Erik Jelde

Leopold, head waiter at the "Weißen Rössl" (White Horse Inn), is secretly in love with the owner of the restaurant, Josepha. But she's only interested in the lawyer Dr. Siedler. Jealous, Leopold comes up with a plan to gain Josepha's attention.

A man who owns a diamond importing business goes out for a night on the town with his girlfriend, her brother and her brother’s fiancé. The group stops by a circus to see the act of a trapeze artist who’s a friend of the man’s girlfriend. The performer suggests that all the men go out for a few drinks, and the next thing the businessman knows, he’s waking up in his apartment with a terrible hangover and a dead body in his room.

Although members of the Hitler Youth chant anti-Semitic paroles in front of his house during the Purim festival, Rabbi Singer is still profoundly convinced that Germany will stay a safe country for him, his family, and his fellow believers. But several years later, his son David is banned from going to school because he is a Jew. Shortly after, Rabbi Singer and his wife are deported. Now, young David also fears for his life. In constant fear of being detected, he tries to find a way to leave Germany.

Consul daughter Anne Stülcken wants to take her fiancee undetected under the magnifying glass and therefore slips in her father's villa in the role of a maid.

La seconde guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. L'Allemagne Nazie meurt mais ne se rend pas. L'armée américaine qui manque cruellement d'informations sur les opérations allemandes décide d'envoyer deux prisonniers de guerre allemands de l'autre coté du Rhin dans l'espoir de glaner quelques précisions sur ce qui se prépare. Seul problème: La gestapo, dont le réseau visant à démasquer et éliminer les espions ou les déserteurs est terriblement efficace...

La série s'articule autour de quatre commissaires principaux : le Commissaire Erwin Köster (Siegfried Lowitz, 1977-1985), le Commissaire Leo Kress (Rolf Schimpf, 1986-2007), le Commissaire Rolf Herzog (Walter Kreye, 2008-2012) et le Commissaire Richard Voss (Jan-Gregor Kremp, depuis 2012). L'audience de la série n'a jamais souffert de ces changements de distribution. Le Renard réunit régulièrement près de 6 millions de téléspectateurs. Elle a entamé son passage vers la modernité en optant pour la diffusion en 16/9, adoptant un rythme sensiblement plus soutenu, des décors de plus en plus modernes au gré des évolutions technologiques et proposant la VOD aux téléspectateurs allemands, à l'instar de tous les Krimi de la ZDF.