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Fabrik der Offiziere

Fabrik der Offiziere

19891.01 Season4 EpisodesEnded

Overview

This is the story of Lieutenant Karl Krafft in the year 1944, when the war was already lost. He was stationed at the Officers Factory. A training school where the cream of the German youth was prepared to fight as soldiers for the fatherland. At the time of his arrival, a murder was committed at this military academy, which was covered up. A crime with political backgrounds, which must be solved by Lieutenant Krafft during the course of the officer training.

Created by Wolf Vollmar
Written by Wolf Vollmar, Hans Hellmut Kirst

Top Cast

Manfred Zapatka

Manfred Zapatka

Oberleutnant Krafft

Christian Goebel

Christian Goebel

Fähnrich Egon Weber

O

Otto Bolesch

Dr. Krüger

K

Kurt Conradi

Gerichtsrat Wirrmann

Harald Dietl

Harald Dietl

Hauptmann Kater

Wolfram Teufel

Wolfram Teufel

Fähnrich Kramer

Christian Rode

Christian Rode

Major Frey

Sigmar Solbach

Sigmar Solbach

Hauptmann Ratshelm

Marek Vašut

Marek Vašut

Latte

Thomas Holtzmann

Thomas Holtzmann

Generalmajor Modersohn

Themes & Keywords

world war ii

About Fabrik der Offiziere

Fabrik der Offiziere is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of world war ii. Created by Wolf Vollmar, it stars Manfred Zapatka, Christian Goebel, Otto Bolesch. This is the story of Lieutenant Karl Krafft in the year 1944, when the war was already lost. He was stationed at the Officers Factory. A training school where the cream of the German youth was prepared to fight as soldiers for the fatherland. At the time of his arrival, a murder was committed at this military academy, which was covered up. A crime with political backgrounds, which must be solved by Lieutenant Krafft during the course of the officer training.

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