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Crime Scene Cleaner
GermanDer Tatortreiniger
GenreComedy
StarringBjarne Mädel: Heiko "Schotty" Schotte
Theme music composerCarsten Meyer
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes31
Production
ProducerWolfgang Henningsen
Camera setupChristian Leschner
Production companiesStudio Hamburg(Season 1 & 4),

Nordfilm GmbH.(Season 2-3),

Letterbox Filmproductions GmbH(Season 5-7)
Original release
ReleaseDecember 23, 2011 (2011-12-23)[1]

The Crime scene cleaner(German:"Der Tatortreiniger") is a German Comedy TV show broadcast by the NDR("Norddeutscher Rundfunk", German public radio and television broadcaster),starring actor Bjarne Mädel. It was directed by Arne Feldhusen and written by Mizzi Meyer. The show was broadcast from 2011 until 2018, during that time they aired seven Seasons and 31 Episodes.

Plot

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Bjarne Mädel plays the crime scene cleaner Heiko "Schotty" Schotte. He works as a facility cleaner (specialized on crime scenes) whose job it is to remove the last traces of the living, in and around Hamburg. It is not a crime thriller nor detective story[2], it rather takes a closer look at the work of the crime scene cleaner in a humours way, where as the criminal cases have a rather subordinate importance. The main focus is laid on scenes which mirror the style of a chamber play.[2] Those scenes are garnished with a lot situational humour, which results from "Schottys" interaction with the spouses, acquaintances of the victim or in one case even with the ghost of the one victim[3]. In multiple episodes "Schotty's" deep connection to the soccer team SV Hamburg is either briefly mentioned, or partially even becomes the in-depth subject of the conversation.

Foreign Broadcasting

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After the Video-on-Demand rights were already sold to Canal+ in France in the fall of 2013, the Studio Hamburg sold the right for broadcasting and DVD-Releases to the American television station MHz Network[4]. Since December 5th, 2014, the network aired season 1 and 2 of the show under the title "Crime Scene Cleaner" in the original German soundtrack with English subtitles[5]. The episodes 1 until 10 were released on DVD in January 27th, 2015[6].

DVD Releases

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The first season of the TV-Show was released on DVD on March 9th 2012[7]. On the 7th of June 2013, the second season DVD as well as the Blu-ray-Completed Edition, containing the first two seasons were released[8]. On the 10th of October 2014 the the third season DVD was released, which contained the net yet aired episodes. On the 13th of march 2015 the fourth season was released as well as the limited collectors edition "Böse Dose"(eng.: Evil Can), which contained all episodes that were aired by then on three Blu-ray Discs. The fifth season was released in march 11th 2016[9]. On the 13th October 2017, the sixth season appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray. The show is also available on multiple Video-on-Demand-Platforms like AmazonVideo, Maxdome, Netflix, Watchever, Google Play and iTunes[10].

  1. ^ Niggemeier, Stefan. ”Ein Mann für den letzten Job”, January 4th 2012. Retrieved 2012-28-04
  2. ^ a b Rauscher, Frank. “TV Reportage: Zeit für einen neuen Helden”. In:Monsters and Critics. January 5th (Archived: January 6th 2014) 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-21
  3. ^ "Der Tatortreiniger" - Bjarne Mädel räumt auf.” (Archived: in NDR.de, January 8th 2014) Retrieved 2012-01-5
  4. ^ Nöthling, Timo ”«Tatortreiniger» bald auch in den USA zu sehen.”. Quotenmeter.de. December 5th 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  5. ^ Jew, Linda. ”Crime Scene Cleaner: Award-Winning German Comedy Premiering in the US”. In: theeurotvplace.com. November 28th 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  6. ^ Crime Scene Cleaner Collection. In: shopmhz.com. MHz Networks. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  7. ^ DVD-Veröffentlichung am 9. März 2012 (Memento of the Original from Januar 10th 2012 in the Internet Archive)
  8. ^ DVD Der Tatortreiniger 2: Episode 5-9. (Not only accessible ) In: ARD Video Shop. (Archived: October 21th 2014) 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-28
  9. ^ Der Tatortreiniger 5 at jpc. Retrieved 2016-07-06
  10. ^ Freigabebescheinigung: Den Tod auf der Schippe - die wahren Tatortreiniger (FSK 16) on spio-fsk.de