First Broadcast: December 16th 2009
Leonard Lansink as Detective Wilsberg
Storyline
Georg Wilsberg has decided to buy a tree from the Christmas Market on Christmas Eve. Ekki is at this moment out for a Christmas party with his colleagues, Inspector Anna Springer is cooking in Wilsberg’s kitchen duck a l'orange for her friends, Alex is buying a Christmas present for Anna and Anna’s colleague Overbeck is bored.
But then...
While Alex is buying the Christmas present, a Santa Claus storms into the store and starts threatening both the clients and the cashier with a gun. Ekki‘s superior, Grabowski, leaves the party with his secretary, who was wearing deeply revealing clothing, and Wilsberg has mounted the Christmas tree on top of his car and is now on his way home.
While Grabowski is waiting together with his secretary for a cab and while discussing to whose place they should go, the armed Santa Claus is running with his loot up and about. That is why Wilsberg must hit the brake sharply so as not to hit Santa Claus.
But the Christmas tree slides to the front from the top of the car at the same times as a Mercedes is crashing into Wilsberg’s car. The trunk lid of the Mercedes pops open during the upcoming insurance discussion. There lies a captive gagged man inside.
Santa Claus, who is still safe and sound, storms into the next pub and stumbles upon Ekki in the men’s room. Chaos turns its ugly head. Surely this Christmas will remain unforgotten by all the involved parties.
Cast
Oliver Korittke as Ekki Talkotter
Rita Russek as Anna Springer
Ina Paule Klink as Alex
Roland Jankowsky as Overbeck
Mandala Tayde as Nadja
Tatjana Clasing as Margot Engel
Vittorio Alfieri as Grabowski
Torsten Michaelis as Clinder Egon
Aleksandar Jovanovic Oswald
David Scheller as Lothar
Rainer Laupichler as Friedhelm Thiess
Bernhard Schutz as Bohlsen
Juri Padel as Siggi
Raphaela Dell as Jeweler
Additional Cast
Katja Mitchell
Jochen Langner
Andreas Merker
Harriet Kracht
Michael Schumacher
Bruno Winzen
Josef Tratnik
and other
Script: Eckehard Ziedrich
Inspired by the character of Georg Wilsberg by Jurgen Kehrer
Casting: Helga Heich, Michael Ludwig
Sound: Hubertus Mull, Michael Eckert
Music Supervision: Thilo Topfer
Mixing: Gerald Cronauer
Production Design: Thomas Schmid
Assistant Production Designer: Cora Pratz
Requisites: Bijou Martin, Roman von Halassy
Costumes: Kerstin Westermann
Assistant Costume Designer: Sonia Bouabsa
Wardrobe: Mare Thole
Make-up: Susan Schmidt, Jutta Dinges
Recording Directors: Steffen Schmolzer, Skipper Norden
Script: Christian Thebaud
Cut: Zaz Montana
Music: Carsten Rocker
Producers: Anton Moho, Micha Terjung
Production Director: Maria Mones
Creative Director: Michael Hahn
Editor: Martin R. Neumann
Camera Operator: Sebastian Janke
Camera Assistants: Max Zaher, Willem Bramsche
Camera and Direction: Hans-Gunther Bucking
Assistant Director: Schoko Okroy
A Cologne-Film production