| Director: | Karin Hercher |
| Assistant director: | Sabine Bachthaler |
| Screenplay: | Axel Götz, Thomas Wesskamp |
| Director of photography: | Bernd Neubauer |
| Assistant camera: | Ulrich Jaenchen |
| Set design: | Gogol Behrendt (Szenenbild) |
| Prop master: | Werner Kopp, Michael Assinger |
| Costume design: | Gerlind Gies |
| Costumes: | Dörte Marx |
| Make-up artist: | Noni Kuzmin, Peter Müller |
| Editing: | Monika Mertens |
| Assistant editor: | Renate Liapaki |
| Sound: | Armin Münch |
| Sound assistant: | Alfons Kagermeier |
| Audio mixing: | Günther Blumhagen |
| Music: | Rio Reiser |
| Vocals: | Rio Reiser |
| Lyrics: | Rio Reiser ("Über Nacht", "Was tin", "Schicht") |
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| Cast: | |
| Götz George | Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schimanski |
| Eberhard Feik | Kriminalhauptkommissar Christian Thanner |
| Ulrich Matschoss | Kriminalrat Karl Königsberg |
| Thomas Rech | Jo Wilms |
| Michael Brandner | Vertrauensmann Struppek |
| Guido Föhrweißer | Zechenarbeiter Golonska |
| Willi Thomczyk | Joes Bruder Hugo Wilms |
| Angelika Hurwicz | Mutter Wilms |
| Sabine Postel | Jos Schwester Vera Wilms |
| Christoph Lindert | Gewerkschaftler Hoettges |
| Rio Reiser | Rocksänger |
| Horst Lettenmeyer | Zechenarbeiter Broegger |
| Miroslav Nemec | BKA-Beamter Hochmeier |
| Ludwig Haas | Leiter der BKA-Sonderkommision |
| Ludger Pistor | Kriminalbeamter |
| Ruth Brück | |
| Barbara Engler | |
| Theo Maalek | |
| Leonard Lansink | |
| Jochen Nickel | |
| Bernd Stegemann | |
| Axel Götz | |
| Markus Kissling | |
| Hartmut Nolte | |
| Horst Richter | |
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| Production company: | Bavaria Film GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig) |
| Commissioned by: | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln) |
| Producer: | Wolfgang Hesse |
| Producer (TV): | Heidi Steinhaus (Westdeutscher Rundfunk [WDR]) |
| Unit production manager: | Ernst Ritter von Theumer |
| Location manager: | Hannes Müller, Viktor von Theumer, Bernd Huckenbeck |
| Shoot: | 30.08.1988-30.09.1988: Duisburg; Bavaria-Atelier München-Geiselgasteig |
| Length: | 93 min |
| Format: | 16mm, 1:1,33 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Mono |
| Screening: | TV-Erstsendung (DE): 09.04.1989, ARD |
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