Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt

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Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
Logo of Medicopter 117 - Every life counts
Theme music composer	Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	Germany Austria
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	82
Release
Original release	12.01.1998 in Germany and Austria

"Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt“ (English: Medicopter 117 – Every life counts) is a German language television series that was broadcast on RTL and ORF. Medicopter 117 has seven seasons and 82 episodes.

Medicopter 117 started on 12 January 1998 in Germany and Austria with the television pilot “Der Kronzeuge”. Over 6.67 million people watched the series in Germany. The series ended in 2002.

Description[]

The Medicopter 117 is a fictitious rescue helicopter somewhere in the German Alps. In the series, the helicopter crew rescue people in danger.

The episode with the most expensive minute was the last episode in the first season. In the episode “Der Absturz” the helicopter crashes in the mountains after a collision with a cable car rope. The crash sequence took one minute and cost 1 million DM to film

The episode "Geisterflieger" (Insecticide) should have been originally based on 11 September 2001. This episode should have been the beginning of season four. Because of the attacks of 9/11 and its parallels to 9/11 it was not broadcast.

However, the producers decided to broadcast "Geisterflieger" on 17 September 2002 because its plot is crucial for the entire series. The paramedic Enrico Contini has his first appearance here. Some of the plotlines had to be shot new because some of the former characters were gone and new ones were come into the series. That is why there are two different versions of this episode. The fourth season began with the episode "Rettet Susi" (the doll) on 18 September 2001.

From 2008 to 2012, all the Medicopter 117 seasons were released on DVD.

Helicopters[]

The Medicopter 117 is a BK 117 made by the German helicopter manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm. The BK 117 has a special color scheme in red and yellow.

Medicopter 117 used two helicopters. The first helicopter (registration D-HECE) was borrowed from the DRF (Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht). When the D-HECE was not being used for the series, it flew real rescue missions at DRF locations. However, at the beginning of the fifth season the DRF ended its cooperation. Later D-HECE was painted in the DRF colors (red and white).

The second helicopter (registration D-HEOE) was a former police helicopter in Baden-Württemberg. After its Medicopter career D-HEOE flew rescue missions for different operators like DRF, IFA (Internationale Flugambulanz) and the Austrian operator Flymed. A few times the helicopter was used for sightseeing flights. Today D-HEOE is using as an offshore helicopter in the North Sea.

List of episodes[]

See also[]

• List of German television series

External links[]

• Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt at IMDb