Overview
- The new installment is scheduled on Das Erste for Sunday, January 4 at 20:15 as Berg and Tobler return for their 16th Freiburg case.
- Suspended from duty after earlier family revelations, Friedemann Berg finds a frightened girl, Eliza, hidden in a grandfather clock as blood traces trigger a criminal investigation.
- Police later retrieve the girl’s presumed father from a nearby reservoir with stones in his clothing, while the mother remains missing and investigators explore a possible domestic-violence scenario with guidance from Dr. Kaltenstein.
- Eliza speaks little and fixates on a Walkman loop of the Grimm tale “Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein,” a motif that shapes both the narrative and the inquiry.
- Preview coverage describes a bleak Schwarzwald production that blends psychological drama with horror elements, including jump scares, strong performances, and a disquieting tone.