Scripted series · NDR Fernsehen
Crime Scene Cleaner
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bjarne Mädel
Heiko “Schotty” Schotte
31 eps
Hilke Altefrohne
Tia
1 eps
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Thüringer Landfrau
1 eps
Michael Hanemann
Jost
1 eps
Matthias Bundschuh
Beamter
1 eps
Matthias Brandt
Mann
1 eps
Sebastian Weber
Dennis Banger
1 eps
Verena Mundhenke
Emma 206
1 eps
Simon Schwarz
Professor Lütting
1 eps
Antonia Bill
Allissia
1 eps
Anna Schudt
Constanze Krüger
1 eps
Annika Meier
Dagmar Drexler
1 eps
Holger Stockhaus
Ulf Sanderberg
1 eps
David Bredin
Hannes "Bombe" Dalbert
1 eps
Jens Rachut
Eddy
1 eps
Milan Peschel
Schamane
1 eps
Jean Pierre Cornu
Herr Gillmann
1 eps
Nicole Marischka
Nachbarin
1 eps
Alwara Höfels
Gina Hötzinger
1 eps
Karin Hanczewski
Kim
1 eps
Werner Wölbern
El Bondo
2 eps
Fritzi Haberlandt
Wiebke
1 eps
Katharina M. Schubert
Mandi
2 eps
Peer Martiny
Heiner
4 eps
Jörg Pose
Lukas
4 eps
Katrin Wichmann
Katrin Mainert
1 eps
Rafael Stachowiak
Gero Petersen
1 eps
Sandra Hüller
Silke Hansen
1 eps
Bodil Hindhede
Hebamme
1 eps
Jan Peter Heyne
Bauer
1 eps
Carol Schuler
Natalie
1 eps
Niels Bormann
2 eps
Stephan Schad
Herr Ludsmann
1 eps
Olli Dittrich
2 eps
Roswitha Quadflieg
Frau
1 eps
Harald Burmeister
Claas Fanders
2 eps
Florian Lukas
2 eps
Pia Hierzegger
Tilly Ravenbach
1 eps
Lina Beckmann
Erna
1 eps
Anneke Kim Sarnau
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crime Scene Cleaner actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crime Scene Cleaner reads strongest on Humour, Tension and Character Depth.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Heiko Schotte (Schotty) works for a cleaning company, cleaning all kind of crime scenes. There he sometimes meets weird people and tries to solve difficult situations.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 31 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSpecials
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20144 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20114 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S01E03 Not On My Sofa
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20135 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S02E03 Schotty's Struggle
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20144 episodes
7.9IMDbBest episode · S03E02 Pigs
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20145 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S04E02 The Cleaner
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20156 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S05E01 Funeral Insurance
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20163 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S06E01 Are You Sure?
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
20184 episodes
7.7IMDbBest episode · S07E04 Thirty-one
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E03
Schotty's Struggle
S01E03
Not On My Sofa
It's Schotty's job to clean up a crime scene where a burglar accidentally fell and was killed while trying to rob an elderly lady in her home. As he cleans up the mess, Schotty discovers there may be more to this "cut and dried" case than meets the eye and ends up facing a moral dilemma as he has to decide between a difficult truth and a profitable lie.
S03E02
Pigs
S01E04
A Matter Of Taste
While cleaning up a crime scene, the ghost of the murdered psychiatrist appears to Schotty and begins to analyze him.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E04
Episode 4
S06E03
Stop Laughing
- Directed by Arne Feldhusen
- Written by Ingrid Lausund
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Ingrid LausundWriter
Direction
- Arne FeldhusenDirector
Cinematography
- Mathias SchöninghDirector of Photography
- Arne FeldhusenDirector of Photography
- Kristian LeschnerDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
5 wins
Grimme-Preis
2 wins · latest 2013
- WinnerGrimme-Preis2013
Crime Scene Cleaner · Crime Scene Cleaner
- WinnerGrimme-Preis2012
Crime Scene Cleaner · Crime Scene Cleaner
Civis Media Prize
1 win · latest 2013
- WinnerCivis Media Prize2013
Crime Scene Cleaner · Crime Scene Cleaner
Deutscher Comedypreis
1 win · latest 2012
- WinnerDeutscher Comedypreis2012
Crime Scene Cleaner · Crime Scene Cleaner
Jupiter Awards
1 win · latest 2013
- WinnerJupiter Awards2013
Crime Scene Cleaner · Crime Scene Cleaner
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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