SOKO Leipzig / Season 13

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Season 13 of SOKO Leipzig
Original title SOKO Leipzig - Season 13
Episodes 20th
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
First broadcast October 25, 2013 - February 21, 2014 on ZDF
October 25, 2013 - March 7, 2014 on ORF2
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The thirteenth season of the German crime series SOKO Leipzig celebrated its premiere on October 25, 2013 on ZDF and ORF2 . The final was broadcast on February 21, 2014 on ZDF and on March 7, 2014 on ORF2.

The episodes of the season were first broadcast on the Friday 9:15 pm slot. In Austria , the episodes were shown on ORF2 on Fridays at 9:20 p.m.

As in previous seasons, an episode in the length of a feature film (90 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes of an episode) was produced with Der Zobel .

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
Chief Detective Tom Kowalski Steffen Schroeder
Assistant to Olivia Fareedi Nilam M. Farooq
Chief Detective Dagmar Schnee Petra Kleinert
Kriminalrat Nikolaus Müller ( LKA Saxony ) Michael Schenk
Public Prosecutor Dr. Alexander Binz Michael redhead
Forensic doctor Prof. Dr. Sabine Rossi Anna Stieblich
Forensic doctor Dr. stone Judith Sehrbrock
Laboratory assistant Lorenz Rettig Daniel Steiner

Episodes

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast in Germany / Austria Director script Audience rating Prod.
Code
241 1 The log October 25, 2013 Michel Bielawa Manuel Meimberg, Georg Hartmann 4.78 million 259
The historian Wolfgang Folkert is found dead on the steps of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal . Chief Detective Trautzschke seems moved when he and his colleagues arrive at the scene because his past seems to catch up with him. Meanwhile, the member of the state parliament, Dr. Giesselmann, who wanted to use the Völkerschlachtdenkmal for an election campaign event, and Thorsten Roth, an opponent of the MPs, were targeted by the investigators. But when the commissioners found out about a missing but very explosive manuscript, a trace of the perpetrator seems to have been found.

Guest Actor: Kirsten Block as Dr. Giesselmann, Martin Gruber as Maximilian Schacht, Kai Lentrodt as Thorsten Roth, Hans Jürgen Günther as Prof. Folkert, Sina Martens as Sprayer Maya, Helena Hentschel as Eva Richters, Achim Mentzel as a technician

242 2 Shopping 1. November 2013 Robert Del Maestro Jeanet Pfitzer, Frank Koopmann, Roland Heep 4.56 million 255
The wealthy Russian Danjanka Maschakowa is found murdered in her hotel suite. The suspicion falls on the concubines, Ruslana Sadur and Dasha Tolstaja, a Russian oligarch whose wife Danjanka Maschakowa was also. Jealousy seems to be the motive, because the actual wife of the oligarch, Elena Petrova, is in Leipzig. The investigators find themselves in a world full of intrigue.

Guest actors: Marijam Agischewa as Elena Petrova, Masha Tokareva as Danjanka Maschakowa, Janina Rudenska as Dasha Tolstaja, Vanessa Radman as Ruslana Sadur, Luk Pfaff as Darius Schuster, Emanuele Peters as Laurenz Prall, Luise Heyer as Franziska Lehmann, Ireneusz Rosinski as designer, Charlotte Rosinski Hoffmeister as a chambermaid

243 3 sleeping Beauty November 8, 2013 Robert Del Maestro Jeanet Pfitzer, Frank Koopmann, Roland Heep 4.89 million 256
The nurse Lukas Kippler is pushed out of the window of the patient room by Sandra Buschhaus. The witness suffers from locked-in syndrome and therefore cannot help the commissioners. While they shed light on the suspect's environment, they encounter an acquaintance. They find out that Chief Detective Dagmar Schnee had a relationship with the deceased and that Sandra Buschhaus is pregnant. The perpetrator appears to be the child's father, but the investigators do not see the child's identity.

Guest actors: Johannes Allmayer as Thorsten Weber, Stefan Migge as Lukas Kippler, Matthias Freihof as Dr. Grohe, Max Kidd as Richard Barnabas, Cornelia Ivancan as Sandra Buschhaus, Hubertus "Hugo" Grimm as Peter Buschhaus, Jana Klinge as Tanja Böttcher, Prodromos Antoniadis as Dimitri Karamidas

244 4th debt cut ZDF: November 22, 2013
ORF: November 15, 2013		 Robert Del Maestro Jeanet Pfitzer, Roland Heep and Frank Koopmann 5.6 million 257
A bloody murder takes place in Leipzig. A masked man shoots a driver and escapes with a bag full of jewelry. The team is feverishly trying to find the culprit, but Chief Detective Kowalski seems absent. He seems involved in the case, because he owed the Greek who is involved in the case and is now supposed to break the service regulations for him. But the investigator makes a fatal mistake and has to save the life of an innocent man. Meanwhile, Chief Detective Maybach uncovered the secret of his colleague and his own life was in danger.

Guest actors: Prodromos Antoniadis as Dimitri Karamidas, Willy Rachow as Louis Rother, Matti Krause as Kevin Schneider, August Wittgenstein as Joost Hertel, Nike Maria Vassil as Sophia Karamidas, Johanna Paliatsou as Theresa Karamidas, Philipp Otto as Mathias Bonhof, Marc Schützenhofer as waiter, Margot Nagel as Mrs. Schneider, Christian Feist as patrol officer

245 5 Despair ZDF: November 29, 2013
ORF: November 22, 2013		 Robert Del Maestro Florian Iwersen 5.21 million 254
The student Zahra Rahman is murdered. She had an affair with a Leipzig businessman, who would rather keep it under lock and key, and was frowned upon as an adulteress in Pakistan, her home country. But the SOKO has a bigger problem: The dead baby has disappeared, for the investigators every second counts.

Guest actors: Beat Marti as Peter Koch, Katja Weitzenböck as Miriam Koch, Ruth Reinecke as Dr. Keller, Volkan Özcan as Kemal Rahman, Anja Antonowicz as Kamilia Khurodi, Mathias Haut as waiter, Soogi Kang as cleaning lady

246 6th Loss of control February 21, 2014 Michel Bielawa Axel Hildebrand 5.20 million 258
When a confused woman reports to the police and wants to report a rape, the investigators find no evidence for this. It turns out that the woman often drinks too much alcohol, but Superintendent Zimmermann believes her and is investigating on her own.

Guest actors: Stephan Baumecker as Hanno Volkmann, Julie Engelbrecht as Franka Wegner, Oona Devi Liebich as Constanze Hartmann, Max Rothbart as Antonio Palmer, Dominik Paul Weber as bartender, Benjamin Höppner as Knut Hagebaum, Ulrich Hüni as Micha, Christian Arnold as Boris Kohn, Jana Bauke as a doctor

247 7th Mouth dead ZDF: December 6, 2013
ORF: November 29, 2013		 Andreas Morell Axel Hildebrand 4.59 million 266
Volker Junge and his murder weapon are found next to the corpse, his ex-colleague Martin Klausen. But he denies the act and believes in a conspiracy against him. The investigators are at a loss: is the man suffering from schizophrenia and paranoia or is he telling the truth? During the investigation, the commissioners encounter an unbelievable plot and the case ends in tragedy.

Guest actors: Stephan Grossmann as Volker Junge, Sanne Schnapp as Yvonne Junge, Lilli Fichtner as Sabrina Junge, Matthias Deutelmoser as Martin Klausen, Sabine Waibel as Petra Klausen, Thomas Bading as Dr. Seiler, Peter Trabner as Ralf Wiesenhagen, This Maag as the parcel deliverer, Luise Hager as the policewoman, Jan Hasenfuß as the policeman

248 8th The butterfly ZDF: December 13, 2013
ORF: December 6, 2013		 Michel Bielawa Janine Dittmann, Georg Malcovati 4.55 million 260
Kriminaloberkommissar Maybach is a participant in an LKA course and masters it very well. Then he received the offer to work for the UN in New York. But then the new case draws his full concentration: A young man, Patrick Brenner, is murdered. He was supposed to take over his father's law firm, but now his brother Carl does this, but that didn't bother the victim any further. The ex-wife seems suspicious, because the custody battle for the daughter was in full swing. But the investigators lack the evidence and Jan Maybach wrestles with his offer, while his boss and father-in-law, Chief Detective Trautzschke, is plagued by health problems.

Guest actors: Hubert Mulzer as Theodor Brenner, Philipp Baltus as Carl Brenner, Katharina Spiering as Friedericke Jakobson, Andreas Erb as Patrick Brenner, Verena Mundhenke as Judith Brenner, Rosalie Will as Laura Brenner

249 9 Class clown ZDF: December 20, 2013
ORF: December 13, 2013		 Jörg Mielich Janine Dittmann, Georg Malcovati 4.63 million 261
The biology teacher Ms. Ulrike Canarius gives the student René Fuchs his third reprimand, which will result in him leaving school. Shortly afterwards, the teacher is found dead. René repeatedly argued with his mentally handicapped brother Hannes about their mutual friend Ruth. For the investigators, both the student and math teacher Lehmann, who last saw the victim, are suspect. But Chief Detective Maybach believes that Hannes Fuchs was involved and sees his assumption confirmed when the boy confesses to the murder.

Guest actors: Lukas Nathrath as René Fuchs, Isabel Bongard as Ruth Lehmann, Barbara Weiß as Ulrike Canarius, Theo Krebs as Hannes Fuchs, Ulrike Röseberg as Annemarie Frey

250 10 Fair times ZDF: December 27, 2013
ORF: December 20, 2013		 Jörg Mielich Florian Schumacher, Gregor Eisenbeiß 4.72 million 262
The sawed-up corpse of businessman Thomas Häberle is found in a forest. The disappointed lover Magda Dietz falls into the sights of the investigation, but the officials come across a family secret from the GDR trade fair times. Meanwhile, the chief detective, led by pathologist Prof. Dr. Sabine Rossi learned of the UN offer of his potential successor, Commissioner Maybach to the speech. A dispute of anger and desperation sparked off, which brought the SOKO boss to the hospital.

Guest actors: Matthias Brenner as Peter Brankatsch, Kai-Michael Müller as Andreas Brankatsch, Katharina Nesytowa as Jana Brankatsch, Nic Romm as Dr. Uli Beuser, Milena Drei 30 as Magda Dietz, Peter Zimmermann as Thomas Häberle, Michael Ehspanner as Benjamin, Linda Rietdorff as Alexandra, Thomas Dehler as Viktor Fettweis

251 11 Last will December 27, 2013 Jörg Mielich Gregor Eisenbeiß, Florian Schumacher 4.2 million 263
In the hospital, in which Chief Detective Trautzschke is after his weakness, there is a hostage-taking: The desperate husband Manfred Söhngen wants to prevent the devices from being left with his wife. Chief Detective Maybach manages to get the situation under control, even if he is disturbed several times by LKA officer Nikolaus Müller. But then Hajo Trautzschke interferes and Jan Maybach has to get the out of control situation under control again.

Guest actors: Jürgen Heinrich as Manfred Söhngen, Fritz Roth as Hubert Marquardt, Karla Nina Diedrich as Barbara Bibi Blaschwitz, Verena Noll as Martha, Ramona Kunze-Libnow as head nurse, Knud Riepen as Dr. Kochwitz, Olivia Gräser as Susanne Söhngen

252 12 The sable (90 min.) January 3, 2014 Patrick Winczewski Rainer Jahreis, Eckhard Theophil 5.26 million 268/269
The young professional musician Gesine Bentheim is shot in a Jewish cemetery. Her companion, the Holocaust survivor Jacob Silberstein, is injured and has to be taken to a hospital. When right-wing extremist slogans are found in the injured person's hotel room, the press pounces on the case and suspects a right-wing extremist background. Ultimately, Silberstein disappears from the hospital and the investigations, which are running at full speed, lead the investigators back into the National Socialist history of Germany, but the GDR history also seems to hide some secrets for solving the case. Ultimately, a valuable fur coat, a barguzin sable, puts the investigators on the right track.

Guest actors: Michael Degen as Jacob Silberstein, Julia Hartmann as Sarah Silberstein, Christian Grashof as Willi Grabowski, Kaspar Eichel as Stefan Siebert, Valentin Plătăreanu as Timor Petrow, David Bredin as Hannes Meisner

253 13 Lucy January 10, 2014 Andreas Morell Marija Erceg 4.85 million 265
Tanja Hamann, an acquaintance of Chief Detective Kowalski, had asked him to help her find her daughter Lucy. The inspector considered the desperation of his acquaintances to be unfounded, but when the body of young Lucy was found on the Elster, the inspector made serious reproaches. During the investigation, the SOKO officials encounter several suspects: Journalist Jochen Hanerka discovered the internet star and wanted to publish a book, but he seems to have an alibi. Construction manager Gerd Bahlke, about whom the dead woman had blasphemed on the Internet, and her friend Danilo seem very suspicious. But when Lucy's video diary emerges, the case takes an unexpected turn.

Guest actors: Lisa Wagner as Tanja Hamann, Henriette Nagel as Lucy Hamann, Philipp Kronenberg as Sven Bergholz, Guido Lambrecht as Jochen Hanerka, Lili Zahavi as Mia Pohl, Silvia Bervingas as Prof. Hannelore Huth, Patrick von Blume as Gerd Bahlke, Sergej Onopko as Danilo

254 14th Crazy ZDF: January 10, 2014
ORF: January 17, 2014		 Patrick Winczewski Wiebke Jaspersen, Wolf-R. Cool 3.96 million 270
The doctor of a mental institution, Dr. Plate was murdered. Since the perpetrator can only come from the group of nurses and patients, the former soldier Karl Henschel and Jens Reimann, both patients of the clinic, are the target of the investigation. But for Chief Detective Hajo Trautzschke and Dagmar Schnee, as well as Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann, this case will be anything but normal, because nobody wants to tell the police anything.

Guest actors: Thimo Meitner as Konrad Taupe, Peter W. Bachmann as Prof. Kiesling, Martina Eitner-Acheampong as sister Martina, Karl Karliczek as Dr. Plate, Christoph Tomanek as Jens Reimann, Nadine Baier as Katja Bindseil, Marko Dyrlich as Karl Henschel, Nina Maria Föhr as Mrs. Golding, Marcus Poschlod as the carer

255 15th Rossi's case ZDF: January 17, 2014
ORF: February 28, 2014		 Patrick Winczewski Wiebke Jaspersen, Wolf-R. Cool 5.21 million 267
An old aircraft bomb and a corpse are found in a forest near Leipzig. Prof. Dr. Sabine Rossi discovers that she and her students had autopsied the body, but the body was supposed to be cremated in the crematorium. The forensic doctor fears that the buried dead person could be the cleaning lady Olga Blum and her husband the murderer, but detective chief inspector Schnee believes she can find the culprit in forensic medicine and checks the staff.

Guest actors: Pascal Houdus as Fabian Weller, Franz Pätzold as Justus Gritz, Tom Keune as crematorium employee Röll, Moritz Berg as undertaker Kress, Axel Buchholz as Mr. Blum, Caroline Erikson as student Tessa, Julia Reznik as Olga Blum, Wolfgang Zarnack as Jan Beck, Caroline Leipold as a student Jana, Mathias Haut as a student Ron, Maria Ahlgrimm as a student Lydia, Norbert Hülm as Dr. Gritz, Sonja Beck as Mrs. Gritz

256 16 The old friend January 24, 2014 Herwig Fischer Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.98 million 271
When the father of the family, Roman Benkelmann, was murdered, the SOKO officials initially believed it was a robbery, but the traces lead more and more towards a murder in the family. Wife Rosalie and Leonard come under suspicion, but Josef Petri, an old friend of Detective Inspector Trautzschke and a former police officer, also seems to want to hide something.

Guest actors: Peter Prager as Josef Petri, Anke Sevenich as Sonja Petri, Stephan Schill as Roman Benkelmann, Anne Cathrin Buhtz as Rosalie Benkelmann, Valerie Koch as Bernadette Humpke, Robin Meisner as Marlon Humpke, Daniel Axt as Leonard Benkelmann

257 17th The glass victim ZDF: January 24, 2014
ORF: January 31, 2014		 Herwig Fischer Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 3.87 million 272
Mona Kraft is missing. Her last sign of life was a phone call to the police. The investigators are trying to use the apps on the missing person's cell phone to reconstruct the time before they disappeared. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Trautzschke and Sonja Petri worry about Josef Petri, the inspector about his former inspector and friend, Sonja about her ex-husband. When the investigator and his old acquaintance get closer, the situation doesn't get any easier.

Guest actors: Peter Prager as Josef Petri, Anke Sevenich as Sonja Petri, Amelie Plaas-Link as Mona Kraft, Mirko Lang Dr. Nils Brokamp, Klara Deutschmann as Peggy Bauer, Günter Baron as Benedikt Kraft, Alexander Fuchs as Julian Schneider, Thorsten Giese as police officer in the control center, Sören Canenbley as Silvo Holopainen

258 18th The garbage brothers ZDF: January 31, 2014
ORF: March 7, 2014		 Herwig Fischer Manuel Meimberg, Georg Hartmann 4.49 million 273
The convicted garbage thief Georg Zander is found dead at the Pelzow recycling center. But when the investigators at the scene of the crime find a ransom note for the daughter of the Pelzow couple, they have to deal with both cases at the same time. Hannah Weiß, mother of a seriously ill boy, blames the fumes from the recycling center for her son's illness and needs a lot of money for therapy. The recycling center seems to adhere to the requirements and laws, but on closer inspection, the commissioners find the solution to the case.

Guest actors: Martin Becker as Volker Pelzow, Solveig August as Veronika Pelzow, Natascha Paulick as Hannah Weiß, Marc-Niclas Schmidt Timmy Weiß, Madeleine Hartung as Lara Pelzow, Nico Ehl as Martin, Thomas Pabst as gardener, Kai Scheve as Michael Koch, Timo Weisschnur as Mike Hoffmeister, Sarina Radomski as Jenny Zabel, André Hinderlich as Georg Zander

259 19th Ultimate truth February 7, 2014 Herwig Fischer Anna LeVine 5.61 million 274
The 93-year-old Moritz Sand is murdered with false pills. Both his daughter, who can hardly afford her father's accommodation, and the home manager Lukas Franzen, who wanted to get rid of the intrusive resident, had a motive. Since the mother of public prosecutor Dr. Alexander Binz also lives in the home, he demands a quick clarification. He gets into a dilemma because his mother believes in Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann, her son's friend, and knows nothing about his son's homosexuality and his relationship with Sergio.

Guest actors: Barbara Trommer as Inge Schmidt, Oliver Scherz as Felix Schmidt, Herbert Köfer as Ralph Kessel, Ilse Strambowski as Helga Binz, Dieter Schaad as Karl Marr, Achim Hübner as Lothar Rosenberg, Jakob Renger as Sergio, Gunnar Helm as Oliver, Felix Lampe as Lukas Franzen, Christin Heim as Lana Posimski, Eberhard Figlarek as Moritz Sand

260 20th Crashed February 14, 2014 Buddy Giovinazzo Wiebke Jaspersen, Wolf-R. Cool 5.14 million 275
Leni Maybach, daughter of Chief Detective Trautzschke and wife of Chief Detective Maybach, finds her boss Henning Grothe dead. The investigation is directed against Leni's colleagues. Apparently something happened at the previous company party that led to the dispute, but the investigators can't find the trigger.

Guest actors: Martin Neuhaus as Kai Söder, Rolf Kanies as Dietmar Steyer, Charles Rettinghaus as Henning Grothe, Alma Leiberg as Karla Becker, Felix Hellmann as Jakob Erdmann, Melanie Fraas as secretary

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