Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

6.6
Yr 1996
Rt 45m
Status Returning Series
Drama Comedy Action & Adventure
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Overview

A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Why fans love it

Since 1996, Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police has remained a staple of German television by treating the Autobahn as its own high-stakes theater. While many police dramas constrain the action to narrow city alleys or office desks, this series moves across the open road. The choreography of high-speed chases and elaborate vehicle stunts is the primary reason the show sustains its intensity across decades.

The blend of humor and life-threatening danger creates a rhythm that sets it apart from more somber procedural shows. Frequent shifts in the core two-man team keep the chemistry fresh, though the presence of long-term mainstays like Erdoğan Atalay provides a recognizable anchor for viewers. By focusing less on the mundane paperwork of law enforcement and more on the kinetic energy of life behind the wheel, the series maintains a distinct identity in the action and adventure genre.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 75
Regulars 11
Longest run 387 eps
Erdoğan Atalay
Erdoğan Atalay
as Semir Gerkhan
387 episodes
Daniel Roesner
Daniel Roesner
as Paul Renner
39 episodes
Katja Woywood
Katja Woywood
as Kim Krüger
363 episodes
Charlotte Schwab
Charlotte Schwab
as Anna Engelhardt
363 episodes
Carina Wiese
Carina Wiese
as Andrea Schäfer
363 episodes
René Steinke
René Steinke
as Tom Kranich
363 episodes
Almut Eggert
Almut Eggert
as Katharina Lamprecht
9 episodes
Nik Xhelilaj
Nik Xhelilaj
as Timo
8 episodes
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Niels Kurvin as Hartmut Freund 363 episodes Dietmar Huhn as Horst Herzberger 363 episodes Gizem Emre as Dana Gerkhan 13 episodes Gedeon Burkhard as Chris Ritter 7 episodes Katrin Heß as Jenny Dorn 357 episodes Gottfried Vollmer as Dieter Bonrath 363 episodes Mark Keller as André Fux 7 episodes Johannes Brandrup as Frank Stolte 10 episodes Tom Beck as Ben Jäger 327 episodes Pia Stutzenstein as Vicky Reisinger 17 episodes Nicolas Wolf as Max Tauber 9 episodes Sascha Star as Miloš Kovač 6 episodes Daniela Wutte as Susanne König 353 episodes Hendrik Duryn as Dr. Stefan Jensen 3 episodes Uwe Bohm as Bernd Raake 3 episodes Dirk Martens as Alexander Vollberth 3 episodes Jamie Bick as Nelly Weber 3 episodes Diana Staehly as Maria Brecht 3 episodes Patrick Kalupa as Roman Kramer 4 episodes Florentine Lahme as Anja May 4 episodes Oliver Stritzel as Jean Bouchard 3 episodes Rolf Kanies as Jan Rupert 5 episodes Claudia Balko as Anja Heckendorn 5 episodes Thorsten Nindel as Frank Hoven 4 episodes Stefan Weinert as Becker 3 episodes Udo Schenk as Gregor Wigalski 3 episodes Anian Zollner as Leon Zürs 4 episodes Susann Uplegger as Cordula Schneider 3 episodes Horst-Günter Marx as Pohl 4 episodes Alexander Beyer as Ronald Balz 4 episodes Karl Kranzkowski as Schmidtbauer 3 episodes Joachim Paul Assböck as Günther Pfaff 3 episodes Emilio De Marchi as Colani 3 episodes Martin Brambach as Ronny Dubinski 5 episodes Kai Ivo Baulitz 3 episodes Jana Pallaske as Dejana Berisha 3 episodes Martina Hill as Petra Schubert 3 episodes Lutz Herkenrath as Karel Marek 4 episodes Niels-Bruno Schmidt as Dennis Weber 4 episodes Ronald Nitschke as Freytag 3 episodes Sven Martinek as Alexander Stark 4 episodes Michael Roll as Markus Essing 5 episodes Gudrun Landgrebe as Marianne Breuer 3 episodes Marco Girnth as Alexander Hofmann 3 episodes Guntbert Warns as Tony Frings 3 episodes Stefan Gebelhoff as Psychiater Dr. Langer 4 episodes Martin Armknecht as Kessler 7 episodes Dirk Borchardt as Max Deckert 4 episodes Christian Tasche as Norbert Wolters 4 episodes Mathias Herrmann as Oberstaatsanwalt Thomas Sander 7 episodes Uwe Büschken as Marcus Bodmar 4 episodes Antonio Wannek as Gangster 4 episodes Tonio Arango as Aaron Dumont 4 episodes Wilfried Hochholdinger as BKA-Leiter Holtz 5 episodes Astrid M. Fünderich as Dr. Hybner 5 episodes Andreas Guenther as Marcel Winter 4 episodes Oliver Pocher as Oliver Sturm 4 episodes Michael Brandner as Klaus Renner 7 episodes Ralf Richter as Hannes Nowak 4 episodes André Röhner as Franco Leone 4 episodes Andreas Hofer as Hauptkommissar Max Wolf 4 episodes Anna Julia Antonucci as Nina Becker 4 episodes Jophi Ries as Markus Hofer 4 episodes Christian Oliver as Jan Richter 7 episodes Rainer Laupichler as Herr Stein 4 episodes Vasilis Spiliopoulos as Rasmus 4 episodes Monika Oschek as Silke Rauhbach 6 episodes
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Keywords

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Details

First Aired
March 12, 1996
Status
Returning Series
Episode Runtime
45 minutes
Origin
DE
TMDB Votes
127