Hermann Joha
Director
Der Clown (1998)
Season 3
Der Clown was a German television series that ran between 21 April 1998 and 11 October 2001. It ran for 46 episodes, and starred Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenhofer and Volkmar Kleinert. Der Clown was also a 2005 film.
Released April 28, 1998
Episode 45 min
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S3E1 - Dirty Business
Government of African state Cananga negotiates mining rights with German firm. Civil rights activist Mukele holds old documents proving tribal ownership. When murder attempts fail, Max breaks into embassy, recovers the documents, and rescues Ludowski from antagonist Jerome (a hired thug)
Sept. 9, 1999, midnight
S3E2 - After Work
Thug Jerome survives past events, kills Ludowski. The Clown avenges him and fakes new identity as Max Hecker. Dobbs is briefly arrested, then released. Mysterious “Shadow Men” threaten Max, Claudia, and Dobbs unless they comply with their orders .
Sept. 16, 1999, midnight
S3E3 - Lovely Holidays – Part 1
Sent to Portugal by “Shadow Men” to prevent atomic weapon deal: drug lord Alvarado aims to purchase portable nukes from deserters. Max must retrieve them—and meets ex-colleague Hartmann, now Alvarado’s right-hand man .
Sept. 23, 1999, midnight
S3E4 - Lovely Holidays – Part 2
In Portugal, Hartmann finalises Alvarado’s deal. Max and Dobbs disrupt the exchange, chasing the fugitives into the mountains, culminating in a tight standoff .
Sept. 30, 1999, midnight
S3E5 - Mayday
On a Zurich-bound flight with Claudia aboard, Max receives a call that ex-comrades plan to hijack the plane and free witness Lenz mid-air. Despite interference, Claudia and a novice pilot land the plane after chaos ensues .
Oct. 7, 1999, midnight
S3E6 - Handyman
Max and team must stop a saboteur, Smuts, before he accesses a new satellite and controls critical systems. He rigs explosives to erase evidence. The Clown fights a race against time to neutralize him .
Oct. 14, 1999, midnight
S3E7 - Flash
Former NVA officer Jürgen Kress, brainwashed to sabotage with codewords, survives a camp accident and executes his plan on Cologne’s Hohenzollern Bridge (“Mouse Trap”). Max uncovers a second plot targeting a dam under the code “Castor” .
Oct. 21, 1999, midnight
S3E8 - The Pied Piper
Claudia and Dobbs witness a cunning pickpocket incident. The boy, Ion, is chased by a car and saved by them. He leads Max and team to ringleader Hausschild’s gang of child thieves. Max is captured and locked in a flooded sewer but is rescued by Claudia before drowning. They continue tracking the gang via a hidden tracker
Nov. 4, 1999, midnight
S3E9 - Happy Birthday
Lazlo Puskas hides a suitcase containing incriminating evidence against drug-dealer Elias Hollbeck. Lazlo turns himself in, but Hollbeck’s men plan to kill him in police custody. Max must extract Lazlo from lock-up before the hit is carried out
Nov. 11, 1999, midnight
S3E10 - The Prodigy
The team is to rescue a highly gifted boy from the clutches of Dr. Werner Gräfe, who wants to use his abilities for terrorist purposes. Max is able to get the boy out of Gräfe's "institute", but in the process Dobbs is captured.
Nov. 18, 1999, midnight
S3E11 - Vatertag
Dobbs reports a UFO encounter, dismissed by the team. Meanwhile, oil executive Dr. Gottwald plants explosives in his company’s refinery. The factory explodes. The Shadow Men claim Gottwald couldn’t be guilty. Dobbs alleges alien saboteurs are behind it, noting a missing general and suspicious black-clad figures dumping a body
Nov. 25, 1999, midnight
S3E12 - The Court Jester
Dobbs inherits a functioning time machine. By an unfortunate coincidence, Max and Claudia end up in the Middle Ages at the castle of the Marquis of Mendoza. The tyrant is enchanted by Claudia and is determined to make her his wife.
Dec. 2, 1999, midnight
Network: RTL
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 1980 min.
Released: April 28, 1998
Last Air Date: Oct. 11, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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