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ZDF Premieres Ostfriesenhölle Tonight, A Political Ostfriesenkrimi Thriller

The case escalates from a teen’s death to a power-tinged investigation reaching the interior ministry.

Overview

  • The feature-length adaptation airs Saturday at 20:15 on ZDF, with streaming available since 20 December on ZDF’s platform.
  • The story opens with 15-year-old Cosmo collapsing from poisoning on a North Sea beach, followed by his mother’s death.
  • Investigators learn that suspect Marvin is the Lower Saxony interior minister’s grandson, prompting the minister to assign an overseer to the case.
  • Marvin is abducted and the minister is blackmailed, which he keeps from police as kidnappers demand within four days a list of undercover informants in three states.
  • Links emerge to a government-advising consortium tied to arms dealers and a Mexican cartel already under Interpol and LKA scrutiny, pressuring the team to balance operational constraints with a risky rescue plan.