Tatort poster

Tatort

Bienzle - 21 - Bienzle und der Sizilianer

S2005 · E20
Original air time

Times reflect the original schedule reported by the data source and are converted to your time zone. Streaming availability may vary by country.

Episode details

Original air date
Your local date and time
Status
Aired
Season / Episode
2005 / 20
Runtime
90 min
Original network/platform
Das Erste
Data last checked
Original synopsis

Overview

A murder at Stuttgart Airport leads Bienzle to the Allgäu this time. The murder victim, the young Sicilian Luigi Ricci, spent some time there with his brother Giovanni, who runs a thriving pizzeria in Wagenbrunn. What Luigi wanted in Wagenbrunn initially remained hidden from Bienzle. However, certain circumstantial evidence indicates that he was involved with the Mafia. However, Bienzle is also interested in Marlene Mergenthaler. It can be proven that Luigi's girlfriend in Wagenbrunn was at the scene of the crime, left him in a hurry immediately after the murder and shortly afterwards caused a serious car accident. When Bienzle learns that the Italian wanted to leave her, he becomes increasingly suspicious of the girl's behavior. Marlene's jealous ex-boyfriend Simon knew nothing about the upcoming separation. Did he shoot his rival? But as it turns out, Marlene's father was not at all on the side of Luigi either. Bienzle soon comes to the conclusion that the Mergenthaler family clan has at least as mafia-like structures as the Ricci family. However, their involvement with the mafia can no longer be denied. Just now, when Bienzle is investigating in the Allgäu, Hannelore is doing a wellness cure nearby. Now Bienzle is faced with the question of whether he should visit her there or not. Does she possibly want to be left alone or will she end up angry if he doesn't show up to her? This question is at least as difficult to solve for Bienzle as the murder case.

About the show

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 to date. Each of the regional TV channels that 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.

Open show