Last year, RTL broadcast the Easter event Die Passion and made trash hearts shine. Alexander Klaws embodied the savior on a stage in rainy Essen with a performance for eternity. Actually, the musical event should take place annually. Unfortunately, Die Passion is canceled this year. RTL approaches the Jesus saga differently this time: The death of the Redeemer is analyzed from a true crime perspective. (Yes, really.) RTL hired the most competent staff money can buy.
With Jan Josef Liefers: That happens in The Fall of Jesus
On Thursday, April 6, 2023, the true crime Jesus documentary runs under the title Death Riddle with Tsokos and Liefers – The Fall of Jesus at RTL. Broadcast time: 10:35 p.m. As a refresher: Jesus Christ was crucified in Jerusalem, today this day is celebrated as Good Friday and the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated again at Easter. Deaths that have never been cleared up and filed away are called cold cases. After all, Jesus Christ’s 2000-year-old death is the ultimate cold case, so to speak, followed directly by the ice mummy Ötzi.
How exactly does the documentary work? Tatort commissioner Jan Josef Liefers (Münster) and coroner Michael Tsokos are a well-rehearsed team, they already worked together for the true crime series The Autopsy. (Stream the autopsy on RTL + *) The actor looks over the shoulder of the coroner in real cases. Something similar happens in Tsokos and Liefers – The Fall of Jesus in Totenrätsel, only under more powerful circumstances. They get to the bottom of the question of how Jesus died and, above all, how he was able to rise from the dead. This is what it looks like on the show:
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According to DWDL, Liefers and Tsokos are also speaking to experts and church dignitaries. Your theories are put to the test in an experiment.
Does RTL mean this Jesus documentary seriously?
Even if every sentence in this report screams an April Fool’s joke: Yes, RTL obviously means everything deadly seriously. An ironic break in examining the “greatest death mystery of all time” (RTL on Twitter) we could not feel. Maybe that’s why the concept works.
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