Mord in bester Gesellschaft
Mord in bester Gesellschaft is a German television series starring Fritz Wepper, as Dr. Wendelin Winter - a psychiatrist, and his daughter Sophie Wepper, who took on the role of Wendelin's daughter Alexandra
Plot
The stories are presented from the perspective of the psychiatrist Dr. Wendelin Winter and his daughter Alexandra tells. Action-packed shootouts and chases are avoided. The cases are dealt with in calm, atmospheric images in atmospheric locations. In the manner of Agatha-Christie-Film adaptations and the American one Columbo-series focuses on the intellectual elucidation of the acts through focused questioning and sharp combining.
Production
The first episode was produced by the Austrian film production company Lisa Film, the second episode of the Mona Film produces. Since the third episode it has been Tivoli film, a sister company of Mona Film based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, responsible for the production of the series. The scenarists are Rolf-Rene Schneider, Stefan Cantz, Jan Hinter, Rainer Berg, Jens Jendrich, Dirk Kämper, Lars Mondag, Maja Brandstetter and Wolfgang Brandstetter. The directors are Peter Sämann, Hans Werner, Hajo Gies, Peter Stauch and Lars Montag.