Mord in bester Gesellschaft

Sophie Wepper,
Johann Schuler,
Heinz Werner Kraehkamp,
Wayne Carpendale,
Thomas Kress,

Country of originGermany,

Spain (episode 1),

Swedes (episode 2)

Original languageGerman

Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Created by	crime film
Starring	Fritz Wepper, Sophie Wepper, Johann Schuler, Heinz Werner Kraehkamp, Wayne Carpendale, Thomas Kress, Louisa von Spies
Country of origin	Germany, Spain (episode 1), Swedes (episode 2)
Original language	German
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15
Production
Running time	90
Original release
Network	ARD
Release	2007 (2007) – 2017 (2017)

Mord in bester Gesellschaft (litt. Murder in the best company) is a German television series starring Fritz Wepper, as Dr. Wendelin Winter - a psychiatrist, and his daughter Sophie Wepper, who took on the role of Wendelin's daughter Alexandra

The stories are presented from the perspective of the psychiatrist Dr. Wendelin Winter (Fritz Wepper) and his daughter Alexandra (Sophie Wepper) tells. Action-packed shootouts and chases are avoided. The cases are dealt with in calm, atmospheric images in atmospheric locations. In the manner of Agatha-Christie-Film adaptations and the American one Columbo-series focuses on the intellectual elucidation of the acts through focused questioning and sharp combining.

Production

The first episode was produced by the Austrian film production company Lisa Film, the second episode of the Mona Film produces. Since the third episode it has been Tivoli film, a sister company of Mona Film based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, responsible for the production of the series. The scenarists are Rolf-Rene Schneider (episode 1–10), Stefan Cantz, Jan Hinter, Rainer Berg, Jens Jendrich, Dirk Kämper, Lars Mondag, Maja Brandstetter and Wolfgang Brandstetter. The directors are Peter Sämann, Hans Werner, Hajo Gies, Peter Stauch and Lars Montag.

Cast

Actors	Role name	Consequences
Fritz Wepper	Psychiatrist Dr. Wendelin Winter	1–15
Sophie Wepper	Alexandra Winter	1–15
Johann Schuler	Commissioner Ackermann	4, 6, 8
Heinz Werner Kraehkamp	Commissioner Schlüter	7
Wayne Carpendale	Chief Commissioner (previously Commissioner) Donald Becker	11–15

No.	Original title	Original airing	Director	Scenarist	Viewers
1	Mord in bester Gesellschaft	22. Feb 2007	Peter Sämann	Rolf-René Schneider	6.54 million.
2	Der Tote im Elchwald	14. Feb 2008	Peter Sämann	Rolf-René Schneider	5.23 million.
3	Die Nächte des Herrn Senator	25. Oct 2008	Hans Werner	Rolf-René Schneider	4.90 million.
4	Der süße Duft des Bösen	15. Jan 2009	Peter Sämann	Rolf-René Schneider	6.18 million.
5	Das eitle Gesicht des Todes	4. Jan 2010	Hans Werner	Rolf-René Schneider	4.72 million.
6	Alles Böse zum Hochzeitstag	14. Jan 2010	Hans Werner	Rolf-René Schneider	6.01 million.
7	Die Lüge hinter der Wahrheit	6. Jan 2011	Peter Sämann	Rolf-René Schneider	4.83 million.
8	Das Ende vom Lied	31. March 2011	Hans Werner	Rolf-René Schneider	3.68 million.
9	Der Fluch der bösen Tat	24. Sep 2011	Peter Sämann	Rolf-René Schneider	4.41 million.
10	Der Tod der Sünde	25. Feb 2012	Hajo Gies	Rolf-René Schneider	6.90 million.
11	In Teufels Küche	12. Dec 2013	Hajo Gies	Stefan Cantz, Jan Hinter	3.89 million.
12	Die Täuschung	15. Jan 2015	Peter Stauch	Rainer Berg, Jens Jendrich	3.44 million.
13	Das Scheusal	11. June 2015	Lars Montag	Dirk Kämper, Lars Montag	4.00 million.
14	Bitteres Erbe	10. Dec 2015	Peter Stauch	Rainer Berg, Jens Jendrich	3.83 million.
15	Winters letzter Fall	20. Apr 2017	Peter Stauch	Maja Brandstetter, Wolfgang Brandstetter	5.14 million.

Mord in bester Gesellschaft

Production

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Episode list

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