Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime (Season 20)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Writer: Hans Kelch
Air date: 1989-01-22
Runtime: 90 min
Episode 2 (Episode 2) 7.0
Writer: Ulrich Kressin
Air date: 1989-02-19
Runtime: 90 min
The Pott (Episode 3) 8.0
Writer: Thomas Wesskamp
Air date: 1989-04-09
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: A pot of half a million marks - donations for workers who want to prevent the closure of their factory by occupying the factory - disappears after a brutal robbery; and shortly afterwards one of them, the union official Broegger, is murdered. The atmosphere in Duisburg is heated, speculation is spreading. Schimanski knows that the case must be solved as quickly as possible. But now, of all times, his friend and colleague Thanner has left him; he has gone to Bonn, to a branch of the BKA.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Writer: Peter Laemmle
Air date: 1989-05-14
Runtime: 94 min
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1989-05-28
Runtime: 90 min
Episode 6 (Episode 6) 7.0
Air date: 1989-07-09
Runtime: 90 min
Episode 7 (Episode 7) 1.0
Air date: 1989-07-30
Runtime: 90 min
Blood trail (Episode 8) 7.0
Writer: Peter Steinbach
Air date: 1989-08-20
Runtime: 86 min
Overview: Two Polish truck drivers are brutally murdered by an Arab hit squad at a scrap yard in Duisburg. At the same time, the exiled Pole Leczek, scrapyard owner and pimp, is apparently to be executed. But the attack fails. Schimanski and Thanner, who both witness the attack, can't believe their eyes.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1989-10-01
Runtime: 90 min
Episode 10 (Episode 10) 6.5
Air date: 1989-10-29
Runtime: 90 min
Schimanski - Katja's Silence (Episode 11) 7.0
Writer: Uwe Erichsen
Air date: 1989-12-03
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: When a policeman is killed, Schimanski's investigation gets personal.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1989-12-27
Runtime: 90 min
