The Crimson Rivers
TV Show · Crime · International

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his best former student, Camille Delaunay, solve complex murder cases that involve a level of brutality that local police departments struggle to comprehend.

2018 · 49m
Starring Olivier Marchal, Erika Sainte
Director Myriam Vinocour, Virginie Sauveur

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Songs of Darkness Part 1
    Niemans witnesses the death of a monk named Brother Guillaume who utters `the sword and the snake' with his last breath and has his palm burned to hide a tattoo. When Camille arrives to help investigate, they make the monastery their base.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Songs of Darkness, Part 2
    It seems the monks believe they have discovered sinister secret messages in the ancient music they have been studying. As Camille and Niemans get closer to the truth, they encounter a satanic sect whose followers are seeking a blood sacrifice.
    44 min
  • EPISODE 3
    The Day of the Ashes Part 1
    In a wine-growing region at harvest time, a battered corpse is discovered under rubble when a chapel vault collapses during the renovation of a chapel, destroying a fresco. As the case develops, it isn't long before another body comes to light.
    46 min
  • EPISODE 4
    The Day of the Ashes Part 2
    When Niemans obtains X-ray images of the damaged frescos, they provide further insight into the case, but does a missing fragment from the biblical scenes portrayed hold the key to the killer?
    44 min
  • EPISODE 5
    The Children's Crusade, Part 1
    In a blighted urban area, two men searching for drugs among the rubbish in an abandoned car park discover the severed hand of a child. When Niemans and Camille arrive, the police have not started investigating as they are distracted by another case.
    40 min
  • EPISODE 6
    The Children's Crusade, Part 2
    Two more people are shot dead in the town's cemetery. Does a quotation from an ancient tale on a memorial provide a clue?
    45 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Olivier Marchal
    Pierre Niemans
  • Erika Sainte
    Camille Delaunay
  • M‌V
    Myriam Vinocour
    Director
  • Virginie Sauveur
    Director
  • I‌F
    Ivan Fegyveres
    Director
  • M‌B
    Manuel Boursinhac
    Director
  • A‌M
    Arnauld Mercadier
    Director
  • S‌B
    Sabine Barthelemy
    Producer
  • T‌A
    Thomas Anargyros
    Producer
  • Jean-Christophe Grangé
    Creator

About

The Crimson Rivers

Crime

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his best former student, Camille Delaunay, solve complex murder cases that involve a level of brutality that local police departments struggle to comprehend.

Information

Studio
Storia Television, Maze Pictures & Umedia
Released
2018
Regions of Origin
Belgium, France, Germany
© 2018 ZDF Enterprises

Languages

Original Audio
French, French (France)
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

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English (United Kingdom)

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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
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  • Singapore
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  • Luxembourg (English)
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  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
  • Dominica
  • República Dominicana
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  • El Salvador (Español)
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  • Guatemala (Español)
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