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Berlin Break

1993
Germany / United States
TV-series - Thriller
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Nicholas Clay (Valentin Renko); Kai Wulff (Willy Richter); John Hillerman (John J. MacKenzie); Jeff MacKay (Barkeeper Mitch); Katja Flint (Maria MacKenzie); Joachim Schönfeld (Rudi Danzig); Hildegard Knef (Baroness von Althausen); George Beach (Sergei); Werner Daehn (Russian agent); Peter Scollin; Nina Franoszek (Anna - Terrorist); Peggy Lukac (Frau Stark); Jason Riddington (Tom); Gennadi Vengerov (Grigory Ivanovich, KGB colonel); Leslie Malton (Erika Bergholz); Ivan Desny (Claude Darnier); Christoph M. Ohrt (Ivan Dimitrov); David McCallum (Dorian Henry); Priscilla Barnes (Trisha Henry); Martina Gedeck (Irina Paplova); Philip Glenister (Sascha Paplova); Thomas Petruo; Barbara Auer (Ilona Kappel)

Direction

Director: James Fargo; Peter Keglevic; Fred Keller; Reuben Leder; Sascha Schneider; Hans Schönherr; Dani Levy

Assistant director: Christine Ruppert; Henry Ohlmeier; Zbynek Cerven

Writing

Screenplay: Reuben Leder; Jay Huguely (Episode 24)

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Pascal Hoffmann; Diethard Prengel

Camera operator: Uli Kudicke

Assistant camera / focus puller: Frank Oppermann; Hannes Hubach; Uli Schmidt; Alexander Fischerkoesen

Still photographer: Conny Klein

Lighting design: Gregor Havenith

colour matching: Roland Murrer

Decor

Property master: Claus-Jürgen Beiser

Stand-by props: Stefan Desira

Construction manager: Paul Philipp Hübner

Make-up artist: Xenia Felgendreher; Marianne Dietrich; Axel Zornow

Costume design: Ulrike Schütte

Art Director: Martin Dostal

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Michael John Bateman; Behruz Torbati

Audio mixing: Andreas Kaufmann

Stunts: Zsolt Sera

Music

Music: Ernst Ströer; Hans-Peter Ströer; Frank Loef

Production

Producer: Stephen A. Miller

Co-Producer: Scott Citron

Executive Producer: Reuben Leder

Unit production manager: Michael Scheel

Location manager: Elisabeth Hagemann

Production coordination: Gabriele Scheiger

Production manager: Marina Haake

Motive location manager: Christof Knaus; Elisabeth Ruppelt

Companies

Production company: Oceanic Film; Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions GmbH

Filminfos

premiere: 8/22/1993 – TV, RTL

Format: 1,33:1; color; stereo

language: german | english

Film Infos: IMdB

Episodes

1. season: 1. Fusion I (Richter und Renko) [08/22/1993]; 2. Fusion II (Tödliches Experiment) [08/22/1993]; 3. Valentin Renko R.I.P. (Ruhe sanft, Valentin!) [08/23/1993]; 4. Erika [08/30/1993]; 5. Requiem for Mac (Eingriff mit Folgen) [09/06/1993]; 6. Anybody Wanna Buy a Doc (Doktor zu verkaufen) [09/13/1993]; 7. Russian White (Roter Schnee) [09/20/1993]; 8. The Trigger (Filmriß) [09/27/1993]; 9. The First Time (Gordon in Gefahr) [10/04/1993]; 10. Sins of the Fathers (Verschollen) [10/11/1993]; 11. First Calling (In den Fängen des KGB) [10/18/1993]; 12. A Thousand Summertimes (Tausend und einen Sommer) [10/25/1993]; 13. Obsession (Deckname Sharon) [11/01/1993]; 14. Love and death... and Rudi (Liebe, Tod... und Rudi) [11/08/1993]; 15. Night Train to Berlin (Nachtexpress) [11/15/1993]; 16. Byline (Riskante Recherche) [11/22/1993]; 17. The Gangs All Here (Nächtliches Tribunal) [11/29/1993]; 18. The Ring (Der Ring) [12/06/1993]; 19. Breakpoint (Doppelfehler) [12/13/1993]; 20. Stalking Dulcinea (Notruf aus Amsterdam) [12/20/1993]; 21. Heart of the Matter (Herzklopfen) [12/27/1993]; 22. The Marriage of Valentin R. (Alte Liebe) [12/28/1993]; 23. Reunion (Mac unter Anklage) [12/29/1993]; 24. Cross Currents (Gefährliche Strömung) [12/29/1993]; 25. Pretender (Der falsche Mann) [12/30/1993]; 26. Spy vs. Spy (Der getürkte Spion) [12/30/1993]