Episode 1
Episode 1
1h 30m4.5 / 10
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Directed by Lutz BüscherWritten by Erna FentschGuest stars Hans Baur, Werner Asam, Sissy Höfferer, Ruth Drexel, Michael Degen, Helen Vita, Volker Prechtel, Wolfgang Fischer
TV series
Scene of the Crime
197057 seasons6.2 / 10
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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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
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 2
Episode 2
1h 30m6.5 / 10
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Directed by Theo MezgerWritten by Fritz EckhardtGuest stars Frank Strecker, Klaus Herm, Günter Strack, Claudia Wedekind, Louise Martini, Max Strecker, Doris Denzel, Edda Pastor
Episode 3
Episode 3
1h 30m6.5 / 10
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Directed by Fritz UmgelterWritten by Jürgen ScheschkewitzGuest stars Hans Brenner, Günter Lamprecht, Michaela May, Günter Strack, Karl Walter Diess, Walter Renneisen, Alfred Reiterer, Peter Roggisch
Episode 4
School leaving certificate
1h 49m6.9 / 10
Seventeen-year-old schoolgirl Sina Wolf has an affair with her married schoolteacher. When one of her friends attempts to blackmail her, she lures him to the forest and kills him. Kommissar Finke does not believe her story she fabricates and continues to investigate.
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Directed by Wolfgang PetersenWritten by Herbert LichtenfeldGuest stars Nastassja Kinski, Christian Quadflieg, Judy Winter, Markus Boysen, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Petra Verena Milchert, Friedrich Schütter, Rebecca Völz
Episode 5
Episode 5
1h 30m5.0 / 10
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Directed by Peter Schulze-RohrWritten by Henry KolarzGuest stars Dieter Eppler, Peter Bongartz, Constanze Engelbrecht, Peter Pasetti, Ilsemarie Schnering, Werner Feißt, Michael Rasmussen, Lisi Mangold
Episode 6
Late Harvest
1h 30m8.0 / 10
After her husband's death, Claudia Bernhold discovers that he was a blackmailer. Suddenly she has an explanation for how, despite modest income, she could afford a small villa and a relatively lavish lifestyle. During his research, Haferkamp comes across the wealthy Eckart Waarst. Could he be the blackmailed man? But how can he be blackmailed? In the files of unsolved cases, Haferkamp finds a lead, but no proof. He has to resort to a ruse.
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Directed by Wolfgang StaudteWritten by Herbert LichtenfeldGuest stars Karin Eickelbaum, Willy Semmelrogge, Claudia Wedekind, Udo Vioff, Alexander Kerst, Horst Michael Neutze, Klaus Münster, Pierre Franckh
Episode 7
Episode 7
1h 30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Günter GräwertWritten by Günter GräwertGuest stars Nora von Collande, Xenia Pörtner, Arno Assmann, Karl-Josef Cramer, Kathrin Ackermann, Werner Bruhns, Yvonne Krauss, Mathias Einert
Episode 8
Episode 8
1h 30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Helmut AshleyWritten by Willy PuruckerGuest stars Werner Asam, Martin Semmelrogge, Siegfried Rauch, Veronika Fitz, Jörg Hube, Eberhard Peiker, Hans Stadtmüller, Ingrid Capelle
Episode 9
Episode 9
1h 30m9.5 / 10
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Directed by Wolfgang BeckerWritten by Karl Heinz WillschreiGuest stars Karin Eickelbaum, Willy Semmelrogge, Traugott Buhre, Beatrice Kessler, Stephan Schwartz, Simone Rethel, Else Quecke, Marie-Luise Marjan
Episode 10
Episode 10
1h 30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Peter PatzakWritten by Fritz EckhardtGuest stars Hagnot Elischka, Evelyn Faber, Peter Frick, Ernst Hausknost, Tilla Hohenfels, Klaus Höring, Götz Kauffmann, Mijou Kovacs
Episode 11
Episode 11
1h 30m8.0 / 10
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Directed by Fritz UmgelterWritten by Joachim Nottke, Karl Heinz KnuthGuest stars Heinz Weiss, Günter Pfitzmann, Sigurd Fitzek, Willi Rose, Harry Wüstenhagen, Bettina Schön, Ilse Biberti, Peter Seum
Episode 12
Episode 12
1h 30m7.0 / 10
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Directed by Jürgen RolandWritten by Joachim Wedegärtner, Fred ZanderGuest stars Claus Theo Gärtner, Günther Ungeheuer, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Gerda Gmelin, Günther Heising, Cilla Karni, Michael Schwarzmaier, Horst Schick
Episode 13
Episode 13
1h 30m10.0 / 10finale
Episode credits
Directed by Hajo GiesWritten by Martin GiesGuest stars Karin Eickelbaum, Willy Semmelrogge, Jürgen Prochnow, Eva Maria Bauer, Gerhard Theisen, Herlinde Latzko, Werner Abrolat, Holle Hörnig
Episode information updated Aug 1, 2026
More about Scene of the Crime
Cast
Manfred KrugPaul Stoever
Ulrike FolkertsLena Odenthal
Axel PrahlFrank Thiel
Michael FitzFred Grimm
Charles BrauerKessenich
Tessa MittelstaedtFrau Ungewitter
Eva MattesDr. Kispert
Annalena SchmidtMrs. KellerProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 1,345
- Original language
- German
- Original title
- Tatort
Networks & production
ORF 1Austria
Das ErsteGermany
SRF 1Switzerland
ORF 2Austria
ARDGermany
ARD DegetoGermany
Themes
crime investigationcriminal investigationpolicepolice procedural
