| Native Name: | Spuren des Bösen |
| Director: | Andreas Prochaska |
| Country: | Austria |
| Language: | German |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
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| First Aired: | (ORF 2) (ZDF) |
Anatomy of Evil (German title Spuren des Bösen) is an Austrian German-language crime drama series which debuted in 2011, starring Heino Ferch in the lead role of psychiatrist and interrogation specialist Richard Brock. As of January 2021, there have been nine installments in the series. Like other crime series in German-speaking countries, each "episode" is a 90-minute TV movie.[1] Fischer, Marianne (1 February 2021). TV-Kritik zu "Spuren des Bösen": Schuld hat viele Gesichter, Kleine Zeitung (in German)
The show is a co-production of Austrian public broadcaster ORF and German public broadcaster ZDF and is directed by Andreas Prochaska. It was originally planned to be a single movie, but was expanded into a series due to its success.Hieber, Jochen (13 January 2014). Sigmund Freud hat einen neuen Statthalter in Wien, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German)
For the English subtitled version, the show is titled "Anatomy of Evil". In Italy the show is called "Richard Brock" after the main character.