New Münster “crime scene”
Broadcast date finally announced
Start of shooting photo for the Münster crime thriller “Tatort: The Devil’s Long Breath” (from left): Frank Thiel (Axel Prahl), Herbert Thiel (Claus D. Clausnitzer), KK Annika Kröger (Banafshe Hourmazdi), public prosecutor Klemm (Mechthild Großmann), Francis Meletzky (director) and Prof. Karl-Friedrich Boerne (Jan Josef Liefers).
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For all Boerne and Thiel fans, the wait will soon be over: The broadcast date for the next Münster “Tatort” has been set.
Since the beginning of May, the fans of the Münster investigators have been sitting around Chief Detective Frank Thiel and forensic doctor Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Boerne on dry land. Because with the “Tatort: Rhythm and Love”, the only Sunday thriller with the popular team was broadcast this year. But now land is in sight: The “Tatort: The Devil’s Long Breath” has finally got its broadcast date. According to the broadcaster, the new case will be shown on January 16, 2022 at 8:15 p.m. on Erste.
And one more reason to be happy: This is the 40th and thus an anniversary case in the anniversary year for the actors Jan Josef Liefers (57, Boerne), Axel Prahl (61, Thiel) and their colleagues, all of whom have been working since 2002 are at the start. ChrisTine Urspruch (51) as Boerne’s assistant Silke Haller, Mechthild Großmann (72) as prosecutor Wilhelmine Klemm and Claus D. Clausnitzer (82) as Thiel’s father Herbert will be back in the next case.
This is what the “Tatort: The Devil’s Long Breath” is all about
Complete blackout: After waking up, Inspector Thiel cannot explain how he ended up in this hotel room. And what are Prof. Boerne and the big plush koala doing on the edge of his bed? But it gets worse: a body was found nearby in the forest. It is about Thiel’s ex-boss from his time at the Hamburg homicide squad, whom he has not seen for years. Or is it? Prof. Boerne is fascinated by Thiel’s amnesia and accompanies him in the search for clues …