45 minSeason 6 • Episode 6
LatestA truck speeds through the streets of Cologne and drives into the sold-out Kölnarena. Shortly after the crash, an anonymous caller contacts the police chief and demands the release of imprisoned war criminal Mirco Drusic.
Der Clown was a German television series that ran between 21 April 1998 and 11 October 2001. It ran for 46 episodes, and starred Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenhofer and Volkmar Kleinert. Der Clown was also a 2005 film.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI car stunts that genuinely risked lives for TV.
Costume
That mask: inexplicably terrifying yet deeply silly.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-dated the 2008 superhero boom by a decade, proving Europe beat America to 'gritty masked avenger' saturation.
Sven Martinek performed many stunts himself, resulting in multiple injuries that production simply worked around.
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