The Crimson Rivers

Synopsis

Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.

First Air Date: 2018-11-26

Last Air Date: 2022-10-10

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 32

Created By: Jean-Christophe Grangé

Networks: France 2

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Top Cast

Olivier Marchal as Pierre Niemans
Erika Sainte as Camille Delaunay
Ken Duken as Kripo-Beamter Nicolas Kleinert
François Levantal as Pater Anselme
Augustin Humez as Jules
Nora Waldstätten as Laura von Geyersberg
Nicolas Grandhomme as Polizist Stéphane Gandolfi
Pierre Laplace as Mariotte
Théo Dardenne as Bruno
Jean-Luc Couchard as Nicolas Durero

Seasons

Season 1 (2018) - (8 Episodes)

Season 2 (2020) - (8 Episodes)

Season 3 (2021) - (8 Episodes)

Season 4 (2022) - (8 Episodes)

Season 1 (2018)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Last Hunt (1) (2018-11-26)

A mutilated corpse is found during a forest hunting party and it seems the victim was the heir to a family fortune. As Niemans and Camille question his immediate circle, his sister is also targeted.
Ep. 2: The Last Hunt (2) (2018-11-26)

Niemans and Camille are put on the track of a curse that is rumoured to be placed on the sons of the Von Geyersberg family. But are the rich clan really the victims or is there a killer among them?
Ep. 3: The Day of the Ashes (1) (2018-12-03)

In a wine-growing region at harvest time, a battered corpse is discovered under rubble when a vault collapses during the renovation of a chapel, destroying a fresco. Was it an accident or foul play?
Ep. 4: The Day of the Ashes (2) (2018-12-03)

When Niemans obtains X-ray images of the damaged frescos, they provide further insight into the case, but does a missing fragment from the biblical scenes portrayed hold the key to the killer?
Ep. 5: The Children's Crusade (1) (2018-12-10)

When two men discover the severed hand of a child, Niemans and Camille find the local police distracted by the case of a serial killer armed with a rifle. Can they find clues at a children's home?
Ep. 6: The Children's Crusade (2) (2018-12-10)

Two more people are shot dead, in the cemetery: a married couple who took in foster children. But a quotation from an ancient tale about an ill-fated group of children on a memorial provides a clue.
Ep. 7: Song of Darkness (1) (2018-12-17)

Niemans witnesses the death of a monk named Brother Guillaume who utters the words 'the sword and the snake' with his dying breath and has the palm of his left hand burned to hide a mysterious tattoo
Ep. 8: Song of Darkness (2) (2018-12-17)

It seems the monks believe they have discovered sinister secret messages in the ancient music they've been studying. As Camille and Niemans get closer to the truth, they encounter a satanic sect.