First Broadcast: November 6th 2004
Leonard Lansink as Detective Wilsberg
Storyline
The wife of Joachim Rehmer, property branch manager at the City of Munster Building Authorities, does not believe that the death of her husband, who has been found dead on a railway track, was suicide, even if everything indicates to it. She commissions private detective Wilsberg to conduct the necessary investigation.
At the start of his assignment, Wilsberg assumes that Rehmer’s successor had a good reason to wish the death of his colleague, Rehmer, since he had quite an attractive position at the Building Authorities. However, Wilsberg’s friend, Manni, is appointed as successor and, naturally, Wilsberg cannot regard his friend as the perpetrator.
Wilsberg continues pursuing the investigation, which leads to Grahnke, an old friend of Rehmer’s, who is now facing a decreasing financial state and who was supposed to become involved in a financially interesting construction assignment commissioned by Rehmer. However, Grahnke had never received this assignment.
As the story developes, Mrs. Rehmer’s niece is kidnapped and Wilsberg is therefore close to ending his investigation. Furthermore, a beautiful woman gets Manni head over heels for her and Wilsberg realizes, that she is only involving his friend in a scheme.
Wilsberg is faced with the obligation of telling his friend about the past of this woman, which results into great tension between the two friends.
Cast
Heinrich Schafmeister as Manni Hoch
Rita Russek as Anna Springer
Ina Paule Klink as Alex
Monica Bleibtreu as Waltraud Rehmer
Walter Kreye as Walter Grahnke
Kathrin Kuhnel as Sylvia
Max von Pufendorf as Sigbert Grahnke
Christina Gro?e as Inga Welting
Matthias Redlhammber as Hannes
Arved Birnbaum as Henryk
Katrin Pollitt as Bakery Worker
Hans-Joachim Heist as Security Guard
Additional Cast
Hans-Georg Gregor
Georg Adler
Horst Vogelsang
Ralf Grawe
and other
Production Design: Thomas Schmid
Costumes: Elisabeth Kraus
Cut: Julia von Frihiling
Camera: Achim Hasse
Screenwriter and Director: Thorsten Nater
Casting: Gitta Uhlig
Script: Thorsten Nater
Using the character of Georg Wilsberg from the novels by Jurgen Kehrer
Sound: Hubertus Mull, Oliver Skrotzki
Mixing: Arne Dammann, Michael Andreas
Camera Operators: Christina Riedmann, Maximilian Prinz
Requisites: Petra Bo?mann, Roman von Halassy
Costumes: Stephanie Furst, Sabine Auberle
Make-up: Irina Tubbecke-Bechem, Janina Dietze
Recording Directors: Sigrid Muller, Oliver Wiemer
Script/Continuity: Silke Engler
Director: Thorsten Nater
Assistant Director: Martina Faust
Production Director: Liane Retzlaff
Creative Director: Michael Hahne
Producer: Anton Moho
Producer: Micha Terjung
Editor: Martin R. Neumann
A Cologne Film production.