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‘Der schwarze Schwan’ Premieres on ZDF, Reviving Vernau Crime Series

The ninth film centers on a Berlin club accusation under director-writer Josef Rusnak.

Overview

  • The installment aired on Feb. 2 at 20:15 on ZDF after weeks of early streaming availability.
  • Jan Josef Liefers returns as attorney Joachim Vernau, who wakes up accused of killing a long-sought nightclub owner and must find missing heiress Juliane Halstenberg.
  • The story intertwines present-day investigation with a decades-old secret from Berlin’s club scene, framed through frequent flashbacks noted by reviewers.
  • Josef Rusnak serves as both writer and director; the cast includes Stefanie Stappenbeck, Rike Schmid, Walter Kreye, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Winfried Glatzeder and Nikolai Kinski.
  • A ZDF spokesperson says a tenth Vernau film is in script development and is expected to shoot next year.