The read
The series ran 3 seasons across 32 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb8.9/10
2 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 13 ep1989 |
| 2 | Season 2 | 13 ep1991 |
| 3 | Season 3 | 6 ep1992 |
Key crew
- Rainer WolffhardtDirector
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
Stills
Themes
world war iicold warbavaria, germanymunich, germanyworld war irepublic of weimarinflationpost war germanynazi germanygerman history