Einstein (German TV series)


Einstein is a German police procedural dramedy television series that is based on the 2015 film of the same name, written by Martin Ritzenhoff und Matthias Dinter.
The television series premiered on Sat.1 emotions on January 5, 2017 and has sold to over 100 territories including a hit in Spain and Portugal on AXN and also in Czech Republic on FilmBox.
On March 29, 2019, Sat.1 canceled the series after three seasons.

Plot

Felix Winterberg, unknown great-great-grandson of Albert Einstein, is the youngest professor of theoretical physics at Ruhr University Bochum. Winterberg has inherited the genius of Einstein and suffers from the deadly health of Huntington's Chorea, which gives him a remaining life expectancy of about seven years.
He must help Kriminalkommissarin Elena Lange as an independent consultant under the direction of Kriminaloberkommissar Stefan Tremmel in the investigation of murder cases in order not to end up in prison for violations of the Narcotics Act.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2018)

Season 3 (2019)

Reception

Ratings

Awards and nominations

U.S. adaptation

In October 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the series was in development at NBC from writer Michael Reisz, Carol Mendelsohn, and Tariq Jalil in association with Universal Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions, and Intrigue Entertainment. Reisz, Mendelsohn, and Jalil also executive produce along with Julie Weitz, Jan David Frouman, Henrik Pabst, and Shirley Bowers from the original series' Red Arrow Studios.