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New Frankfurt 'Tatort' Duo Debuts Oct. 5 With Cold Case Focus

Melika Foroutan steps in as Maryam Azadi beside Edin Hasanović's Hamza Kulina, succeeding the Janneke–Brix era.

Overview

  • The first episode with the Frankfurt team is scheduled to air on ARD on 5 October 2025.
  • The investigators will concentrate on unsolved murders in and around Frankfurt as a dedicated Cold Case unit.
  • Foroutan and Hasanović take over from Margarita Broich and Wolfram Koch, who portrayed Janneke and Paul Brix.
  • Melika Foroutan is known for roles in KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst and the film Pari, and she won the Hessischer Fernsehpreis in 2015.
  • Born in Tehran, Foroutan lives in Berlin with husband Jon Handschin and their two children.