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The Visitors

The Visitors

19807.01 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Les Visiteurs is about the disappearance of a team of six extraterrestrials coming to study Earth. The Empire of the Four Planets dispatch two police detectives to find them. They slip into two human bodies just as they are about to die, those of a Frenchman Jean-Louis and a German woman Renate, and resuscitate them so as to pursue their mission.

Created by Claude Desailly
Written by Claude Desailly
NetworksTF1

Top Cast

Josep Maria Flotats

Josep Maria Flotats

Jean-Louis/Arkim

Barbara Kramer

Barbara Kramer

Renate/Tolrak

Jean-René Gossart

Jean-René Gossart

Zarko

B

Bernard Gauthron

Alambda

R

Robert Nogaret

Pirvii

André Oumansky

André Oumansky

Kyrin

Piéral

Piéral

Puck

Jacques Balutin

Jacques Balutin

Bob

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

Charlot

Richard Bigotini

Richard Bigotini

Le patron du bar

Themes & Keywords

extraterrestrialalienminiseries

About The Visitors

The Visitors is a sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1980 exploring themes of extraterrestrial, alien, miniseries. Created by Claude Desailly, it stars Josep Maria Flotats, Barbara Kramer, Jean-René Gossart. Les Visiteurs is about the disappearance of a team of six extraterrestrials coming to study Earth. The Empire of the Four Planets dispatch two police detectives to find them. They slip into two human bodies just as they are about to die, those of a Frenchman Jean-Louis and a German woman Renate, and resuscitate them so as to pursue their mission.

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