About this season
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Episodes (11)
1. Kressin and the dead man in the Fleet
7.3Aired 10 January 1971 • 90 min
Customs investigator Kressin returns from a Mediterranean cruise. Shortly before Hamburg, tour guide Ben Canitz behaves suspiciously. The next morning, Kressin reads in the newspaper that Canitz has been found dead in a canal in Hamburg. He gets involved in the police investigation and comes across a gang that is smuggling large quantities of drugs into Germany.
2. Episode 2
8.5Aired 7 February 1971 • 90 min
3. Episode 3
6.5Aired 7 March 1971 • 90 min
4. Episode 4
5.0Aired 4 April 1971 • 90 min
5. Kressin stops the Nordexpress
6.7Aired 2 May 1971 • 90 min
Two serious criminals have been caught abroad. The German police pick them up and transport them to Cologne in a special compartment of the Nordexpress. The gang, led by their boss Sievers, plans to kidnap the two. Members of this gang replace the locomotive driver and train staff with their own people so that they can safely stop the Nordexpress at a location of their choosing. Customs investigator Kressin, on his way back from Denmark, where he was dealing with porn smuggling, is on the train. He manages to prevent the kidnapping of the serious criminals.
6. Episode 6
3.8Aired 13 June 1971 • 90 min
7. Episode 7
8.5Aired 11 July 1971 • 90 min
8. Episode 8
6.7Aired 12 September 1971 • 90 min
9. Episode 9
4.5Aired 10 October 1971 • 90 min
10. Episode 10
9.0Aired 7 November 1971 • 90 min
11. Episode 11
9.0Aired 19 December 1971 • 90 min