Overview

• The episode airs Sunday at 20:15 on ARD, introducing investigators Maryam Azadi (Melika Foroutan) and Hamza Kulina (Edin Hasanović).
• The new Frankfurt team operates a dedicated unit for unsolved murders, with the debut case triggered by human remains found during an estate clearance.
• ‘Dunkelheit’ takes inspiration from the 2014 Schwalbach case involving Manfred S., referenced in coverage as the Hessen or Main Ripper.
• Sommerhaus produced the episode, directed and co-written by Stefan Schaller with Senad Halilbašić and Erol Yesilkaya, and filmed by cinematographer Yunus Roy Imer.
• Two further Frankfurt films are completed, with follow-up ‘Licht’ scheduled for Nov. 30 after shoots across Frankfurt and nearby towns including Heusenstamm, Offenbach, Oberursel, Wiesbaden and Eschborn.