Director: Max Zähle, Martina Plura
When a burned-out defense lawyer signs up for a weekend of guided meditation, the last thing on his mind is homicide — yet by the end of the retreat he's stumbled into exactly that.
What is Murder Mindfully (Achtsam Morden) about?
Murder Mindfully follows Björn Diemel, a criminal defense attorney whose client list reads like a rap sheet of Frankfurt's underworld. Desperate to repair his marriage and his sanity, he checks into a mindfulness retreat, hoping breathing exercises might undo years of burnout. Instead, a chain of accidents and bad decisions pulls him deeper into the very criminal machinery he used to defend from the outside. Each new crisis forces him to apply the retreat's calm, present-focused techniques to problems no self-help book ever anticipated, and the show mines dark comedy from the gap between mindfulness jargon and mob violence.
Cast & crew
Tom Schilling anchors the series as Björn, playing panic and composure in the same breath, while Emily Cox and Britta Hammelstein add sharp counterweight as the women navigating his unraveling life. Murathan Muslu and Johannes Allmayer round out a supporting cast built for both menace and comic timing, and the ensemble keeps the tone balanced between genuine dread and absurdist humor.
Context & significance
Adapted from Karsten Dusse's bestselling German novel series, the show arrived as one of the more distinctive European crime comedies of 2024, pairing genre mechanics with a satirical eye on wellness culture. Its half-hour episode format keeps pacing brisk, favoring escalating set pieces over slow-burn drama, and its Frankfurt setting gives the criminal underworld a specific, grounded texture rather than a generic backdrop.
Where & how to watch
Murder Mindfully streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow Björn's spiraling double life in their own language. The show is available to watch with a free K-Time account login, and the platform's Farsi interface makes browsing and queuing episodes straightforward for the Iranian diaspora audience.