Der Irland-Krimi - Season 1

The German-born psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch) has lived in Galway since her studies, her love for Liam Blake (Barry O'Connor), a detective inspector, kept her in Ireland. Cathrin specialized in criminal psychology and worked with her husband in the Galway police force - until ten years ago, Liam suddenly disappeared without a trace. Cathrin lost the ground under her feet, it took all her strength to get out of this crisis. Today she has left the past behind. She lives with her son Paul (Rafael Gareisen) and works as a psychologist. However , she gave up her job with the police .
When one day the buried skeletons of small children and an adult man are found on the site of a former "Magdalen Home" of the Catholic Glenmore Abbey, Cathrin is sure that it is Liam. Except for Callum O'Connor (Vincent Walsh), a former colleague and friend of Liam's, Cathrin's hunch falls on deaf ears. Above all, Superintendent Kelly (Declan Conlon) behaves inexplicably dismissive. But Cathrin doesn't give up, she has to find out what happened to Liam - even if she puts herself in extreme danger.

Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch) has decided after ten years to work as a criminal psychologist with the Galway police force in addition to her psychiatric practice. She has no idea that this will lead to a serious conflict of conscience when she looks after the young, suicidal Nathan Smith (Robert McCormack), a so-called traveler who moves through Ireland with his clan without a permanent home. Nathan loves Maggie Dunne (Emma Eliza Regan), a young ambitious woman, also a tinker like himself, who is secretly studying psychology. Both dream of a different, better future. But then Maggie is found dead, murdered and made up like a doll. Nathan, who was spotted arguing with Maggie, becomes a murder suspect.
But Cathrin recognizes the sexual fantasies of another of her patients in the disturbing production - Jack Sweeney (Chris Newman). But is Jack really capable of such brutal ritual murder? Has the line between fantasy and crime been crossed here? Cathrin finds herself in an irresolvable contradiction between her responsibility for her patient and the solving of a horrific murder.

In her third case, Grimme Prize winner Désirée Nosbusch, aka psychologist Cathrin Blake, continues her work as an investigative assistant for the Irish police. Your special expertise and powers of observation are required to save the life of a kidnapped teenager and to support her mentally ill father. Director Züli Aladag focuses on the psychological dimension of an unusual kidnapping case. The harvest festival "Samhain", the Irish-Celtic equivalent of Halloween, serves as the backdrop for the television thriller, which is cleverly staged by director Züli Aladag. Roland Stuprich's excellent camera work sensitively stages the German-Irish ensemble. The psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch) actually wants to retire from her work for the police.
However, after a mysterious murder at the Samhain Ghost Parade, Superintendent Kelly (Declan Conlon) enlists her assistance. It's not just about the bloody crime, but also about the disappearance of Holly Reid (Abby Fitz), the victim's girlfriend. When her terrified father, Dylan (Jonathan Delaney Tynan), a lawyer from a prestigious Galway legal dynasty, finds the teenage girl's severed finger on his doorstep, his worst fears come true. Everything points to a kidnapping - the time pressure to find Holly alive is correspondingly great. While Kelly presses ahead with the investigation at full speed, Cathrin calmly turns her attention to Dylan, who is deeply affected by the death of his wife and who is struggling as a single father.
As Cathrin realizes, he cannot or does not want to believe that his daughter is no longer a child. The psychologist soon realizes that some things about the kidnapping don't fit into the usual schemes at all. Holly's disappearance seems more and more like a staging. In order to find the young woman, the psychologist suggests a risky manoeuvre: the police should accept the logic of a mentally ill kidnapper. 

The fourth installment of the Ireland thriller takes Grimme Prize winner Désirée Nosbusch as Cathrin Blake to Northern Ireland, where the wounds of the armed conflict are still deep. The reconciliation between the perpetrators and the relatives of an attack victim proves to be a complex challenge for the experienced psychologist - especially since not all the bills have yet been settled. The award-winning director Züli Aladag stages "Forgiveness" as a pulsating drama in which the psychological ballast of the past threatens to turn into new violence. Roland Stuprich's grandiose camera work turns the barren western Irish landscape into a field of projection for the interplay of trust, remorse and reconciliation. Decades of fighting in Northern Ireland left deep wounds that have not yet healed.
Criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch) faces the delicate task of having to mediate in a perpetrator-victim conversation. 10 years ago, as a "New IRA" terrorist in his early 20s , Greg O'Leary (Gavin Fullam) was involved in a bomb attack that killed an bystander. Greg is ready to face a debate with Daniel Ward (Parnell Scott), the dead man's son. The little boy of that time, who had to watch helplessly when his father died, has become a bitter and insecure man. Greg sincerely repents, but fails to convince Daniel. The conversation ends in a scandal, Daniel also eludes Cathrin. Cathrin senses that Daniel's life is still being overshadowed by the death of his father and suspects that he is up to something.
But she has no evidence and cannot persuade Superintendent Kelly (Declan Conlon) to intervene. But Greg and his family, with whom he wants to build a new life in Galway after his release from prison, are threatened from a completely different angle: Because the old comrades-in-arms distrust Greg and his wife Aideen (Roisin O'Neill), they sense betrayal. And if there's anything unforgivable, it's treason...

For Cathrin Blake, alias Désirée Nosbusch, her good reputation as a criminal psychologist is at stake in the fifth "Ireland thriller": Due to her report, a convicted murderer receives leave from prison, which she uses to escape! Director Matthias Tiefenbacher unfolds the social taboo of domestic violence and the consequences for the victims in "Family Ties". The award-winning cameraman Hanno Lentz uses the rugged beauty of the "Green Island" to embed the nuanced characters in atmospherically dense images.
Abbie Campbell (Luisa-Céline Gaffron) is in prison for murder, she stabbed her sleeping husband. The background to the brutal act was never clarified, Abbie had refused any statement at the time. Criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch),who has to prepare an expert opinion on the young woman, is convinced that Abbie was in an exceptional situation at the time and that she no longer poses a threat today. Cathrin manages to secure parole for the convicted murderer so Abbie can see her baby daughter Maisie (Molly McCann) again. Maisie lives with Abbie's younger sister Erin (Shauna Higgins), her husband (Muiris Crowley) and her mother Kate (Denise McCormack). Abbie's reunion with Maisie takes place at her mother's home, a cool woman who only lets her daughter feel rejection. The visit is catastrophic: Abbie flees with Maisie. Was Cathrin so wrong in her professional assessment? While searching for Abbie, Cathrin uncovers a terrible family secret.

The life of Cathrin Blake, alias Désirée Nosbusch, is in danger of getting out of joint: In "The Price of Silence", the criminal psychologist suddenly finds herself on a revenge campaign, the connection to a murder case only becoming apparent when Cathrin is already in great danger. At her side, Thomas Sarbacher and Rainer Bock play characters that are as charismatic as they are difficult to understand. Covered-up scandals and abuse of power – in front of this backdrop, director Alexander Dierbach unfolds his story about human longings and deformations, which captivates up to the last minute.
Life seems to mean well with criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch): From the acquaintance with the charming Matt (Thomas Sarbacher)a tender love affair has developed. Professionally, however, Cathrin faces a tricky case: A year and a half ago, the renowned psychologist Helen Bell disappeared without a trace. At the time there were no signs of a crime, but now her body, which has serious injuries, is found. Cathrin, who had a passing acquaintance with Helen, is brought in to the case by Superintendent Sean Kelly (Declan Conlon). Helen's husband Erik (Rainer Bock), a colleague whom Cathrin values very much and who was receiving therapeutic treatment from Cathrin after his wife's disappearance, comes under suspicion. Erik seems to have an alibi. Nevertheless, distrust soon germinated in Cathrin as well. The psychiatrist, who seems to have such integrity, is hiding something.