The first fifteen minutes set the Alpine spectacle in motion. Professionals who know their stuff work behind the scenes. If you take everything seriously here, the plot, logically flawed like an old hiking sock, the characters, stereotypical to the point of ridiculousness, the presentation of the city of Innsbruck as if from a flyer for economic development for scoundrels and money launderers, then you fail to recognize the peculiarity - and the intention - this form of entertainment.
That's exactly how it is now with "Einsatz in den Alpen - Der Armbrustkiller", a ninety-minute film that should be a pilot film for the RTL series if there is enough audience interest. GoPro on the mountain bike helmet instead of the Försterliesl in front of the Herrgottswinkel. Such programs are the legacy of the Heile-Welt-Heimatfilm of the 1950s and 1960s, no matter how pimped they may be in terms of camera technology and sportiness, or may they be set on the Autobahn.
You could also describe this program as the nerd among the homeland series.Įven for Terence Hill, who with Bud Spencer formed the most popular clap-with-humor duo in Germany for decades ("Four Fists for a Hallelujah", 18 films together in 35 years), there was still a leading role between 20 as mischievous brawl between pines and pines - as forester Pietro in "The Mountain Police - Very Close to Heaven".Īt the Pragser Wildsee, Hill, whose real name was Mario Girotti and was born in Venice, played the ranger from Tyrol for several seasons, who supported the police by riding on impassable mountain paths. In Ramsau am Dachstein, "The Mountain Rescuers" combine tourist views with generous helping and exciting extreme sports with a positive outcome. the combination of the stunt spectacle of "Cobra 11" and the human hunching in front of massifs in "Bergdoktor", then you are in "Die Bergretter", also on the home broadcaster ZDF. If you are looking for the ideal quota formula for such series, i.e. The "Bergdoktor" is also remarkable with more than 140 episodes since 2008 on ZDF.
The series has been running on RTL since 1996 and now has almost 400 episodes. Few fictional programs are as successful on German-language television as the long-running "Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police".