On Easter Sunday (April 9), in addition to the egg hunt, there is a new Berlin “crime scene”. This is the first case with the new Commissioner Susanne Bonard alias Corinna Harfouch (68), who occupies the vacancy of Nina Ruben alias Meret Becker (54). The character is also properly introduced – with a double episode. On Easter Sunday (from 8:15 p.m., the first) part one of “Nothing but the Truth” can be seen, followed by the second part on Easter Monday (April 10). In the new case, Robert Karow (Mark Waschke, 51) and Susanne Bonard encounter an internal police wasp’s nest that takes on unimagined dimensions…
Robert Karow is called to a crime scene. The young police officer Rebecca Kästner (Kaya Marie Möller, 37) lies dead in her apartment. There are many indications of suicide: drugs, custody battle and being overwhelmed. But when the inspector finds his four-year-old son Matti (Yvon Moltzen) frightened in the garden, he begins to have doubts. What mother takes her own life in front of her own child?
In addition, she dialed an unusual number before her death – that of Susanne Bonard. The former LKA size now teaches at the police academy. She is an absolute luminary in her field and has written a standard work that everyone knows. Before Karow even realizes what is happening to him, she is at his side for the investigation. But he is skeptical – at the age of 62 she wants to go back on the road again?
Bonard was in the process of uncovering right-wing tendencies in the academy. She no longer wanted to put up with the muzzle she received from the director and also wanted to take action against the dubious teaching methods of her colleague Götz Lennart (Thomas Niehaus, born 1981). But Bonard and Karow also found connections to the right-wing scene during the investigation into the policewoman’s death. The LKA size quickly suspects a large network. Karow thinks this is paranoid at first, but slowly he too has to realize that they are really confronted with a larger context than previously thought.
Absolutely. After all, the arrival of the new commissioner has been awaited for a long time. The last case with Nina Rubin aka Meret Becker was broadcast on May 22, 2022, and shooting with Corinna Harfouch then started in the summer. Finally, the fans of the Berlin “Tatort” get the new team in front of their noses – in addition, the two have to solve an exciting case that deals with a very explosive and current topic.
Because the new “crime scene: nothing but the truth” is about the right-wing infiltration of our society. So it’s no wonder that the case is reminiscent of a political thriller in places. Topics such as right-wing chats within the police, racial profiling, the “New Right” and the Code of Silence, a kind of confidentiality pact between the officers, are addressed. To understand: Racial profiling refers to police measures based on physical characteristics such as skin color, hair, etc. However, the “crime scene” also shows that it is not just a problem within the police force – but can be prescribed in different areas. “Prejudices and racist thinking are generally still too firmly anchored. In our midst. Not somewhere on the ‘right edge’,” says screenwriter Katja Wenzel.
Of course, the focus is particularly on the new “Tatort” actress Corinna Harfouch. Director Robert Thalheim (48) has his own opinion about her: “I admire her very much as an actress, but I was immediately particularly interested in the constellation. Not to send the next younger colleague into the race, but the grande dame of the German cinemas.” That this duo works very well becomes clear after the first few scenes together. The interaction of the two seems natural and carefree – as if they have always been in front of the camera together.
In the new team, however, two different characters face each other. “Karow, a seasoned, slightly cynical practitioner, and Bonard, a longtime idealist theorist,” explains co-author Stefan Kolditz (b. 1956). But both are fighting for the same goal – and neither is from the highly emotional side. In the first part, they cautiously approach each other, assessing each other’s trustworthiness.
How is a racist incident at a police academy and the death of a police officer connected? This is exactly what Karow and Bonard are trying to find out together. Slowly they cover layer by layer. It doesn’t take long for both inspectors and viewers to get the feeling that something bigger is afoot. Choosing such an explosive topic for the opening and telling it as a suspenseful thriller is just right for this new team. How does the case end? Fans will find out a day later, on Easter Monday, in the second part of “Nothing but the Truth” from 8:15 p.m. on the first.
