Dark Woods (Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes)
In the summer of 1989, Barbara Neder (Silke Bodenbender), the sister of high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas Bethge (Matthias Brandt), disappears without a trace from her house. Shortly before two couples had been cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands. Artist Hans Lingner is quickly under suspicion – he lives on the edge of the forest and is a gun enthusiast. The links between the earlier murder cases and the “Killer Forest” and Barbara’s disappearance are not initially picked up by the investigators. Instead the police begin to suspect Barbara’s husband Robert (Nicholas Ofczarek) who was in the process of divorcing his wife. Their daughter Theresa suffers greatly from her mother’s disappearance and the suspicions surrounding her father, making her too believe her father may be her mother’s murderer.
Meanwhile, the brother of the missing woman – Head of the Hamburg State Office of Criminal Investigation – Bethge – faces the most difficult task of this life because as a Hamburg police officer he is not permitted to investigate a crime in Lower Saxony. He then seeks support from his colleagues Anne Bach (Karoline Schuch) and Frank Behringer (Andreas Lust). Bethge’s quest for justice continues long after his retirement as he and his team eventually, through painstaking and meticulous research, finally get on the track of a suspected serial killer.
Picture: Christiane Pausch
TV-Quote Teil 1: Primetime Sieger mit 20,5% | 6,55 Mio. Zuschauer
TV-Quote Teil 2: Primetime Sieger mit 16,9% | 5,37 Mio. Zuschauer
TV-Quote Teil 3: Primetime Sieger mit 16,2% | 5,30 Mio. Zuschauer
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Awards
2022 | ROLAND-Filmpreis - category "Best Production" and "Best Actor" Nicholas Ofczarek |
2022 | New York TV & Film Award Gold - category "Crime Drama" |
2022 | New York TV & Film Award Gold - category "Best Production Design/Art Direction" - Oliver Hoese |
2022 | New York TV & Film Award Gold - category "Best Direction" - Sven Bohse |
2021 | "German Academy for TV"-Award: "Best Editors" Julia Karg & Kai Minierski |
2021 | "German Academy for TV"-Award: "Best Director" Sven Bohse |
2021 | Nomination "C21 International Drama Awards" - "Best Miniseries" |
2021 | Karoline Schuch "Bavarian TV Award" for "Best Actress" |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best Lead Actor" Matthias Brandt |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best Screenplay" Stefan Kolditz |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best DOP" Michael Schreitel |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best Costume Design" Maria Schicker |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best Make-Up" Jeanette Latzelsberger & Gregor Eckstein |
2021 | Nomination "German Academy for TV"-Award - category "Best Executive Producers" Marc Conrad, Maren Knieling & Jan S. Kaiser |
2021 | Nomination Seoul International Drama Awards - category "Best Mini-Series" |
2021 | "German TV"-Award for "Best Production Design" Oliver Hoese (Set Design), Maria Schicker (Costume Design), Jeanette Latzelsberger & Gregor Eckstein (Make-Up) |
2021 | Nomination "German TV"-Award - category "Best Screenplay" Stefan Kolditz |
2021 | Nomination "German TV"-Award - category "Best Leading Actor" Matthias Brandt |
2021 | Nomination "German TV"-Award - category "Best Mini-Series" |
2021 | Nomination Matthias Brandt "Deutscher Schauspielpreis" - category "Best Leading Actor" |
2021 | Nomination Mirco Kreibich "Deutscher Schauspielpreis" - category "Best Supporting Actor" |
2021 | Nomination "Deutsches FernsehKrimi-Festival" - category "Best Crime Series" |
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„Exzellent inszenierter Film“ - tittelbach.tv
„Intensiv und verstörend - Das geht unter die Haut“ - TV Movie
„TV-Ereignis extrem packend erzählt“ - TV Spielfilm
„Eine der besten Serien des Jahres“ - Stern
„punktet mit Atmosphäre und Top-Besetzung“ - TV Digital
„Eine Verdichtung von glaubhaft verkörperten Charakterstudien der alten Bundesrepublik. Eine parallele Erzählung zur Wirklichkeit‘‘- Zeit Online
„Was 'Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes' von anderen Krimis unterscheidet, ist nicht nur der Kitzel einer wahren Geschichte, sondern auch der Detailreichtum an Ermittlungen.“ - Weser Kurier
„Fesselnd bis zuletzt, entwickelt eine Sogwirkung“ - Der Tagesspiegel
„Erstaunlich ist, dass 'Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes' seine hohe Spannung und Dramatik hält, obwohl über die Auflösung schon so oft berichtet wurde.“ - Berliner Zeitung
Cast & Crew
Executive Producers |
Marc Conrad (ConradFilm), Maren Knieling (Bavaria Fiction), Jan S. Kaiser (Bavaria Fiction) |
Co-production company |
ConradFilm |
Broadcasters |
ARD, NDR |
Commissioning Editors |
Christian Granderath (NDR), Sabine Holtgreve (NDR), Carolin Haasis (DEGETO) |
Screenplay |
Stefan Kolditz |
Director |
Sven Bohse |
Director of Photography |
Michael Schreitel |
Cast |
Matthias Brandt, Karoline Schuch, Silke Bodenbender, Nicholas Ofczarek, Hanno Koffler, August Wittgenstein, Moritz Grove, Jenny Schily, Hildegard Schmahl, Andreas Lust, Mirco Kreibich, Karsten Antonio Mielke, Janina Fautz, Anne Werner, Nadeshda Brennicke, Barbara Romaner, Pheline Roggan, Nikola Kastner uvm. |
Casting |
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Line Producer |
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Head of Production |
Frank Lübke |
Set Design |
Oliver Hoese |
Costume Design |
Maria Schicker |
Make-Up |
Jeanette Latzelsberger, Gregor Eckstein |
Editors |
Julia Karg, Kai Minierski |