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Scene of the Crime

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1970 –57 seasons · 1338 episodesReturning series

Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Manfred Krug

Manfred Krug

Paul Stoever

41 eps

Ulrike Folkerts

Ulrike Folkerts

Lena Odenthal

83 eps

Axel Prahl

Axel Prahl

Frank Thiel

48 eps

Michael Fitz

Michael Fitz

Carlo Menzinger

44 eps

Peter Espeloer

Peter Espeloer

Peter Becker

35 eps

Willy Semmelrogge

Willy Semmelrogge

Willy Kreutzer

24 eps

Chiem van Houweninge

Chiem van Houweninge

Hänschen

23 eps

Charles Brauer

Charles Brauer

Peter Brockmöller

40 eps

Rita Russek

Rita Russek

Hannelore Schmiedinger

26 eps

Tessa Mittelstaedt

Tessa Mittelstaedt

Franziska Lüttgenjohann

47 eps

Simone Thomalla

Simone Thomalla

Eva Saalfeld

23 eps

Boris Aljinovic

Boris Aljinovic

Felix Stark

30 eps

Dietz-Werner Steck

Dietz-Werner Steck

Ernst Bienzle

30 eps

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Lutz Weber

29 eps

Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

Klara Blum

33 eps

Tilo Prückner

Tilo Prückner

Eduard Holicek

23 eps

Justine Hauer

Justine Hauer

Annika Beck

22 eps

Sebastian Bezzel

Sebastian Bezzel

Kai Perlmann

29 eps

Jörg Schüttauf

Jörg Schüttauf

Fritz Dellwo

23 eps

Christian Tasche

Christian Tasche

Von Prinz

29 eps

Martin Wuttke

Martin Wuttke

Andreas Keppler

26 eps

Annalena Schmidt

Annalena Schmidt

Edith Keller

38 eps

Carolina Vera

Carolina Vera

Emilia Alvarez

23 eps

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Edgar Brinkmann

39 eps

Martin Brambach

Martin Brambach

Peter Michael Schnabel

30 eps

Wolfram Koch

Wolfram Koch

Paul Brix

26 eps

Mark Waschke

Mark Waschke

Robert Karow

26 eps

Jörg Hartmann

Jörg Hartmann

Peter Faber

33 eps

Eberhard Feik

Eberhard Feik

Christian Thanner

32 eps

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Thorsten Falke

27 eps

Dominic Raacke

Dominic Raacke

Till Ritter

39 eps

Adele Neuhauser

Adele Neuhauser

Bibi Fellner

40 eps

Axel Milberg

Axel Milberg

Klaus Borowski

46 eps

Bernd Michael Lade

Bernd Michael Lade

Kain

46 eps

Sabine Postel

Sabine Postel

Inga Lürsen

40 eps

Richy Müller

Richy Müller

Thorsten Lannert

38 eps

Lisa Bitter

Lisa Bitter

Johanna Stern

25 eps

Jürgen Hartmann

Jürgen Hartmann

Daniel Vogt

33 eps

Gustl Bayrhammer

Gustl Bayrhammer

Melchior Veigl

27 eps

Oliver Mommsen

Oliver Mommsen

Nils Stedefreund

34 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Scene of the Crime actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Scene of the Crime reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Emotional Weight.

Character DepthVery strong7.2

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightStrong6.1

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedPresent5.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityPresent4.6

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

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.

The run

Seasons

57 seasons · 1338 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
199522 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
19702 episodes
6.4IMDb
Best episode · S01E01 Episode 1
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
197111 episodes
6.9IMDb
Best episode · S02E01 Kressin and the dead man in the Fleet
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
197211 episodes
8.2IMDb
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
197311 episodes
8.6IMDb
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
197411 episodes
7.9IMDb
Best episode · S05E11 Episode 11
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
197512 episodes
7.2IMDb
Best episode · S06E05 Episode 5
Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
197611 episodes
6.8IMDb
Best episode · S07E04 Episode 4
Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
197713 episodes
7.1IMDb
Best episode · S08E04 School leaving certificate
Season 9 · Complete
Season 9
197812 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S09E03 Episode 3
Season 10 · Complete
Season 10
197913 episodes
7.7IMDb
Best episode · S10E03 Episode 3
Season 11 · Complete
Season 11
198012 episodes
8.3IMDb
Season 12 · Complete
Season 12
198112 episodes
7.3IMDb
Best episode · S12E07 Duisburg-Ruhrort
Season 13 · Complete
Season 13
198212 episodes
7.3IMDb
Best episode · S13E12 Kuscheltiere
Season 14 · Complete
Season 14
19839 episodes
7.1IMDb
Best episode · S14E03 Miriam
Season 15 · Complete
Season 15
198412 episodes
6.8IMDb
Best episode · S15E07 Two kinds of blood
Season 16 · Complete
Season 16
198512 episodes
7.4IMDb
Best episode · S16E07 Schimanski - The House in the Woods
Season 17 · Complete
Season 17
198612 episodes
8.0IMDb
Best episode · S17E03 Episode 3
Season 18 · Complete
Season 18
198712 episodes
7.8IMDb
Best episode · S18E04 Episode 4
Season 19 · Complete
Season 19
198814 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S19E08 Episode 8
Season 20 · Complete
Season 20
198912 episodes
7.1IMDb
Best episode · S20E08 Blood trail
Season 21 · Complete
Season 21
199011 episodes
7.6IMDb
Best episode · S21E04 Episode 4
Season 22 · Complete
Season 22
199115 episodes
7.1IMDb
Best episode · S22E07 Up to your neck in dirt
Season 23 · Complete
Season 23
199215 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S23E13 Death of a security guard
Season 24 · Complete
Season 24
199318 episodes
6.0IMDb
Best episode · S24E02 Episode 2
Season 25 · Complete
Season 25
199415 episodes
7.4IMDb
Best episode · S25E10 The woman on the street
Season 26 · Complete
Season 26
199522 episodes
7.9IMDb
Best episode · S26E22 Episode 22
Season 27 · Complete
Season 27
199627 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S27E05 Episode 5
Season 28 · Complete
Season 28
199727 episodes
7.4IMDb
Best episode · S28E22 Welcome to Köln
Season 29 · Complete
Season 29
199826 episodes
7.4IMDb
Best episode · S29E12 Köln - Iconoclasm
Season 30 · Complete
Season 30
199929 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S30E09 Köln - Children of Violence
Season 31 · Complete
Season 31
200029 episodes
7.8IMDb
Best episode · S31E27 Quartet in Leipzig
Season 32 · Complete
Season 32
200129 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S32E08 Episode 8
Season 33 · Complete
Season 33
200231 episodes
7.1IMDb
Best episode · S33E17 Episode 17
Season 34 · Complete
Season 34
200333 episodes
7.8IMDb
Best episode · S34E31 Don't say anything
Season 35 · Complete
Season 35
200430 episodes
7.4IMDb
Best episode · S35E29 One Body Too Many
Season 36 · Complete
Season 36
200535 episodes
7.5IMDb
Best episode · S36E18 Episode 18
Season 37 · Complete
Season 37
200632 episodes
7.0IMDb
Best episode · S37E04 The Eternal Evil
Season 38 · Complete
Season 38
200735 episodes
4.6IMDb
Best episode · S38E09 Episode 9
Season 39 · Complete
Season 39
200831 episodes
6.0IMDb
Best episode · S39E13 Episode 13
Season 40 · Complete
Season 40
200934 episodes
6.0IMDb
Best episode · S40E11 Descent into Hell
Season 41 · Complete
Season 41
201035 episodes
5.8IMDb
Best episode · S41E28 Lindholm - The Last Patient
Season 42 · Complete
Season 42
201136 episodes
5.8IMDb
Best episode · S42E07 Episode 7
Season 43 · Complete
Season 43
201235 episodes
5.8IMDb
Best episode · S43E35 Episode 35
Season 44 · Complete
Season 44
201336 episodes
6.0IMDb
Best episode · S44E36 Borowski and the Angel
Season 45 · Complete
Season 45
201436 episodes
5.5IMDb
Best episode · S45E30 Vielleicht
Season 46 · Complete
Season 46
201540 episodes
5.6IMDb
Best episode · S46E14 Happy Easter, Falke
Season 47 · Complete
Season 47
201637 episodes
5.5IMDb
Best episode · S47E03 Episode 3
Season 48 · Complete
Season 48
201735 episodes
5.6IMDb
Best episode · S48E35 Wild Gobi
Season 49 · Complete
Season 49
201837 episodes
5.3IMDb
Best episode · S49E28 Episode 28
Season 50 · Complete
Season 50
201937 episodes
6.0IMDb
Best episode · S50E15 Episode 15
Season 51 · Complete
Season 51
202036 episodes
5.8IMDb
Best episode · S51E04 Episode 4
Season 52 · Complete
Season 52
202133 episodes
5.7IMDb
Best episode · S52E19 Newborn
Season 53 · Complete
Season 53
202236 episodes
6.5IMDb
Best episode · S53E07 Love me!
Season 54 · Complete
Season 54
202335 episodes
6.1IMDb
Best episode · S54E12 Nothing but the truth (1)
Season 55 · Complete
Season 55
202432 episodes
6.8IMDb
Best episode · S55E28 Episode 28
Season 56 · Complete
Season 56
202536 episodes
7.0IMDb
Best episode · S56E12 Siding
Season 57 · Complete
Season 57
202616 episodes
7.2IMDb
Best episode · S57E09 Sashimi Special

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Episode 28

S55E28

Episode 28

8.0IMDb5 votes

After the death of his colleague Grosz, Thorsten Falke is taking a break in the remote St. Joseph monastery when the parish pastor dies in a fire. Child pornography material is found in his estate, which confirms Falke and his colleague Eve Pötter's suspicion that the fire may have been set intentionally.

1 Dec 202490 min

Directed by Lars Kraume
Written by Stefan Dähnert

Still from Episode 22

S33E22

Episode 22

7.9IMDb7 votes

20 Oct 200290 min

Still from Episode 3

S55E03

Episode 3

7.8IMDb5 votes

The opportunity of a lifetime comes to André Stamm out of nowhere. A comrade from his army days offers him a promising job at the investment company “Concreta”. Rocko Andersen made a lot of money from the company. A fancy car and an apartment above the rooftops of the city: André will soon be able to afford all of this. All he has to do is do what company founder Christopher Komann demands of his team: sell, sell, sell! Andre is ready for this. His wife Anja is currently expecting their first child. He wants to offer his family a prosperous life. And in fact: he wins new customers straight away on the job and earns big commissions. But a short time later, things at “Concreta” get completely out of control...

14 Jan 202490 min

Directed by Charlotte Rolfes
Written by Jan Martin Scharf, Arne Nolting

Still from Episode 29

S51E29

Episode 29

7.6IMDb8 votes

8 Nov 202090 min

Directed by Max Zähle
Written by Magnus Vattrodt

Still from Under Fire

S55E24

Under Fire

7.6IMDb5 votes

During a traffic check on a country road, shots are fired in broad daylight - one police officer dies, a second is critically injured. Instead of helping their colleagues, two policewomen flee from the exchange of fire. Dresden police officers Winkler, Gorniak and their boss Schnabel take over the investigation. Under pressure, they coordinate a large-scale search for the perpetrator, who is able to go into hiding.

3 Nov 202490 min

Directed by Jano Ben Chaabane
Written by Christoph Busche

Still from Duisburg-Ruhrort

S12E07

Duisburg-Ruhrort

7.5IMDb6 votes

The body of barge captain Heinz Petschek is found in the Duisburg inland port. He had been beaten and fatally stabbed. Chief Inspector Schimanski and his colleague Christian Thanner must solve this case.

28 Jun 198190 min

Directed by Hajo Gies
Written by Thomas Wittenburg, Horst Vocks

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S57E16

Kings of the Night

7.0IMDb2 votes

3 May 202690 min

Directed by Claudio Fäh
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Still from Against time

S57E15

Against time

7.0IMDb2 votes

26 Apr 202690 min

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Still from Internal Affairs

S57E14

Internal Affairs

7.0IMDb2 votes

19 Apr 202689 min

Directed by Robert Thalheim
Written by Bernd Lange

Still from Showtime

S57E13

Showtime

7.0IMDb4 votes

12 Apr 202690 min

Directed by Isabell Šuba
Written by Jan Martin Scharf, Arne Nolting

Still from Episode 22

S00E22

Episode 22

6 Apr 202645 min

Still from Abiding (2)

S57E12

Abiding (2)

7.3IMDb3 votes

6 Apr 202690 min

Directed by Sven Bohse
Written by Moritz Binder, Johanna Thalmann

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.

Executive production

Sabine TimmermannExecutive Producer
Sabine TimmermannProducer
Veith von FürstenbergProducer
Patricia VasapolloProducer
Holger EllermannExecutive Producer
Katinka SeidtProducer

Writing

Direction

Cinematography

Thomas W. KiennastDirector of Photography
Karl-Friedrich KoschnickDirector of Photography
Theo BierkensDirector of Photography
Lars R. LieboldDirector of Photography
Michael SaxerDirector of Photography
Hanno LentzDirector of Photography

Music

Michael ZlanabitnigOriginal Music Composer
Hartmut BehrsingOriginal Music Composer
Andreas KöbnerOriginal Music Composer
Sebastian PilleOriginal Music Composer
Hans-Peter StröerOriginal Music Composer
Olaf DidolffOriginal Music Composer

Where to watch

Streaming

Availability verified against regional listings.

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