"Kottan ermittelt" (1976) TV series 1976-1983

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

8 August 1976 (Austria)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

"Kottan ermittelt" (which translates as "Kottan investigates") is one of the defining moments of Austrian television...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Satire | Slapstick Comedy | Running Gag | Murder

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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)

Series Directed by
Peter Patzak		(19 episodes, 1976-1983)

Series Writing credits
Helmut Zenker		(19 episodes, 1976-1983)

Series Produced by
Wolfgang Ainberger	....	executive producer / producer (19 episodes, 1976-1983)
Otto H. Schneider	....	co-executive producer (12 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Cinematography by
Dietrich Lohmann		(14 episodes, 1978-1983)
Heinz Hölscher		(2 episodes, 1976-1981)
Jirí Stibr		(2 episodes, 1978-1980)

Series Film Editing by
Traudl Gruber		(13 episodes, 1978-1983)
Ingrid Koller		(3 episodes, 1978-1981)

Series Production Design by
Peter Manhardt		(15 episodes, 1976-1983)
Elisabeth Klobassa		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Set Decoration by
Susanne Quendler-Kopf		(1 episode, 1977)
Fritz Hollergschwandtner		(1 episode, 1978)
Margit Manhardt		(1 episode, 1978)
Günther Gutermann		(1 episode, 1979)

Series Costume Design by
Heidi Melinc		(14 episodes, 1979-1983)

Series Makeup Department
Ilse Weisz-Stainer	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1980-1983)
Edda Hackenberg	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1976-1978)
Adolf Uhrmacher	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Production Management
Anton Dworak	....	unit manager (18 episodes, 1976-1983)
Herbert Reutterer	....	production leader / production manager (18 episodes, 1977-1983)
Eduard Meisel	....	assistant unit manager (16 episodes, 1978-1983)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sissi Boehler	....	assistant director (19 episodes, 1976-1983)

Series Art Department
Johannes Slapa	....	property master / property master: outside (13 episodes, 1981-1983)
Angelika Korbuly	....	property master: inside (12 episodes, 1982-1983)
Rudolf Hummel	....	property master: inside (3 episodes, 1983)

Series Sound Department
Rolf Schmidt-Gentner	....	sound (16 episodes, 1977-1983)
Herbert Giesser	....	sound mixer (16 episodes, 1978-1983)
Peter Hofmann	....	assistant sound (15 episodes, 1977-1983)
Peter Schwaba	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1976-1978)
Herbert Koller	....	sound (2 episodes, 1976-1978)

Series Special Effects by
Willi Neuner	....	special effects (6 episodes, 1983)

Series Visual Effects by
Rudolf Linshalm	....	trick photography (1 episode, 1980)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Gerhard Ehringer	....	gaffer (16 episodes, 1976-1983)
Martin Hack	....	lighting technician (8 episodes, 1976-1983)
Franz Ban	....	grip (7 episodes, 1976-1983)
Bernd Neubauer	....	assistant camera (6 episodes, 1982-1983)
Andreas Kopf	....	assistant camera (6 episodes, 1983)
Reinhold Zaunrith	....	lighting technician (6 episodes, 1983)
Martin Zimmermann	....	lighting technician (6 episodes, 1983)
Franz Endlicher	....	grip / lighting technician (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Werner Höller	....	lighting technician (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Fritz Ölberg	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 1978-1981)
Gernot Klotz	....	grip (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Attila Szabó	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ilse Buchelt	....	wardrobe (3 episodes, 1983)
Erika Navas	....	wardrobe (3 episodes, 1983)

Series Editorial Department
Brigitte Frischler	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 1983)
Zuzana Brejcha	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 1978-1981)

Series Music Department
Georg Danzer	....	composer: theme music (2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Other crew
Tamara Euler	....	script (3 episodes, 1983)
Uwe Flemming	....	trainee (3 episodes, 1983)
Nicole Schmied	....	script (3 episodes, 1983)
Martin Walch	....	trainee (3 episodes, 1983)

Production Companies

• Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Distributors

• EuroVideo (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Company:

Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Was wurde aus...?: Chris Lohner - Österreichs bekanntester Pagenkopf" (2011)

Austrian Cult Series

This is one of the rare examples of an Austrian TV series with a definite cult status. People strongly disagree about which of the three Kottan incarnations was the best, typically either favouring the subtle Peter Vogel or the wacky Lukas Resitaris. I always favoured Resitaris' interpretation, i.e. when the series went completely over the top.

The real star though was not the title hero, but one of his main adversaries: Polizeipräsident (police commissioner) Pilch, a man possessing the combined egos of Margaret Thatcher and John Shaft. In particular, I was always looking forward to his news conferences, held in that special room in which the ceiling lights created the impression of a halo.