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The Fifth Commandment (TV series)

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The Fifth Commandment
StarringFrancis Fulton-Smith
Country of originGermany

Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell ("Your Mission, Father Castell") is a German television series.[1] In the series criminal cases are shown in which the Church and the police have to work together, given a pastor of the Catholic Church in Germany is not allowed to investigate alone. The English title of the series The Fifth Commandment is a translation of the original working title.

Premise

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Monsignor Simon Castell is a Jesuit who is specially commissioned by the Vatican to solve criminal cases all over the world, always in connection with the Church.[2] Father Castell therefore has to acquire a wide variety of skills, such as flying aeroplanes, opening locked locks and doors, learning self-defence and even repairing motorbikes.[3]

Main cast

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Actor Role Episodes (number 1 to 14) Note
Francis Fulton-Smith Pater Simon Castell 1–14
Christine Döring Marie Blank 1–14 Police commissioner
Hans Peter Hallwachs Kardinal Scarpia 1–14
Maja Celiné Probst Lisa Blank 1–10 Marie's daughter
Lisa Kreuzer Franziska Blank 1–10 Marie's mother
Anatole Taubman Dr. Jens Deißmann 1–4
Ercan Durmaz 5–14

Broadcast

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To accompany the 1st season, ZDF broadcast 4 so-called webisodes in the channel's own media library, short stories in which the Father's back story is told and how he was trained as a special agent.

Each episode has a duration of 45 min and had 3 seasons (for a total of 14 episodes) between 2008 and 2010.[4]

Reception

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The series has been described as very popular[5][6][7][8] and called "James Bond in cassock" by the Frankfurter Allgemeine.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "More Malta Coverage in German media, and some observations - the Malta Independent".
  2. ^ PRO (2008-05-08). "ZDF-Krimi um Vatikan, Mord und alte Legenden". PRO | Das christliche Medienmagazin (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. ^ "Macho hilft Mutti". Focus.de.
  4. ^ "Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell | ZDF Studios". www.zdf-studios.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  5. ^ "German TV series kicks off with episode filmed in Malta". Times of Malta. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  6. ^ GmbH, DWDL de. "ZDF: Guter Start für "Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell"". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  7. ^ "Pater Castell endet mit Fußball-Dämpfer". Quotenmeter (in German). 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  8. ^ GmbH, DWDL de. ""Pater Castell" erreicht überraschend neuen Rekord". DWDL.de. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  9. ^ Hupertz, Heike (2008). "James Bond in Soutane". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
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