The Best Episodes Written By Stefan Kolditz

#1 - A Different Country

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2013

The Soviet army is pushing toward Berlin. Not just the war is doomed but Nazism's existence. Wilhelm's death sentence is lowered to probation. The probation officer abuses Wilhelm, who ultimately reacts by killing him and running. Viktor is expelled from the partisans for being a Jew. He crosses paths with Friedhelm, who kills his commanding officer, so Viktor can escape. After the German army falls apart, Friedhelm dies while leading a group of German militia, sacrificing himself to make his troops surrender. Charlotte is captured by the Soviets and becomes a nurse for them. Greta is executed by the Nazi authorities for her speech crimes. Finally, the war ends in 1945, and the three survivors, Wilhelm, Viktor, and Charlotte, meet in the same pub as before and grieve together.

Director: Philipp Kadelbach

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#2 - Nothing but the truth (1)

Season 54 Episode 12 - Aired 4/9/2023

Everything indicates that the young police officer Rebecca Kästner committed suicide in her apartment the evening before: drugs, custody dispute, excessive demands. But when Karow finds her four-year-old son Matti frightened in the garden, he begins to have doubts about the suicide. What mother does that in front of her child? Then the last call from the dead person was to an unusual number: Susanne Bonard, a former LKA figure who now teaches at the police academy. She is a luminary whose standard work everyone knows. Before Karow knows it, she is at his side to investigate this case. Back on the road at 62? During the investigation into Rebecca's death, the detectives also come across connections to the right-wing scene, which Bonard quickly suspects is a large right-wing network. Karow thinks that's paranoid. Until he discovers with her that they are actually faced with larger connections than initially thought...

Director: Robert Thalheim

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#3 - A Different War

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/18/2013

The invasion is being pushed back by the Russians, causing high casualties for the Germans. Wilhelm gets wounded and left for dead. When he wakes up, instead of going back to the base, he finds a cabin by a lake and lives on his own for a few weeks. He is discovered by the German Army and sentenced to death for desertion. Friedhelm is sent back home, but seeing his father's disappointment with Wilhelm's apparent death, and lack of appreciation for his survival, he enlists again. Viktor escapes the Germans and joins a group of Polish partisans, but tries to conceal his Jewish race because they hate Jews. Charlotte feels despair over Wilhelm's apparent death and starts an affair with a military doctor. Greta visits the front-line and becomes disillusioned by what she discovers there. She is arrested and thrown into prison for making remarks in public that disapprove of the war and the Nazi regime.

Director: Philipp Kadelbach

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#4 - Bei Klingelzeichen Mord

Season 30 Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/2001

Director: Andreas Kleinert

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#5 - Wandas letzter Gang

Season 31 Episode 7 - Aired 6/30/2002

Director: Bernd Böhlich

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#6 - Angst

Season 30 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2001

Director: Manuel Siebenmann

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#7 - Episode 29

Season 46 Episode 29 - Aired 10/11/2015

Director: Thomas Stuber

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#8 - Berlin - Dark Field

Season 47 Episode 35 - Aired 12/11/2016

Karow is held hostage after his key witness gets gunned down in front of him.

Director: Christian von Castelberg

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#9 - Nothing but the truth (2)

Season 54 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2023

Everything indicates that the young police officer Rebecca Kästner committed suicide in her apartment the evening before: drugs, custody dispute, excessive demands. But when Karow finds her four-year-old son Matti frightened in the garden, he begins to have doubts about the suicide. What mother does that in front of her child? Then the last call from the dead person was to an unusual number: Susanne Bonard, a former LKA figure who now teaches at the police academy. She is a luminary whose standard work everyone knows. Before Karow knows it, she is at his side to investigate this case. Back on the road at 62? During the investigation into Rebecca's death, the detectives also come across connections to the right-wing scene, which Bonard quickly suspects is a large right-wing network. Karow thinks that's paranoid. Until he discovers with her that they are actually faced with larger connections than initially thought...

Director: Robert Thalheim

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#10 - A Different Time

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2013

1941. Shortly before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, five close friends have a party in Berlin. The brothers Wilhelm and Friedhelm are respectively an officer and enlisted man in the military. Viktor is a Jew who works as a tailor. Charlotte has just passed her examination to become a military nurse. Greta is a beautiful bartender who wishes to become a famous singer. The friends are hopeful that they will meet again by Christmas. Wilhelm and Friedhelm witness some early victories as the German army heads toward Moscow. Charlotte gets used to seeing blood as she works near the front-line. Greta sleeps with a major in the Gestapo to advance her career as a singer, and to obtain documents for Viktor to flee to New York City, since the rights of Jews are being diminished. However, Viktor is arrested by the Gestapo and is put on a train.

Director: Philipp Kadelbach

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#11 - Schuld

Season 41 Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2012

Director: Hans Steinbichler

Writer: Stefan Kolditz

#12 - Berlin - The Mule

Season 46 Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2015

An apartment bathroom is covered in blood with no body in sight.

Director: Stephan Wagner

Writer: Stefan Kolditz