WaPo Elbe

WaPo Elbe
TV Show · Drama · Crime

Chief Inspector Maike Junghans and Sami Fares lead a dedicated team that includes Inspectors Jana Macourek and Moritz Krätschmer. Together, they investigate complex crimes along the Elbe River between Dresden and the German-Czech border. From drug smuggling and human trafficking to missing persons cases, the officers handle every situation with empathy, intuition, and professionalism, blending years of experience with genuine passion for justice on one of Germany’s most beautiful waterways. Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.

2023 · 48m
Starring Carina N. Wiese, Adnan Maral, Barbara Prakopenka
Director Peter Ladkani

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Vatertag
    Father’s Day on the Elbe begins in high spirits as three longtime friends set out in a canoe with plenty of alcohol on board. But when a motorboat passes too close, the canoe capsizes and one of the men drowns. The WaPo team initially blames the accident on the drunk motorboat driver, until Sami recovers the drowned man’s cell phone and finds a memory card that changes the course of the investigation.
    48 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Gegen den Strom
    During a training session, open-water swimmer Tim Lehmann drowns under suspicious circumstances and the police quickly determine it was murder. Their investigation leads to a rigorous training camp run by the strict coach Rowitz, where ambition, jealousy, and blind loyalty among the swimmers create a dangerous environment that may have turned deadly.
    48 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Von Lachsen und Leichen
    While monitoring the reintroduction of salmon in the Elbe, the WaPo’s “salmon patrol” takes a grim turn when Moritz and Jana discover a stabbed angler on the riverbank. The victim had been fishing for the rare species, but who wanted him dead remains unclear. The investigation soon points to possible tensions with extreme environmentalists and animal rights activists.
    48 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Die geheimnisvolle Insel
    On the nature-protected island in front of Pillnitz Castle, which serves as a museum, a guard is found brutally beaten to death. Shortly before the crime, the WaPo saw a young boy running from the island. Moritz feels responsible for letting him slip away, though the team doubts the child is the killer. Still, the boy may hold the key to uncovering what really happened.
    47 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Ewiges Leben
    A fisherman’s shocking catch turns into a murder case when he pulls the mummy-like body of an elderly man from the Elbe. The strange wrapping around the corpse leads investigators to Friedrich “Fischerfritz” Zollner, a local street vendor known for his fish specialties. While examining his customer records, Jana and Moritz uncover a dangerous lead, and Jana finds herself in unexpected danger.
    47 min
  • EPISODE 6
    White Lightning
    A young woman named Lina Hilpert is found dead on the banks of the Elbe. An autopsy reveals she overdosed on a new designer drug called “White Lightning,” likely taken at a popular Czech club named Štěstí. As the WaPo investigates, suspicion falls on members of a support group for recovering addicts, revealing troubling secrets about the cross-border drug scene.
    48 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Carina N. Wiese
    Maike Junghans
  • Adnan Maral
    Sami Fares
  • Barbara Prakopenka
    Jana Macourek
  • F‌Ö
    Ferdi Özten
    Moritz Krätschmer
  • R‌H
    Regine Hentschel
    Dr. Annemarie Jaschki
  • P‌L
    Peter Ladkani
    Director
  • J‌T
    Jörg Tensing
    Writer

About

WaPo Elbe

Drama

Chief Inspector Maike Junghans and Sami Fares lead a dedicated team that includes Inspectors Jana Macourek and Moritz Krätschmer. Together, they investigate complex crimes along the Elbe River between Dresden and the German-Czech border. From drug smuggling and human trafficking to missing persons cases, the officers handle every situation with empathy, intuition, and professionalism, blending years of experience with genuine passion for justice on one of Germany’s most beautiful waterways. Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.

Information

Studio
Das Erste
Released
2023
Rated
ab 6 Jahren
Region of Origin
Germany
© 2023 Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft mbH im Auftrag von ARD Werbung und ARD für die ARD Mediathek, Lizenz durch Degeto Film GmbH

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