Das Blaue Palais

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.

Das Blaue Palais
Genre	Science fiction
Created by	Rainer Erler
Starring	Jean-Henri Chambois Lyne Chardonnet
Composer	Eugen Thomass
Country of origin	West Germany France
Original language	German
No. of episodes	5
Production
Camera setup	Frank Brühne Joseph Vilsmaier
Running time	450 (5 x 90) min.
Production companies	Bavaria Atelier GmbH ORTF
Original release
Release	15 October 1974 (1974-10-15) – 16 November 1976 (1976-11-16)

Cast

Character	Actor	Episode
Prof. Manzini	Jean-Henri Chambois	All
Louis Palm	Silvano Tranquilli	All
Enrico Polazzo	Dieter Laser	All
Yvonne Boucher	Lyne Chardonnet	1-3
Yvonne Boucher	Helga Anders	4-5
Sibilla Jacopescu	Luminița Iacobescu [ro]	1-3
Sibilla Jacopescu	Evelyn Opela	4
Jeroen de Groot	Peter Fricke	All
Carolus Büdel	András Fricsay Kali Son	1-3
Carolus Büdel	Eric P. Caspar	4-5
Eugen von Klöpfer	Werner Rundshagen	1-3
Kühn	Herbert Steinmetz	All
Felix van Reijn	Rolf Henniger	1
Mizuguchi	Kenzo Nishimura	1
Weigand	Georg Marischka	2
Dr Cavington	Edward Meeks	3
Ian Mackenzie	Udo Vioff	4
McLean	Ben Zeller	5

Overview of all episodes

No.	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...

External links

• Das Blaue Palais at IMDb (Das Genie)
• Das Blaue Palais at IMDb (Der Verräter)
• Das Blaue Palais at IMDb (Das Medium)
• Das Blaue Palais at IMDb (Unsterblichkeit)
• Das Blaue Palais at IMDb (Der Gigant)