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.