TATORT »ELVIS LIVES«
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.