4.090 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe hacker Olga asks the private investigator Dengler for help after a friend's baby was bitten by a rat at night. She suspects that the real estate investor Jan Kröger is behind the matter, who wants to evict the old tenants from the Kreuzberg building. The former BKA target investigator is supposed to uncover the eviction scandal in which the tenants are terrorized using criminal methods...
Georg Dengler is a private investigator after his unpleasant departure from the BKA. His missions, which are often very politically explosive, take him to all areas of Germany and also to other European countries. His experience and connections from his time at the BKA benefit him, and he now mostly works with the people he previously had to hunt down. The series is a film adaptation of the Dengler novels by Wolfgang Schorlau and has been broadcast on ZDF since 2015. A characteristic feature of Schorlau's works is the criticism of social and political conditions; the films in the series are often based on true events, but the specific plot is fictitious.
Acting
Zehrfeld's exhausted eyes carry ten years of BKA trauma.
Writing
Ripped-from-headlines plots that aged terrifyingly well.
Creator
Sascha Ommert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Author Wolfgang Schorlau consulted on real BKA cases; several Dengler plots mirror scandals that broke years later.
The series captures post-2015 Germany's anxiety about refugee integration, surveillance, and EU instability—making its cancellation after one season feel politically pointed.
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