TV series
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.
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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.
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Episode 1
Directed by Christian AlvartWritten by Christoph DarnstädtGuest stars Britta Hammelstein, Stefanie Stappenbeck, Edita Malovčić, Arnd Klawitter, Sascha Reimann, Helene Fischer, Luna Schweiger, Erdal Yıldız
Episode 2
Directed by Christian AlvartWritten by Christoph DarnstädtGuest stars Britta Hammelstein, Edita Malovčić, Mark Waschke, Arnd Klawitter, Sascha Reimann, Luna Schweiger, Erdal Yıldız, Til Schweiger
Episode 3
Directed by Umut DağWritten by Marco WierschGuest stars Eva Mattes, Sebastian Bezzel, Justine Hauer, Benjamin Morik, Imogen Kogge, Sandra Borgmann, Klaus Manchen, Irene Christ
Episode 4
Directed by Zoltan SpirandelliWritten by Peter ProbstGuest stars Sandra Steinbach, Devid Striesow, Elisabeth Brück, Benjamin Piwko, Lena Stolze, Franz Hartwig, Jessica Jaksa, Nina-Mercedés Rühl
Episode 5
Faber stumbles upon a murder case that connects to a 14-year-old missing person investigation.
Directed by Stephan WagnerWritten by Christian JeltschGuest stars Stefan Konarske, Anne Ratte-Polle, Patrick Mölleken, Maren Eggert, Sinje Irslinger, Leonard Klemm, Ralf Drexler, Ronald Kukulies
Episode 6
A music manager is found strangled before the final round of a TV talent show.
Directed by Michael RieblWritten by Uli BréeGuest stars Michou Friesz, Rafael Haider, Aglaia Szyszkowitz, Ruth Brauer-Kvam, Michael Steinocher, Sabrina Rupp, Susi Stach, Claudia Kottal
Episode 7
Directed by Roland Suso RichterWritten by Jürgen WernerGuest stars Andreas Hoppe, Peter Espeloer, Ulrike Folkerts, Elisa Agbaglah, Sandra Nedeleff, Luca Riemenschneider, Matthias Weidenhöfer, Vladimir Burlakov
Episode 8
Directed by Züli AladagWritten by Christian JeltschGuest stars Sascha Alexander Geršak, Florence Kasumba, Edita Malovčić, Orhan Kılıç, Babak Sayyar, Christian Koerner, Jürgen Hartmann, Carolina Vera
Episode 9
A pair of murders rocks an upper-class neighborhood in Köln.
Directed by Sebastian KoWritten by Jürgen WernerGuest stars Patrick Abozen, Rick Okon, Ruby O. Fee, Klaus Hartmann, Julika Jenkins, Bettina Stucky, Alexandru Cirneala, Samir Al Asfory
Episode 10
Directed by Richard HuberWritten by Ralf HusmannGuest stars Jella Haase, Alexandra Finder, Hilmar Eichhorn, Andreas Guenther, Nicholas Reinke, Till Wonka, Nikolaus Benda, Sina Ebell
Episode 11
Directed by Markus WelterWritten by Stefan BrunnerGuest stars Mario Fuchs, Luc Feit, Urs Jucker, Flurin Giger, Silvio Kretschmer, Ella Rumpf, Fabienne Hadorn, Delia Mayer
Episode 12
Falke teams up with BKA investigator Julia Grosz on a murder case.
Directed by Özgür YildirimWritten by Florian OellerGuest stars Christoph Letkowski, Cem-Ali Gültekin, Marie-Lou Sellem, Claudia Eisinger, Alexander Wüst, Ava Celik, Nazmi Kırık, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Episode 13
Directed by Katrin GebbeWritten by Thomas WendrichGuest stars Rosmarie Röse, Julika Jenkins, Jochanah Mahnke, Lena Klenke, Max Thommes, Holger Kunkel, Christian Kuchenbuch, Angela Winkler
Episode 14
Leitmayr's investigation of a Romanian pimp gets a fast conviction. Batic was not part of the investigation because he was a childhood friend of brothel operator Harry Schneider, for whom the victim supposedly worked. But the total indifference of the defendant irritated him. Back in the office, he asks again for the file of the convicted Romanian, because in all his years of service he had never experienced such a quick confession and not a single attempt to reduce his sentence.
Directed by Max FärberböckWritten by Max Färberböck, Catherina SchuchmannGuest stars Max von der Groeben, Mercedes Müller, Vincent zur Linden, Andreas Lust, Stefan Betz, Miroslav Nemec, Ferdinand Hofer, Udo Wachtveitl
Episode 15
Directed by Hermine HuntgeburthWritten by Volker EinrauchGuest stars Nicholas Ofczarek, Ursina Lardi, Sabin Tambrea, Lina Hoppe, Hubertus Hartmann, Manuel Harder, Sascha Nathan, Katja Danowski
Episode 16
Directed by Gregor SchnitzlerWritten by Andreas Pflüger, Murmel ClausenGuest stars Fritzi Haberlandt, Florian Lukas, Thomas Wodianka, Sebastian Hülk, Nadine Boske, Sebastian Kowski, Carl Heinz Choynski, Johann Jürgens
Episode 17
Ballauf and Schenk investigate the stabbing death of a doctor. [Köln]
Directed by Torsten C. FischerWritten by Rainer ButtGuest stars Patrick Abozen, Julia Jäger, Anne Ratte-Polle, Laura Tonke, Jerry Kwarteng, Felix Vörtler, Jörg Vincent Malotki, Thelma Buabeng
Episode 18
Directed by Thomas JauchWritten by Jan HinterGuest stars Axel Prahl, Maximilian von Pufendorf, Thomas Heinze, Mersiha Husagić, Gordon Kämmerer, Max Hemmersdorfer, Nathalie Thiede, Friederike Kempter
Episode 19
Directed by Florian BaxmeyerWritten by Christian JeltschGuest stars Matthias Brenner, Friederike Becht, Franz Pätzold, Barnaby Metschurat, Johannes Allmayer, Anna Stieblich, Conrad F. Geier, Manfred Zapatka
Episode 20
In the bone collection at the Anatomical Institute of the University of Würzburg, a young doctoral student discovers a skull that doesn't match the rest of the skeleton with which it was filed. The skull is significantly younger than stated in the death certificate. That same morning, twenty-year-old Steffi wants to complain to her mother for not waking her up. But Andrea Schwinn is found strangled in the parlor of the inn that the family has run for generations. Her father, Holger Schwinn, is nowhere to be found. One of his hunting weapons is missing. While Chief Inspector Felix Voss and his colleagues, Chief Inspector Paula Ringelhahn, Inspectors Wanda Goldwasser and Sebastian Fleischer, and the head of forensic science, Michael Schatz, begin their investigation at the inn, an elderly woman pitches a small tent on Jakobsplatz directly in front of the Nuremberg police headquarters because she cannot accept the police's refusal to take action in the case of her missing adult son.
Directed by Andreas SennWritten by Beate LangmaackGuest stars Sibylle Canonica, Stefan Merki, Dagmar Manzel, Fabian Hinrichs, Eli Wasserscheid, Andreas Leopold Schadt, Matthias Egersdörfer, Tessie Tellmann
Episode 21
A group of high school girls close ranks over a hit-and-run.
Directed by Torsten C. FischerWritten by Dagmar GablerGuest stars Louie Betton, Emma Nova, Cosima Henman, Valeria Eisenbart, Valerie Koch, Ursina Lardi, Thomas Heinze, Meret Becker
Episode 22
An eight-year-old girl is the only witness to her family's murder. [Köln]
Directed by Dagmar SeumeWritten by Norbert EhryGuest stars Patrick Abozen, Julie-Helena Sapina, Stephan Szasz, Nicola Schössler, Alexander Beyer, Christian Erdmann, Julia Grafflage, Max Herbrechter
Episode 23
Directed by Thomas Jauch, Niki SteinWritten by Niki SteinGuest stars Ken Duken, Karoline Eichhorn, Sophie Pfennigstorf, David Liske, Natalia Bobyleva, Saskia Huppert, Mimi Fiedler, Jürgen Hartmann
Episode 24
A Turkish businessman's murder puts Eisner and Fellner on the trail of a human trafficking ring.
Directed by Thomas RothWritten by Thomas RothGuest stars Tanja Raunig, Kristina Sprenger, Michael Fuith, Janina Rudenska, Daniel Wagner, Simon Schwarz, Thomas Stipsits, Yana Budyuk
Episode 25
Directed by Sabine BossWritten by Josy Meier, Eveline StähelinGuest stars Anna Schinz, Sebastian Krähenbühl, Andreas Matti, Martin Butzke, Martin Rapold, Kay Kysela, Susanne-Marie Wrage, Lukas Kubik
Episode 26
Directed by Lars JessenWritten by Elke SchuchGuest stars Axel Prahl, Peter Jordan, Oda Thormeyer, Claudia Eisinger, Siemen Rühaak, Michael Prelle, Nagmeh Alaei, Armin Pfusch
Episode 27
Directed by Dror ZahaviWritten by Mika Kallwass, Ralf HusmannGuest stars Franz Hartwig, Jule Böwe, Arved Birnbaum, David Bredin, Alexander Hörbe, Urs Jucker, Michael Sideris, Stephan Baumecker
Episode 28
The Dortmund homicide squad investigates a conflict in the criminal rocker scene.
Directed by Thomas JauchWritten by Jürgen WernerGuest stars Stefan Konarske, Milan Peschel, Juergen Maurer, Oliver Masucci, Dominik Kowalski, Felix Knopp, Atheer Adel, Luca Zamperoni
Episode 29
Ben Schröder is stabbed by a stranger while walking with his family in broad daylight, before the eyes of his wife Ayumi (Luka Omoto), his six-year-old son Taro, and numerous witnesses. During the interrogations, Batic and Leitmayr found a confusing multitude of truths, when the observations of the eyewitnesses contradict each other. The highly complex investigations drag on for several months without any results until the investigation is closed. Then a second victim is stabbed.
Directed by Sebastian MarkaWritten by Erol YesilkayaGuest stars Lisa Wagner, Jürgen Tonkel, Luka Omoto, Leo Schöne, Cem-Ali Gültekin, Markus Brandl, Axel Neumann, Robert Joseph Bartl
Episode 30
Directed by Claudia Prietzel, Peter HenningWritten by Peter Henning, Christine OttoGuest stars Matthias Brenner, Adina Vetter, Christoph Schechinger, Matthias Lier, Lasse Myhr, Eleonore Weisgerber, Emilia Pieske, Luise Wolfram
Episode 31
At the heart of the story is a student who accuses her brother of murdering another student. The next morning, Maria's body is actually recovered from the fjord. Investigative duo Klaus Borowski and Sarah Brandt find clues as to why Julia's brother could have committed the crime, but Julia's betrayal cannot be explained by the commissioners. Only when they discover that she has secretly converted to Islam does light seem to be slowly coming into the dark. But Borowski and Brandt are not alone in their research: the state protection department at the state criminal office around head Kesting apparently pursues its own unscrupulous interests.
Directed by Raymond LeyWritten by Charlotte I. PehlivaniGuest stars Sibel Kekilli, Mala Emde, Sithembile Menck, Ferhat Keskin, Dogan Padar, Jürgen Prochnow, Axel Milberg, Thomas Kügel
Episode 32
Hanoverian Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm and Kiel Commissioner Klaus Borowski are confronted with a former elite soldier, who wants to take revenge on his ex-girlfriend after his assignment in Afghanistan before her wedding to a comrade.
Directed by Alexander AdolphWritten by Alexander AdolphGuest stars Florian Bartholomäi, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Luise Heyer, Trystan Pütter, Christian Beermann, Karin Anselm, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Günter Lamprecht
Episode 33
Directed by Sebastian MarkaWritten by Erol YesilkayaGuest stars Jens Harzer, Yogal Gleim, Hans Löw, Corinna Kirchhoff, Marina Galic, Franziska Junge, Sierk Radzei, Barbara Philipp
Episode 34
Directed by Aelrun GoetteWritten by Aelrun Goette, Sathyan RameshGuest stars Eva Mattes, Sebastian Bezzel, Justine Hauer, Roland Koch, Isabelle Barth, Hanna Schygulla, Irm Hermann, Margit Carstensen
Episode 35
Karow is held hostage after his key witness gets gunned down in front of him.
Directed by Christian von CastelbergWritten by Stefan KolditzGuest stars Louie Betton, Ursina Lardi, Tim Seyfi, Gerdy Zint, Holger Handtke, Aleksandar Tesla, Marc Bischoff, Nora Huetz
Episode 36
Directed by Markus ImbodenWritten by Stephan Brüggenthies, Andrea HellerGuest stars Sascha Nathan, Jan Krauter, Constantin von Jascheroff, Cornelia Froboess, Joachim Bißmeier, Susanne Schäfer, Christoph Luser, Lisa Hagmeister
Episode 37
Directed by Markus ImbodenWritten by Dinah Marte GolchGuest stars Mathilde Bundschuh, Cosmina Stratan, Florin Piersic Jr., Florian Karlheim, André Szymanski, Alexandru Cirneala, Oana Solomon, Doris Buchrucker
Episode information updated Aug 14, 2026
Manfred KrugPaul Stoever
Ulrike FolkertsLena Odenthal
Axel PrahlFrank Thiel
Michael FitzFred Grimm
Charles BrauerKessenich
Tessa MittelstaedtFrau Ungewitter
Eva MattesDr. Kispert
Annalena SchmidtMrs. Keller
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Das ErsteGermany
SRF 1Switzerland
ORF 2Austria
ARDGermany
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