Markus Kiefer

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

The unsuccessful and financially troubled writer Umberto Designori discovers a historical document in the Ticino village of Montagnola. Suspecting that it was authored by the famous writer Hermann Hesse, who spent the final years of his life in Montagnola, he sets off for Calw. However, the town archivist and Hesse expert, Dr. Giebenrath, reveals to him that the document is a forgery. The following night, Designori falls to his death. The supposed Hesse letter has disappeared. Detectives Lola Kraft and Jasmin Stein of the "Mordkommission Calw" begin their investigation.

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Simon Binder

The wealthy car dealership owner Gerhard Binder has an accident with his car and is taken to hospital with serious injuries. Routine examinations reveal that this was an attempted murder. So detectives Jäger, Kraft, and Hoffmann must first investigate a case in which there are no deaths. But anyone familiar with Mania Pictures knows that this won't remain the case for long. The circle of suspects includes primarily Binder's young and attractive wife, as well as his broke brother, a washed-up porn producer. Suddenly, a mysterious stranger appears who obviously also has a bone to pick with Gerhard Binder. In a dramatic and lead-filled finale, the complicated case is finally solved and a big surprise awaits the police officers...

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Thomas

The young and attractive police inspector Lola Kraft loses her partner during a botched operation in Stuttgart and is subsequently transferred to the supposedly quiet town of Calw as a form of punishment. But right away in her first case, which she has to solve with her new partner, the easygoing and somewhat washed-up detective Karl Jäger, she is confronted with a brutal murder: psychiatrist Dr. Claudia Kretschmer is found dead.

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Alfons Lötterle

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Frank Schubert

Detectives Karl Jäger and Lola Kraft are investigating again. An inconspicuous family man saves a young woman from being raped and uses unexpected skills that not only attract the attention of himself, but also of the police. But it is not just his mysterious past that troubles the amnesiac victim, but also a killer squad. Who is after him? And what is the mystery of his past?

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Hermann Nüssler

Through an inheritance, a group of friends find out that their grandfathers had found crates of gold in the wreckage of a crashed plane in the final days of the Second World War. A short time later, the men were killed and the gold was never found. Now the gawky grandsons are trying to recover the treasure. In the process, they come up against crooks, speculators and old and neo-Nazis.

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Jochen Fronczek

A supermarket is robbed. Commissioner Karl Jäger, who happens to be present, shoots the robber and is subsequently suspended from duty because the attacker’s weapon is not found. The incident also plunges Jäger into deep psychological problems. As a result, commissioners Lola Kraft and Jasmin Stein are called in when two bodies are discovered during the night of a class reunion at the Calw Hermann Hesse High School. All 29 party guests are considered suspects. When the investigators find out that their suspended colleague was a former classmate, his memories help advance the solution to the case, which has its origins in their school days.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • as Philip Ritter

Because detectives Jäger and Kraft botched an unauthorized operation, they now have to face the consequences: they are demoted and placed under the command of their colleague Hoffmann. In their private lives, too, things are not as they should be. While Jäger is kept busy at night by his young children, Lola and Andreas' relationship is in crisis. The Calw investigators are really not having an easy time of it at the moment. And then there's their new case, which seems to be a tough one. When businessman Till Ritter is found dead, everything seems clear at first: suicide. But the matter becomes more complicated. Why was Ritter's daughter kidnapped? And what is his son Philip hiding? And what does the body found in a nearby lake have to do with it? The three detectives and their new colleague still have a lot of work ahead of them, because there is still a long way to go before all the questions are answered and the case can be closed...

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Kurt Burkhardt

Inspectors Karl Jäger, Lola Kraft and junior police officer Jasmin Stein must solve the brutal murder of a hunter whose dismembered body was found in the middle of the forest. The investigation points to illegal arms trafficking and initially leads to the Reich Citizens' milieu. Another blood trail was also found at the crime scene...