Samara Bannikov

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Umbertos Frau

The unsuccessful and financially troubled writer Umberto Designori discovers a historical document in the Ticino village of Montagnola.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 - 2025, 2h 15m • as Polizistin Observation

The brutal murder of a retired judge draws detectives Lola Kraft and Jasmin Stein into the case. Was a former "client" of the victim out for revenge? Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Karl Jäger faces entanglements within his own family that escalate into a direct confrontation with a drug lord. The explosive finale unfolds at the "Badischer Hof".

Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Tanja Novak

Chief Inspector Karl Jäger is preparing for the birth of his grandchild, while his colleague Jasmin Stein is thrown into a passionate love affair. But Lola Kraft is also back after her maternity leave when the body of a car dealer is found in a villa. The safe is open, but apparently no money was stolen. What was so valuable that the son of a Russian mafia boss had to die?

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Accomplice

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.