SOKO Kitzbühel
| SOKO Kitzbühel | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Austria |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 220 |
| Release | |
| Original release | January 7, 2003 |
SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties. SOKO Kitzbühel debuted on 15 November 2001; in March 2017 it began its 16th season.
Plot
The plot is centered on police detectives Karin Kofler (till 2014) replaced by Nina Pokorny (since 2015) and Lukas Roither. The team usually has to solve unusual and complicated murder cases occurring in and around Kitzbühel. Often enough, they involve members of the high society, Kitzbühel being a popular destination for the rich and the powerful. Father of Karin Kofler is a star-chef and amateur detective, who cooperates with countess Vera Schönberg.
Produced for a predominantly German market, the German spoken in the series is unrealistically close to High German, while in reality, the local Tyrolean dialect is predominant in the Austrian state of Tyrol, where Kitzbühel is located. Viennese German and some other Austrian dialects are also spoken in the series, but never the local one. [1]
