The Fifth Commandment (TV series)
German TV series or program
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Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell ("Your Mission, Father Castell") is a German television series.[1] In the series criminal cases are shown in which the Church and the police have to work together, given a pastor of the Catholic Church in Germany is not allowed to investigate alone. The English title of the series The Fifth Commandment is a translation of the original working title.
| The Fifth Commandment | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Francis Fulton-Smith |
| Country of origin | Germany |
Premise
Monsignor Simon Castell is a Jesuit who is specially commissioned by the Vatican to solve criminal cases all over the world, always in connection with the Church.[2] Father Castell therefore has to acquire a wide variety of skills, such as flying aeroplanes, opening locked locks and doors, learning self-defence and even repairing motorbikes.[3]
Main cast
| Actor | Role | Episodes (number 1 to 14) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Fulton-Smith | Pater Simon Castell | 1–14 | |
| Christine Döring | Marie Blank | 1–14 | Police commissioner |
| Hans Peter Hallwachs | Kardinal Scarpia | 1–14 | |
| Maja Celiné Probst | Lisa Blank | 1–10 | Marie's daughter |
| Lisa Kreuzer | Franziska Blank | 1–10 | Marie's mother |
| Anatole Taubman | Dr. Jens Deißmann | 1–4 | |
| Ercan Durmaz | 5–14 |
Broadcast
To accompany the 1st season, ZDF broadcast 4 so-called webisodes in the channel's own media library, short stories in which the Father's back story is told and how he was trained as a special agent.
Each episode has a duration of 45 min and had 3 seasons (for a total of 14 episodes) between 2008 and 2010.[4]
