Joachim Nottke

A young electrical engineer, engaged to his boss's daughter and on the way to a secure existence, breaks out of his usual life when he meets a childhood friend.

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.

Two professional bums in search of true love.

High-contrast, abstract black-and-white photographs by Renate von Mangoldt illustrate a three-part poem cycle by Walter Höllerer about hop gardens in winter. "White is the garden / empty the poles / cleared / the season / made visible / the skeleton / before the white / ceiling." The frames form a graphic pattern, "a curiosity of lines" and a "grey hatch work / over the snow".

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.