Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
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Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (ˈalaʁm fyːɐ ˈkobʁa ˌɛlf di ˈaʊ̯tobaːnpɔlɪˌʦaɪ; English title
English language
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: Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Motorway Police) is a long-running, popular German
Germany
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 television series about a two-man team of highway police
Autobahnpolizei
Autobahnpolizei is the term in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland for the highway patrol. Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units to patrol the expressways known as Autobahnen....

, originally set in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 and later in North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

. The series has been broadcast in countries worldwide.

Cast

The original cast featured Johannes Brandrup
Johannes Brandrup
-Wirken:Born in Frankfurt am Main, Brandrup was the first detective in the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei. After the first season Brandrup moved on to other projects.- TV:*Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei *The Crusaders...

 as Frank Stolte and Rainer Strecker
Rainer Strecker
Rainer Strecker is a German actor.-Selected filmography:-External links:...

 as Ingo Fischer. Fischer left the series just two episodes later and his replacement became Erdoğan Atalay
Erdogan Atalay
Erdoğan Atalay is a Turkish-German TV star.-Biography:Having already made his first appearance as a minor actor in "Aladdin and the miracle lamp" at the National Theatre of Hanover, he studied acting in Hamburg...

 as Semir Gerkhan.

Brandrup quit the series at the end of Season 1. The television netwok RTL, which carries the series, contracted Mark Keller
Mark Keller
Mark K. Keller is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 86th District and was elected in 2004. He currently sits on the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Game & Fisheries, Local Government, and Transportation Committees....

 as André Fux in his place. Keller left the series at the end of Season 6 and was replaced by René Steinke
René Steinke
René Steinke in Berlin, is a German actor, who was an ambulance driver before he pursued his acting dreams...

 as Tom Kranich. He played the role between the seasons 7–14, then decided to quit to try other roles.

Atalay's new partner became Christian Oliver
Christian Oliver
Christian Oliver is a German actor.Oliver was born in Celle and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. He relocated to the US to work as a model and subsequently take acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles. In 2003 and 2004, Christian Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series...

 as Jan Richter in Seasons 14–16. When he left the series to build his career in the US, RTL turned to Steinke, who agreed to return at the beginning of Season 17. However, Steinke decided not to renew his contract, and left the series again at the end of Season 20. His replacement is actor Gedeon Burkhard
Gedeon Burkhard
Gedeon Burkhard is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex , which has been aired on television...

 as Chris Ritter. Burkhard is best known as Alexander Brandtner in another Austrian-German police show, Inspector Rex.

In 2008 Burkhard is replaced by Tom Beck as Ben Jäger.

The opening titles of the first 158 episodes had the following preamble:

Ihr Revier ist die Autobahn (Their turf is the highway)

Ihr Tempo ist mörderisch (Their speed is lethal)

Ihre Gegner: Autoschieber, Mörder und Erpresser (Their opponents: car smugglers, murderers and blackmailers)

Einsatz rund um die Uhr für die Männer von Cobra 11 (The Cobra 11 team is on duty around the clock)

Unsere Sicherheit ist ihr Job (Our safety is their job).

Since episode 159 the preamble says:

Ihr Revier ist die Autobahn (Their turf is the highway)

Ihr Einsatz heißt: volles Tempo (Their mission: full speed)

Ihre Gegner von heute: extrem schnell und gefährlich (Their opponents today: extremely fast and dangerous)

Verbrechen ohne Limit – Jeder Einsatz volles Risiko (Crimes without limit – every job full risk)

für die Männer von Cobra 11 (for the men of Cobra 11).
Character Role Seasons Actor
Kriminalhauptkommissar Frank Stolte detective s.1 Johannes Brandrup
Johannes Brandrup
-Wirken:Born in Frankfurt am Main, Brandrup was the first detective in the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei. After the first season Brandrup moved on to other projects.- TV:*Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei *The Crusaders...

Kriminalhauptkommissar Ingo Fischer detective s.1 (ep.1–2) Rainer Strecker
Rainer Strecker
Rainer Strecker is a German actor.-Selected filmography:-External links:...

Kriminalkommissar/Kriminaloberkommissar/Kriminalhauptkommissar Semir Gerkhan detective s.1+ (ep.3+) Erdoğan Atalay
Erdogan Atalay
Erdoğan Atalay is a Turkish-German TV star.-Biography:Having already made his first appearance as a minor actor in "Aladdin and the miracle lamp" at the National Theatre of Hanover, he studied acting in Hamburg...

Kriminaloberkommissar/Kriminalhauptkommissar André Fux detective s.2–3 Mark Keller
Mark Keller
Mark K. Keller is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 86th District and was elected in 2004. He currently sits on the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Game & Fisheries, Local Government, and Transportation Committees....

Kriminaloberkommissar/Kriminalhauptkommissar Tom Kranich detective s.4–6, 9–11 (ep.1) René Steinke
René Steinke
René Steinke in Berlin, is a German actor, who was an ambulance driver before he pursued his acting dreams...

Kriminalkommissar Jan Richter detective s.7–8 Christian Oliver
Christian Oliver
Christian Oliver is a German actor.Oliver was born in Celle and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. He relocated to the US to work as a model and subsequently take acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles. In 2003 and 2004, Christian Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series...

Kriminalhauptkommissar Chris Ritter detective s.11–12 Gedeon Burkhard
Gedeon Burkhard
Gedeon Burkhard is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex , which has been aired on television...

Kriminalhauptkommissar Ben Jäger detective s.13- Tom Beck
Detective Chief Katharina Lamprecht boss s.1–2 (ep.1–6) Almut Eggert
Erste Kriminalhauptkommissarin/Kriminaloberrätin Anna Engelhardt boss s.2 (ep.7+)-13 (ep.7) Charlotte Schwab
Kriminaloberrätin Kim Krüger boss s.14+ Katja Woywood
Katja Woywood
Katja Woywood is a German actress and former child star in her native land. Since episode 189 she plays the new chief of the highway police in the German action-series Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei....

Regina Christmann secretary s.2 (ep.1–6) Nina Weniger
Andrea Gerkhan secretary s.2 (ep.7+)-10 (ep.1–3) Carina Wiese
Carina Wiese
Carina Nicolette Wiese is a German actress who was born in Dresden and completed a classic formation as actress in Leipzig...

Petra Schubert secretary s.10 (ep.3+)-11 (ep.1) Martina Hill
Susanne König secretary s.11+ (ep.2+) Daniela Wutte
Polizeihauptmeister/Polizeikommissar Horst Herzberger policeman in uniform s.2-16 (ep.1) Dietmar Huhn
Polizeiobermeister/Polizeihauptmeister/Polizeikommissar Dieter Bonrath policeman in uniform s.2+ (ep.7+) Gottfried Vollmer
Hartmut Freund technical department s.8+ Niels Kurvin

Characters

In two first episodes the main characters were Frank and Ingo. Frank drove an Audi 100
Audi 100
The restyled C2 Audi 100 was launched in 1976, with an in-line five-cylinder engine...

 (C3), later a BMW E36
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...

 and Ingo drove a Ford Sierra
Ford Sierra
The Ford Sierra is a large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni"....

. Ingo was killed in the second episode.

Semir is the main character and one of the cops who stayed on the force from the beginning to the end. He became Frank's second partner. He is best known for driving his silver BMW 3 series undercover cars (E36, E46 and E90) throughout his career. He also owns numerous exotic cars outside of work but had terrible things happen to them. (BMW crashed, Ferrari 355 Spyder stolen). He is serious and will do whatever it takes to get the job done.

In series 2 Semir's new partner became Andre. He had driven a BMW E36, a Mercedes-Benz W202 and later a Mercedes-Benz W208
Mercedes-Benz W208
The Mercedes-Benz C208/A208 cars were produced from 1998 through 2003. They were sold under the CLK-Class model names. The C208 was a new model based on the W202 C-Class...

 CLK 320 coupe. He was killed in Mallorca.

Tom is one of the more outgoing guys on the force, while Semir is serious. He also has a forgiving personality due to the fact that he forgave a female driver despite that she wrecked his mountain bike on his first day commute to work. He also owns the Mercedes-Benz CLK 320, the same car that Andre used, which is wrecked a dozen times.

Jan was Semir's partner before he left the force, he was introduced in the episode "Feuertaufe" shortly after Tom's emotional withdraw. Jan was the young equivalent to Semir's experience. He used Tom's Mercedes-Benz and later a W209
Mercedes-Benz W209
The Mercedes-Benz C209/A209 cars have been produced since 2002. They are sold under the CLK-Class model names. The C209/A209 is based on the W203 C-Class...

 CLK. He left the force shortly after and Semir was forced to look for Tom again. Tom agreed to go back and he used Jan's car. He was killed in action shortly after.

Chris, who was originally a police officer working undercover, became Semir's partner after Tom died in the episode "Auf Leben Und Tod". With the new partner the adventure continues, Chris drives a blue Mercedes-Benz W209 CLK 320 which is the same one as Jan and Tom had used and in season 23 he started driving a gray Mercedes-Benz C350
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190 range , the C-Class was the smallest model in the marque's lineup until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class...

. His off-work car is unknown.
Chris dies at the end of the episode "Unter Feinden".

Ben Jäger succeeded Chris and was introduced in the following episode. He is characterised as being an ambitious, often rebellic young officer and the counterpart to Semir's behaviour. He uses the same car that Chris used.

Dieter Bonrath serves as the cobra team's backup officer throughout his career; his partner is an obese, bearded officer named Horst "Hotte" Herzberger. They used to drive a green and white "Polizei" Porsche 911 turbo highway patrol car but now swapped it for a silver green police version of the recent Porsche Cayenne.

Stunts

The series is known for its extremely well performed stuntwork, which features the destruction of various vehicles in every episode. Almost every episode has a distinct structure, with at least one daring action sequence and the pre-title sequence usually consisting of the main event (i.e. a devastating crash on the Autobahn). The stuntwork is often so spectacular that it would not look out of place in a full-fledged movie, with cars commonly reaching implausible heights as they vault through the air.

Production locations

From 1996 to 1998, the series was produced jointly by Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft mbH (responsible for all other production aspects such as filming/postproduction/location scouting etc.) and ActionConcept (stunts). Those episodes were shot in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, notably in the site of the former Checkpoint Bravo
Checkpoint Bravo
Checkpoint Bravo was the name given by the Western Allies to the main autobahn border crossing points between West Berlin and the German Democratic Republic It was known in German as Grenzübergangsstelle Drewitz-Dreilinden...

 and in the surrounding state of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

. In 1998, Action Concept took over as the sole production company and shifted all filming/production work to its headquarters in Hürth
Hürth
Hürth is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hürth shares borders with the city of Cologne.-Geography:Hürth is situated about 9 km to the southwest of Cologne city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville.The town, consisting of...

 just south of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

. Since then, episodes have been shot in and around Cologne and Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

 as well as on several major Autobahnen (A540/A44 and now mainly on the Filmautobahn Aldenhoven by Düren – http://www.ftl-germany.com/ftl/english/downloads/pressemitteilungftl.pdf) between Cologne and Düsseldorf in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

 (NRW).

Game adaptions

The series has also spawned numerous game releases in Germany, primarily for PC, but they have generally met with mixed receptions. The latest title is Alarm für Cobra 11: The Syndicate, released on 23 December 2010. Crash Time was also dubbed into English and sold in many other markets worldwide.

Parodies

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei was regularly parodied as "Alarm für Kebap 11 – Die Dönerpölizei" by Freitag Nacht News, a German comedy sketch program.

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei was also parodied in the Latvian comedy show Savādi gan.

International broadcasters

: ORF
ORF
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:Diema
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: Séries+
Séries+
Séries+ is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel devoted to scripted comedy and dramatic programming. The channel is a joint venture between Astral Media and Shaw Media.-History:...

: RTL Televizija
RTL Televizija
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: TV Nova: TV3
TV3 (Estonia)
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, TV6
TV6 (Estonia)
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: TF1
TF1
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, Télé Monte Carlo
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: RTL Television
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, RTL Crime: Tehran TV
Tehran TV
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: Rai Due, AXN
AXN
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: TV3, TV6
TV6 (Latvia)
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: TV3, TV6
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: The Film Zone:RTL 7
RTL 7
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: RTL 7
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, TVN
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, TVN7: RTP1, AXN
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: Рен ТВ: RTL Klub
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: Prva Srpska Televizija
Prva Srpska Televizija
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: Markíza
Markíza
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: TV3
TV3 Slovenia
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: KykNET
KykNet
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: Cuatro, AXN
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: Kanal A
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, Kanal D
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, TV8: Новый канал
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: V-me
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