Anatomy of Evil (German title Spuren des Bösen) is an Austrian German-language crime drama series which debuted in 2011, starring Heino Ferch in the lead role of psychiatrist and interrogation specialist Richard Brock. As of January 2021, there have been nine installments in the series. Like other crime series in German-speaking countries, each "episode" is a 90-minute TV movie.[1][2]
| Anatomy of Evil | |
|---|---|
| Spuren des Bösen | |
| Written by | Martin Ambrosch |
| Directed by | Andreas Prochaska |
| Country of origin | Austria |
| Original language | German |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Release | 5 January 2011 (ORF 2) 12 January 2012 (ZDF) |
The show is a co-production of Austrian public broadcaster ORF and German public broadcaster ZDF and is directed by Andreas Prochaska. It was originally planned to be a single movie, but was expanded into a series due to its success.[3]
For the English subtitled version, the show is titled "Anatomy of Evil". In Italy the show is called "Richard Brock" after the main character.
References
edit- ^ Pickard, Michael (12 July 2016)Taken to the Max, Drama Quarterly
- ^ Fischer, Marianne (1 February 2021). TV-Kritik zu "Spuren des Bösen": Schuld hat viele Gesichter, Kleine Zeitung (in German)
- ^ Hieber, Jochen (13 January 2014). Sigmund Freud hat einen neuen Statthalter in Wien, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German)