TATORT »ELVIS LIVES«

TV Movie
2002
ORF/ZDF

Crime thriller set inTyrol with Harald Krassnitzer as Chief Inspector Eisner.
First case for police school graduate Stefanie Gschnitzer (Roswitha Szyszkowitz): Richard Stecher, poacher and Elvis fan, was shot dead – on August 16th of all days, the anniversary of the “King’s” death. Was it self-defense, as the mayor and his hunt tenant Buchberger claim ? Inspector Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) rushes to the aid of the young colleague … Homeland thriller, spiced up with macabre ideas.

Background: In 1982, the real case of the shot East Tyrolean poacher Pius Walder aroused great public interest. The plot of the crime scene Elvis lives! is based on this true case.

Harald Krassnitzer – Moritz Eisner
Roswitha Szyszkowitz – Stefanie Gschnitzer
Gregor Bloéb – Erwin Stecher
Guntram Brattia – Hannes Stecher

Felix Mitterer – Writer
Peter Sämann – Director