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