Lena Odenthal and Johanna Stern investigate the mysterious disappearance of Boris Wolter, by profession a bank branch manager and, in his private life, a man with a passion for medieval knightly games.
A trail leads to the tranquil Palatinate wine village of Deidesheim — and to a breathtaking find that captivates not only Johanna Stern: the coins discovered in the boot of the missing man are centuries-old, precious gold coins, possibly dating from the era of the Nibelungs. What at first seems utterly improbable would, according to the expertise of Albert Dürr, director of the Nibelungenmuseum in Worms, be possible. The legend of the mythical gold sunk in the Rhine by Hagen is brought back to life. Lena and Johanna become hunters of the lost treasure.
André Eisermann on the shoot:
Lena Odenthal and Johanna Stern investigate the disappearance of a young man last seen at a hotel in Deidesheim. My character, the former opera singer René Schalles, owns this hotel.
As a Palatinate innkeeper, I naturally speak the Palatine dialect in the role, and the director Esther Wenger gave me a great deal of freedom, so that I could give our Palatinate temperament free rein. This "Tatort" is also a musical one, and in the role of René Schalles I of course had to sing too. At the open window of the Deidesheimer Hof, René Schalles belts out a Wagner aria. To do this portrayal justice, I worked for several days with the singing teacher Prof. Röhlig of the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe.
Tatort "Gold" on Sunday, 3 September at 8.15 pm on ARD.
Director: Esther Wenger
Production: SWR Südwestrundfunk
Casting: Deborah Congia