‚Tatort‘

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German Viewers Love Their Detectives


Published: August 26, 2009

BERLIN Consider the show a kind of microcosm of the German Federal Republic. Its producers proudly tout it that way. Each Tatort makes something of its regional roots, with actors speaking in local accents, solving crimes based on local imbroglios; and Germans talk about their favorite Tatort roughly the way they do about their local soccer teams. The Tatort from Monster plays for laughs. In Konstanz, a green swath of the country, the Tatort detectives often crack environmental cases. Hamburg stars a hunky, James Bond-like Turkish detective who works alone; Hanover, a beautiful, clever female detective, also a loner.