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Black Forest Tatort ‘Das jüngste Geißlein’ Recasts a Grimm Tale With a Chilling Edge

Critics single out a horror‑inflected style with a haunting child performance.

Overview

  • The new Schwarzwald Tatort airs on January 4 at 20:15 on Das Erste, reworking ‘The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats’ into a modern crime drama.
  • Suspended detective Friedemann Berg discovers Eliza hiding inside a grandfather clock in a snowbound village house as blood traces suggest foul play.
  • Eliza repeatedly listens to the Grimm tale on a Walkman and speaks little to anyone, using the story as her frame of reference.
  • Police recover the father’s body from a reservoir weighted with stones, the mother remains missing, and a psychologist seeks to shield the child from questioning.
  • Reviews describe one of the darker Schwarzwald entries, noting horror elements, wintry Black Forest imagery, and standout work by young actor Hanna Heckt.