The Secret of the Raven's Head (eps. 40)

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Katja performs a welfare check at the Biller family farm. Is it possible that three children are living here on their own? When she questions 16-year-old Marlie, whose grandmother Konstanze is farm’s owner, the girl gradually reveals the sad truth. Adrian, meanwhile, is in top form at Carpe Diem and seems to be getting his life back on track.

It’s a typical Sunday morning for the Gruber family in the Bavarian town of Frühling (Spring): while mother Steffi has already gone to work at the hotel and father Georg is still sleeping, six-year…

Country social worker Katja Baumann's latest case makes great demands on her. On the Reichtmayr farm, three-year-old Benny almost drowned in the tub since his big sister Laura wasn't paying attention…

Town assistant Katja has just been appointed director of her district, but has no time to celebrate: Maria, an elderly farmer’s widow, has fallen from a ladder. When Katja arrives, she finds herself…

Franz and Sandra Holzner run a quaint fish farm in the Bavarian Alpine foothills and take care of their daughter Lilly. In an unwatched moment, Lilly sits down in the family car and releases the…

Almost all preparations for Erna Krawinkel´s 100th birthday celebration are completed. But the sprightly and vivid old-timer can imagine better things to do than attending an elaborate celebration…

For deaf woodcarvers Elisabeth and Hans Lohmeyer, their daughter Inga is the only lifeline to the outside world. When Elisabeth gets hit by a car they have to call on community helper Katja for help…

The Huber family are beset with problems. Single mom Anna is in the hospital, and 15-year-old Amelie has missed an important exam at school. Thank goodness for community helper Katja Baumann! But…

When Finn Bredemeyer secretly unties the boats at his parents’ sailing school, his mother, Sanne, nearly has a miscarriage. Katja Baumann has to fill in. She scrutinizes the boy and notices that the…

Katja Baumann is helping Mark the vet to catch a runaway cow when she gets a call from a stranger threatening to commit suicide. Katja sets out to look for the woman and eventually manages to…

Katja gets a call from a hotel in Frühling: Two children are sitting alone in the dining room, as their parents haven't returned from the mountain hike they went on. Katja tries to calm 11-year…

Stranded in the middle of a rape field, Katja (Simone Thomalla) finds herself faced with the challenge of repairing a combine harvester when the eight-year-old Lea tumbles into her arms. The girl…

Judith Kleinke (Adina Vetter) is doing much better since Katja helped her get over her depression in the episode “An Old, Beautiful House” (15, WT); Katja even got her an interview for a new job…

During confession, eight-year-old Liam admits that he is being mistreated by his older brother, Toni. Family helper Katja comes to his rescue. Father Sonnleitner is bound by the Seal of Confession…

A lovesick eagle gets in the way of a girls’ day out: Katja and her girlfriends Filippa and Michelle had been set on paragliding, but the bird just won’t let them. It’s not the only thing to get…

Katja, the family helper, loses a little girl at the furniture store. Was she just careless, or did someone kidnap Fibi Wolf? Katja feels awful when the girl's parents find out about her…

Mark gets into a serious accident with a horse. The young rider, Charlotte, tasks the veterinarian with nursing her steed, Henry, back to health. The girl's request has unexpected consequences. Out…

Having a peaceful Christmas appears to be impossible: Katja Baumann witnesses a terrible skiing accident in which a girl is critically injured. Professor Gabriel is the only one who can perform the…

The widow of a motorcyclist who died doesn’t attend his funeral. Her 19-year-old daughter Johanna desperately sets off to search for her. Unaware of all this, Katja Baumann has already found the…

Katja Baumann witnesses an argument between a farmer and an apparently homeless woman living on his property in her car, which is packed to its limits. Katja is able to mediate the situation, but…

A bus accident is keeping Frühling occupied. As a designated village helper, Katja Baumann is called in to help the Steinmüller family, who have been hit particularly hard by the accident – both…

Jan wants to go on a pilgrimage through the mountains and hike all the way to South Tyrol. He joins other pilgrims on the way, including the very pregnant Liane. The trekkers are so concerned about…

Village helper Katja Baumann has to work with a little girl who is constantly causing problems both at home and in school. But what is behind the girl’s conspicuously bad behavior? When Katja is…

Katja Baumann’s next assignment as a village helper is an unusual one. She is filling in for the owner of a campground, and is confronted with all kinds of problems between the people staying there…

The death of an elderly woman exposes a terrible secret. While working as a nurse many decades ago, she had switched two newborn baby boys. Katja Baumann goes in search of leads. What became of the…

Katja and her intern Lilly are looking after a remote mountain pasture whose owner is in the hospital. Suddenly, eerie things start to happen, culminating in a fire that breaks out in front of the…

The annual Christmas market in Frühling takes place a few days before Christmas. Katja and Pastor Sonnleitner have a stall there. Close by, a father is having an argument with his son, who has…

There is a major commotion in the town of Frühling. Anton Lachner, who runs a boarding kennel, passes out while feeding the dogs. As he is being rushed to the hospital for immediate surgery, the dogs…

Katja Baumann is looking after a family that suffered a tragic event many years ago. Their young daughter Marie disappeared without a trace, and was never seen again. Her mother Frederike and brother…

Katja Baumann runs into an old acquaintance, Amelie, who is now 18. She is having problems with her mother-in-law, who never forgave her for getting pregnant by her son Ingo. Love’s complications…

While driving her daughters Greta and Lotti to school, their mother Catrin Zerbe falls asleep at the wheel. At first, it seems like an accident, but then it is discovered that she is addicted to…

Village helper Katja Baumann is looking after 16-year-old Lucy, whose father is in the hospital with severe injuries. Since Lucy and her father have been on their own since her mother died, Katja…

Katja and Tom have made plans to go hiking with Leslie and her new boyfriend Ali. They meet at the base station and board the gondola that will take them up the mountain. Also on board the gondola…

Katja and Tom are madly in love and spending a lot of time at Tom’s house. Adrian seizes the moment to throw wild parties, much to Katja’s dismay. Meanwhile, on a walk, 9-year-old Stella leaves her…

Katja performs a welfare check at the Biller family farm. Is it possible that three children are living here on their own? When she questions 16-year-old Marlie, whose grandmother Konstanze is farm’s…

Katja offers to take in Catrin Zerbe’s daughter Greta and her friend Emily while Catrin goes away for the first time with her brother Simon Fries. But not everyone is able to put their past troubles…

A new day is dawning in Frühling, as Katja retrieves several unsettling letters from her mailbox. She was aware that Mark was going to be a father, but holding the birth announcement in her hand…

Something is different this morning in Frühling. There is an ominous feeling in the air, as someone watches the house where Katja is still fast asleep. And then approaches the house, rattling the…

Alongside caring for an abandoned zebra that has temporarily relocated to her garden, Katja also has to look after Greta, a teenager experiencing the disastrous consequences alcohol can have for the…

A married couple vanishes after failing to return from a romantic evening out. Katja takes care of the children while the police search for their parents. The previous evening, the couple had planned…

Friederike Neumeister is unable to move on after the disappearance of her daughter Marie eight years ago. Like every year, she and her son Theo celebrate the missing girl’s birthday. On this day of…

Christian Frankenthal asks Katja for help. He is convinced his father Alois has been tricked into marrying a con artist. Since Alois is being completely unreasonable and is unwilling to even discuss…

Katja is hospitalized after a bad car accident. The terrible news spreads through Frühling like wildfire, and the entire village is worried about her. The man who caused the accident was under the…

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Format

1×90’

Available

ready-made

Produced by

TeamWorx, Seven Dogs Filmproduktion

Cast

Simone Thomalla, Carolyn Genzkow, Marco Girnth a. o.

Year of Production

2010 - present

Original Language

German

Broadcaster

ZDF

Writer

Natalie Scharf a. o.

Director

Michael Karen, Thomas Jauch a. o.