Polizeiruf 110 (1971-2016)

Polizeiruf 110 is a German crime series that began way back in 1971 as the East German retort to West Germany's smash hit cop drama Tatort. Yes, the show has aired well over 400 episodes over the course of its over five decades long run, which meant that for decades the show centered around the East German Volkspolizei cops (whose emergency number was 110) but had to shift from East Germany's state-run channel DFF to the West German channel ARD when the wall came down in 1989. Staking its uniqueness on its initial focus on crimes considered less brutal than murder, such as fraud, rape, and child abuse, it eventually shifted to cover the entire spectrum when it lost its East German flavor. The old episodes offer a very unique glimpse into how everyday East Germans were spending their spare time, what crimes concerned them, and how much Commie propaganda got slipped into their entertainment. Later seasons were much more like the cop stuff us Americans are used to. But one big thing that separates our stuff like Law & Order from the Germans' crime stuff is that their stuff has full frontal nudity. At one point on the show, Karl Markovics decides to go skinnydipping in a lake alongside a blonde babe who is way too young and way too attractive for him. She's lying on the dock and letting her tits feel the breeze, when he hops out of the water and gives us a crystal-clear look at his frankfurter. To be blunt, the water must be cold, but if you ignore the shrinkage that's some good dinkage! Polizeirfuf 110 is 110 percent erotic!