Shortly before Christmas, a strange piece of evidence and an ancient book drive the young detective Carolin Arends to reopen the mysterious murder case of Alexander Michalski. She doesn't yet know that her greatest enemy is time itself and that she is already in the perpetrator's sights.

In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the coverup of Nazi crimes and the restorative policy of the government Adenauer - he is firmly convinced that only in this way can the young democracy be consolidated. Not only his attitude, but also his temperament make Bauer vulnerable, again and again resistance forms from politics, intelligence services and the judiciary against the lone fighter.

Jakob, Dominik and Oliver are best friends, they play soccer and work as priests. They are united in their belief that the catholic church can make the world a better place. But when Dominik is confronted with allegations that he abused a boy, Jakob's world collapses. Torn between his beliefs and the friendship to Dominik, he's committed to finding the truth.

Morscholz is a place. Morscholz is more than a place. It's a state of mind. Ants, blood, chopped off heads. It's about Dirk. Love, mourning. It's about Diane, Bernd, Fabienne, Michel, Gertrud, Flipper and Grandma Josefine. A family. Can people forget how to happy? Do you have to practice happiness? Like training for sports, regularity being the decisive factor?

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.