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Night patrol

2020 · 8 seasons

You ride along on real night shifts, tense and unglamorous, watching officers de-escalate, pursue and decide under pressure.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lena Bottlender, Jan Enders, Jonas Horder
Overview
Every night, the Mainz police teams go out into the unknown - to help, calm down, de-escalate, make arrests or take a close look at crimes and deaths. They often expect unusual missions. The SWR documentary series provides an exclusive and unadulterated insight into the demanding work of the Mainz police. It shows the police officers behind the uniform.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lena Bottlender, Jan Enders, Jonas Horder
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • justice
  • work
  • power
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Lena Bottlender, Jan Enders, Jonas Horder, Sarah Schräder, Sebastian Obermeier, Dominik Muders, Kevin Gugenheimer, Melina Reisel
Length
8 seasons, 46 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Das Erste, NDR Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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