Das Amt was a German comedy television series which aired between 1997 and 2002 on RTL. The series consisting of seven seasons, originally aired on RTL from 1997 to 2003. Jochen Busse, in the lead role of Hagen Krause, along with an ensemble cast, embodied the stereotypical behavior and bureaucracy commonly associated with civil servants in Germany. Director Dietmar Jacobs, who later won the Grimme Award, influenced the creation of several other RTL formats centered around the cast of 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe.