The Goethe-Insitut presents: Heimatkrimis - Nights of Mystery Stories with Dr. Stephanie Heckner June 6, 2012

Join us for an evening of German television thrillers! Dr. Stephanie Heckner, Executive Producer, Bavarian Broadcasting, will introduce each film and will engage with the audience in a Q&A following each screening.

In German with English subtitles

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 7-9 pm:
Erntedank. Ein Allgäukrimi (2009)
Director: Rainer Kaufmann; Script: Stefan Holtz und Florian Iwersen; with Herbert Knaup, Jockel Tschiersch, Johannes Allmayer, Hubert Mulzer, Katharina Spiering, Michaela Caspar, August Zirner, Ulrich Noethen, Sibylle Canonica u.a.
After the novel written by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr.

Kluftinger can't believe his eyes. There is a dead crow carefully draped on the first murder victim. Soon there is a second corpse found on a river: a gynecologist from Memmingen, with an 11 carved on her forehead. In „Erntedank“ detective Kluftinger uncovers an Allgäu serial killer.

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7-9 pm:
Föhnlage. Ein Alpenkrimi (2011)
Director: Rainer Kaufmann; Script: Stefan Holtz and Florian Iwersen; with Martin Feifel, Katharina Schubert, Jürgen Tonkel, Georg Friedrich, Andreas Giebel, Gundi Ellert, Helmfried von Lüttichau, Franz Xaver Brückner, Katharina Müller-Elmau u.a.
After the novel written by Jörg Maurer.

In Garmisch-Partenkirchen the cozy world of the couple Grasegger gets upside down when detective Jennerwein starts to investigate a case, which is about dizzying heights, a double floor and dubious transactions. An alpine crime with dark humour in front of an amazing mountain scenery.