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.