German Series
Dicte
Newly divorced Danish crime reporter Dicte comes into conflict with the local police over the course of an investigation.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Germany • 2013
- Creator Kasper Barfoed
- Cast Iben Hjejle, Lars Brygmann, Lærke Winther Andersen, Emilie Kruse
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Kleo
A former assassin betrayed by her agency embarks on a quest for revenge in this post-Cold War thriller.
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- Germany • 2022
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad
- Cast Jella Haase, Dimitrij Schaad, Julius Feldmeier, Vladimir Burlakov, Vincent Redetzki, Marta Sroka
- Genre Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Lexx
A group of desperate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny finds themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.
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- Canada, Germany, United Kingdom • 1997
- Creator Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Lex Gigeroff
- Cast Brian Downey, Jeffrey Hirschfield, Tom Gallant, Xenia Seeberg
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, VUDU Free, VIX , Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Signal
(Das Signal)
A missing astronaut leaves behind a trail of clues for her family to follow, uncovering world-altering secrets in the process.
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- Germany • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Florian David Fitz, Peri Baumeister, Yuna Bennett
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
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- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
Das Verschwinden
After her 20-year-old daughter disappears without a trace, her mother undertakes an investigation into her daughter's life, discovering more than she bargained for.
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- Germany, Czech Republic • 2017
- Creator Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Elisa Schlott, Stephan Zinner, Golo Euler, Saskia Rosendahl, Nina Kunzendorf
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV
The Empress
(Die Kaiserin)
Elisabeth contends with her obligations as Empress after falling in love with and marrying Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I.
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- Germany • 2022
- Creator Katharina Eyssen
- Cast Devrim Lingnau, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Elisa Schlott, Jördis Triebel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Biohackers
In this high-octane thriller, medical student, Mia, discovers her visionary and eccentric biology professor is abusing advanced biohacking technology.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator Christian Ditter
- Cast Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius Tillmann, Thomas Prenn, Jing Xiang, Caro Cult
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Tribes of Europa
Three siblings fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic Europe broken into warring tribes.
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- Germany • 2021
- Creator Philip Koch
- Cast Emilio Sakraya, Henriette Confurius, David Ali Rashed, Oliver Masucci, Melika Foroutan, James Faulkner
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Before We Die
(Innan vi dör)
Stockholm police inspector Hanna is drawn into her colleague and lover's investigation of a criminal motorcycle gang when he disappears.
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- Sweden, Germany, Norway • 2017
- Creator Wilhelm Behrman, Niklas Rockström
- Cast Marie Richardson, Adam Pålsson, Magnus Krepper, Cedomir Djordjevic
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Perfume
(Parfum)
An old group of friends are investigated after one of them is murdered.
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- Germany • 2018
- Creator Oliver Berben, Philipp Kadelbach, Eva Kranenburg
- Cast Friederike Becht, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Juergen Maurer, Ken Duken, Natalia Belitski, August Diehl
- Genre Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Fix and Foxi
(Fix und Foxi)
Based on the beloved German comic series “Fix and Foxi.”
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- Germany, Spain, Australia • 1999
- Creator Rolf Kauka
- Cast
- Genre Animation, Kids
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Plex, myfilmfriend, Plex Channel
Spy/Master
An advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu during the Cold War, who is also a secret agent for the KGB, escapes to the US in search of a new life.
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- Germany, Romania • 2023
- Creator Kirsten Peters, Adina Sădeanu
- Cast Ana Ularu, Svenja Jung, Aidan McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, Nico Mirallegro
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Weissensee
Romeo and Juliet meets the communist East Berlin of the 1980s.
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- Germany • 2010
- Creator Friedemann Fromm
- Cast Florian Lukas, Uwe Kockisch, Jörg Hartmann, Ruth Reinecke, Katrin Sass, Anna Loos
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
The Turncoat
(Der Überläufer)
During World War II, a young German soldier questions whether his priorities should be to his country or his conscience.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator
- Cast Jannis Niewöhner, Małgorzata Mikołajczak, Leonie Benesch, Rainer Bock, Katharina Schüttler, Bjarne Mädel
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
A Perfect Crime
(Rohwedder)
A docuseries about the unsolved assassination of German politician Detlev Rohwedder.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Christian Beetz
- Cast Oliver Reissig, Beate Malkus, Tom Pilath, Juliane Werner, Peter Miklusz, Alfred Hartung
- Genre Erotic
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
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- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
Queer Eye Germany
Five experts in lifestyle, fashion, beauty, health, and design dazzle a nation and transform lives in this makeover series.
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- Germany • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Jan-Henrik Scheper-Stuke, Aljosha Muttardi, Ayan Yuruk, Leni Bolt
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Killing
(Forbrydelsen)
It's Inspector Sarah Lund's last day at work until a dead body is found with links to a local politician.
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- Denmark, Norway, Sweden • 2007
- Creator Søren Sveistrup
- Cast Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Plex, Topic Apple TV Channel
Charité at War
(Charité)
Doctors at a Berlin hospital struggle under the political pressure of the Nazi regime.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Sönke Wortmann, Anno Saul
- Cast Mala Emde, Ulrich Noethen, Jannik Schümann, Luise Wolfram, Artjom Gilz, Jacob Matschenz
- Genre Drama
- Available on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
Sleeping Dog
(Schlafende Hunde)
A former detective, now living on the streets, searches for the truth after a suicide raises doubts about a supposedly closed case.
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- Germany • 2023
- Creator Noah Stollman, Oded Davidoff
- Cast Max Riemelt, Luise von Finckh, Carlo Ljubek, Peri Baumeister, Antonio Wannek, Mélodie Wakivuamina
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Gomorrah
(Gomorra - La serie)
Ciro, a member of the brutal Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra, must navigate the dangers of the criminal underworld.
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- Italy, Germany • 2014
- Creator Roberto Saviano
- Cast Salvatore Esposito, Marco D'Amore, Ivana Lotito, Arturo Muselli
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Departure
An aviation investigator is called in to investigate a plane that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Canada, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Creator Vincent Shiao
- Cast Archie Panjabi, Christopher Plummer, Kristen Holden-Ried, Jason O'Mara
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, Peacock
Napoleon
(Napoléon)
Expert soldier and tactician Napoleon Bonaparte rises from an unpaid soldier to the most powerful man in Europe.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2002
- Creator Yves Simoneau, Max Gallo
- Cast Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Pagan Peak
(Der Pass)
When a gruesomely staged body is found on a mountain pass in the Alps near the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate.
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- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Creator Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Dominic Marcus Singer
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Plex, Topic Apple TV Channel, Plex Channel
Holiday Secrets
(Zeit der Geheimnisse)
A family reunion at Christmas opens up the past, showing the intimate complexities of one family's history.
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- Germany • 2019
- Creator Katharina Eyssen
- Cast Corinna Harfouch, Christiane Paul, Svenja Jung, Leonie Benesch, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Golo Euler
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Eddy
A jazz club owner is desperate to pay off his debt.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2020
- Creator Jack Thorne
- Cast André Holland, Joanna Kulig, Amandla Stenberg, Tahar Rahim, Leïla Bekhti, Adil Dehbi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Shadowplay
(Schatten der Mörder – Shadowplay)
An American cop arrives in post-World War II Berlin to fight the violent crimes threatening the city.
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- France, Germany, Canada • 2020
- Creator Måns Mårlind
- Cast Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall, Nina Hoss, Sebastian Koch, Tuppence Middleton, Logan Marshall-Green
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Oh Hell
Otherwise known as "Hell," 24-year-old Helene does not have it all figured out. But that won't stop her from trying to live the life she always imagined on her own terms.
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- Germany • 2022
- Creator Johannes Boss
- Cast Mala Emde, Edin Hasanović, Salka Weber, Knut Berger, Deborah Kaufmann, Thomas Loibl
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Deutschland
A young spy comes of age in the divided Germany of 1983 where everyone is hiding something.
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- Germany • 2015
- Creator Anna Winger
- Cast Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Faking Hitler
The drama of the fascist conman responsible for forging history and truth.
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- Germany • 2021
- Creator
- Cast Lars Eidinger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sinje Irslinger, Daniel Donskoy, Ulrich Tukur, Hans-Jochen Wagner
- Genre Drama
- Available on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
Deadwind
(Karppi)
Recently widowed detective Sofia Karppi investigates the murder of a woman with ties to Helsinki wind power research firm, Tempo.
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- Finland, Germany, France • 2018
- Creator Rike Jokela
- Cast Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola, Ville Myllyrinne
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
You Are Wanted
A man works to prove his innocence after a hacker implicates him in a crime.
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Richard Kropf, Hanno Hackfort
- Cast Matthias Schweighöfer
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Arthur's Law
(Arthurs Gesetz)
Everyone needs a little luck now and then. Even murderers.
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- Germany • 2018
- Creator Benjamin Gutsche
- Cast Jan Josef Liefers, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, David Bredin, Ronald Kukulies, Michael Klammer
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
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- Germany, United States • 2017
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Freud
Young psychiatrist Sigmund Freud investigates a murder while navigating Viennese high society, drug addiction, and academic ridicule.
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- Austria, Germany • 2020
- Creator Marvin Kren, Benjamin Hessler, Stefan Brunner
- Cast Manuel Ossenkopf
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Frozen Planet
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- United Kingdom, United States, Spain • 2011
- Creator David Attenborough
- Cast David Attenborough
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Smurfs
(Les Schtroumpfs)
Blue, small, and only three apples tall, the Smurfs are back and Smurfier than ever.
- Belgium, United States, France • 2021
- Creator Peyo
- Cast Jean-Loup Horwitz, Anna Ramade, Emmanuel Curtil, Jérémy Prévost, Antoine Schoumsky, Kaycie Chase
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix Kids, fuboTV, VIX , Spectrum On Demand, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
We Children from Bahnhof Zoo
(Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo)
Six teenagers fight for their dreams, leaving behind all the problems with parents and teachers.
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- Germany, Czech Republic, Italy • 2021
- Creator Annette Hess
- Cast Jana McKinnon, Lena Urzendowsky, Lea Drinda, Bruno Alexander, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, Jeremias Meyer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Bridge
(Bron/Broen)
Detectives from neighboring countries must work together on the case of a body found on the Swedish-Danish border.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Creator Hans Rosenfeldt
- Cast Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjær, Sarah Boberg, Selma Modéer Wiking, Rafael Pettersson
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Plex, Topic Apple TV Channel
Unorthodox
A young Hasidic Jewish woman flees to Berlin.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator Alexa Karolinski, Anna Winger
- Cast Shira Haas, Tamar Amit-Joseph, Aaron Altaras, Ronit Asheri, Felix Mayr
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
4 Blocks
Toni Hamady is tired of running a crime gang and wishes to turn his life around, but life has other plans...
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- Germany • 2017
- Creator Hanno Hackfort, Bob Konrad, Richard Kropf
- Cast Frederick Lau
- Genre Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Dogs of Berlin
They're about to cross a line.
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- Germany • 2018
- Creator Christian Alvart
- Cast Felix Kramer
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
We Are the Wave
(Wir Sind Die Welle)
A mysterious classmate leads four idealistic teens in a revolt against a rising tide of nationalistic fervor, but their movement takes a dark turn.
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- Germany • 2019
- Creator Peter Thorwarth, Jan Berger, Dennis Gansel
- Cast Luise Befort, Ludwig Simon, Michelle Barthel, Mohamed Issa, Daniel Friedl
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Around the World in 80 Days
Phileas Fogg, his valet Passepartout, and journalist Abigail Fix attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.
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- France, Germany, Italy • 2021
- Creator Ashley Pharoah, Caleb Ranson
- Cast David Tennant, Leonie Benesch, Ibrahim Koma
- Genre Action & Adventure, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Billion Dollar Code
A David and Goliath story, with Google as Goliath.
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- Germany • 2021
- Creator Robert Thalheim, Oliver Ziegenbalg
- Cast Leonard Scheicher, Marius Ahrendt, Mark Waschke, Mišel Matičević, Lavinia Wilson, Seumas F. Sargent
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Berlin Station
Daniel Miller moves from American to work undercover in Berlin.
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- United States, Germany • 2016
- Creator Olen Steinhauer
- Cast Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Leland Orser, Tamlyn Tomita
- Genre Action & Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video
Generation War
(Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter)
Five German friends leave for war and promise each other to be back in time for Christmas.
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- Germany • 2013
- Creator Philipp Kadelbach
- Cast Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte, Miriam Stein, Mark Waschke
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Plex, Freevee, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Inspector Rex
(Kommissar Rex)
Rex the German Shepherd and the team in the Viennese homicide investigation unit work together to solve murders.
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- Austria, Germany • 1994
- Creator Peter Hajek, Peter Moser
- Cast Alexander Pschill, Elke Winkens
- Genre Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
1899
Immigrants on a steamship encounter a mysterious second ship adrift at sea.
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- Germany, United States • 2022
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast Emily Beecham, Andreas Pietschmann, Aneurin Barnard, Isabella Wei, Maciej Musiał, Yann Gael
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
A high school nerd becomes the biggest online ecstasy dealer in Europe in an attempt to win back his ex-girlfriend.
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- Germany • 2019
- Creator Philipp Kässbohrer, Matthias Murmann
- Cast Maximilian Mundt, Lena Klenke, Danilo Kamperidis, Damian Hardung, Lena Urzendowsky, Leonie Wesselow
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Scene of the Crime
(Tatort)
German, Austrian, and Swiss police solve complex crimes in this long-running crime procedural.
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- West Germany, Austria, Switzerland • 1970
- Creator Günter Rohrbach, Gunther Witte
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice