Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The main character, the "Eternal Stenz", is the 50-year-old Munich detective and bon vivant Franz Münchinger. Münchinger, lives happily with his wife Annette von Soettingen in Munich-Schwabing. He loves his city and he loves his wife Annette, whom he affectionately calls "Spatzl". And Annette loves Monaco, even if she comes from much better circles than him. But Monaco also loves adventure. He has a burning interest in the female sex and he also maintains more or less stable relationships with other women, which Annette is well aware of. His best friend Manfred "Manni" Kopfeck, who, like Münchinger, works as a detective commissioner for the Munich police, regularly helps him initiate these affairs and hide them from his wife in an amusing way. Monaco's wife Annette runs an antiques shop and - according to her parentage - is in the so-called better society, with which Monaco can only partially identify. This contrast often leads to humorous situations, for example when Monaco tries to avoid going to the opera.

Series details

• Title: Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz
• Format: Scripted
• Language: German
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1983-03-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-05-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Das Erste
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 54593
• TVDB ID: 83327

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-03-02; final listed air date 1983-05-04; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.