Das Blaue Palais is a series of five television feature films written and directed by German author and filmmaker Rainer Erler. All five stories about the research and findings of an interdisciplinary scientific project have also been published as novels by Goldmann in 1978 ("Das Genie"), 1979 ("Das Medium", "Unsterblichkeit", "Der Verräter") and 1980 ("Der Gigant"). The series had an international cast. It was shot in Bavaria, Scotland, the United States and Asia.
Cast Character Actor Episode Prof. Manzini Jean-Henri Chambois All Louis Palm Silvano Tranquilli All Enrico Polazzo Dieter Laser All Yvonne Boucher Lyne Chardonnet 1-3 Yvonne Boucher Helga Anders 4-5 Sibilla Jacopescu 1-3 Sibilla Jacopescu Evelyn Opela 4 Jeroen de Groot Peter Fricke All Carolus Büdel András Fricsay Kali Son 1-3 Carolus Büdel Eric P. Caspar 4-5 Eugen von Klöpfer Werner Rundshagen 1-3 Kühn Herbert Steinmetz All Felix van Reijn Rolf Henniger 1 Mizuguchi Kenzo Nishimura 1 Weigand Georg Marischka 2 Dr Cavington Edward Meeks 3 Ian Mackenzie Udo Vioff 4 McLean Ben Zeller 5
Overview of all episodes No. TitleAir date1 "Das Genie" October 15, 1974 A phenomenon is brought to the attention of the group of scientists known as "The Blue Palais": A hitherto unknown person is all of a sudden able to play the piano as brilliant as a pianist who just recently disappeared under unresolved circumstances.2 "Der Verräter" (The Traitor) November 12, 1974 Laser specialist Klöpfer develops a new synthetic fertiliser. Palazzo believes the application of this chemical could cause an Apocalypse in the long run3 "Das Medium" (The medium) December 10, 1974 Dr Cavington is a specialist in quantum mechanics. He investigates a young woman over supernatural talents because she has twice foreseen the coming lottery results.4 "Unsterblichkeit" (Immortality) October 19, 1976 Scottish biologist Ian McKenzie seems to have found the key to immortality.5 "Der Gigant" November 16, 1976 Chemist Enrico Polazzo works on a fully synthetic steel. He is hired by a multi-national company which cannot be trusted...
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(Das Genie) (Der Verräter) (Das Medium) (Unsterblichkeit) (Der Gigant)