Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts

Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts (German: Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse) is a West German crime television series broadcast on ARD.^[1]

Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts
Genre	Crime drama
Directed by	Hermann Leitner Dieter Lemmel
Starring	Erik Ode Hilde Volk
Composer	Rolf Kühn
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Producer	Kurt Sippel
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Westdeutsches Werbefernsehen
Original release
Network	ARD
Release	21 October 1977 (1977-10-21) – 11 November 1981 (1981-11-11)

A retired German police inspector goes to live on the French Riviera with his sister, but soon becomes involved helping the local police solve crimes. The show was a follow-up to Erik Ode's role in the long-running Munich-set detective show Der Kommissar. The role of his sister was played by his real-life wife Hilde Volk. The series was shot on location in Provence.

Other actors who appeared in the series include Jane Tilden, Barbara Valentin, Karin Hardt, Marianne Wischmann, Carl-Heinz Schroth, Howard Vernon, Brigitte Horney, Wolfgang Kieling, Wolfgang Preiss, Lukas Ammann, Andrea Rau, Silvia Reize, Rudolf Schündler, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Heli Finkenzeller, Ivan Desny and Iris Berben. Reinhard Glemnitz who had been a cast member of Der Kommissar also featured in the series, with several in-jokes referring to his earlier role.

Main cast

• Erik Ode as Eric Ott
• Hilde Volk as Ilse Ott
• Hans-Joachim Frick as Jean Giraud
• Marianne Borgo as Claudine
• Jean-Pierre Zola as Jeannot