The Criminalist

screenable online: 9 episodes

Played by one of Germany’s most important actors, Christian Berkel (Downfall, Inglo-urious Basterds, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Valkyrie), The Criminalist takes a unique mysti-cal-methodological approach to investigating unsolved crimes.

When a woman’s body is found in a park of the Tegel suburb of Berlin one evening, it means another night shift for Chief Inspector Bruno Schumann and his colleagues Henry Weber and Anne Vogt of the…

The police receive an emergency call in the middle of the night from a young woman reporting a burglary. But suddenly the connection goes dead. A few minutes later, when a police car reaches the…

Jörg Bentz has every reason to be satisfied with his life: he is a successful insurance agent, has a loving family, and the dream of owning his own house and garden is beginning to take shape. But…

A young man gets run over by a car and dies at the scene. There is no sign of the driver. Inspector Schumann is alarmed when he hears the name Friedland. The dead boy is Florian Friedland and he…

Claire, Corinna... The woman who is found in a luxurious apartment has two faces. Inspector Schumann senses the allure this woman must have had. As “Claire Montand” Corinna Berg knew how to cast a…

Clara Jedrich is an A&E doctor. A motorcyclist has a fatal accident during her night shift. The next morning, Clara Jedrich is also found dead. Inspector Schumann and his team find her body in…

Forestry workers find the body of Angela Schulte. The girl had been suffocated and buried according to Muslim custom. Schumann and his team suspect a religiously motivated murder. Angie’s parents…

When Chief Inspector Schumann delivers the news to Anne Haug’s family that she has been found dead, he is overcome by an uneasy feeling. The Haugs are guarding a dark secret. Daughter Julia…

After earning his livelihood with fraudulent schemes and living abroad for over two decades, Leo Borchert is found dead at a remote construction site. His murder has personal significance for Bruno…

Request information

Format

109×60’

Available

Available as: ready-made, format rights on demand

Produced by

Monaco Film, Hamburg

Cast

C. Berkel, A. Schudt, S. Japp, M. Bothe, J. Rieke

Year of Production

2006 - 2021

Original Language

German

Broadcaster

ZDF

Writer

Poppy Bernstein, Christoph Darnstädt, Züli Aladag a. o.

Director

Filippos Tsitos, Züli Aladag a. o.

Built on Sand

The Prodigal Son

Claire

High Risk

Mother of the Storm

Girl in the Shadow

Friends from the past