Underplayed Gems

Tatort: Winterschach (1988)

Tatort: Winterschach poster
Directed by
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
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How it feels

A German detective investigates the murder of a psychiatrist and an assassination attempt on an exiled politician. He finds himself entangled with foreign intelligence operations happening on German soil.

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What happens

Winterschach ist der 212. Fernsehfilm der Krimireihe Tatort und der achte vom Saarländischen Rundfunk produzierte Tatort. Die Erstausstrahlung fand am 13. November 1988 statt. Es ist der zweite Fall mit Kommissar Palu als Ermittler. Palu hat es mit dem Mord an einem Psychiater und dem Mordanschlag auf einen Exilpolitiker sowie ausländischen geheimdienstlichen Tätigkeiten auf deutschem Boden zu tun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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