SOKO Leipzig / Season 3

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Season 3 of SOKO Leipzig
Original title SOKO Leipzig - Season 3
Episodes 18th
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
First broadcast September 25, 2002 - March 28, 2003 on ZDF
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The third season of the German crime series SOKO Leipzig celebrated its premiere on September 25, 2002 on ZDF . The finale was broadcast on March 28, 2003.

The first six episodes of the season premiered on Wednesdays on the 6:05 pm slot. As the audience ratings, as in the first two seasons, reached a consistently high level, the first broadcast of the remaining episodes was moved to the Friday 9:15 pm slot.

actor

Role name actor
Chief Detective Inspector Hans-Joachim Trautzschke Andreas Schmidt-Schaller
Chief Detective Jan Maybach Marco Girnth
Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann Melanie Marschke
Detective Superintendent Miguel Alvarez Gabriel Merz
Public Prosecutor Dr. summer Miriam of verse
Forensic doctor Dr. Sandra Schönfeld Silke Heise
Forensic doctor Dr. Kathrin Conradi Margrit Sartorius

Episodes

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Prod.
Code
23 1 Love madness September 25, 2002 Patrick Winczewski Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 23
Leni Trautzschke, daughter of Chief Detective Trautzscke, is harassed by a stalker. When she wants to meet her friend Matti, he is pushed in front of the bus. The SOKO believes in a perpetrator from Leni's professional environment and smuggles Chief Detective Zimmeramm undercover into their newspaper editorial office. But when the stalker plans an assassination attempt on chief detective Trautzschke, the SOKO has to react quickly.

Guest actors: Peter von Strombeck as Lothar Knesebeck, Thomas Rudnick as Gerd Rusedski, Daniel Wiemer as Markus Steppke

24 2 The kiss of the muses October 2, 2002 Patrick Winczewski Christine Groß, Hen Hermanns, Stefan Müller 24
The painter Maxim Leutner is slain. He had mixed up the vernissage of his former lover the previous evening. But the investigators do not find any traces at the crime scene that could lead to the murderer. In addition to the victim's former lover Nadine Döbner, who recently left him, the investigators also target the gallery owner Daniel Graf and his son Jonas Leutner. Daniel Graf had transferred the victim € 2,000 a month, but he got caught up in contradictions about the reason for this.

Guest actors: Mathias Herrmann as Daniel Graf, Evelyn Opela as Katharina Graf, Susanne Lüning as Nadine Döbner, Fabian Zapatka as Jonas Leutner

25th 3 Lonely Hearts October 9, 2002 Oren Schmuckler Inès Keerl 31
Womanizer Pascal Bortloff is killed in his apartment. The evening before, he had ended the relationship with the single parent Maria Hoffmann. In the investigation, a dating agency and its managing director Gerlinde Lies, as well as the Spanish Carmen Rubio come under suspicion. The commissioners are playing a fraudulent game.

Guest actors: Isolde Barth as Gerlinde Lies, Ines Baric as Maria Hoffmann, Mandala Tayde as Carmen Rubio, Marthe Schwiers as Karin Herfurth, Marcus Grüsser as Pascal Bortloff, Manfred Zapatka as Dr. shepherd

26th 4th In love with a teacher October 16, 2002 Michel Bielawa Heike Rübbert 25th
Teacher Jochen Gahl is found dead after a meeting of his theater group. The evening does not seem to have passed as harmlessly as the students initially claimed. The students Stefan and Mark had looked for the topics for the next exam and were thrown out of the teacher's apartment afterwards. But also the schoolgirl Melanie, who attempted suicide after the meeting and was hospitalized, looks suspicious. When she escapes from the clinic and shows up with her friends, it leads to a heated argument.

Guest actors: Kirsten Block as Frau Gerold, Hannah Herzsprung as Jessica, Rhea Harder as Melanie, Philipp Danne as Stefan, Nicolas Kantor as Mark

27 5 The clairvoyant October 23, 2002 Oren Schmuckler Axel Hildebrand 29
The daughter of the fruit trader Klausner, Anne Klausner, has been missing for three days. The SOKO investigators are at a loss, but when the clairvoyant Maximilian commissioned by Anne's father leads her to the location of the young woman's corpse during a seance, the deadlocked research regains momentum. For chief detective Trautzschke, the clairvoyant, who seems to have knowledge of the perpetrator, is suspect. However, Anne's friend Lutz Pfeiffer and her ex-fiance Harry Markowski also come under suspicion. When Jan, as a client of the clairvoyant, discovers the secret of his knowledge of the crime, the case takes an unexpected turn.

Guest actors: Cusch Jung as Maximilian, Katja Woywood as Valeria, Hans Teuscher as Jochen Klausner, Rita Feldmeier as Dani Klausner, Rainer Frank as Harry Markowski, Thomas Eisen as Lutz Pfeiffer

28 6th Deadly courses October 30, 2002 Michel Bielawa Nikos Ligouris, Claus Wilbrandt 26th
The insurance broker Ingo Buschmann is shot dead in his apartment. The shot came from the neighboring demolished house. Buschmann does not seem to have been particularly popular among his employees and not necessarily loyal to his wife. The suspicion falls on one of his former employees, who sent him death threats after his release. But the husband of his affair also seems to have a strong motive and the homeless Maxe is keeping something from the investigators.

Guest actors: Isa Jank as Annette Buschmann, Anke Schwiekowski as Petra Seifert, Rainer Winkelvoss as Volker Seifert, Theresa Scholze as Conny Seifert, Günter Junghans as Maxe

29 7th Fateful homecoming January 3, 2003 Patrick Winczewski Nikos Ligouris, Claus Wilbrandt 34
Claudia Hellberg is knocked down in a motorway parking lot near the airport. As the investigators approach, forensic doctor Dr. Sandra Schönfeld states that the victim is not dead, only lifeless. It turns out that Claudia Hellberg, now in a coma, was on her way to the concert of the young pianist Clemens Gröning with a bouquet of flowers. When questioned, he stated that he did not know the woman. Another lead leads the investigators to Thomas Brinkmann, the owner of an almost insolvent Leipzig publishing house. He can give the SOKO the information about the victim's secret: Claudia Hellberg is the mother of Clemens Gröning, but in the summer of 1989 she fled the GDR via Hungary without her son. When she wakes up from the coma, she can't remember anything, but Chief Detective Trautzschke is sure that she knows more than she wants to say.

Guest actors: Maike Bollow as Barbara Gröning, Susan Anbeh as Claudia Hellberg, Martin Armknecht as Thomas Brinkmann, Pablo Ben Yakov as Clemens Gröning, Michael Pan as Walter Gröning

30th 8th You don’t give anything to the dead January 10, 2003 Michel Bielawa Wolfgang Bellmer 27
The rich Kurt Schwennstedt returns to Leipzig after more than 60 years to reconcile with his childhood friend Heinrich Hartung at the grave of their mutual love Mathilde. But a little later Hartung is dead. The SOKO investigators find out that practically everyone who accompanied Schwennstedt, who now lives in Sweden, has a motive to prevent the reconciliation. Because Schwennstedt had the plan to return an art collection stolen from Leipzig to Hartung before his disappearance. When the dead’s granddaughter, Verena, reveals Schwennstedt’s lie to the chief detective Maybach and Zimmermann, he, too, comes under suspicion. But chief detective Trautzschke doubts his guilt and the case takes a surprising turn.

Guest actors: Friedrich Schoenfelder as Kurt Schwennstedt, Harald Warmbrunn as Heinrich Hartung, Frank Behnke as Sven Schwennstedt, Christof Wackernagel as Thomas von Bargen, Nick Wilder as Hennigfeld, Susann Uplegger as Verena Hartung, Lotte Letschert as Mathilda

31 9 Fling January 17, 2003 Oren Schmuckler Anne Neunecker 32
Dr. Holger Zerban is shot with his own gun. Zerban, who leads a double life, stood between his wife, with whom he spent the weekends, and his lover Milena Buresch, the daughter of his boss, with whom he lived on weekdays. The commissioners find out that Zerban's double life was exposed and that Milena Buresch is expecting a child from him. Investigators are puzzled as both women claim that he chose them. But his boss Martin Buresch was anything but enthusiastic about the relationship with his daughter.

Guest actors: Katrin Waligura as Yvonne Zerban, Hansjürgen Hürrig as Martin Buresch, Sanna Englund as Milena Buresch, Marc Richter as Steffen Rathke

32 10 The love trap January 24, 2003 Oren Schmuckler Rainer Butt 30th
Anita Krug's body is found in a hotel. Husband Bernd Krug, who followed his wife into the hotel, and businessman Thomas Gerhardt, who fled the hotel's underground car park shortly after the murder, come under the spotlight of the investigation. But neither of the two claims to have been in the hotel room of the dead. Since Anita Krug already went in and out of the hotel during the trade fairs in Leipzig during the GDR era, it turns out that Gerhardt and the dead woman were having an affair. Chief Detective Trautzschke believes in a Stasi operation in the hotel, as West German guests often stay there during the trade fairs. Anita Krug's girlfriend, and also former trade fair hostess, Tanja Piper, could help with the investigation. But she is silent and is in mortal danger.

Guest actors: Gerd Silberbauer as Thomas Gerhardt, Jeanette Arndt as Tatjana Piper, Peter W. Bachmann as Bernd Krug, Matthias Hummitzsch as tailor, Manfred Möck as Holzer

33 11 Death of a diva January 31, 2003 Michel Bielawa Eva Zahn , Volker A. Zahn 28
After a performance by the chansonette Babette Bischoff, who was also visited by Chief Detective Trautzschke and his daughter Leni, the artist was murdered in her apartment. It appears to be an act of relationship. The team finds out that Hajo's idol was actually a moody person who often had arguments with her agent Kerstin Nolte, controlled her husband Marcello and neglected her son Berthold. It turns out that Berthold had joined a right-wing, criminal group and the marriage between Babette and Marcello has been arranged.

Guest actors: Anatole Taubman as Marcello, Bastian Sierich as Berthold, Bettina Kramer as Kerstin Nolte, Rene Schwittay as Maik

34 12 The widow February 14, 2003 Christoph Eichhorn Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 38
Otto von Saalfeld, a building contractor, has disappeared. The team around Head of Detective Superintendent Maybach, who takes on vacation replacement for Detective Superintendent Trautzschke, takes over the case and finds the body of the missing person in the trunk of his luxury limousine. Farmer Ingo Böhme, who accuses Saalfeld of arson, is suspected, but his wife Corinna von Saalfeld is also under suspicion, because she is accused by her dead husband's brother. When she is then murdered, Jan Maybach is able to save her and suspicion falls on her brother-in-law, who may have hired his chauffeur for this murder. Meanwhile, a forbidden affair develops between the chief detective and Corinna von Saalfeld.

Guest actors: Katharina Abt as Corinna von Saalfeld, Bernd Herzsprung as Alexander von Saalfeld, Armin Dillenberger as Ingo Böhme, Tilo Keiner as Tobias Schneider

35 13 Under asphalt February 21, 2003 Christoph Eichhorn Roland Heep , Frank Koopmann 37
While repairing a burst water pipe, construction workers find a human skeleton in the road foundation. It is the missing building contractor Egon Scherer. While it was previously suspected that he fled abroad years ago because of his debts, it now turns out that he was murdered. His wife Verena, his brother Walter and his former business partner Otto Holst each have a motif. The SOKO now has to understand Scherer's last days. Then a second murder happens unexpectedly.

Guest actors: Ulrich Gebauer as Walter Scherer, Lucia Gailová as Anna Scherer, Ulrike Grote as Verena Scherer, Detlef Kapplusch as Otto Holst

36 14th Crash February 28, 2003 Patrick Winczewski Hen Hermanns 33
Nils Kretzschmer is found dead by his girlfriend with a dumbbell. The SOKO investigators believe in a relationship act. There is also a trail leading to Manfred Ehlers' garage, where the dead man was employed as a mechanic. A suspect with a motive is quickly found there: colleague Mario Menzel, whose girlfriend Nils Kretzschmer had taken away from him. But when Herta, the housekeeper of Detective Superintendent Maybach, comes into contact with the garage through a dubious accident, the investigation leads in a completely different direction: a deceitful fraud can be uncovered.

Guest actors: Bruno F. Apitz as Manfred Ehlers, Katrin Weißer as Julia Winter, Christoph Bach as Mario Menzel, Holger Doellmann as Ingo Kahnt, Manfred Zapatka as Dr. shepherd

37 15th The blind witness March 7, 2003 Patrick Winczewski Jürgen Starbatty 42
The brother of the blind Lissy Lahnfeldt is murdered. During the investigation, Detective Superintendent Alvarez and the dead man's sister come closer to each other. Investigators find out that the dead journalist was responsible for the operation of the paraplegic Tina Gerdes by Dr. Schagen had started. However, young Tina's friend seems to be skeptical about the whole thing, and it also turns out that Lahnfeldt is a patient of Dr. Hauffe was. Finally, Lissy Lahnfeldt gets on the trail of the perpetrator and is in mortal danger.

Guest actors: Caroline Redl as Lissy Lahnfeldt, Lutz Herkenrath as Dr. Schagen, Arved Birnbaum as Dr. Hauffe, Elisabeth Sutterlüty as Tina Gerdes, Moritz Führmann as Holger Likowski

38 16 Good neighbors March 14, 2003 Christoph Eichhorn Lo Blickensdorf, Rainer Wittkamp 40
Chief Inspector Trautzschke and Inspector Alvarez are on their way home when they are called to work. The Kronen pharmacy was broken into and the pharmacist Renate Menzel was murdered. While pursuing two suspects, Trautzschke breaks his leg and Chief Detective Maybach takes over the management of the SOKO. During his sick leave, Trautzschke finds accommodation in his daughter Leni's apartment. From his window he observes a supposed murder in the neighboring house, but a corpse cannot be found. The SOKO investigators question the credibility of their boss because he took pain killers. However, he sticks to the story and his physiotherapist Eleonore sets off on her own to the apartment where the murder is said to have taken place. Her life is in danger.

Guest actors: Eva Kryll as Eleonore, Peter Prager as Carsten Menzel, Anika Mauer as Mrs. Selter, Jakob Köhn as lover

39 17th Murder is his hobby March 21, 2003 Patrick Winczewski Axel Hildebrand 41
Herbert Kochler appears in the SOKO office and confesses to a murder, but Chief Detective Trautzschke sends him home again. Even if Herbert repeatedly confesses murders that he learned about through the newspaper, this case seems different. Chief Inspector Zimmermann finds out that nothing is known about the current murder of patrol officer Karsten Hoefke. When they want to look for the missing person in the official's apartment, they find him dead. While the team boss does not believe Kochler's guilt, the boss of the apparently unpopular deceased in the area, police chief inspector Udo Kamphausen, behaves strangely and the investigators uncover a secret.

Guest actors: Günter Schubert as Herbert Kochler, Christopher Krieg as Udo Kamphausen, Sven Gerhardt as Enrico Becker, Anke Rähm as Marina Glasow, Alexander Schubert as Boris Kochler

40 18th The duel March 28, 2003 Dagmar of Chappuis Rainer Butt 35
The pensioner Paul Baumgarten is brutally murdered. Chief Detective Trautzschke and his team quickly find out about the alleged murderer Ingo Meier, but his lawyer Dr. Schäfer always succeeds in rebutting the police's chain of evidence. When the only witness, Ms. Zanger, is intimidated and refuses to testify, a power struggle develops between the lawyer and the SOKO boss.

Guest actor: Manfred Zapatka as Dr. Schäfer, Stefan Kaminsky as Ingo Meier, Jana Hora as Mechthild Zanger, Heide Kipp as Frau Baumgarten

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