    Staged with lean, unsparing precision, the episode has drive — a hard-hitting thriller.
    — Tobias Sedlmaier, NZZ
  
    Director Claudio Fäh elegantly illuminates moral dilemmas and social abysses with a perfectly edited, beautifully shot mix of horror story and social novel.
    — Elmar Krekeler, WELT
  
    Impressive... Fäh shows a great sense for fine performances and at least as much talent for exciting thriller elements. This 'Tatort' transforms into a thriller and delivers suspense until the very end: This is primarily due to the direction of Claudio Fäh.
    — Sarah Stendel, STERN
  
    Director Claudio Fäh, long successful in the USA in the action and thriller genres, makes this case feel immediately different... surprisingly good. 
    — Claudia Tieschky, Süddeutsche Zeitung
  
    Directed with an eerie atmosphere and pulse-pounding scenes, the tension crackles. This is how the Zurich 'Tatort' works.
    — Alexandra Kedves, Tages-Anzeiger

TATORT - Könige der Nacht

7.18 million viewers in Germany, 395,000 in Switzerland (29.8% and 34% market share).

When the brutally murdered body of a young sex worker washes up on the banks of the Limmat, detectives Ott and Grandjean are drawn into the hidden underworld beneath Zurich's polished surface — and into the impossible dilemma of a witness who saw everything, but can't afford to be found.

SRF/ARD Degeto | 2026

Starring Carol Schuler, Anna Pieri Zuercher, Rachel Braunschweig, Aaron Arens, Nambitha Ben-Mazwi, Basil Eidenbenz, Tim Borys, Liliom Lewald, Stefan Merki

Produced by Contrast Film, Ivan Madeo, Anke Beining-Wellhausen

Directed by Claudio Fäh