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Otto – The Series

1995 · 1 season · 30m per episode · Comedy

“Otto – The Series” is an unusual comedy format from the early 1990s centred on Otto Waalkes, blending classic crime entertainment with Otto’s distinctive brand of humour. Rather than telling a continuous story, the series combines newly shot sketches featuring Otto with scenes from old Edgar Wallace films. These original sequences were re-dubbed, completely transforming their content. Dialogue that was once serious turns into absurd wordplay, and the originally suspenseful plots are deliberately played for laughs. In this way, Otto effectively “smuggles” himself into the dark world of the Wallace films, turning it into a parody driven by nonsense, running gags, and his characteristic humour. The result is an idiosyncratic mix of crime and comedy, whose particular charm lies above all in its playful use of the original material.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 13 episodes (January 30, 1995)

Cast

• Otto Waalkes as Verschiedene
• Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Verschiedene
• Gert Fröbe as Verschiedene
• Heinz Drache as Verschiedene
• Horst Tappert as Verschiedene
• Joachim Fuchsberger as Verschiedene
• Karin Dor as Verschiedene
• Klaus Kinski as Verschiedene
• Lil Dagover as Verschiedene
• Hans Clarin as Verschiedene
• Monika Peitsch as Verschiedene
• Stewart Granger as Verschiedene

Details

Created by

Otto Waalkes

First aired

January 30, 1995

Episodes

13

Genres

Comedy

Network

RTL

Status

Ended

TMDB score

8.0 / 10 from 2 votes