| Genre: | Science fiction |
| Creator: | Rainer Erler |
| Starring: | Jean-Henri Chambois Lyne Chardonnet |
| Composer: | Eugen Thomass |
| Country: | West Germany France |
| Language: | German |
| Num Episodes: | 5 |
| Camera: | Frank Brühne Joseph Vilsmaier |
| Runtime: | 450 (5 x 90) min. |
| Company: | Bavaria Atelier GmbH ORTF |
Das Blaue Palais is a series of five TV 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.
| Character | Actor | Episode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Manzini | All | ||
| Louis Palm | All | ||
| Enrico Polazzo | Dieter Laser | All | |
| Yvonne Boucher | 1-3 | ||
| Yvonne Boucher | 4-5 | ||
| Sibilla Jacopescu | 1-3 | ||
| Sibilla Jacopescu | 4 | ||
| Jeroen de Groot | All | ||
| Carolus Büdel | 1-3 | ||
| Carolus Büdel | 4-5 | ||
| Eugen von Klöpfer | Werner Rundshagen | 1-3 | |
| Kühn | Herbert Steinmetz | All | |
| Felix van Reijn | Rolf Henniger | 1 | |
| Mizuguchi | Kenzo Nishimura | 1 | |
| Weigand | 2 | ||
| Dr Cavington | Edward Meeks | 3 | |
| Ian Mackenzie | Udo Vioff | 4 | |
| McLean | Ben Zeller | 5 |
| width=5% | No. | Title | width=27% | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "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 run | ||||
| 3 | "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... | ||||