SOKO Linz

SOKO Linz is an Austrian police procedural television series that premiered on 1 February 2022.^[1] A collaboration between ORF and the German broadcaster ZDF, it is the eleventh offshoot of SOKO München, launched in 1978. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team". The show, which replaces the first Austrian incarnation of the SOKO franchise, SOKO Kitzbühel,^[2] revolves around a police team that investigates murders and other serious crimes in the Austria-Germany-Czechia tripoint, centred on the city of Linz.^[3] The series has been approved for a second season, and filming began on 4 May 2022.^[4]

SOKO Linz
Genre	Police procedural
Written by	various
Directed by	Markus Engel Martin Kinkel Claudia Jüptner-Jonstorff
Starring	Katharina Stemberger Daniel Gawlowski Anna Hausburg Damyan Andreev Alexander Pschill Miriam Hie Paula Hainberger
Composers	Tobias Alexander Ratka René Münzer Claus Quidde
Country of origin	Austria
Original language	German
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Florian Gebhardt
Producers	Gregor Schmalix Stephan Aichinger Helmut Lehner Dagmar Ungureit
Cinematography	Thomas Kürzl
Editor	Alexandra Löwy
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Gebhardt Productions
Original release
Network	ORF
Release	1 February 2022 (2022-02-01) – present
Network	ZDF
Release	21 October 2022 (2022-10-21) – present

Cast and characters

Actor	Character	Rank
Katharina Stemberger	Johanna "Joe" Haizinger	Chief inspector
Daniel Gawlowski	Ben Halberg	Chief inspector
Anna Hausburg	Nele Oldendorf	Chief inspector
Damyan Andreev	Aleks Malenov	Department assistant
Alexander Pschill	Dr. Richard "Richie" Vitek	Coroner
Miriam Hie	Yara Nejem	Office manager
Paula Hainberger	Emilia Ertl

See also

• List of Austrian television series