It took some searching on the interwebs (not in the least because I was
somewhat wrong in my recollection of the name) - but I found that
Italian series we were talking about tonight. The name (in translation)
is actually "The Octopus" - so it isn't the same as the Belgian one,
which is "Salamander". It turns out that it has had 10 seasons and it
apparently was quite popular in the Eastern Block even before the fall
of the communism. Link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_piovra
Just to add to the general sense of cinematic conspiracy, though, there
has also been a 1981 Hollywood film (with Franco Nero and Anthony Quinn,
no less), called "The Salamander", set in Italy about a high level
conspiracy to overthrow the Italian government. I can't find anywhere if
the current Belgian series is based on the same novel as the 1981 film
though. The names are more than similar, and the plots certainly have
quite a bit in common.
All of the above stuff is extremely Linuxy, in case anybody wonders :-)
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