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2 unusual facts about Der Alte


Christian Quadflieg

He had roles in a great number of TV series and movies, among them e.g. in Der Alte, Derrick, Das Traumschiff, Siska and Tatort.

Elisabeth Wiedemann

Wiedemann moved away from comedy and took guest stints in crime shows like Derrick, Der Alte und Tatort.



see also

Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty

To many, the opening lines of Hölty's poem "Der alte Landmann an seinen Sohn" ("The Old Farmer to His Son") are the very embodiment of all Prussian virtues.

The Simulacra

Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, The Simulacra is the story of several protagonists within the United States of Europe and America (USEA), formed by the merger of (West) Germany and the United States, where the whole government is a fraud and the President (der Alte, "the Old Man") is a simulacrum (android).