FormatBiz | Former German chancellor Angela Merkel plays Miss Merkel

Comedy crime film Miss Merkel – Ein Uckermark-Krimi (Miss Merkel – An Uckermark Crime Story) premiered on 21 March on RTL, drawing in a total of 3.12m, resulting in a strong 12.2% share (A3+) and 13.6% (A14-49) and 13.5% (A14-59) target group share.
The series is based on the novel Miss Merkel – Mord in Der Uckermark (Tr. Miss Merkel– Murder in Uckermark) by David Safier.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has found an interesting new leisure activity: solving crimes. Six weeks after the end of Merkel’s (portrayed by Katharina Thalbach) career, she is quite bored, living with her husband and her pug. When a baron is found poisoned in a locked castle dungeon, Merkel starts investigating.

The series is produced by Letterbox Filmproduktion.

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