The thriller „Spurlos in Venedig“ celebrates its television premiere on December 6, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. in the prime-time lineup of ARD. The film marks the third installment in the successful Spurlos series, which previously took viewers to Marseille and Athens. Directed by Claudia Garde and written by Florian Iwersen, the German-Italian co-production stars Max Riemelt and Jeanette Hain and was shot on original locations throughout Venice.

Set in the quiet Castello district of Venice, the story centers on a withdrawn German man known only as “Angelo,” who lives a humble life as a dishwasher, concealing the truth about his past. When he witnesses mafia enforcers threatening his neighbor Sofia and her seven-year-old son Luca, Angelo intervenes with the precision of a trained fighter—killing their leader Paolo in the process. The attackers were after Sofia’s husband, Nico, who is entangled in a failed drug deal involving three tons of stolen cocaine.

Angelo’s actions place him squarely in the crosshairs of Gaia Contarini, a powerful and ruthless mafia boss—and Paolo’s foster mother—who is determined to avenge his death. While Angelo initially prepares to flee Venice, his plans change abruptly when Gaia kidnaps young Luca. Faced with the shadows of his former life as an elite German soldier, Angelo launches a desperate counteroffensive to save the boy, unaware of how far the mafia boss’s influence extends.

With Max Riemelt as Angelo/Gabriel Wendt, Jeanette Hain as the formidable Gaia Contarini, and Lisa Lendaro as Sofia, Spurlos in Venedig delivers a gripping mix of suspense, emotional depth, and tense action against the atmospheric backdrop of Venice’s lagoon city.