Knight and Strong

Till knight
Dominic Raacke played KHK Till Ritter
Channel	SFB , ORB (until 2003) RBB (from 2003)
active	1999–2014 (15 years)
place	Berlin
Assistants	Wiegand (until 2009) Lutz Weber (continuously)
cases	36 (case 37 without knight)
predecessor	Roiter and Zorowski
successor	Rubin and Karow
team
KHK Robert Hellmann KHK Felix Stark		Cases 1–6 (up to 2000) Cases 7–37 (from 2001)
Investigation location Berlin

Till Ritter and Felix Stark are fictional characters from the crime series Tatort and work in the 5th murder commission of the Berlin LKA. They are played by Dominic Raacke and Boris Aljinovic . From 1999 to 2000, Ritter investigated together with Robert Hellmann in six episodes, whom Aljinovic then replaced as Felix Stark. The broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) produced the films from 2001 to 2014.

The successors of Ritter and Stark as Berlin crime scene investigators are Rubin and Karow , who have been investigating since 2015.

background

The shooting location was the federal capital Berlin with its diverse locations. The Sender Freie Berlin merged with the Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) in 2003 , so that since May 1, 2003, all other productions have been carried out as Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Figures from the Berlin crime scene episodes

Till knight

Chief Detective Till Ritter (born August 17, 1958 in Marburg ) is played by Dominic Raacke . He had started his studies in Berlin, but switched to the police because he had witnessed a brutal crime as a taxi driver. His local knowledge is very useful for police work. Thanks to his respectable successes in investigations, he quickly made it to the chief inspector. First he worked on the LKA's homicide squad with his partner Robert Hellmann. He got on very well with him privately and often moves with him through the Berlin club and bar scene. Since his partner Witteck was shot dead in a bank robbery, he tries to do as little violence as possible. Accordingly, his shooting skills are extremely poor, but he does not shy away from arguments. He likes to flirt with women very much and is also successful, but there is never a steady relationship. He likes to play very much and sometimes bets on horse races or billiards. The risk and enjoyment of the game are what make him so attractive. Winning is not that important.

Felix Stark

Boris Aljinovic played Felix Stark

Boris Aljinovic plays the chief detective Felix Stark . He was born in Berlin in the 1960s, initially studied art for four semesters, but then dropped out of college. He also drew comics on the side. With the intention of starting a family, he decided to pursue a solid police career. But his marriage did not last long. Louisa left her child and Felix because of a conductor with whom she now lives in Frankfurt. As a single father, he lives with Sebastian with his mother. He's been raising him on his own since he was two, and so it is difficult for him to let go when Basti goes to college in England. Stark began his career first in the robbery department and then moved to the state criminal investigation department in the 5th homicide commission. He is down-to-earth, empathetic, loves analytical work on people and has a particularly good relationship with children. He is friendly and reserved, but can sometimes shoot unexpectedly ironic tips. The early days with Till Ritter were not easy because he was not taken seriously by him. He had to listen to some insulting swear words, which often has to do with his small body size. Despite or perhaps because they are both so different, they later harmonize very well with each other.

Lutz Weber

Ernst-Georg Schwill played Lutz Weber

Commissioner Lutz Weber , played by Ernst-Georg Schwill , was born in the mid-1940s and dates from the days of the People's Police. He is a reliable employee and "a man for all cases". Like Felix Stark, he began in the robbery department, later switched to the homicide squad, where it wasn't easy for him to begin with with Till Ritter. But he's a minded person with common sense and a solid basic education. With his dry Berlin humor, he often manages to utter the unloved truths. Especially when, as almost always, he is at the crime scene in front of his two colleagues and sometimes gets a coffee. Most of the time, however, he is in the office to do research, process files or organize all sorts of other little things.

Wiegand

Veit Stübner played Kriminaldirektor Wiegand in 15 episodes from 1999 to 2009 .

Robert Hellmann

Chief Detective Robert Hellmann ( Stefan Jürgens ) investigates from 1999 to 2000 alongside Till Ritter in 6 episodes.

Hellmann was born on October 12, 1963 and has almost a photographic memory. Accordingly, he is a very careful observer and has a keen sense of justice. Professional competence is often paired with extraordinary courage to protect colleagues or victims. The fact that the perpetrators are usually one step ahead often leaves him in despair. That's why he quits one day to work as head of security at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Hellmann is sporty and quite fashion-conscious. He also gets on very well with Ritter in private, so they often spend time together after work and roam the pubs in Berlin. In itself he would like to have a family, but the job does not allow for a longer relationship. He likes to play darts and, as a left-hander, hits very well. In terms of craftsmanship, however, he is not very talented, but cooks well.

cases

case	title	First broadcast	episode	script	Director	particularities
1	Scrooge's grandson	Jul 25, 1999	417	Horst Freund, Thomas Wittenburg	Hajo Gies
2	Deadly labyrinth	Dec 12, 1999	430	Christian Jeltsch , Fedor Mosnak	Dieter Berner
3	Flowers from Werder	Feb 13, 2000	436	Andreas Pflüger	Pete Ariel
4th	About bulls and bears	0Jun 4, 2000	445	Pim Richter	Thomas Freundner
5	The last rodeo	0Jul 9, 2000	446	Thomas Wittenburg, Horst Freund	Pete Ariel
6th	The trippler	Aug 20, 2000	451	Danuta Harrich-Zandberg , Norbert Sütsch	Michael Lähn	Last case with Hellmann
7th	Berlin bear	25th Mar 2001	466	Andreas Pflüger , Pim Richter	Detlef Röhnfeldt	First case with Stark
8th	The long arm of chance	0Jul 8, 2001	473	Lienhard Wawrzyn	Ralph Bohn
9	You are dead!	0Aug 5, 2001	476	Daniela Mohr	Diethard Küster
10	payday	24 Mar 2002	495	Pim Richter	Peter F. Bringmann
11	Film tear	Aug 18, 2002	508	Horst friend	Ralph Bohn
12	Dark chocolate	Dec 15, 2002	518	Gerhard Rekel	Erhard Riedlsperger
13	Love and its price	0Feb 9, 2003	524	Andreas Pflüger	Erhard Riedlsperger
14th	Rosewood	0Jul 6, 2003	537	Pim Richter	Peter Ristau	first production as RBB
15th	Jungle brothers	Oct 26, 2003	544	Lars Becker	Lars Becker
16	Honest skin	0Jan. 4, 2004	554	Ralph Bohn	Ralph Bohn
17th	The fourth man	0May 9, 2004	567	Hartmann Schmige	Hannu Salonen
18th	Death bridge	13 Mar 2005	591	Frauke Hunfeld	Christine Hartmann
19th	Suffer like an animal	Oct 16, 2005	610	Scarlett Kleint, Ilse Biberti	Uwe Janson
20th	Malpractice	Apr 17, 2006	628	Pim Richter	Hartmut Griesmayr
21st	Love is blind	Nov 19, 2006	647	Stefan Rogall	Peter Fratzscher
22nd	Sleeping Beauty's revenge	25th Mar 2007	660	Frauke Hunfeld	Christine Hartmann
23	Creeping poison	0Dec 9, 2007	682	Thomas Kirchner	Uwe Janson
24	Death of a grasshopper	16. Mar. 2008	691	Hartmann Schmige	Ralph Bohn
25th	Blind faith	Aug 31, 2008	703	Andreas Pflüger	Jürgen Bretzinger
26th	Above and below	Apr 19, 2009	730	Natja Brunckhorst	Nils Willbrandt
27	Pig money	0Nov 1, 2009	746	Christoph Silber , Thorsten Wettcke	Bodo Fürneisen
28	Hitchcock and Mrs. Wernicke	May 24, 2010	764	Klaus Krämer	Klaus Krämer
29	The impossibility of imagining death	26 Sep 2010	773	Beate Langmaack	Christine Hartmann
30th	Be noble and healthy	0Apr 3, 2011	796	Gerhard J. Rekel , Dinah Marte Golch	Florian Froschmayer
31	Mauerpark	Oct 23, 2011	815	Heiko Schier	Heiko Schier
32	everything has it's price	0Apr 1, 2012	833	Hartmut Block, Michael Gantenberg	Florian Kern
33	Things still to be done	Nov 18, 2012	850	Jörg Tensing	Claudia Garde	Crime scene as part of the ARD theme week "Living with Death".
34	Powerless	0Jan. 6, 2013	858	Klaus Krämer	Klaus Krämer
35	Against the head	08 Sep 2013	880	Stephan Wagner , Frauke Hunfeld	Stephan Wagner
36	Big black bird	0Feb 9, 2014	899	Titus Selge , Jochen Greve, Britta Stöckle	Alexander Dierbach	last episode with Dominic Raacke as KHK Ritter
37	Maybe	Nov 16, 2014	922	Klaus Krämer	Klaus Krämer	only episode with Boris Aljinovic as KHK Stark as sole investigator without KHK Ritter, last case for Chief Inspector Stark, crime scene as part of the ARD theme week “Different than you think”.

Web links

• Ritter und Stark at DasErste.de
• Ritter & Stark at Tatort-Fundus.de
• Lutz Weber at Tatort-Fundus.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Filming locations on tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 31, 2014.
2. ↑ Fusion to RBB on tatort-blog.de, accessed on January 31, 2014.
3. ↑ Lutz Weber on tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 31, 2014.
4. ↑ Ritter und Stark on tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 31, 2014.
5. ↑ First performed on May 6, 2010 at the Babylon Berlin cinema
6. ↑ First performed on October 3, 2011 in the Babylon Berlin cinema