Crime Scene Cleaner (TV series)

Crime Scene Cleaner (German: Der Tatortreiniger) is a German Comedy TV show broadcast by the NDR (German public radio and television broadcaster), starring Bjarne Mädel as the titular protagonist. 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. Crime Scene Cleaner can be described as a mixture of chamber play, sitcom and comedy of manners. Guest actors include Sandra Hüller, Florian Lukas, Matthias Brandt and Fritzi Haberlandt.

Crime Scene Cleaner
GermanDer Tatortreiniger
GenreComedy
Written byMizzi Meyer
Directed byArne Feldhusen
StarringBjarne Mädel
ComposerCarsten Meyer
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes31
Production
ProducerWolfgang Henningsen
Camera setupChristian Leschner
Production company
  • Studio Hamburg (Season 1 & 4)
  • Nordfilm GmbH (Season 2–3)
  • Letterbox Filmproductions GmbH (Season 5–7)
Release
Original networkNorddeutscher Rundfunk
Picture format16:9
Original release23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)[1] –
19 December 2018 (2018-12-19)
Bjarne Mädel as Heiko Schotte (2012)

Plot

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 humorous way, where 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 Schotty’s 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

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 5 December 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 27 January 2015.[6]

An adaptation for BBC One titled The Cleaner starring Greg Davies was announced in August 2020.[7]

DVD releases

The first season of the TV-Show was released on DVD on 9 March 2012.[8] On 7 June 2013, the second season DVD as well as the Blu-ray-Completed Edition, containing the first two seasons were released.[9] On 10 October 2014 the third season DVD was released, which contained the net yet aired episodes. On 13 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 11 March 2016.[10] On 13 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.[11]

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

  1. Ganz normale Jobs ("Totally Normal Jobs")
  2. Spuren ("Traces")
  3. Nicht über mein Sofa ("Not on My Sofa")
  4. Geschmackssache ("A Matter of Taste")

Season 2 (2012)

  1. Über den Wolken ("Above the Clouds")
  2. Die Challenge ("The Challenge")
  3. Schottys Kampf ("Schotty’s Struggle")
  4. Angehörige ("Dependents")
  5. Auftrag aus dem Jenseits ("Assignment from the Beyond")

Season 3 (2014)

  1. Fleischfresser ("Carnivores")
  2. Schweine ("Pigs")
  3. Carpe Diem ("Seize the Day")
  4. Ja, ich will ("Yes, I Do")

Season 4 (2014)

  1. Wattolümpiade ("Mud Olympics")
  2. Der Putzer ("The Cleaner")
  3. Damit muss man rechnen ("Expect the Worst")
  4. Der Fluch ("The Curse")
  5. Tauschgeschäfte ("Transactions")

Season 5 (2015)

  1. Bestattungsvorsorge ("Funeral Insurance")
  2. Das freie Wochenende ("The Weekend Off")
  3. Pfirsichmelba ("Peach Melba")
  4. Anbieterwechsel ("Switching Providers")
  5. E.M.M.A. 206
  6. Freunde ("Friends")

Season 6 (2016)

  1. Sind Sie sicher? ("Are You Sure?")
  2. Özgür ("Free" [Turkish])
  3. Schluss mit lustig ("Fun's over")

Season 7 (2018)

  1. Currywurst
  2. Rebellen ("Rebels")
  3. Der Kopf ("The Head")
  4. Einundreißig ("Thirty-One")

References
  1. Niggemeier, Stefan. "Ein Mann für den letzten Job", 4 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-28-04
  2. Rauscher, Frank. "TV Reportage: Zeit für einen neuen Helden". In:Monsters and Critics. 5 January (Archived: 6 January 2014) 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-21
  3. "Der Tatortreiniger" - Bjarne Mädel räumt auf." (Archived: in NDR.de, 8 January 2014) Retrieved 2012-01-5
  4. Nöthling, Timo "«Tatortreiniger» bald auch in den USA zu sehen.". Quotenmeter.de. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  5. Jew, Linda. "Crime Scene Cleaner: Award-Winning German Comedy Premiering in the US". In: theeurotvplace.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  6. Crime Scene Cleaner Collection. In: shopmhz.com. MHz Networks. Retrieved 2017-08-23
  7. "Greg Davies to star in new comedy The Cleaner for BBC One". Radio Times. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  8. DVD-Veröffentlichung am 9. März 2012 (Memento of the Original from Januar 10th 2012 in the Internet Archive)
  9. DVD Der Tatortreiniger 2: Episode 5-9. (Not only accessible) In: ARD Video Shop. (Archived: 21 October 2014) 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-28
  10. Der Tatortreiniger 5 at jpc. Retrieved 2016-07-06
  11. Freigabebescheinigung: Den Tod auf der Schippe - die wahren Tatortreiniger (FSK 16) on spio-fsk.de
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