A bicycle messenger delivers a tip from the dying Steinmetz to the police about the whereabouts of Wächter's daughter, who can then be rescued at the last second - while Murot is in danger of bleeding to death in the bathtub.

The film was produced by Hessischer Rundfunk, a public German television station, and shot on 26 days from June 2, 2015 to July 9, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden.

At the end the reviewer doesn't believe, that he has not seen other works of screenwriter Erol Yesilkaya and director Sebastian Marka, because Long Live Death "is a professional production from top to bottom.

"[1] Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle explains, that Long Live Death is just another Tatort-episode, "but that shouldn't put off first-time viewers.

He further notes, "if there's any kinship to CSI, it's that (like that show's creators) director Sebastian Marka is a clear acolyte of Manhunter-era Michael Mann.

But for Whittaker, it remains a mystery at the end of his review that "the producers picked this out of the 1,000 episodes to date as the one to introduce Tatort to American audiences".

But he states, "its measured mixing of serial killer tropes and Teutonic musings on mercy and self-determination are good reason to crack open older case files.

"[2] The first broadcast of Long Live Death on November 20, 2016 was watched by 8.82 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 23.6 percent for Das Erste.