Detectives Max Ballauf and Freddy Schenk must solve the murder of the head physician of a psychiatric clinic. Ballauf himself is currently undergoing treatment: a trauma he thought he had overcome resurfaces with full force. After shooting his colleague Melanie Sommer during an operation, he is plagued by nightmares and guilt. Sometimes he believes he sees the dead woman before him. He can't talk about it, not even with his partner Freddy Schenk. The atmosphere within the team is correspondingly tense. During their investigation at the hospital, a patient catches Ballauf's attention. Julia Frey claims she is being held against her will in the clinic's closed ward. Deputy head physician Dr. Koch, however, points to Julia's emotional instability. But Max suspects that Julia's cry for help might be justified.  [Köln]

Trapped

Christoph Wortberg

Moritz Anton

Volker Bertelmann

Isa Prahl

Episode 19

Borowski and the Curse of the White Gull

State of emergency in North Rhine-Westphalia! Four inspectors from different departments have already been killed. There has never been a comparable series of murders in the history of the state. But a hot lead is missing, the investigators are groping in the dark - and the pressure is increasing ... Finally stopping those behind the insidious murders - this is the common goal that investigators from different cities are to swear to: All of them have been in contact with the previous victims.

Peter Faber and Martina Bönisch from the Dortmund homicide squad and their colleague Nadeshda Krusenstern from Münster are there. The investigation team also includes Inspector Rettenbach from Oberhausen and Inspector Mitschowski from Aachen. Inspector Ziesing is joining them from the Paderborn criminal investigation department, and Inspector Möller is coming from Düsseldorf.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Ballauf and Schenk investigate the murder of a 17-year-old student. [Köln]

No Pity, No Mercy

Episode 4

A murderer remains at the scene of the crime and demands to speak with Peter Faber.

Monster

Falke and Grosz investigate a murder in Hamburg's red light district.

Golden Times

Episode 7

Babs Sprenger, a successful businesswoman who lives alone in a spacious apartment in Fürth, was active on various dating sites under an assumed name until a few months ago. She celebrated her birthday alone with her colleague Theresa Hein. The next day, Babs Sprenger was dead. Stabbed with a sushi knife that the police found in the dishwasher, thoroughly cleaned. The knife was Theresa's gift to Babs. How did it become a deadly weapon? What happened that evening? Even after Theresa's confession, the question of why remains unanswered. Voss and Ringelhahn suspect that the truth lies much deeper. What could Theresa be hiding?

The Night belongs to you

Episode 9

A secret society of law students exercise strange control over a new member.

Berlin - The Perfect Crime

Not far from her apartment, a youth welfare officer is found murdered. [Köln]

Never Without Me

A split-second decision during a standoff sends Lindholm and Schmitz down an Orwellian rabbit hole of conspiracy and deceit.

Lindholm - War in the Head

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Episode 15

Lindholm and Schmitz navigate dangerous politcal waters to find the killer of a far-right blogger.

Lindholm - National Feminist

In the middle of an event at the police college, a young student freaks out and stabs her buddy. He still dies at the scene in the arms of the helpless main commissioner.

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Episode 21

Eisner and Fellner investigate the murder of a bodybuilder.

Vienna - Workout

Funkstille

Episode 24

The murder of a 90-year-old Berlin building tycoon appears to be politically motivated.

Berlin - A Few Words After Midnight

Episode 26

Eisner and Fellner find themselves caught in a war between conventional medicine and alternate healing methods.

Vienna - Sick

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Episode 31

Pizzeria owner Luca Modica in Dortmund becomes increasingly entangled with the ’Ndrangheta when fugitive mobster Pippo Mauro seeks refuge with him. While Dortmund detectives Faber, Bönisch and Dalay monitor the pizzeria, Munich investigators Batic and Leitmayr arrive to arrest Mauro. When Luca’s wife Juliane agrees to cooperate with the police, the family is placed in deadly danger.

Episode 32

Six months after the murder of Juliane Modica, Pippo Mauro, Luca Modica and Luca’s daughter Sofia are hiding out in Munich. Acting on orders from ’Ndrangheta boss Domenico Palladio, Luca and Mauro become involved in a kidnapping that ends in death. While Batic and Leitmayr investigate the case in Munich, Dortmund detective Peter Faber travels there on his own after tracing a call Sofia made to her deceased mother. The two Tatort teams once again cross paths as Sofia tries to discover what happened to her mother.

Episode 33

Episode 34

Eisner and Fellner investigate the death of a homeless man.

Vienna - Homeless

Episode 36

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Trapped

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