Polizeiruf 110 was created in 1971 as DDR's responce to Популярное West German police drama being viewed by their citizens and was an instant hit, The series is somewhat comparable to but also very diffrent from U.S. series like Dragnet,Adam 12,Hunter,etc. It reenacts cases taken from actual VolksPolizei files but presents the stories from both the criminal's point of view and the police, However it keeps hidden the judgements and sentences offenders recieved.

Sadly some of the episodes was deemed too controversial and banned by the dreaded Stasi,One in particular being a 1974 episode based off...