Scripted series · ORF 1
Woman of the Dead
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Anna Maria Mühe
Brünhilde Blum
12 eps
Romina Küper
Dunja
6 eps
Emilia Pieske
Nela Thaler
6 eps
Michou Friesz
Johanna Schönborn
6 eps
Gerhard Liebmann
Sebastian Hackspiel
6 eps
Felix Klare
Massimo Ricci
6 eps
Yousef Sweid
Reza Shadid
6 eps
Simon Schwarz
Herbert Jaunig
6 eps
Robert Palfrader
Wilhelm Danzberger
6 eps
Gregor Bloéb
Bertl Puch
6 eps
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Karl Thaler
6 eps
Shenja Lacher
Edwin Schönborn
6 eps
Andrea Wenzl
Ute Ricci
6 eps
Maximilian Kraus
Mark Thaler
6 eps
Julia Wozek
Gerda
6 eps
Robert Reinagl
Thomas Behringer
6 eps
Franz Josef Danner
Wachmann
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Woman of the Dead actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Woman of the Dead reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In a vengeful quest to find out who killed her husband, a woman ends up exposing her small community's deepest and ugliest secrets.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 12 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20226 episodes
7.3IMDbWhen a suspicious car crash tears a woman's life apart, her quest for revenge ensnares her in a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of her small town.
Best episode · S01E06 To the End
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20256 episodes
6.7IMDbBest episode · S02E06 Prisoners
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
A Mother's Love
Blum confronts Mrs. Schönborn, certain that she is behind kidnapping her son before luring another member of the gang into a deadly trap.
S02E06
Prisoners
When Blum and Wallner learn where Nela is being held, they hatch a risky plan to get her out — before it's too late.
S02E05
The Deal
As the bodies pile up, Blum is left with only one option. Wallner starts to see the bigger picture and almost pays for it with her life.
S02E01
Plastic Wrap
When an exhumation threatens to uncover evidence of Blum's crimes, she and Reza get their stories straight before the police arrive.
S02E02
Limbo
With both a mysterious new enemy and a dogged intelligence officer on her tail, Blum strikes out on her own to chase the only lead she has.
S02E04
4EVER
Wallner has trouble believing Reza. After proposing a hostage exchange with Sarkissian, Blum loses her only leverage.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
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.
Direction
- Nicolai RohdeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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