SOKO München

*SOKO München*
SOKO München
Also known as	SOKO 5113
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Dieter Schenk
Written by	Conny Lens; Franz-Xaver Wendleder; Hubert Eckert; Jochen Wedegärtner; Renate Kampmann;
Directed by	Kai Borsche; Bodo Schwarz; Ulrich Stark; Zbynek Cerven;
Starring	Wilfried Klaus (1978–2009); Werner Kreindl (1978–1992); Bernd Herzsprung (1978–1992); Hartmut Schreier (1992–2010); Michel Guillaume (1993–2017); Christine Döring (2000–2008); Bianca Hein (2006–2020); Gerd Silberbauer (2008–2020); Joscha Kiefer (2010–2020);
Theme music composer	Arpad Bondy
Composers	Axel Kroell; Robert Fuhrmann; Robert Krolage;
Country of origin	West Germany (1978–1990); Germany (1990–2020)
Original language	German
No. of seasons	46
No. of episodes	675
Production
Executive producer	Eva Gerstenberg
Producers	Daniel van den Berg; Joachim Kosack;
Production locations	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Cinematography	Oliver-Maximilian Kraus; Matthias Papenmeier; Stefan Motzek;
Editor	Axel Laustroer
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Elan-Film Gierke & Company (1978–2020); UFA Fernsehproduktion (1978–2013); UFA Fiction (2014–2020);
Original release
Network	ZDF
Release	2 January 1978 –; 29 December 2020
Related
	SOKO – Der Prozess

SOKO München (until 2015: SOKO 5113) is a German police procedural television series that first aired on 2 January 1978 on ZDF. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team". Production of the show ended in 2020, after forty-two years.