Leipzig Homicide

*Leipzig Homicide*
Leipzig Homicide
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Also known as	SOKO Leipzig
Genre	Police procedural
Written by	Frank Koopmann; Roland Heep; Jeanet Pfitzer; Axel Hildebrand; Eva Zahn; Volker A. Zahn; Markus Hoffmann; Uwe Kossmann;
Directed by	Oren Schmuckler; Patrick Winczewski; Michel Bielawa; Jörg Mielich; Robert del Maestro; Christoph Eichhorn; Herwig Fischer;
Starring	Andreas Schmidt-Schaller (2001–); Marco Ginrth (2001–); Melanie Marschke (2001–); Gabriel Merz (2001–2006); Tyron Ricketts (2006–2009); Pablo Sprungala (2009–2012); Steffen Schroeder (2012–2022); Nilam Farooq (2013–2019); Amy Mußul (2019–); Johannes Hendrik Langer (2022–);
Theme music composer	Georg Kleinebreil
Composers	Andreas Hoge; George Kochbeck; Philipp E. Kümpel; Andreas Moisa;
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
No. of seasons	24
No. of episodes	475
Production
Executive producers	Henriette Lippold; Katharina Rietz;
Producer	Tanya Momella Mallory
Production locations	Leipzig (Reclam-Carrée, Inselstraße)
Cinematography	Henning Jessel; Constantin Kesting; Matthias Papenmeier;
Editor	Matthias Pfeifer
Camera setup	Film; multiple-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production companies	UFA Fernsehproduktion (2001–2013); UFA Fiction (2014–);
Original release
Network	ZDF
Release	31 January 2001 –; present
Related
	SOKO – Der Prozess, "Proof of Life"
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Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig) is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill, titled "Proof of Life", was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television network ITV.^[1] Soko Leipzig is the second offshoot of SOKO München, launched in 1978 under the name SOKO 5113. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team".

^ Stephen Armstrong (2 November 2008). "The Bill meets SOKO Leipzig – Times Online". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2008.

[1] Stephen Armstrong (2 November 2008). "The Bill meets SOKO Leipzig – Times Online". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2008.

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