''Nord Nord Mord'' is a 2011 German crime film series produced by

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. From 2011 until 2018,

Robert Atzorn Robert Atzorn (born 2 February 1945) is a German television actor. He was born in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany, now Połczyn-Zdrój, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Life Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He studied grap ...

played the role of Chief Inspector Theo Clüver in the first eight episodes. The ninth episode was the first with Peter Heinrich Brix as Commissioner Carl Sievers, and was broadcast on October 15, 2018.

Plot

At the

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detective agency, the edgy chief inspector Theo Clüver is more inclined to solve cases with empathy, patience and instinct rather than using modern investigative methods. His colleague, Ina Behrendsen, approaches the cases objectively, austerely and without emotion, while Hinnerk Feldmann, who comes from the

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, stands out with his know-it-all attitude. After Clüver's (Atzorn's) retirement, his position was taken over by the rather reserved and uncommunicative chief inspector Carl Sievers, who was transferred from

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to Sylt and combines a professional approach with an alert mind. However, he seems to be also carrying a health burden.

Cast

Leading actor Robert Atzorn left the series at his own request after the eighth episode, Clüver and the Silent Death. His successor was Peter Heinrich Brix.

List of episodes

DVD releases

* Episodes 1–3 released April 10, 2015 * Episodes 4–5 released March 17, 2017 * Episodes 6–8 released March 23, 2018 * Episodes 9–10 released January 10, 2020 * Episodes 11–12 released January 8, 2021 * Episodes 13–14 released April 23, 2021 * Episodes 15–16 released January 28, 2022 * Episodes 17 and later have not been released on DVD yet.

Reception

In the , the journalist Michael Hanfeld judged the film series on December 20, 2021 (the 16th episode's first broadcast) as exemplary for the television films shown on German public television. The films in the series predominantly gave the impression of “a crime series in the

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style, full of clichés, predictable in plot and character development, with subtle dialogue jokes and a soft pop soundtrack .. a classic example of the solid television film escapism that is in the program of ARD and ZDF plays a major role.”

External links

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fernsehserien.de

ZDF Press Portal: ''Nord Nord Mord''

References

{{Reflist German crime television series 2020s crime television series 2010s German television series