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Silas

Silas

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Overview

Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001. The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.

Created by Cecil Bødker
Written by Cecil Bødker, Justus Pfaue
Produced by Bernd Burgemeister
NetworksZDF

Top Cast

Patrick Bach

Patrick Bach

Silas

Diether Krebs

Diether Krebs

Philipp

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Günter Meisner

Fabian Fedder

L

Lucki Molocher

Bein Godick

M

Michael Habeck

Der Müller

Hans Helmut Dickow

Hans Helmut Dickow

Herr Sandal

Ingeborg Lapsien

Ingeborg Lapsien

Die Pferdekrähe

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Nina Rothemund

Jenny

Edith Heerdegen

Edith Heerdegen

Die Taube

Themes & Keywords

circusbased on novel or bookminiseriesrunaway child

About Silas

Silas is a family, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1981 exploring themes of circus, based on novel or book, miniseries, runaway child. Created by Cecil Bødker, it stars Patrick Bach, Diether Krebs, Günter Meisner. Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001. The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.

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