Directed by:
Matti GeschonneckCinematography:
Theo BierkensComposer:
Florian TessloffCast:
Peter Haber, Maja Maranow, Tobias Moretti, Jasmin Gerat, Johanna Gastdorf, Gijs Blom, Michelle Barthel, Marcel Hensema, Patrick Abozen, Therese Hämer (more)Plots(1)
Bruno van Leeuwen has witnessed many crime scenes, but what awaits the inspector on Koniginnedag in Amsterdam's Vondelpark, presents him with an unpleasant conundrum: Kevin, a young lad of around 13 is found lying under a clump of bushes, with his head smashed in and a gaping hole where the roof of his mouth should be. His brain has been removed. What on earth could be the motive for such a brutish act of murder against a child? His wife Simone is unable to provide him with the answer. She lives in her own world, which is getting smaller by the day. At barely 50, she suffers from Alzheimer's and needs care. Only with difficulty and help from nurse Ellen is Bruno still able to care for Simone himself. And he has known for some time that Ellen is right: Simone belongs in a home. But Simone is the love of his life and he can't bear the thought of it. It's therefore all the more painful for van Leeuwen when he comes across a bundle of passionate love letters in a storeroom that prove Simone had been unfaithful to him several years earlier. Van Leeuwen confronts Simone, but she can't remember. (ZDF)
(more)Cast
Peter Haber
Sweden
Best movies:
Millennium (2010) (series)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
A Second Chance (2014)
Maja Maranow
West Germany
Best movies:
The Beloved Sisters (2014)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Der König von St. Pauli (1998) (series)
Tobias Moretti
Austria
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
Jasmin Gerat
West Germany
Best movies:
The Girl with Nine Wigs (2013)
Kokowääh (2011)
God, You're Such a Prick (2020)
Johanna Gastdorf
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Wave (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Gijs Blom
Netherlands
Best movies:
Sickos (2014)
The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Boys (2014) (TV movie)
Michelle Barthel
Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)
Marcel Hensema
Netherlands
Patrick Abozen
West Germany
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Three Strikes and You're Out (2011)
Das Traumschiff (1981) (series)
Therese Hämer
West Germany
Best movies:
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
The Master Butcher (2019) (TV movie)
Stromberg - Der Film (2014)
Sonja Baum
West Germany
Best movies:
Sportsman of the Century (2006)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Online - Meine Tochter in Gefahr (2012) (TV movie)
Johann Adam Oest
Germany
Best movies:
Goethe! (2010)
Clara Immerwahr (2014) (TV movie)
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Alexandra Schalaudek
West Germany
Best movies:
Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (2001)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Murali Perumal
West Germany
Best movies:
Happy As One (2006)
Tár (2022)
The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
Daniel Drewes
West Germany
Best movies:
Sources of Life (2013)
Die Anruferin (2007)
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
Ron de Groen
Best movies:
Mike Says Goodbye! (2012)
Süskind (2012)
New Kids Nitro (2011)