Rainer Schmitt

Scene of the Crime

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.

Im Namen des Gesetzes

Fremdes Land oder Als die Freiheit noch zu haben war

In the fall of 1956, 21-year-old Herbert Broschat boards an immigrant ship in Bremerhaven bound for Toronto. He wants to leave Germany—this devastated and torn-apart country—and head for an unspoiled land where “freedom is still to be found.” He befriends Erich Domski, a coal miner from Wattenscheid in the Ruhr region. But even in the Canadian wilderness, the two friends are haunted by their German past.

Geteilte Freude

Ein Mord am Lietzensee

Aus dem Alltag in der DDR: Zweiter Versuch einer Rekonstruktion nach Berichten und Dialogen

Ihr habt meine Seele gebogen wie einen schönen Tänzer

Thomas & seine Freunde: Dampfloks gegen Dieselloks

Purgatory

Daniel accidentally witnesses a kidnapping on the street. After his report to the police didn't get the attention he had hoped for, he looks for an explanation himself and gets more and more entangled in doubts about his surroundings and his own actions. Through his commitment, he finds himself increasingly exposed to violence and eventually kills a person. During the interrogation by the public prosecutor, he experiences the purgatory of his awakening.