Space Patrol

8.0(33)19661 Season7 Episodes~60m/epEnded

Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion, also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, and Space Patrol Orion in English, was the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcast by ARD beginning September 17, 1966 six years before Star Trek first aired in West Germany. Being a huge success with several reruns audience ratings went up to 56%. Over the years, the series acquired a distinct cult status in Germany.

Creators

Hans Gottschalk, Rolf Honold

Network

Das Erste

Cast

Dietmar Schönherr

Major Cliff Allister McLane

Eva Pflug

Leutnant Tamara Jagellovsk

Wolfgang Völz

Leutnant Mario de Monti

Charlotte Kerr

General Lydia van Dyke

Claus Holm

Leutnant Hasso Sigbjörnson

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Leutnant Atan Shubashi

Ursula Lillig

Leutnant Helga Legrelle

Benno Sterzenbach

General Winston W. Wamsler

Friedrich Joloff

Oberst Villa

Franz Schafheitlin

Sir Arthur

Reviews

1 review

Otokichi786

8y ago

6.0

A mid-1960's black-and-white German TV series, this production was even more bare bones than soon-to-appear "Star Trek." The adventures of the space faring "Orion" start with a routine survey mission to a border outpost by a less than enthusiastic demoted-from-exploration crew. They find that the station doesn't respond when contacted, which lads to a recon mission by shuttle. The station crew ...