, Ed Ehrenberg, Richard Hill |
| Written by | Andreas Brune, Sven Frauenhoff, Ralf Ruland, Horst Wieschen, Stefan Weidenbacher, Andreas Heckmann, Frank Koopmann, Roland Heep, Boris von Sychowski, Lorenz Stassen, Matthias Herbert, Stefan Dauck, Marc Hillefeld, Jan Martin Scharf, Ingo Regenbogen, Andreas Schmitz, Thomas Retzbach, David Simmons, Christian Heider, Uros Bor, Arne Nolting, Sabine Leipert, Jeanet Pfitzer, Gerry Streberg, Elke Schilling, Stefan Barth, Michael Krause, Andreas Knop, Uli T. Swidler, Markus Hoffmann, Julia Neumann, Jürgen Matthäi, Clementina Hegewisch, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Clemens Berger, Manfred Maurenbrecher, Hubert Skolud, Andreas Föhr, Thomas Letocha, Dieter Tarnowski, Rafael Solá Ferrer, Sven Ulrich, Alexander Kraus, Klaus Wolfertstetter, Sabrina Rössel, Etienne Heimann, Frank Göhre, Renate Kampmann, Hans Gerd Müller, Susanne Mischke, Iris Anna Otto, Mike Scheffner, Matthias Simmich, Jörg Schnitger, Mike Bäuml, Nicolai Auer, Michael B. Müller, U.L.J. Burrows, Axel Melzener, Julia Nika Neviandt, Claude Cueni, Thomas Kliche, Dirk Külow, Nicholas Niciphor, Norbert Eberlein, Kai-Michael Majewski, Benedikt Gollhardt, Birgit Grosz, Kai Hensel, Jochen Wermann, Topas Autorenpartnerschaft, Alexander Hahn, Enrico Jakob, Gerhard J. Rekel, Erdogan Atalay, Walter K. Ludwig, Ekki Voigt, Manfred Beger, Nick Ickx, Thomas Kämpf, Markus Müller, Stefan Sasse, Thomas Schwank, Jörg Alberts, Hans-Jürgen Teske, Klaus Jochmann, Jens Jendrich, Michael Ehnert, Peter Jännert, Henry Streberg, Nico Zavelberg, Torsten Buchsteiner, Robert Huttinger |
| Produced by | Stefan Retzbach, Heiko Schmidt, Dirk Eggers, Simon Grohe, Kai-Michael Majewski, Rainer Poelmeyer |
| Executive producers | Hermann Joha, Frank Huwe, Michael Scheel, Till Derenbach |
| Cinematography by | Christian Paschmann, Tobias Schmidt, Axel Sand, Sascha Ersfeld, Helge Peyker, Claus Peter Hildenbrand, Marcus Stotz, Reinhard Köcher, David Hofmann, Randolf Scherraus, Hofmann David, Christoph Krauss, Jörg Lawerentz, Anton Klima, Markus Schott, Friederike Heß, Matthias Tschiedel, Michael Wiesweg, Theo Müller, Felix Poplawsky, Wolfram Beyer, Ingo Hamer, Ralph Polinski, Theo Angell, Joachim Hasse, Martin Meyer, Joachim Jung, Jörg Schneider, Kolja Brandt, Stephan Schuh, Andreas Heine, Nicolai Kätsch, Thomas Schinz, Christian Kitscha, David Higgs, Alexander Honisch, Georg Fick, Marco Uggiano, Luis Vargas, Darius Paschmann, Tomas Meister, Florian J. Raasch, Franco Tozza |
| Edited by | Martin Habig, Amina Lorenz, Christian Krämer, Daniela Beauvais, Nicolás Montano Goertz, Martin Rahner, Darius Simaifar, Ingo Hagedorn, Christian Nauheimer, Ute A. Rall, Felix Geiger, Philipe Dütsch, Johannes Schäfer, Andreas Nöcker, Henk Drees, Andreas Ehrig, Verena Neumann, Frank Zülke, Christian Bolik, Hanka Knipper, Brigitte Hujer, August Verschueren, Behruz Torbati, Katrin Staub, Dora Vajda, Julia von Frihling, Stefan Schneider, Claudia Wolscht, Mareile Marx, Romy Schumann, Steffen Wimmers, Sylvain Coutandin, Oliver Gieth, Julia Prokasky, Christian Krämer, Andreas Bodenstein, Peter Mühlhens, Dan Nanoveanu, Christian Guettler, Christian Theede, Marco Baumhof, Franziska Schmidt-Kärner |
| Music by | Klaus Garternicht, Nik Reich, Jaro Messerschmidt, Daniel Freundlieb, Kay Skerra, Reinhard Scheuregger, Markus Lonardoni, Maximilian Nieberle, Frederik Wiedmann, Gabriela Carasusán, Maximilian Jaksch, Rainer Oleak, Joachim-Franz Bartzsch, Mike Stephan Parker, Matthias Weber |
| Casting by | Anja Dihrberg-Siebler, Renate Landkammer, Clemens Erbach, Uros Bor, Claudia Mander, Thomas Biehl |
| Production Design by | Paul Margono, Uwe Radicke, Claus Beiser, Werner Mink, Jo Hattenhauer, Ralf Mootz, Ulrich Bergfelder, Will Kley, Pierre Pfundt, Omid Gutt, Dennis Duis, Horst D. Furcht, Tom Pataki |
| Set Decoration by | John Prahl, Sabine Feldmann, Janine Sahm, Christian Marczinski, Leo Gey, Lukas Schmitz, Gianna Schürmann, Manuel Tjurenkow, Eszter Keserû |
| Costume Design by | Rosa Schlösser, Holger Büscher, Jekaterina Herrmann, Angelika Huhn, Hubertine Roderburg, Elisabeth Schelte, Till Fuhrmann, Stephanie Polo, Daniele Gossens-Dommel, Anja Bölck, Joachim Kuhlmann, Elly Schelte, Gabriele Schreiner, Marion Beigel, Marion Boegel, Nicole Hutmacher, Verena Reuter, Anja Niehaus, Grete Kellermann, Marita Hoffjann, Trü Kobusch, Antje Krüger, Anja Kruse |
| Production Company | Action Concept Film- und Stuntproduktion GmbH Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft GmbH (season 1–3) |
| Original Network | RTL Television |
Cast & Character:
Main
- Johannes Brandrup as Detective Chief Inspector Frank Stolte (main: season 1; guest: season 22)
- Rainer Strecker as Detective Chief Inspector Ingo Fischer (season 1)
- Erdoğan Atalay as Detective Chief Superintendent Semir Gerkhan
- Almut Eggert as Police Chief Katharina Lamprecht (main: season 1; recurring: season 2)
- Mark Keller as Detective Chief Inspector André Fux (main: seasons 2–4; guest: season 19)
- René Steinke as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Kranich (seasons 5–8, 10–12)
- Christian Oliver as Detective Inspector Jan Richter (seasons 9–10)
- Gedeon Burkhard as Detective Chief Inspector Chris Ritter (seasons 12–13)
- Tom Beck as Detective Chief Inspector Ben Jäger (main: seasons 14–19; guest: season 25)
- Vinzenz Kiefer as Detective Chief Inspector Alex Brandt (seasons 19–21)
- Daniel Roesner as Detective Chief Inspector Paul Renner (season 21–25)
- Katja Woywood as Police Chief Kim Krüger (main: season 21–25; recurring: seasons 14–25)
- Katrin Heß as Detective Sergeant Jenny Dorn (main: season 21–25; recurring: seasons 16–21)
- Niels Kurvin as CSU Hartmud Freund (main: season 21-25; recurring: seasons 9-21)
- Daniela Wutte as Secretary Susanne König (main: season 21–25; recurring: seasons 12–21)
- Pia Stutzenstein as Detective Inspector Vicky Reisinger (season 26-28)
- Patrick Kalupa as Police Chief Roman Kramer (season 26−28)
- Christopher Patten as Detective Marc Schaffrath (season 26−28)
- Gizem Emre as Dana Gerkhan (née Wegener), a police officer and Semir’s illegitimate daughter (main: season 26-28; recurring: seasons 17, 20−25). Tesha Moon Krieg played her as a child in season 16.
- Nicolas Wolf as Officer Max Tauber (seasons 26−28)
Recurring
- Dietmar Huhn as Officer III Horst Herzberger (season 2–16)
- Gottfried Vollmer as Officer III Dieter Bonrath (season 3–17)
- Carina Wiese as Andrea Gerkhan (née Schäfer).
Guest appearance
- Nino de Angelo as himself (season 22)
- Diana Amft as Natalie (season 9)
- Bela B. as Joseph Tscherne (season 7)
- Martin Brambach as Ronny Dubinski (season 22)
- Michael Brandner as Klaus Renner (season 20)
- Fernanda Brandão as Julia (season 19)
- Henning Baum as Rainer Goltz (season 10)
- Blerim Destani as Fero Berisha (season 20)
- Julia Dietze as Lena (season 21)
- Ercan Durmaz as Rumen Brujan (season 22)
- Victor Ferin as Bolzow (season 16)
- Eko Fresh as himself (season 21)
- Hans Peter Geerdes as H.P. Baxxter / Scooter (season 2)
- Jasmin Gerat as Laura Neiser (season 10)
- Frank Giering as Frank Ziegler (season 15)
- Stephan Grossmann as Oliver Wolff (season 19)
- Dorka Gryllus as Nazan Wegener (season 19)
- André Hennicke as Patrick (season 2)
- Heinz Hoenig as Hans Gruber (season 22)
- Charly Hübner as Frank Lukowitz (season 13)
- Sebastian Hülk as Magnus Bischoff (season 21)
- Christoph Maria Herbst as Marcus Krüger (season 3)
- Peter Jordan as Dr. Martin Wenger (season 19)
- Aleksandar Jovanovic as Ruben Frost (season 15)
- Katy Karrenbauer as Patricia Braukmann (season 10)
- Florence Kasumba as FBI Agent Karen Morris (season 23)
- Thomas Kretschmann as Robert Michalke (season 2)
- Gudrun Landgrebe as Marianne Breuer (season 18)
- Dieter Landuris as Behler (season 6)
- Erwin Leder as Django (season 20)
- Manfred Lehmann as Goran Vladic (season 17)
- Sven Martinek as Harald Kollmann (season 7)
- Mišel Matičević as „Shark“ (season 7)
- Lothar Matthäus as himself (season 17)
- Ralf Möller as Andri Vladic (season 17)
- Antoine Monot, Jr. as Torsten Schrage (season 17)
- Jochen Nickel as Norbert Wächter (season 20)
- Jana Pallaske as Hanna Güdemann (season 7)
- Thure Riefenstein as Dalhoff (season 5)
- Ralf Richter as Frank (season 2)
- Anneke Kim Sarnau as Marie Kovacz (season 4)
- Martin Semmelrogge as Willi Schröder (season 3)
- Yevgeni Sitokhin as Kovaci (season 19)
- Jan Henrik Stahlberg as Gerd Decker (season 22)
- Huub Stapel as Sander Kalvus (season 12)
- Bernd Tauber as Paul Scholz (season 17)
- Anatole Taubman as Van Bergen (season 18)
- Simone Thomalla as Susanne Schneider (season 10)
- Sophia Thomalla as Elena Kovic (season 17)
- Christian Tramitz as Harald Flensmann (season 13)
- Erdal Yildiz as Serdal Masaad (season 20)
- Jean-Yves Berteloot as Dufourquet (season 22)
Storyline:
From 1996 to 1998, the series was produced jointly by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft GmbH (responsible for all other production aspects such as filming/postproduction/location scouting etc.) and ActionConcept (stunts). Those episodes were shot in Berlin, notably in the site of the former Checkpoint Bravo and in the surrounding state of Brandenburg. In 1998, Action Concept took over as the sole production company and shifted all filming/production work to its headquarters in Hürth just south of Cologne. Since then, episodes have been shot in and around Cologne and Düsseldorf as well as on several major Autobahnen (A540/A44 and now mainly on the Filmautobahn Aldenhoven near Düren) between Cologne and Düsseldorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
Episodes:
| Season | Episodes | First Aired | Last Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | March 12, 1996 | May 7, 1996 |
| 2 | 6 | March 11, 1997 | April 15, 1997 |
| 3 | 16 | October 14, 1997 | June 18, 1998 |
| 4 | 16 | October 1, 1998 | May 6, 1999 |
| 5 | 11 | December 16, 1999 | March 24, 2000 |
| 6 | 11 | November 9, 2000 | May 31, 2001 |
| 7 | 14 | November 8, 2001 | May 2, 2002 |
| 8 | 14 | September 5, 2002 | April 10, 2003 |
| 9 | 18 | September 11, 2003 | May 13, 2004 |
| 10 | 18 | September 9, 2004 | March 31, 2005 |
| 11 | 12 | September 15, 2005 | May 28, 2006 |
| 12 | 20 | September 7, 2006 | May 10, 2007 |
| 13 | 14 | September 20, 2007 | April 24, 2008 |
| 14 | 15 | September 4, 2008 | April 9, 2009 |
| 15 | 15 | September 3, 2009 | April 22, 2010 |
| 16 | 13 | September 2, 2010 | April 14, 2011 |
| 17 | 16 | September 15, 2011 | April 19, 2012 |
| 18 | 15 | September 6, 2012 | April 18, 2013 |
| 19 | 14 | October 17, 2013 | May 15, 2014 |
| 20 | 15 | October 9, 2014 | April 30, 2015 |
| 21 | 16 | September 10, 2015 | May 26, 2016 |
| 22 | 20 | September 1, 2016 | May 18, 2017 |
| 23 | 19 | September 14, 2017 | May 3, 2018 |
| 24 | 18 | September 13, 2018 | June 6, 2019 |
| 25 | 9 | September 12, 2019 | November 14, 2019 |
| 26 | 6 | August 20, 2020 | September 24, 2020 |
| 27 | 8 | July 29, 2021 | August 12, 2021 |
| 28 | 3 | October 20, 2022 | November 3, 2022 |