Tatort: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland. The first episode was broadcast on November 29, 1970. The opening sequence for the series has remained the same throughout the decades, which remains highly unusual for any such long-running TV series up to date.

Each of the regional TV channels which together form ARD, plus ORF and SF, produces its own episodes, starring its own police inspector, some of which, like the discontinued Schimanski, have become cultural icons.

The show appears on DasErste and ORF 2 on Sundays at 8:15 p.m. and currently about 30 episodes are made per year. As of March 2013, 865 episodes in total have been produced.

Tatort is currently being broadcast in the United States on the MHz Worldview channel under the name Scene of the Crime.

Series details

• Title: Tatort
• Format: Scripted
• Language: German
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1970-11-29
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Das Erste
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 90 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 6446
• IMDb ID: tt0806910
• TVDB ID: 83214

Cast and credited roles

• Klaus Schwarzkopf — Finke
• Gregor Weber — Stefan Deininger
• Felix Klare — Sebastian Bootz
• Joachim Krol — Frank Steier
• Andrea Sawatzki — Charlotte Sänger
• Jörg Schüttauf — Friedrich Dellwo
• Andreas Hoppe — Mario Kopper
• Ulrike Folkerts — Lena Odenthal
• Oliver Mommsen — Nils Stedefreund
• Sabine Postel — Inga Lürsen
• Ingo Naujoks — Martin Felser
• Maria Furtwängler — Charlotte Lindholm

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1970: premiered 1970-11-29; final listed air date 1970-12-12; episode order: 2.
• Season 1971: premiered 1971-01-10; final listed air date 1971-12-19; episode order: 11.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-02-09; final listed air date 1972-12-10; episode order: 11.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-01-07; final listed air date 1973-12-09; episode order: 11.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-01-20; final listed air date 1974-12-08; episode order: 11.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-01-19; final listed air date 1975-12-07; episode order: 12.
• Season 1976: premiered 1976-01-18; final listed air date 1976-12-05; episode order: 11.
• Season 1977: premiered 1977-01-02; final listed air date 1977-12-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 1978: premiered 1978-01-01; final listed air date 1978-12-03; episode order: 12.
• Season 1979: premiered 1979-01-14; final listed air date 1979-12-16; episode order: 13.
• Season 1980: premiered 1980-01-13; final listed air date 1980-12-14; episode order: 12.
• Season 1981: premiered 1981-01-11; final listed air date 1981-12-13; episode order: 12.
• Season 1982: premiered 1982-01-10; final listed air date 1982-12-12; episode order: 12.
• Season 1983: premiered 1983-01-09; final listed air date 1983-11-06; episode order: 9.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-01-08; final listed air date 1984-12-09; episode order: 12.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-01-06; final listed air date 1985-12-29; episode order: 12.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-01-26; final listed air date 1986-12-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 1987: premiered 1987-01-25; final listed air date 1987-12-27; episode order: 12.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-01-24; final listed air date 1988-12-28; episode order: 14.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-01-22; final listed air date 1989-12-27; episode order: 12.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-01-21; final listed air date 1990-12-09; episode order: 11.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-01-01; final listed air date 1991-12-29; episode order: 15.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-01-19; final listed air date 1992-12-20; episode order: 15.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-01-03; final listed air date 1993-12-19; episode order: 18.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-01-23; final listed air date 1994-12-11; episode order: 15.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-01-01; final listed air date 1995-11-26; episode order: 22.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-01-01; final listed air date 1996-12-29; episode order: 27.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-01-12; final listed air date 1997-12-28; episode order: 27.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-01-18; final listed air date 1998-12-27; episode order: 26.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-01-10; final listed air date 1999-12-19; episode order: 29.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tatort on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.