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The dates for “Tatort” and “Polizeiruf 110” have already been set for mid-February. Fans can look forward to these thrillers early in the year.
The Cologne New Year’s Case “Crime Scene: Protective Measures” is history. And the former has set dates for six more Sunday thrillers. In two cases it becomes unusually familiar, in one the cruel family story of a commissioner is told. Two investigative teams have to do without their former colleagues. A cold case is also rolled up. These Sunday crime thrillers are next.
January 8: “Crime Scene: Dead Heart”
It kicks off on January 8 with the Dresden crime thriller “Tatort: Totes Herz”, where Schnabel fans will be delighted that the chief commissioner (Martin Brambach, 55) survived the ordeal of his last case : Commissioners Karin Gorniak ( Also Karin Hanczewski, 41) and Leonie Winkler (Cornelia Gröschel, 35).
While working in the greenhouse, Patrick Teichmann (Nico Rogner) discovers the body of his mother-in-law Heike Teichmann (Tanja de Wendt). Gardener Juri Novak (Alexander Schuster) flees, murder weapon in hand, and is the first to be targeted by detectives Gorniak and Winkler. But the victim’s daughter, Nadine Teichmann (Kristin Suckow), is also a potential culprit. Because the inspectors live on the crime scene a family business, which seems far from a peaceful coexistence of three generations under the same roof. It’s not even about marital harmony between Nadine and her husband Patrick – they are about to separate. Events take a new turn when an important witness is eliminated and an autopsy reveals that Heike Teichmann suffered from broken heart syndrome. She must have been in an emotional state of emergency recently. The detectives get to the bottom of the truth, which leads far into the past and has a shocking discovery in store for them…
January 15: “Crime Scene: You Stay Here”
The first case without Commissioner Martina Bönisch for Jörg Hartmann (53) as Commissioner Faber, the two remaining colleagues Rick Okon (33) as Commissioner Jan Pawlak and Stefanie Reinsperger (34) as Commissioner Rosa Herzog is “Tatort: Stay here” on April 15 .January on.
In Dortmund’s Westpark, Pawlak and Herzog are standing in front of a large pool of blood, but there is no body. However, Andreas Richter, the head of a Dortmund real estate company, is missing. With his business model, he has created numerous opponents in Dortmund in recent years: He buys real estate in the Kreuzviertel and transforms shared flats into coveted luxury properties. Privately, he is currently divorcing his wife Natalia Richter (Valery Cheplanowa). He also leaves no good hair to her estranged husband. While Commissioner Faber has not yet come to terms with the death of his colleague Martina Bönisch, is on sick leave and more or less lives in his old Manta, Pawlak and Herzog meet Faber’s father, Josef Faber (Wolfgang Rüter). Apparently he and Faber haven’t had contact in decades. What happened between father and son and what does Josef Faber have to do with the case?
22. January: “Crime scene: Lena’s aunt”
On January 22, report the longest-serving detective Lena Odenthal – played by Ulrike Folkerts (61) since 1989 – and her colleague Johanna Stern – played by Lisa Bitter (b. 1984) since 2014 – with the thriller “Tatort: Lenas Tante” in Ludwigshafen back.
Lena Odenthal has to reconcile work and family: her aunt Niki Odenthal (Ursula Werner), a retired prosecutor with a sharp and decisive tongue, arrives in Ludwigshafen for a visit. At the same time, Lena and Johanna Stern are dealing with the death of a nursing home resident who was killed by an insulin overdose. Herr Herrweg was over 90, the most you can inherit are obligations: who had a motive to kill him? The inspectors look into the home’s residents and the victim’s background. While Johanna would appreciate it if the friendly family doctor at the nursing home wasn’t involved in the case, Lena strangely continues to have the impression that Niki is also secretly involved in the investigation. His aunt’s interest in the deceased’s past appears to be more than just family affection or professional interest. However, Lena dismisses her thoughts that her aunt might be involved in the case. But the Herrweg case takes investigators deep into German history, and Niki in particular has a lot of experience in the matter…
January 29: “Crime Scene: The Cold of the Earth”
The television evening of 29 January belongs to the Chief Inspectors of Saarland Leo Holz (Vladimir Burlakov, 35), Adam Schürk (Daniel Sträßer, 35), Esther Baumann (Brigitte Urhausen, 42), Pia Heinrich (Ines Marie Westernströer, 36) and the his new “crime scene: the cold of the earth”.
Saturday. Game day. A Saar-Palatinate football derby puts all emergency services in Saarbrücken on hold, including detectives Holzer, Schürk, Baumann and Heinrich. Because after the game a death is reported from the emergency room. Andreas Schneider (Nils Bannert) collapsed in the emergency room with a skull fracture and a stab wound and could not be saved. It quickly turns out that he spent the “third half” in a game on the field. But for the moment it is not clear whether he also suffered fatal injuries. Because as hostile as the gangs of hooligans are, they also agree that the biggest and most common enemy is the police. Therefore, they deal with the Saarbrücken team with silence and clarify their quarrels with each other. Schürk also hides some truths. However, when his house is robbed because someone is looking for the millions from his father’s bank robbery, he must usher in the wood…
February 5: “The police call 110: the god of bankruptcy”
The first solo of André Kaczmarczyk (36) as Vincent Ross in the German-Polish border region will follow on February 5 with the thriller “Police Call 110: The God of Bankruptcy”.
Antoni Mazur (Frank Jendrzytza) is found dead in a gravel pit about 500 meters from the Camino de Santiago, which crosses directly into Brandenburg. The deceased, a Polish citizen, seems to have been with many other pilgrims. The first to find the body is a policeman from the nearby Lebus police station, Karl Rogov (Frank Leo Schröder), who immediately takes over questioning the pilgrims. This support is useful for Chief Inspector Ross. It turns out that Mazur had huge financial problems and was facing bankruptcy proceedings. His wife Lina Mazur (Katrin Heller) reports on the enormous pressure that bankruptcy administrator Udo Schick (Bernhard Schir) and his debt advisor Jonathan Hueter (Godehard Giese) allegedly put on him. When it turns out that the bankruptcy trustee intercepted his daughter Maria Schick (Anna-Maria Bednarzik) on a pilgrimage shortly before Antoni Mazur’s death, he has been suspected of a crime: what does the “god of bankruptcy” know?
February 12: “Crime Scene: Down the Valley”
On February 12, Black Forest detectives Franziska Tobler (Eva Löbau, 50) and Friedemann Berg (Hans-Jochen Wagner, 54) enter an unsolved case in the “Tatort: Below in the Valley” remained unsolved more than a decade ago.
The Winterfeld family experienced a tragedy years ago when their daughter Rosa, still a teenager but already the mother of a daughter, disappeared without a trace. Now Rosa’s body is found near the Black Forest village. As before, Tobler and Berg are investigating. As in the past, Meike Winterfeld (Inka Friedrich) accuses Werner Tröndle (Aurel Manthei), who has been convicted several times. He has served a prison sentence for other crimes and is now living in the village again, even though most people want nothing to do with him. Tobler and Berg reenact Rosa’s last evening, not only with her family, but also with Rosa’s friend Axel Leibing (Tonio Schneider) and her best friend Elif Topcu (Canan Samadi). Now grown up, the two criticize this reconstruction. Investigators are still hoping for new insights. And indeed – with today’s adult perspective, the perception of events changes…
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