SOKO Leipzig / Season 4

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Season 4 of SOKO Leipzig
Original title SOKO Leipzig - Season 4
Episodes 20th
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
First broadcast October 17, 2003 - April 2, 2004 on ZDF
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The fourth season of the German crime series SOKO Leipzig celebrated its premiere on 17 October 2003 on the station ZDF . The final was broadcast on April 2, 2004.

The episodes of the season were first broadcast on 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
Forensic doctor Dr. Kathrin Conradi Margrit Sartorius

Episodes

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Prod.
Code
41 1 The evil eye October 17, 2003 Oren Schmuckler Axel Hildebrand 54
A severed head is found during the Wave Gothic meeting in Leipzig. The investigation leads the SOKO officials into the Gothic scene for the band “Der Böse Blick”. The motive seems to be jealousy, but when the tutor Rainer Kollberg receives a threatening letter with death threats, the investigators have to act quickly.
42 2 The millionaire October 24, 2003 Oren Schmuckler Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 51
Andreas Hennebach, the husband of a quiz show winner, is killed in her Leipziger Plattenbau. Gerda Hennebach, who recently won a million, now has many new friends, but during the investigation, the SOKO officials find out that not only the couple's ominous friends and family lied, but also Gerda Hennebach himself. However, Chief Inspector Trautzschke likes it the seemingly honest manner of the winner.
43 3 Deadly trap October 31, 2003 Michel Bielawa Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 49
Detective Inspector Alvarez is on his way to a meeting with Detective Inspector Maybach when he notices two burglars escaping from a factory and follows them. But the two lure the investigator into a trap. He manages to arrest one of the two, but the other burglar escapes after an exchange of fire and locks Alvarez and his accomplices in a bunker. When the team is called into the factory to commit a robbery, they notice their colleague's car and suspect that he is in danger. A common struggle for life and death begins for the commissioner and the arrested criminal.

Guest actors: Aaron Hildebrand as Ralf Mende, Nicolas Lansky as Hans Gasser, Petra Schmidt-Schaller as Sabrina Gasser

44 4th The bride's secret November 14, 2003 Michel Bielawa Heike Rübbert 45
Chief Inspector Ina Zimmermann is invited to Wolf's wedding by her ex-boyfriend, but the bride Maria is killed immediately after the church wedding. The groom's father, Reinhard Künast, had appointed a private detective to investigate the bride's history to determine the history of the former prostitute. Ina Zimmermann, who hadn't told anyone about her job, investigates undercover and finds out that in addition to Wolf and Reinhard Künast, who had learned about Maria's past before the wedding, Bernd Proske could also know about the bride's history. However, Beate Richter, who has always loved Wolf, is also the target of the investigation and several secrets come to light, including the end of Ina and Wolf's relationship.

Guest actors: Tom Mikulla as Wolf Künast, Joachim Paul Assböck as Bernd Proske, Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff as Nadja Proske, Anette Hellwig as Beate Richter

45 5 Benni and the detectives November 21, 2003 Christoph Eichhorn Wolfgang Bellmer 39
In the middle of the night Benni, the son of Chief Detective Maybach, escapes through the window of his room to go to a disco with his friends Hendrik and Louiza. But on the way they notice a man who seems to be burying something. Benni makes a note of the license plate. Jan Maybach is mad at his son, but he doesn't tell him about the events. The children skip school the next day to investigate. Meanwhile, the body of real estate agent Herbert Fenselau is found in the forest. The SOKO investigates, but the little detectives get ahead of them and are in great danger.

Guest actors: Jörg Dathe as Bernd Brockwitz, Melanie Rühmann as Tessie Mahlmann, Elisabeth Goder as Louiza, Ron Herrmann as Hendrik, Regine Vergeen as Margit Fenselau

46 6th Out of control November 28, 2003 Oren Schmuckler Dinah Marte Golch , Michael B. Müller 52
Art historian Guido Wichnarz is found slain in the crypt of the church by Pastor Lubig. A suspect is found quickly, but the interrogation escalates and community member Jochen Carstens takes Chief Detective Zimmermann hostage. He claims that the pastor is involved in an art forgery scandal and gives the SOKO an ultimatum. But chief detective Trautzschke brings the special task force into position.

Guest actors: Hans Uwe Bauer as Pastor Lubig, Daniel Morgenroth as Jochen Carstens, Achim Wolff as Manfred Matern, Bettina Lohmeyer as Uta Lubig

47 7th On the run December 12, 2003 Patrick Winczewski Dinah Marte Golch, Michael B. Müller 43
The bank robber Wolfgang Bongartz is said to be part of the SOKO team and public prosecutor Dr. Help Monika Lindner to reconstruct the bank robbery in which he was involved. He manages to escape by pulling a gun out of the handbag of bank employee Martina Beutele. In addition to her, the robber's girlfriend, Valerie Fischer, is also the target of the investigation. But then it turns out that the weapon came from the police evidence room.

Guest actors: Bernhard Schir as Wolfgang Bongartz, Marjam Azemoun as Martina Bentele, Alexandra Losito as Valerie Fischer, Loretta Stern as Swenja Birkholz

48 8th Angel of the night December 30, 2003 Michel Bielawa Markus Stromiedel 47
The SOKO observes club owner Volker Junghanns in order to convict him as a drug boss. When a half-conscious girl is brought out of the club shortly before a heroin delivery, Chief Detective Maybach orders access. But the raid fails and the SOKO is left empty-handed. The investigator feels powerless because the drug gang already speaks to girls at his son's school. The next morning a female corpse is found. She was a drug addict and has the Junghanns Club stamp on her hand.

Guest actors: Dirk Galuba as Volker Junghanns, Oliver Bootz as Manfred Kühn, Jürgen Tonkel as Bernd Hofmann, Oona Devi Liebich as Maja Hofmann, Vanessa Berthold as Verena

49 9 Self-defense January 2, 2004 Michel Bielawa Rainer Butt 46
Chief Detective Maybach found out about a shootout on the way home and drove to the scene. Once there, he looks at the situation: The owner of the Weidenfels coffee roastery, Lutz Weidenfels, wants to kill himself and his wife, but the officer is faster and kills Weidenfels. The public prosecutor's office initiates an investigation against the SOKO investigator. Meanwhile, his colleagues are busy with a robbery. The jeweler wife Jutta Klein was shot on the way to the bank. When Detective Superintendent Alvarez finds a connection between the current case and the coffee roastery, the case seems logical.

Guest actors: Renate Geißler as Helga Weidenfels, Fabian Harloff as Tobias Weidenfels, Natalie O'Hara as Rita Weidenfels, Ellen Hellwig as Jutta Klein, Erik Brünner as Lutz Weidenfels

50 10 Zanzibar January 9, 2004 Michel Bielawa Jürgen Starbatty 55
Chief Detective Trautzschke wants to drive back from Dresden to Leipzig, but he has to avoid the country roads because there is a traffic jam on the autobahn. When he ran out of gas, he asked for some fuel on a farm. But the situation seems strange to him and he calls his colleagues, but he is already dejected. The team tries to locate his boss and finds out that he is in the hands of the escaped murderer Jürgen Tomczek. Meanwhile, Trautzschke tries to explain the situation to Tomczek's autistic brother, Bernhard.

Guest actors: Hannes Jaenicke as Jürgen Tomczek, Philipp Danguillier as Bernhard, Mariella Ahrens as Andrea Tomczek, Andreas Borcherding as Wolfgang Thielen

51 11 Hot goods January 16, 2004 Michel Bielawa Hen Hermanns, Ralf Pingel 57
Motorway policeman Frank Huebner is shot dead in a service station parking lot in his area. A witness claims to have seen a second police officer near the crime scene, but Hübner's partner Lothar Kropp was allegedly at the rest stop. When the dead man's colleagues seem to be hiding something, Detective Inspector Alvarez is smuggled undercover into the motorway police.

Guest actors: Karl Kranzkowski as Lothar Kropp, Hilmar Eichhorn as Hornbach, Claudius Freyer as Czerna, Jana Kozewa as Susanne Scharr, Thomas Dehler as Frank Hübner, Angela Hobrig as Marion Hübner

52 12 His last date January 23, 2004 Christoph Eichhorn Nikos Ligouris, Claus Wilbrandt 60
Mike Helmer is found dead in the sauna at his gym. Since the sauna door was locked from the outside, the investigators assume murder. Forensic doctor Dr. Kathrin Conradi, a member of the fitness studio, reports on the dead man's countless affairs. Two suspects are quickly found, but when the gynecologist tells one of the suspects to the inspectors that Helmer was HIV-positive, the case sheds new light.

Guest actors: Dorkas Kiefer as Pia Reuter, Fritzi Eichhorn as Viviane Radler, Alissa Jung as Julia Hagemann, Niki Greb as Susanne Walz, Tim Seyfi as Dr. Hakim Winterfeld

53 13 Men's group January 30, 2004 Michel Bielawa Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 56
Eckhard Berger, a gay insurance salesman, falls in the stairwell of his insurance company and dies. Since he burdens his superior heavily on a video message, the investigators do not believe in an accident. They start the investigation and smuggle Chief Detective Maybach into the workplace. Nobody there knew about his sexual inclinations, but the climate generally does not seem to be good, because the colleagues bully each other in the most extreme ways.

Guest actors: Klaus Schindler as Jürgen Wiesehöfer, Timo Dierkes as Michael Nauen, Steffen Schroeder as Sven Lienecke, Harry Blank as Paul Bingemann, Charlotte Crome as Renate Bingemann, Liv Tullia as Marlen Bramstedt

54 14th Border traffic February 13, 2004 Michel Bielawa Rainer Butt 58
The forwarding agent Stefan König was murdered. The traces on the body lead the investigators to a street prostitute in the Czech Republic. Chief Detective Maybach and Detective Alvarez investigate undercover. It turns out that King led a double life. Then the Ukrainian prostitute Lyuba shows up with the victim's family.

Guest actors: Holger Hübner as Bernd Lamberz, Edda Leesch as Melanie König, Anna Fischer as Sandra König, Nadja Bobyleva as Ljuba, Wladimir Matuchin as Radek, Marek Wlodarczyk as Thomas Simak

55 15th Burned out February 27, 2004 Christoph Eichhorn Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 59
Jürgen Dannemann, an entrepreneur, is insolvent and was left by his wife, who took their son with her. When he went to look for the two of them, he had to switch to the bus, because his car was seized. But when the machine does not accept his banknotes and he is also checked, he pulls a pistol. When he takes the befriended couple Andrea and Dieter Kreimayer hostage, the SOKO has to react.

Guest actors: Jürgen Zartmann as Jürgen Dannemann, Sandra Nedeleff as Juliane Dannemann, Till Facius as Lukas Dannemann, Peter Rauch as Dieter Kreimayr, Katharina Schütz as Andrea Kreimayr

56 16 The contract killing March 5, 2004 Christoph Eichhorn Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 62
Marco Schütte is run over in front of his father's company. He was accompanied by his father's secretary and lover, Nicole Heinlein. The case seems to be solved quickly: Ariane Schütte, mother of the victim, had a contract killer on her husband and paid € 10,000. But there seems to have been a momentous mix-up. The investigators now have to protect Christian Schütte and find the murderer.

Guest actors: Tina Engel as Ariane Schütte, Michael Greiling as Christian Schütte, Sascha Ö. Soydan as Nicole Heinlein, Waléra Kanischtscheff as Andreij Ivanow

57 17th The Phantom March 12, 2004 Michel Bielawa Hen Hermanns 48
A graffiti sprayer has been up to mischief for weeks. This time he wants to leave his message at the Leipzig city skyscraper, but an unknown person cuts the rope and Max Trenker, “The Phantom”, falls. When the Völkerschlachtdenkmal was sprayed the next night , the investigators were irritated. Is it a copycat or was the dead person not the wanted sprayer? Chief Inspector Maybach and Inspector Alvarez lie in wait while Chief Inspector Zimmermann tries to decipher the phantom's messages.

Guest actors: Mickey Hardt as Paul Meissen, Johannes Hitzblech as Andreas Köster, Jule Gartzke as Nadja Köster, Frank Kessler as Kevin Marx, Günter kurz as Raimund Schenk

58 18th The snake pit March 19, 2004 Oren Schmuckler Inès Keerl 50
The landlord Franz Küfer is murdered with a snakebite. His tenants had refused to help and it turns out that everyone had a motive too. But not only the tenants, but also Küfer's son Christoph had an argument with his father.

Guest actors: Helga Göring as Lilian Wester, Steffen Groth as Christoph Küfer, Annika Blendl as Jacqueline Schönemann, Jesco Wirthgen as Richie Beyer

59 19th speed March 26, 2004 Oren Schmuckler Sebastian Andrae 53
The bicycle couriers from Utz Karger's bicycle courier company are attacked again, but this time the attacked dies. In order to find the perpetrator, Detective Inspector Miguel Alvarez is smuggled into the company as bicycle courier, but the perpetrator leads the investigators on the wrong track: The courier driver Andi Buckwitz is arrested on an urgent suspicion, but then there is another attack and the officers the SOKO have to start all over with the investigation.

Guest actors: Uwe Rathsam as Utz Karger, Brigitte Zeh as Jenny Gellert, Vinzenz Kiefer as Andi Buckwitz, Manon Straché as Henriette Stapelfeldt, Peter Wohlfeil as Martin Jablonski

60 20th The invisible death April 2, 2004 Christoph Eichhorn Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 61
The laboratory manager of a nuclear medicine laboratory, Dr. Thomas Jordan, has been radioactively contaminated and will die. Someone manipulated the experimental setup in the laboratory. The suspicion falls on his business partner Mathias Draber, who had passed him over with a new acquisition, and Peter Sawatzki, who is having an affair with Jordan's wife. When the investigators report the results of the investigation to Jordan, he goes looking for his killer himself.

Guest actor: Rüdiger Vogler as Dr. Thomas Jordan, Tobias Hoesl as Peter Sawatzki, Hans Klima as Mathias Draber, Christin Baechler as Helena Jordan, Thomas Arnold as Kai-Uwe Müller

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