The Blind Judge
| The Blind Judge | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama | 
| Written by | Günter Kunert | 
| Directed by | Vojtěch Jasný | 
| Starring | Franz Josef Steffens Joachim Dietmar Mues | 
| Country of origin | West Germany | 
| Original language | German | 
| No. of series | 1 | 
| No. of episodes | 13 | 
| Production | |
| Producer | Peter von Zahn | 
| Running time | 25 minutes | 
| Production company | Windrose Film- und Fernsehproduktion | 
| Original release | |
| Network | ARD | 
| Release | 19 September – 15 December 1984 | 
The Blind Judge (German: Der blinde Richter) is a 1984 West German historical crime television series broadcast on ARD in thirteen episodes.[1] It is based on the career of the eighteenth century British magistrate John Fielding.
Main cast
- Franz Josef Steffens as Sir John Fielding
- Gert Schaefer as Henry Fielding
- Rainer Schmitt as Saunder Welch
- Joachim Dietmar Mues as William Hogarth
- Walter Jokisch as Sam Johnson
- Ingolf Gorges as David Garrick
- Wolfgang Kaven as Patrick
References
- ^ Apropos, Film p.128
Bibliography
- Apropos, Film: das Jahrbuch der DEFA-Stiftung. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, 2003.