Series synopsis
Das Verschwinden is a German crime drama television series that premiered on Das Erste on October 22, 2017. It ended on October 31, 2017. It was created by Hans-Christian Schmid. It stars Julia Jentsch, Elisa Schlott, Michael Grimm and Saskia Rosendahl.
20-year-old Janine Grabowski disappears in a small Bavarian town near the Czech border. While all evidence indicates that Janine secretly wanted to leave the backcountry, her mother, Michelle, becomes increasingly convinced that there's something amiss. Michelle's missing person's report is quickly filed away by the police. So the single mother is forced to investigate at her own risk. The longer she hunts for an answer to Janine's disappearance, the more she discovers about her daughter and the ...
Premise
20-year-old Janine Grabowski disappears in a small Bavarian town near the Czech border. While all evidence indicates that Janine secretly wanted to leave the backcountry, her mother, Michelle, becomes increasingly convinced that there's something amiss. Michelle's missing person's report is quickly filed away by the police. So the single mother is forced to investigate at her own risk. The longer she hunts for an answer to Janine's disappearance, the more she discovers about her daughter and the people with whom she kept company. She begins to doubt whether Janine even wants to be found.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Julia Jentsch as Michelle Grabowski
- Elisa Schlott as Janine Grabowski
- Michael Grimm as Helmut Wagner
- Saskia Rosendahl as Laura Wagner
- Sebastian Blomberg as Leo Essmann
- Nina Kunzendorf as Steffi Essmann
- Johanna Ingelfinger as Manu
- Golo Euler as Kai Jessel
Supporting cast
- Stephan Zinner as Gerd Markwart
- Vedat Erincin as Ayhan Karaman
- Teresa Harder as Kerstin Karaman
- Mehmet Ateşçi as Tarik Karaman
- Godehard Giese as Martin Göhl
- Martin Feifel as Jens Köhler
- Judith Engel as Juliane Durkheim
- Isabella Bartdorff as Nicole Göhl
- Anne-Marie Weisz as Evi Grabowski
- Stefan Murr as Christoph Hochstetter
- Nicholas Catianis as Mihai Demetrescu
- Andreas Bichler as André
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | October 22, 2017 | October 31, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Janine Michelle fears for her missing daughter Janine and sets out on her own to find her. What has happened to Janine? Michelle is surprised when she learns that her daughter Janine has dropped out of the apprenticeship she had arranged for her at a local building firm. Janine has recently moved into her own apartment. When it's Janine's birthday, Michelle comes to visit her with her younger daughter Evi. She talks to her about her redundancy, but Janine is curt. |
October 22, 2017 |
| 2 |
Because we love you Michelle finds the dress last worn by her daughter Janine just over the Czech border. The police finally begin to search for the missing woman and investigate. Another lead takes Michelle to one of the building sites that Manu's father Leo Essmann (Sebastian Blomberg) runs in Forstenau. |
October 29, 2017 |
| 3 |
Two mothers While Janine's missing person case becomes increasingly mysterious, more trouble is brewing in Forstenau: Both her friends' parents and the police are entangled in a web of secrets. Manu (Johanna Ingelfinger) almost dies of an overdose and Laura Wagner (Saskia Rosendahl) turns her back on her parents' house after a fight with her father (Michael A. Grimm). |
October 30, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Das Erste |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 22, 2017 |
| Last aired | October 31, 2017 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Sunday at 21:45:00 |