Das Blaue Palais

Das Blaue Palais
Genre Science Fiction
Created by Rainer Erler
Starring Jean-Henri Chambois
Lyne Chardonnet
Composer(s) Eugen Thomass
Country of origin Germany
Original language(s) German
No. of episodes 5
Production
Camera setup Frank Brühne
Joseph Vilsmaier
Running time 450 (5 x 90) min.
Distributor ZDF

Das Blaue Palais is a series of five TV feature films written and directed by German author and filmmaker Rainer Erler. All five stories about the research and findings of an interdisciplinary scientific project have also been published as novels by Goldmann in 1978 ("Das Genie"), 1979 ("Das Medium", "Unsterblichkeit", "Der Verräter") and 1980 ("Der Gigant"). The series had an international cast. It was shot in Bavaria, Scotland, the United States and Asia.

Cast

CharacterActorEpisode
Prof. Manzini Jean-Henri ChamboisAll
Yvonne Boucher Lyne ChardonnetAll
Jeroen de Groot Peter FrickeAll
Carolus Büdel András Fricsay Kali SonAll
Felix van Reijn Rolf HennigerAll
Sibilla Jacopescu Loumi Iacobesco1-3
Sibilla Jacopescu Evelyn Opela4
Enrico Polazzo Dieter LaserAll
Mizuguchi Kenzo NishimuraAll
Eugen von Klöpfer Werner RundshagenAll
Kühn Herbert SteinmetzAll
Weigand Georg Marischka2
Dr Cavington Edward Meeks3
Ian Mackenzie Udo Vioff4
McLean Ben Zeller5
Yvonne Helga Anders5

Overview of all episodes

Title Air date
1"Das Genie"October 15, 1974
A phenomenon is brought to the attention of the group of scientists known as "The Blue Palais": A hitherto unknown person is all of a sudden able to play the piano as brilliant as a pianist who just recently disappeared under unresolved circumstances.
2"Der Verräter" (The Traitor)November 12, 1974
Laser specialist Klöpfer develops a new synthetic fertiliser. Palazzo believes the application of this chemical could cause an Apocalypse in the long run
3"Das Medium" (The medium)December 10, 1974
Dr Cavington is a specialist in quantum mechanics. He investigates a young woman over supernatural talents because she has twice foreseen the coming lottery results.
4"Unsterblichkeit" (Immortality)October 19, 1976
Scottish biologist Ian McKenzie seems to have found the key to immortality.
5"Der Gigant"November 16, 1976
Chemist Enrico Polazzo works on a fully synthetic steel. He is hired by a multi-national company which cannot be trusted...
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