I.O.B. Spezialauftrag
Encyclopedia
I.O.B. Spezialauftrag' was a German crime television series after Percy Stuart
and Sergeant Berry
that featured an American hero.
. The equipment of his Porsche
included already in 1981 a video telephone. Occasionally a young Austrian
lady from Vienna
assists him.
, but FBI agents weren't any longer as popular in Germany as they had been at the time of the first wave of Jerry Cotton
films with George Nader
. Also Elvis Presley
hadn't made and feature films for a long time and subsequently German spectators were certainly less impressed by the fact that Claus Wilcke had dubbed him. However, there were no re-runs and neither has the series been released on DVD yet.
Percy Stuart
- Synopsis :Percy Stuart tried to fulfil his father's last wish by becoming a member of his father's English club and in order to get accepted he has to prove that he is worthy. Since some of the members do not like the idea he is confronted by a number of actually impossible missions. Whenever he...
and Sergeant Berry
Sergeant Berry (TV series)
Sergeant Berry is a fictional American police officer. The first stories published about him were novels written by an author named Robert Arden. In 1938 there was already a film called "Sergeant Berry" starring Hans Albers. After World War II some of the novels about Sergeant Berry were published...
that featured an American hero.
Premise
Mike Jackson is an American of German origin and was a FBI agent. Now he is the best agent of an international detective agency and works for in particuliar for their location in HamburgHamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. The equipment of his Porsche
Porsche
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....
included already in 1981 a video telephone. Occasionally a young Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
lady from Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
assists him.
Reception
The series was not as successful as "Percy Stuart". It had been produced by the same company, Claus Wilcke was again the star and there were also guest stars such as Iris BerbenIris Berben
Iris Berben is a German actress. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant....
, but FBI agents weren't any longer as popular in Germany as they had been at the time of the first wave of Jerry Cotton
Jerry Cotton
Jerry Cotton is the fictional character in a series of crime novels by many different writers in German-speaking countries and in Finland.- Overview :...
films with George Nader
George Nader
George Nader was an American film and television actor of Lebanese descent. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Phone Call from a Stranger , Congo Crossing , and The Female Animal...
. Also Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
hadn't made and feature films for a long time and subsequently German spectators were certainly less impressed by the fact that Claus Wilcke had dubbed him. However, there were no re-runs and neither has the series been released on DVD yet.