GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben

Infobox Television
show_name = GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben


caption = GSG 9 introduction screenshot
format = Action, Drama
runtime =
creator = Florian Kern
starring = Marc Benjamin Puch
Bülent Sharif
Andreas Pietschmann
country = Germany
current =
network = Sat.1
first_aired = March 7, 2007
last_aired = May 29, 2008
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 25
imdb_id = 0833574
website = http://www.sat1.de/filme_serien/gsg9/

GSG 9 is a German TV-series which is about the special unit GSG 9 der Bundespolizei of the German police. The first episodes weren't very successful, but after a few weeks the series got higher ratings. The second season with 12 new episodes premiered on February 14, 2008.

Its German title is a pun on both the words "Einsatz" and "Ihr". "Einsatz" can mean either "mission" or "stake"/"bet"/"dedication"/"input" while "Ihr" can mean both "their" and "your" depending on grammatical case. It could therefore be translated in one of three was, either GSG 9 - Their Mission is Their Life, GSG 9 - They Put Their Lives at Stake or GSG 9 - Their Mission is Your Life. Theoretically it could also be translated as GSG 9 - Their Wager is Your Life, GSG 9 - Your Wager is Their Life, or GSG 9 - Your Mission is Their Life, these three alternative translations though seem to be far less likely meaning for obvious reasons. The series is also known as GSG 9 - Die Elite Einheit (GSG 9 - The Elite Unit) and GSG9 - Fünf Männer - Ein Team (GSG9 Five Men - One Team)

Plot Summary

The series primarily deals with a fictional unit of operatives in the GSG 9, deployed under the mandate of the Bundespolizei in cases when they are faced with criminal or terrorist cases that regular police forces couldn't deal with.

Main Cast

* Geb Schurlau (Marc Ben Puch)
* Demir Azlan (Bülent Sharif)
* Konny von Brendorp (Andreas Pietschmann)
* Caspar Reindl (Bert Böhlitz)
* Frank Wernitz (Jorres Risse)
* Thomas Anhoff (André Hennicke)
* Petra Helmholtz (Florentine Lahme)

Broadcasting

The Series first season aired from March 8, 2007 to May 30, 2007 on Sat.1. The Series aired Wednesdays on 8:15 PM. The Series was renewed for a second season which is going to air in spring of 2008.

In Italy, the series, with the name "Special Unit", is aired from March 24 2008, from monday to friday at 18.40 pm, on Steel, a pay channel digital terrestrial television.

The show is aired in Japan by WOWOW [ [http://www.wowow.co.jp/drama/gsg9/ Official Japan website.] Retrieved on August 13, 2008. ja icon] .

Ratings

Seasonal Ratings of GSG 9.

References

External links

* [http://www.sat1.de/filme_serien/gsg9/ Official Site] de icon
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