Trailer
Year
2024
Length
4×45 min
Director
Peter Dörfler
German Cocaine Cowboy
Entertaining high-end true crime series about the life of the charismatic Joe Marx, the only European to ever make it to the top of the powerful Cali Cartel in Colombia
– and to take an influential place in international cocaine trafficking.
Synopsis
At the age of 15, Joe Marx decides to become a criminal and quickly rises through the ranks as a pimp in Hamburg’s red-light district in the 1980s, until he is suddenly arrested on suspicion of murder. In prison, he makes his first contacts with the Colombian Cali cartel and eventually flees from the German authorities to Colombia. There he meets the top drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, rises in the cartel and marries a Colombian woman from a good family. He is responsible for the distribution of cocaine in Europe and feels untouchable. But Colombia receives international support in the fight against the drug cartels. How long can Joe hide from Interpol? Although he spends over 30 years of his life in prison, he has no regrets. He returns to Germany with his new partner Doris and plans his last big coup…
Available on Amazon Prime Video at 10 November
Credits
Produced by
Christian Beetz
Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Directed by
Peter Dörfler
Showrunner
Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Written by
Peter Dörfler
Ina Kessebohm
Commissioning Editors Prime Video
Jonathan Schöller
Andreas Hartmann
Director of Photography
Mathias Schöningh
Editing
Frank Müller (BFS)
Jörg Volkmar (BFS)
Sven Kulik (BFS)
Music
Paul Timmich
Dorian Behner
Nils Kacirek
Sound
Tom Schön
Frank Bubenzer
Producer
Lea-Marie Körner
Post Production Supervisor
Xavier Agudo
Archive Supervisor
Moritz Conrad
Executive Producer
Kathrin Isberner
Production Manager
Sarah Schütz
Production Coordinator
Constanza Godoy
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