Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Within a few weeks, two murdered lovers were found in the Göhrde state forest in Lower Saxony in the summer of 1989. The popular local recreation area was quickly given the name "Totenwald" in public. When another woman later disappears, in contrast to the previous murders, the police quickly have a suspect on hand: the husband of the disappeared. His brother-in-law, a high-ranking criminal investigator, does not believe in his guilt. The investigation is said to drag on for decades and only after his retirement does he come across revealing inconsistencies in the investigation in the early 1990s. Could this reveal the entire secret of the "forest of the dead"?

Series details

• Title: Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes
• Format: Scripted
• Language: German
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2020-11-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-11-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ARD Mediathek
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 52876
• IMDb ID: tt10776484
• TVDB ID: 392284

Cast and credited roles

• Matthias Brandt — Thomas Bethge
• Karoline Schuch — Anne Bach
• Silke Bodenbender — Barbara Neder
• August Wittgenstein — Jan Gerke
• Nicholas Ofczarek — Robert Neder
• Jenny Schily — Marianne Bethge
• Hildegard Schmahl — Erika Bethge
• Hanno Koffler — Jürgen Becker

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-11-25; final listed air date 2020-11-25; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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