The Last Seance 

When a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer.

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writers:

Frank Tallis (novel), Steve Thompson (screenplay)

Stars:

Franz Josef Koepp, Matthew Beard, Jürgen Maurer

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Franz Josef Koepp	...	Sigmund Freud
Matthew Beard	...	Max Liebermann
Jürgen Maurer	...	Oskar Rheinhardt (as Juergen Maurer)
Josef Ellers	...	Sergeant Haussman
Alma Hasun	...	Charlotte Löwenstein
Erni Mangold	...	Concierge
Simon Hatzl	...	Police Commissioner Strasser
Harald Windisch	...	Professor Matthias
Amelia Bullmore	...	Rachel Liebermann
Conleth Hill	...	Mendel Liebermann
Charlene McKenna	...	Leah Liebermann
Raphael von Bargen	...	Inspector von Bülow
Luise von Finckh	...	Clara Weiss
Rainer Wöss	...	Hans Brückmüller
Hans Peter Bruckner	...	Mayor Carl Lueger

Storyline

When a beautiful young medium is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Dr Max Liebermann, is called upon by Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt of the Vienna Police to assist in the search for the killer.

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Plot Keywords:

hypnosis | hypnotism | hypnotized | mysterious murder | nude woman | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Goofs

Despite being set in 1906, the Vienna Riesenrad (ferris wheel) is shown to have only 15 gondolas when it would have had 30 gondolas. During WWII, the Riesenrad was damaged by allied bombing and was rebuilt after the war with only 15 gondolas to help extend its operational life (but with the gondolas having only even numbers which explains why there is a number 24).

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Quotes

Max Liebermann: [as the inspector hands him his hat] People will say we're beginning to like each other.

User Reviews

Echos of many better series

Another smart guy/ dim bulb mystery series.

The justification for Dr. Lindemann being a omniscient know it-all is that he is a student of Sigmund Freud. Freud, in real life, had no interest in forensics and even failed a medical/forensic exam! How Freud's rambling ideas about intra-family romance translate into Lindemann's knowledge of stagecraft, for example, is not explained. This, to me, was a lingering problem. Why does this guy know so much? Is he an alien?

Hardly a scene passes without a memory of some other series, usually a better one, being recalled. The setting is new, but the plot seems to be a bit of a cut and paste job. Characters are stale. They are not rounded into interesting people nor does anyone have any particularly wittty lines.

The mystery, thus far, (I have only seen the first episode) is faintly familiar but still pretty intriguing

Worth a look but don't change any plans just to see it.

Details

Country:

UK Austria

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 November 2019 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endor Productions, MR TV-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD