A fish dinner where the catch of the day... is murder.
In this gruesome case, the likeable village policeman, Franz Gasperlmaier, needs particularly strong nerves. The tranquil Aussee summer idyll is disturbed by a terrible discovery in Lake Toplitz. A diver pulls a sawed-off hock from the water. But whose? Luckily, Gasperlmaier's mother-in-law knows the Aussee people very well and already has an idea who's up. The mother-in-law is proven right. The murdered man was last seen at the Altaussee Ski Club's fish dinner. Gasperlmaier and his new wife, Doctor Jolante Roth, suspect the murderer is among the guests. Time is running out, because a second terrible murder follows.
Acting
Johannes Silberschneider's exasperated everyman charm carries the whole lake.
Production
Salzkammergut landscapes that make murder look almost inviting.
Director
Julian Pölsler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lake Toplitz is real and famously murky; Nazi counterfeit money was allegedly dumped there in WWII. The show leans into this actual mystery.
The 'Aussee-Krimi' series is Austria's answer to cozy British detective shows, but with more schnitzel and significantly more dismemberment.
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