At the end of winter, there is a game of bowls in the north. The islanders are proud of their bowling ball, which Thies' grandfather found 60 years ago. Only Katharina believes the archaeologist Jens Jeschen, who wants to examine the sphere in a laboratory on the mainland and suspects a Viking grave and treasure on the island, that it is a medieval celestial globe.
Acting
Jan-Gregor Kremp's grumpy islander Thies is peak German TV dad energy.
Production
The North Frisian island setting does 90% of the emotional heavy lifting.
Director
Anno Saul
Jan-Gregor Kremp
Thies Quedens
Oliver Mommsen
Jens Eschen
Tanja Wedhorn
Katharina Reiff
Eva Kryll
Marianne Reiff
Lotte Flack
Nele Reiff
Andreas Schmidt
Fiete Finnsen
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Helge Quedens
Birge Schade
Berit Petersen
Karin Hanczewski
Jonna Frederikson
Lui Eckhardt
Niklas
Susanne Wuest
Bettina Finte
Hendrik Arnst
Kapitän Henk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the third in the 'Reiff für die Insel' series, proving Germany really loves its island cozy mysteries. The fictional island is shot on Amrum and Föhr in the North Sea.
The real-life 'celestial globe of Kugel' inspired this plot—an actual 3,000-year-old bronze artifact found in Germany that archaeologists still argue about.
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