Elias Pressler

Just when bestselling author Leo Leitner was awarded an Austrian literary prize, a mysterious death overshadowed the pompous event. His host Hofrat Lassnig-Schiele may have a hand in it. Charming and funny 'Vienna' episode of the successful crime series! Crime author Leo Leitner is surprisingly awarded the Leo Perutz Prize in Vienna. He reluctantly follows his publisher to the Austrian capital, where he is welcomed by the Viennese society. A tragic incident occurs during the awards ceremony. Burgtheater actor Staberny is found dead in the toilet, presumably suicide. Leo's criminal instinct is awakened. Of course he believes in murder.

A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.

Vienna is shaken by a mysterious series of murders. Except for Major Adolf Kottan, who is suspended. Indefinitely. Kottan's ex-police colleagues, the stiff-legged Paul Schremser and the trigger-happy Alfred Schrammel, take over the investigation and are completely in the dark. Next to each murder victim is a playing card with the inscription "Rien ne va plus". There are seven names on the back. Already three murders in 24 hours....

Twelve-year-old Marie has a very special relationship with the house where she lives with her extended family. Marie secretly talks to it as if it were alive and interprets strange occurrences in the somewhat dilapidated building as 'human' reactions and behaviors of the villa. When Marie's grandmother, who has been dreaming for years of making humanity happy with her environmentally friendly technical inventions, falls for a con artist, loses all her money, and the property is about to be auctioned off, the desperate girl tries everything to save her home. In doing so, she is not only 'actively' supported by the house, but also by her friends Stefan and Konrad. However, this is complicated by the fact that both of them want to "go out" with her and suddenly demand that she choose one of them.

Sonja Spitz, the proud owner of a delicatessen and restaurant, is on the threshold of a new phase in her life: Now that her three children have left the parental nest, she finally wants to enjoy time with her boyfriend, the younger Italian Michele. They have been a couple for some time, but Sonja has kept their relationship a secret from her children until now. Now she finally wants to admit her love and is looking forward to a new, free life. Unfortunately, the romantic togetherness doesn't work out, as Sonja's offspring return to "Hotel Mama" one after the other. As if that wasn't enough, one day Sonja's ex-husband Willi arrives at the door with his young daughter and asks for shelter. A delicate balancing act begins for Sonja: she has to tame her illustrious family ties and at the same time keep poor Michele happy with secret meetings. Of course, it's only a matter of time before this game of hide-and-seek is exposed.

In the final days of the war, little Hans escapes certain death: he flees from a Nazi euthanasia center. Years later, Hans encounters the doctor who is responsible for destroying his life...

SOKO Donau is an Austrian television series.