Marnow Murders

Well obviously since this is a show - so no pun intended. I do not want to write this too often, but for a German show this is not half bad (it actually is quite decent to say the least). The actors are well chosen - and the story is good. Now does it sometimes feel that it could have been a bit shorter? Sure, but I never felt bored ... so I would not hold that against it.

Our main characters have been well cast - and they have flaws. They do things that normal cops should not do ... but where would we be and what tension would we have, if everyone would be just perfect? Exactly. So take this with a grain of salt .. and if you have the time give it a go ... especially if you are a fan of the genre.

I'm all for the character-driven crime series from Scandanavia, but Germany delivers some of the best, more nuanced series in the genre. Marnow Murders (as titled/viewed in the US) has great, movie-quality characters, beautiful filmaking, quirky storyline and...two central figures that draw you into their individual worlds. Exceptional "tv."

Watched all 8 episodes on a rainy weekend. As others have wrote here before, great actors, great scenery and excellent camera work.

In addition, a story that's almost as captivates as a Hitchcock, from the first to the last moment and deals with recent German history.

The course of the story, although with many participants, is still easy to follow. The background story of the two investigators is also perfectly integrated. How everything ultimately comes together is in the end an excellent small thriller series, in what is otherwise often quite the same German crime entertainment.

There is not a moment of boredom.

Wow, these series from Germany really rocked. Nice locations with an intriguing serial murder story hold me electrified.

The actors did a very good job, so all the staff and the director. The eight episodes are well packed with mystery, suspense and action. The running time is perfect and I wanted never stop watching.

I mean it offers high value of entertainment with fast paced scenes and I was never bored.

I hope there will be other episodes with this crew in future. Would be really interesting if there are other mysterious cases to solve. As I mentioned The main actors delivered a top performance and I liked them very much.

Check it out. 7/10.

As this German series, set in the city of Schwerin in the former East Germany, opens a man enters an apartment and discovers a body on the sofa... the body of somebody he intended to murder! He searches the apartment looking for a list of unspecified information. When the body is discovered by the police it is hanging in the bathroom with a message suggesting he was a paedophile carved into him. The case is investigated by Detectives Frank Elling and Lona Mendt. The soon have a second case when a man is found with his throat cut. The evidence suggests the same killer but there is no obvious connection between the victims beyond the fact that the first regularly stayed at a holiday site on the lake near where the second lived. The investigation will expose secrets dating back to the days of the communist DDR and place those investigating in danger; various personal issues don't help matters for them.

I really enjoyed this series. The central mystery was intriguing and had some good twists and turns before the truth is revealed. The opening scene immediately grabs the viewers' attention and get them hooked as we wonder just why two different people wanted this man dead. The main characters are interesting; normal police officers with various imperfections and problems. The actors all do a solid job. The setting adds to one's enjoyment; forests, lakes and some impressive old buildings... not everything east of the old Iron Curtain is grey concrete as those us who grew up before it fell imaged at the time. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of Euro-drama.

These comments are based on watching the series in German with English subtitles.