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The Typist

2018 · 1 season

A quiet, brooding procedural that burrows into a mother's long grief, unfolding slowly with a chill of unease.

Created by
Nina Grosse
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Iris Berben, Moritz Bleibtreu, Peter Kurth
Overview
Freya Becker is a typist with the homicide division of the Berlin police. Freya’s daughter, Marie, disappeared 11 years ago without a trace, and Freya is determined to uncover the truth, whatever the cost.

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Created by
Nina Grosse
Genres
Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring
Iris Berben, Moritz Bleibtreu, Peter Kurth
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, mystery
Created by
Nina Grosse
Starring
Iris Berben, Moritz Bleibtreu, Peter Kurth, Zoe Moore, Mišel Matičević, Katharina Schlothauer, Timur Isik, Johannes Krisch
Length
1 seasons, 5 episodes, 55 min each
Network
ZDF
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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