The Valley

45min

Drama

Mystery

Between forests and hills, the river Ahr meanders through a mystical, foggy autumn landscape. Amidst this idyll a man awakens in the middle of a vineyard. He does not know who he is, where he is or how he came to be here. Next to him is a dead young woman lying among the vines. As a foreigner in the secluded town in the Ahr valley he enters an archaic village community, which seems to keep a secret from him.

Episodes

Cast

Portent

1. Portent

45min

6th Oct 2015

A man wakes up in a vineyard, having lost his memory, next to the corpse of a young woman. Distraught, he takes refuge in the nearest village, but when he returns with help the body has disappeared.

Fate

2. Fate

45min

13th Oct 2015

Inspectors Beckmann and Brehme start to investigate the cold blooded murder of wine queen, Sophia Fink. The hero and main suspect, Johannes Fuchs, believes he can solve the mystery of his identity if only he could solve her murder. As he starts to investigate on his own, he encounters numerous inconsistencies, surprising suspects and entanglements within the village. The hero is given an unexpected alibi by the town's mayor's wife, Hanna Zepter.

Demons

3. Demons

45min

20th Oct 2015

During his investigations, the hero learns about an old accident: Adrian's sister, Marie Donatius, drowned in the river Ahr years ago. But is this in any way related to Sophia's death or does any villager have a more personal motive? In trying to solve the puzzle, Johannes Fuchs finds himself in danger. The police investigation reveals Sophia's secret.

Trauma

4. Trauma

45min

27th Oct 2015

Adrian Donatius, who hasn't spoken since the untimely drowning death of his sister, Marie, becomes the main murder suspect, when police finds incriminating evidence. The atmosphere in the village quickly turns against Adrian, only the amnesiac Johannes Fuchs continues to believe in Adrian's innocence.

Pains

5. Pains

45min

3rd Nov 2015

All evidence points to Adrian Donatius having brutally slain Sophia Fink. The interrogation with the akinetically mutismic boy doesn't lead anywhere, but when it ends Adrian is admitted to a psychiatric ward. The killer is caught. One villager gets increasingly concerned having learnt about Adrian's admission.

Conclusion

6. Conclusion

45min

10th Nov 2015

Through the suicide of a villager, Johannes Fuchs has not only and very suddenly lost an important puzzle piece to his own identity and thus to the solution of the mysteries surrounding Sophia Fink's death, but has also come to an unravelling conclusion which in return cause more questions about a water spirit, Adrian Donatius' hospitalization, and family affairs.

First air date

6th Oct 2015

Last air date

10th Nov 2015

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

de

Networks