Silas

Silas

61981•48m•7.7/10

FamilySci-Fi & Fantasy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.7/10(11)

Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001. The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.

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Production

TV-60, ZDF

Language

DE

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 25, 1981

Last Aired

January 6, 1982

Networks

ZDF

Created By

Bernd Burgemeister

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

E1

Episode 1

Air date: 1981-12-25

Episode 2

E2

Episode 2

Air date: 1981-12-26

Episode 3

E3

Episode 3

Air date: 1981-12-27

Episode 4

E4

Episode 4

Air date: 1981-12-28

Episode 5

E5

Episode 5

Air date: 1981-12-29

Episode 6

E6

Episode 6

Air date: 1981-12-30

Episode 7

E7

Episode 7

Air date: 1982-01-01

Episode 8

E8

Episode 8

Air date: 1982-01-02

Episode 9

E9

Episode 9

Air date: 1982-01-03

Episode 10

E10

Episode 10

Air date: 1982-01-04

Episode 11

E11

Episode 11

Air date: 1982-01-05

Episode 12

E12

Episode 12

Air date: 1982-01-06

Cast

Patrick Bach

Patrick Bach

Silas

Diether Krebs

Diether Krebs

Philipp

Günter Meisner

Fabian Fedder

Lucki Molocher

Bein Godick

Michael Habeck

Der Müller

Hans Helmut Dickow

Hans Helmut Dickow

Herr Sandal

Ingeborg Lapsien

Ingeborg Lapsien

Die Pferdekrähe

Nina Rothemund

Jenny

Edith Heerdegen

Edith Heerdegen

Die Taube

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