Kottan ermittelt (1976–1983)

Cast

Series cast summary:
	Walter Davy	...	Paul Schremser (19 episodes, 1976-1983)
	Curt A. Tichy	...	Alfred Schrammel (19 episodes, 1976-1983)
	Bibiane Zeller	...	Ilse Kottan (18 episodes, 1977-1983)
	Carlo Böhm	...	Erwin Drballa (15 episodes, 1978-1983)
	Chris Lohner	...	TV-Ansagerin (15 episodes, 1976-1983)
	Lukas Resetarits	...	Major Adolf Kottan (14 episodes, 1980-1983)
	Franz Suhrada	...	Fritz Schreyvogel (14 episodes, 1978-1983)
	Peter Patzak	...	Polizist (14 episodes, 1976-1983)
	Kurt Weinzierl	...	Oberst Heribert Pilch (13 episodes, 1981-1983)
	Gusti Wolf	...	Mutter Kottan (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
	Ernst Konarek	...	Rudolf Horrak (12 episodes, 1979-1983)
	Michaela Mock	...	Polizeiärztin (10 episodes, 1981-1983)

Storyline

"Kottan ermittelt" (which translates as "Kottan investigates") is one of the defining moments of Austrian television. Masquerading as a police/crime series, it is actually a fierce anarchic satire on the Austrian police and Austrian society in general. There are no heroes, only anti-heroes, and the police officers, who are all incompetent caricatures to varying degrees, often solve their cases more by chance than through actual investigation. Major Kottan (the name is a spoof of hardboiled German dime-store novel hero Jerry Cotton) was played by no less than three actors over the course of the series, each giving the character a fairly distinct personality: grumpy, prejudiced misanthrope; sarcastic cynic ; and anarchic nihilist -- the common factor being that each is too caught up in his own preconceptions to actually solve the case. Then there's Inspector Schrammel... Written by H. Prillinger  

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