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Chase in the Leipzig "Tatort"
"Tatort: The fine spirit": Lessing (Christian Ulmen) and Kira Dorn (Nora Tschirner) in front of the park cave
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In Leipzig's "Tatort" (Das Erste), the murder of a money messenger is widely known. The "Traumschiff" (ZDF) sets course for the Seychelles. On Sat.1, "Jim Button and Lukas the Engine Driver" go on an adventure.
8:15 p.m., Das Erste, Tatort: The fine spirit, crime series
In the middle of the day, a money messenger is murdered in cold blood in front of a jewelry store in downtown Weimar. Kira Dorn (Nora Tschirner) and Lessing (Christian Ulmen) accidentally become witnesses and pursue the perpetrator. Lessing is injured in an exchange of fire in the park cave and the perpetrator escapes. The dead messenger is Ludgar Döllstädt, managing director of the security company "Geist Security".
8:15 p.m., ZDF, Das Traumschiff: Seychelles, travel series
Under the command of Captain Parger (Florian Silbereisen), the "dream ship" sets course for the Seychelles, a dreamlike diving paradise in the Indian Ocean. On board is the famous singer Stella Berger (Julia Dietze), who is accompanied by her bodyguard Leo Schöne (Moritz Otto). For some time now, Stella has been haunted by a stalker, she wants to gain some distance through the cruise and relax in anonymity.
8:15 p.m., Sat.1, Jim Knopf and Lukas the engine driver, adventure
The residents of the island of Lummerland are amazed when a package arrives one day. Inside lies a little, nameless boy whom they soon christened Jim Knopf (Solomon Gordon). The years just seem to go by until Jim and his friend Lukas (Henning Baum), the locomotive driver, decide to set off on an eventful expedition.
8:15 p.m., ProSieben, Marvel's The Avengers, comic action
Through an alliance with an alien race, Thor's half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has become a powerful threat. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), head of the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, sees only one way to save the earth from ruin: He gathers superheroes who are to fight as a team against Loki. He manages to win Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Captain America (Chris Evans) for the project, but the heroes are always headstrong lone fighters.
8:15 p.m., ONE, The King of Cologne, satire
An inconspicuous civil servant (Rainer Bock) becomes the pawn of some super-rich who want to make a big splash in a planned major construction project. Before he knows it, the father-to-be gets a few comforts and realizes that it is not that bad of a semi-legal life. However, a young public prosecutor (Eva Meckbach) is soon on his neck and he has to decide which side to be on.