Die Chefin
| Die Chefin | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Written by | Orkun Ertener Sven Poser Daniel Douglas Wissmann |
| Starring | Katharina Böhm Stefan Rudolf Jürgen Tonkel |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Munich, Bavaria |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | 24 February 2012 – present |
Die Chefin is a German crime drama, starring Katharina Böhm as First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective who is shown in balancing her professional and private life. The show premiered on 24 February 2012 on ZDF.[1]
Plot
Vera Lanz is the First Police Chief Inspector of the Homicide division in Munich. After the mysterious death of her husband, a fellow Inspector, Vera raises her daughter Zoe alone. Successful in her professional life, Vera struggles personal as she's having an affair with the married State's attorney. Her co-worker, Police Chief Inspector Paul Böhmer, is the former partner of her late husband, which provides tension between the investigators. In the first episode, Jan Trompeter completes Vera's team.
Characters
Main characters
First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz (Katharina Böhm) is working for the homicide division in Munich, having lost her husband in a mysterious death. She's a strong and respected woman in her professional life, while struggling in her personal life. Vera is having an affair with the State's attorney and has to be lectured by her daughter Zoe that he's a married man.
Police Chief Inspector Paul Böhmer (Jürgen Tonkel) is the former partner of Vera's husband. Even though he seems very loyal and even protective of Vera, there seems to be a lot of tension between them. As Paul hints that Vera's husband was a poor husband and Inspector, Vera slaps him.
Police Inspector Jan Trompeter (Stefan Rudolf) is the new colleague of Vera and Paul, who's very good as his job and seems to have caught the eye of his boss.
Recurring characters
Medical Examiner Heike Steinbeck (Nicole Marischka) is working in the coroner's office and a friend of Vera.
State Attorney Marc Berger (Stephan Kampwirth) is involved in Vera's professional and private life. Even though he's married, Marc has an affair with Vera.
Zoe Lanz (Olga von Luckwald) is Vera's teenage daughter, who's about to finish school and plans to move in together with her boyfriend.
Karsten Seitz (Martin Umbach) is the father of Vera's late husband and is still investigating his son's mysterious death.
Episodes
Season 1 (2012)
| Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Enthüllung[2]" | Maris Pfeiffer | Orkun Ertener | 24 February 2012 | 5.80[3] | |
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The 24-year-old Kim Landau, daughter of a prominent innkeeper, is overthrown from the balcony of her apartment after returning home from a nightclub. It looks like a suicide at first, but soon Vera Lanz and her co-workers find proof that Kim Landau was murdered. The investigation focuses on Kim's ex-boyfriend and his prominent family. The father of the victim is holding a former business partner responsible and in his grief and pain seems capable of everything. | ||||||
Production
The filming for the first season, for which the ZDF network ordered four episodes, started on 31 May 2011 and wrapped up on 8 August 2011.[4] Intentionally planned for Saturday nights, Die Chefin became part of the network's famous Friday nights line-up, which provides many crime dramas like Der Alte or Ein Fall für zwei. Die Chefin is the first Friday night crime drama that revolves around a female investigator.
Reception
Die Chefin was positive received by critics. Der Spiegel wrote that Böhm could "believable show the balance between successful Inspector and struggling woman".[5] The online magazine Quotenmeter gave the show 80 out of 100 and wrote that "the opposing team of investigators can claim all sympathy".[6]
References
- ^ "Die Chefin - Episode 1 (German)". ZDF.de. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ ""Die Chefin" Enthüllung (TV episode 2012)". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Krei, Alexander (February 25, 2012). ""Die Chefin" startet stark, "heute-show" im Aufwind (German)". DWDL.de. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "Produktionsinformationen (German)". Network Movie. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Zinser, Daniela (February 24, 2012). "Review: ZDF-Krimiserie "Die Chefin" - Die neue Alte (German)". Der Spiegel. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Leuffen, Janosch (February 23, 2012). "Die Kritiker: "Die Chefin" (German)". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved February 25, 2012.