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TV series / 1989
Löwengrube
Episode directors
Rainer Wolffhardt
"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main …
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"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main title "Löwengrube", meaning ‘Lions’ Den’, refers to the address of the Munich Police Headquarters inaugurated in 1913.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
Season details
1897-1933: Imperial period, World War I, hyperinflation, Golden 20s
Season 2
Season 2
Season details
1934-1948: NAZI Germany, World War II, post war, US occupation, foundation of Federal Republic of Germany
Season 3
Season 3
Season details
1950-1954: Germany's booming 50s, economic miracle
Cast
Jörg HubeLudwig Grandauer / Karl Grandauer
Christine NeubauerTraudl Grandauer
Franziska StömmerAdelgunde Soleder
Michael LerchenbergKurt Soleder
Gisela FreudenbergSara Soleder
Alexander DudaAdolf Grandauer
Gerd AnthoffFriedrich Deinlein
Erich HallhuberWillibald Leitner
Werner RomMax Kreitmeier
Mona FreibergKatharina Kreitmeier
Hansi KrausKargus
Timothy PeachRudi Grandauer
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Thomas DarchingerMaxi Grandauer
Georg EinerdingerHausmeister
Gerd FitzRudolf Grüner
Sandra WhiteAgnes Grandauer / Luise Kreitmeier (geb. Grandauer)
Tilo PrücknerSchäfer
Gerhart LippertHerr Gassner
Anton FeichtnerMeierl · Mayerl
Sepp SchauerMetzgermeister · Metzger
Frithjof VierockFriseur Selig · Friseur
Peter SteinerKartelbruder · Bierdimpfl
Maxl GrafNachbar · Luftschutzwart
Toni BergerAdam Fröschl · Fröschl
Egon BiscanWirt
Paula BraendKundin
Stefan ReckHampel
Hermann Giefer
Volker PrechtelWaldhauser
Udo ThomerHerr Schicker
Monika BaumgartnerFrau Zaske
Michael RollWalter Tussin
Michel GuillaumeManni Plötz
Ernst HannawaldHardy
Philipp MoogFredy
Fred StillkrauthLederer
Marie BardischewskiFrau Gschmeißner
Gundi EllertFranzi Gassner
Veronika Faber
Norbert GastellBezirksamtsmann
Rüdiger HackerHerr Gantner
Willy HarlanderGastwirt
Elisabeth KargFrau Gantner
Ludwig WührPedell
Barbara KutzerSchnalln
Cornelia CorbaWitwe
Heinz-Josef BraunPötzinger
Karl KnaupKollege im Kommissariat
Erna WaßmerFrau Grüner
Klaus Stiglmeier3. Rotgardist
Helmfried von Lüttichau2. Rotgardist
Andreas Borcherding
Josef ThalmaierKripobeamter
Christiane BlumhoffNachbarin
Gerd LohmeyerBriefträger
Enzi FuchsRosalinde Maier
Götz Burger
Erich SeyfriedEberhard Stork
Hubert MulzerGerichtsmediziner
Willy SchultesStraßenkehrer
Ilja RichterOperettensänger
Wolfram KunkelFanz Wechselberger
Ossi EckmüllerLandpolizist
Rudolf Waldemar BremGuido Fischer
Gerd DeutschmannOberregierungsrat
Luise DeschauerKundin
Henner QuestTontechniker
Dieter AugustinErmittlungsrichter
Joachim WichmannVati Kampensi
Jophi RiesBruno Kampensi
Conny GloggerZeugin
Gerhard AcktunHans Eichwald
Anja Jaenicke
Marianne BrandtFrau Schneitberger
Kathi LeitnerFrau Rimmele
Hans StadtmüllerSeppi
Marianne LindnerGroßmutter
Martin FlörchingerOpa Lipp
Heino HallhuberHausmeister
Heide AckermannFrau Altmann
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