Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt

{{Short description|German television series}}

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| caption = Oliver Stritzel, Chiara Schoras, Sebastian Ströbel, Anne Diemer, Andreas Windhuis

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| country = Germany

| network = RTL

| first_aired = {{Start date|2009}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2011}}

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Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt ("Countdown – The Chase Begins") is a German television series. It is a remake of the Spanish television series Cuenta atrás.{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsT7AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53|page=53|title=Transnational Cinema in Europe|editor-first=Manuel|editor-last=Palacio|editor-first2=Jörg|editor-last2=Türschmann|chapter=European Transnational TV Fiction: Remaking Life on Mars in Spain|first=Concepción|isbn=978-3-643-90478-2|last=Cascajosa Virino|year=2013|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |author-link=Concepción Cascajosa}} It aired on RTL from 2009 to 2011.