Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
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Scene of the Crime

6.2
Yr 1970
Status Returning Series
Drama Crime
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Overview

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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CA • US
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US
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US • CA
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US
Why fans love it

This series spans decades and borders, turning the police procedural into a geography of central European life. By anchoring its criminal investigations in specific regional cultures across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the show avoids the trap of a singular, generic atmosphere. Every episode offers a distinct look at local life where the setting functions as its own character rather than a simple backdrop for police work.

The longevity of the format allows a rotation of investigators like Manfred Krug to define the tone of their own local jurisdictions. This keeps the crime drama from settling into a repetitive rhythm. Because each region maintains a different narrative style, the experience shifts from one episode to the next, reflecting the varied landscape of three different nations. It remains a fixture of television because it adapts to its environment instead of imposing a uniform style on every case.

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Cast

Credited 75
Regulars 6
Longest run 105 eps
Manfred Krug
Manfred Krug
as Paul Stoever
41 episodes
Ulrike Folkerts
Ulrike Folkerts
as Lena Odenthal
83 episodes
Axel Prahl
Axel Prahl
as Frank Thiel
48 episodes
Michael Fitz
Michael Fitz
as Carlo Menzinger
44 episodes
Peter Espeloer
Peter Espeloer
as Peter Becker
35 episodes
Willy Semmelrogge
Willy Semmelrogge
as Willy Kreutzer
24 episodes
Andrea Sawatzki
Andrea Sawatzki
as Charlotte Sänger
21 episodes
Chiem van Houweninge
Chiem van Houweninge
as Hänschen
23 episodes
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Charles Brauer as Peter Brockmöller 40 episodes Rita Russek as Hannelore Schmiedinger 26 episodes Tessa Mittelstaedt as Franziska Lüttgenjohann 47 episodes Annekathrin Bürger as Frederike 19 episodes Simone Thomalla as Eva Saalfeld 23 episodes Boris Aljinovic as Felix Stark 30 episodes Dietz-Werner Steck as Ernst Bienzle 30 episodes Ernst-Georg Schwill as Lutz Weber 29 episodes Eva Mattes as Klara Blum 33 episodes Tilo Prückner as Eduard Holicek 23 episodes Justine Hauer as Annika Beck 22 episodes Sebastian Bezzel as Kai Perlmann 29 episodes Jörg Schüttauf as Fritz Dellwo 23 episodes Christian Tasche as Von Prinz 29 episodes Martin Wuttke as Andreas Keppler 26 episodes Annalena Schmidt as Edith Keller 38 episodes Carolina Vera as Emilia Alvarez 23 episodes Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Edgar Brinkmann 39 episodes Hans-Günter Martens as Friedrichs 19 episodes Ulrich Matschoss as Karl Königsberg 19 episodes Martin Brambach as Peter Michael Schnabel 30 episodes Wolfram Koch as Paul Brix 26 episodes Hans-Jochen Wagner as Friedemann Berg 22 episodes Mark Waschke as Robert Karow 26 episodes Jörg Hartmann as Peter Faber 33 episodes Eberhard Feik as Christian Thanner 32 episodes Eva Löbau as Franziska Tobler 19 episodes Margarita Broich as Anna Janneke 22 episodes Wotan Wilke Möhring as Thorsten Falke 27 episodes Maxim Mehmet as Wolfgang Menzel 21 episodes Dominic Raacke as Till Ritter 39 episodes Adele Neuhauser as Bibi Fellner 40 episodes Axel Milberg as Klaus Borowski 46 episodes Stefan Gubser as Reto Flückiger 21 episodes Mimi Fiedler as Nika Banovic 20 episodes Barbara Philipp as Magda Wächter 19 episodes Bernd Michael Lade as Kain 46 episodes Sabine Postel as Inga Lürsen 40 episodes Richy Müller as Thorsten Lannert 38 episodes Willy Harlander as Josef Brettschneider 21 episodes Lisa Bitter as Johanna Stern 25 episodes Jürgen Hartmann as Daniel Vogt 33 episodes Gustl Bayrhammer as Melchior Veigl 27 episodes Oliver Mommsen as Nils Stedefreund 34 episodes Anna Schudt as Martina Bönisch 23 episodes Harald Krassnitzer as Moritz Eisner 62 episodes Friederike Kempter as Nadeshda Krusenstern 38 episodes Thomas Kügel as Roland Schladitz 37 episodes Klaus J. Behrendt as Max Ballauf 105 episodes Dietmar Bär as Freddy Schenk 98 episodes Miroslav Nemec as Ivo Batic 102 episodes Helmut Fischer as Ludwig Lenz 24 episodes Roland Riebeling as Norbert Jütte 21 episodes Götz George as Horst Schimanski 33 episodes Udo Wachtveitl as Franz Leitmayr 100 episodes Ferdinand Hofer as Kalli Hammermann 29 episodes Hansjörg Felmy as Heinz Haferkamp 20 episodes Felix Klare as Sebastian Bootz 36 episodes Mechthild Großmann as Wilhelmine Klemm 47 episodes Camilla Renschke as Helen Reinders 33 episodes Claus Dieter Clausnitzer as Herbert Thiel 44 episodes Peter Sodann as Bruno Ehrlicher 45 episodes Maria Furtwängler as Charlotte Lindholm 32 episodes Werner Schumacher as Eugen Lutz 21 episodes Christine Urspruch as Silke 'Alberich' Haller 48 episodes Joe Bausch as Joseph Roth 52 episodes Jan Josef Liefers as Karl-Friedrich Boerne 48 episodes
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police criminal investigation crime investigation police procedural
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Details

First Aired
November 29, 1970
Status
Returning Series
Origin
AT, CH, DE
TMDB Votes
125