Löwengrube

Löwengrube

1989
★★★★☆ 8.0/10
📺 3 Seasons
🎬 32 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 DE
⏱️ 60 min/episode
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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.

Seasons

Season 1
1989 • 13 Episodes
1897-1933: Imperial period, World War I, hyperinflation, Golden 20s
Season 2
1991 • 13 Episodes
1934-1948: NAZI Germany, World War II, post war, US occupation, foundation of Federal Republic of Germany
Season 3
1992 • 6 Episodes
1950-1954: Germany's booming 50s, economic miracle

Cast

Jörg Hube
Jörg Hube
Ludwig Grandauer / Karl Grandauer
Christine Neubauer
Christine Neubauer
Traudl Grandauer
Franziska Stömmer
Franziska Stömmer
Adelgunde Soleder
Michael Lerchenberg
Michael Lerchenberg
Kurt Soleder
Gisela Freudenberg
Gisela Freudenberg
Sara Soleder
Alexander Duda
Alexander Duda
Adolf Grandauer

Crew

Director
Rainer Wolffhardt

Network

BR Fernsehen

Production

Bavaria-Filmkunst

Keywords

world war iicold warbavaria, germanymunich, germanyworld war irepublic of weimarinflationpost war germanynazi germanygerman history