
Tatort
Flückiger - 13 - Zwei Leben
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Episode details
- Original air date
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- Status
- Aired
- Season / Episode
- 2017 / 23
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Original network/platform
- Das Erste
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Overview
Long-distance bus driver Beni Gisler (Michael Neuenschwander) sees the man on the bridge, but he can no longer do anything. The body slams against the windshield and is thrown away. In his previous life, Gisler was a train driver and was involved in suicides several times. The recent incident therefore awakens traumatic memories. Commissioner Flückiger (Stefan Gubser) knows Gisler from his military days. Supported by the responsible psychologist of the care team (Stephanie Japp), he takes care of Gisler. It soon turns out that the dead man had a high dose of benzodiazepine in his blood. Under the circumstances, there was no way he could have thrown himself off the bridge. The identity of the possible victim also raises questions. Commissioner Flückiger andColleague Liz Ritschard (Delia Mayer) begins to investigate. Clarifying the victim's true identity proves to be the first challenge. A trail leads her into the construction industry. The former patron (Markus Graf) of a now successful construction company has similarities with the victim. However, he is said to have died 13 years ago. What are his widow (Saskia Vester) and son (Roland Bonjour) hiding? At the same time as the investigations are being carried out, Flückiger is struggling with his personal connection to the case. The fate of his comrade Gisler will not let him go. Gisler struggles with severe stress disorders and aggressive outbursts. Despite the psychologist's therapeutic help, he swears to personally hold the perpetrator accountable.
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.
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