SOKO Leipzig / Season 6

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Season 6 of SOKO Leipzig
Original title SOKO Leipzig - Season 6
Episodes 22nd
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
First broadcast March 31, 2006 - January 19, 2007 on ZDF
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The sixth season of the German crime series SOKO Leipzig celebrated its premiere on March 31, 2006 on ZDF . The final was broadcast on January 19, 2007.

The season's episodes were first broadcast on the Friday 9:15 pm slot.

As in the previous season, a feature- length episode (90 minutes instead of the usual 45-minute length of an episode) was produced with Escape from Santo Domingo . In the episode, the SOKO team investigates outside of German territory. The action takes place in Santo Domingo , the capital of the Dominican Republic .

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
Detective Inspector Patrick Diego Grimm Tyron Ricketts
Police chief Meike Schwarz Anne Arzenbacher
Forensic doctor Dr. Kathrin Conradi Margrit Sartorius

Episodes

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Prod.
Code
86 1 Honest people March 31, 2006 Sebastian Vigg Axel Hildebrand 89
The building contractor Gerhardt Hofmann falls to his death on one of his construction sites. The investigators find no evidence of the battle, but neither do they believe in a murder. During the investigation it turns out that Hofmann had debts with Holger Franke, who in turn is now dealing with dubious financial advisors. To prove against the financial advisory office Köhler and its boss Klaus Köhler. But when the Chief Detective Maybach failed to find evidence against him during an undercover mission, the investigators suspected that this would not be an easy case.

Guest actors: Sven Martinek as Holger Franke, Susanne Michel as Janine Franke, Christian Tasche as Klaus Köhler

87 2 On your own account April 7, 2006 Sebastian Vigg Rainer Butt 90
The policeman Tanja Schubert's neck is broken on her doorstep. She survived but will be paralyzed from the neck down and unable to speak. Her strip partner directs suspicion to Tanja's ex-boyfriend Patrick Hendel, who terrorized her with letters and phone calls after the breakup. But the SOKO investigators find the persistence of the statement strange and they begin investigations within their own ranks. It turns out that Tanja Schubert must have investigated her colleagues, and the district manager Enn Waller also seems to want to hide something.

Guest actors: Marie Rönnebeck as Tanja Schubert, Julia Weigend as Gregor Matz, Adolphe Münstermann as Patrick Hendel, Petra Zieser as Enn Waller

88 3 Anonymous April 21, 2006 Michel Bielawa Hen Hermanns 86
Jürgen Sander was murdered after his daughter's birthday. He was an anonymous alcoholic. Thus, the investigation leads to Robert Conzen's group, but he refuses to disclose the participants' data. That is why Kriminalhauptkommissar Trautzschke is smuggled undercover into the group of anonymous alcoholics and tries to gain knowledge, but the case is more difficult than expected.
89 4th The girl on the balance beam April 28, 2006 Sebastian Vigg Nikos Ligouris, Claus Wilbrandt 88
When artistic gymnastics trainer Leo Beckmann is murdered, it turns out that his mouthwash was poisoned. The investigation leads in the direction of 13-year-old Jenny Clausen. The talented athlete and her trainer Holger Behrens allegedly did not know the victim Beckmann, but something seems to be wrong with the statement. The inspectors are in the dark, but then Jenny disappears and the investigation picks up speed.
90 5 Dog life May 5, 2006 Sebastian Vigg Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 91
The auto mechanic Walter Rogowski is mauled by a fighting dog in his workshop. He breeds this and others in his spare time, but the case initially looks like a tragic accident. So the investigators have growing doubts, since the victim's laptop is missing and the fighting dog was apparently purposefully trained. Radical animal rights activists around Florian Schneider and his girlfriend Viola Ott are suspicious, but when the investigators come across a series of illegal dog fights, the case takes an unexpected turn and Detective Superintendent Alvarez has to investigate the scene undercover.
91 6th outbreak May 12, 2006 Michel Bielawa Markus Stromiedel 96
When the restaurant owner Victor Achenbach is knocked down, the perpetrator is quickly identified: Lea Greif. But for the investigators a riddle arises, because the woman is in the JVA Leipzig. A loophole is suspected and Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann is smuggled into the prison and encounters a swamp of corruption and illegal machinations. When the convicted murderess Jenny Kunst was moved to the prison in Leipzig, the investigators had to act quickly, because Jenny Kunst and Ina Zimmermann knew each other from a previous case and the investigator could be in mortal danger.
92 7th Full throttle May 19, 2006 Michel Bielawa Tilman Morawetz 92
The brake lines of the high school student Till Bachmann's car were cut and he dies in an accident. Fiete Metulski, leader of a clique of young auto mechanics and participant in illegal car races, is suspected. But then it turns out that Till had only borrowed the car from his teacher Till Schneider, the friend of the former SOKO investigator, police chief Meike Schwarz. This is now very worried and determined on a fist in addition to the official investigation. The case takes a surprising turn when the police chief of all people discovers her boyfriend's secret.
93 8th The missing corpse September 29, 2006 Oren Schmuckler Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 98
Stefan Biermann's corpse disappears from the pathology. This process puzzles investigators. So far, if they have assumed a disaster in the matter, someone seems to want to hide something. The wife Tanja Biermann, who wants to keep something secret, is suspected because she has apparently already found a new friend. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Jan Maybach and Leni Trautzschke, daughter of Chief Inspector Trautzschke, discover their feelings for each other and begin a relationship. But the SOKO officer doesn't know how to tell his boss about this.

Comment: Crossover with Die Rosenheim-Cops (role Tanja Biermann ( Katja Woywood ))

94 9 cat food October 6, 2006 Michel Bielawa Axel Hildebrand 95
The pensioner Adelheid Wappenschmidt is identified as the perpetrator of a robbery in a supermarket. The branch manager was killed in the robbery, but the investigators are certain that the old lady didn’t pull it off alone, as she had only been noticed as a trick thief so far. The pensioner's roommate, Bernhard Wilms, is suspected. During the investigation against the couple, the commissioners uncover a number of other thefts and robberies committed by Adelheid and Bernhard.
95 10 Transmigration of souls October 13, 2006 Michel Bielawa Michael B. Müller 94
When after the death of the Viennese art historian Dr. Adrian Galler KO drops are found in his blood, the SOKO begins the murder investigation. In doing so, they come across Eva Galler, the dead man's lover, who, like Mr. Kampnagel, who was convicted of theft by the dead man. Since both have a motive and the investigation is stalling, Chief Detective Jan Maybach meets with Dr. Irina Schönbrunn, the dead man's psychologist, and the investigators uncover a secret. Meanwhile, Leni Trautzschke is not enthusiastic about her friend Jan Maybach's meeting with the psychologist and asks him to finally make the relationship between the two public.
96 11 My friend October 27, 2006 Patrick Winczewski Axel Hildebrand 105
The saleswoman Marion Geller is found slain. Everything looks like a robbery too, but the dead woman had a fight with her husband beforehand. The investigators are at a loss, but track down repeat offender Hannes Herbig, but he gets an alibi from his girlfriend. Detective Superintendent Alvarez wants to solve the case through Doreen's son and save him from the wrong path, but the investigator gets caught between the fronts and is shot.
97 12 Psycho November 3, 2006 Christoph Eichhorn Markus Hoffmann 110
After the death of Detective Inspector Alvarez, there is a new case for the SOKO team. The body of Fred Teschke, participant and troublemaker in an anti-aggression seminar, is deposited on a railway embankment. However, it is extremely difficult for the investigators to concentrate on the case, especially as the prosecutor is putting increasing pressure on the team due to the death of Commissioner Alvarez and is becoming more and more intrusive in her investigations. She even gets Chief Detective Maybach, who is plagued by feelings of guilt, to quit his job. Chief Commissioner Trautzschke and Chief Commissioner Zimmermann want to prevent that.
98 13 Full of fabric November 10, 2006 Patrick Winczewski Markus Hoffmann 106
When the cell phone of the policeman Ulf Kordes is found on the body of Maik Bruhns, the latter is suspected of murder, but he denies the crime. The investigation comes to a standstill when there is a dispute between the chief detective Zimmermann and Maybach. Jan Maybach goes looking for Kordes alone and is knocked down by a supposed drug dealer. The investigator is taken to an industrial site, where the case takes a surprising turn. The rest of the SOKO investigators do not know anything about this: They are looking for their colleague and hope to find him alive.
99 14th Lies and secrets November 17, 2006 Oren Schmuckler Jürgen Starbatty 101
When the police arrive at a supposed crime scene, they can only determine the death of the victim, but his truck has disappeared. As with the victim, however, packets of cigarettes without a tax stamp are found and the investigation leads to the Nhat family's Vietnamese market. But there seems to be a secret behind the fact that the investigators are only slowly coming. By then it is almost too late and the case threatens to end in disaster. Investigators must act quickly.
100 15th Game on time December 1, 2006 Oren Schmuckler Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 100
The SOKO team arrests Dr. Fischer, the highly suspect kidnapper of eleven-year-old Saskia Meinold, during a special mission. The evidence is thin, but the investigators manage to prove the crime to Fischer, who had already been distributed for sexual harassment, but he remains silent about the girl's whereabouts. A struggle for life and death begins for the SOKO.
101 16 Competitors December 8, 2006 Christoph Eichhorn Hen Hermanns 103
Insurance agent Chris Coenen was slain. During their investigation, the SOKO finds out that the boss of Coenen has an ominous contractual practice and fires his employees if a certain number of new customers is not reached. Coenen seems to have hit that number, but the last contracts he signed have disappeared. Investigators feverishly search for the culprit, but the case takes an unexpected turn when officers find the missing contracts. The murdered man's colleagues are the target of the investigation because not all of them have played with open cards.
102 17th Religious warrior December 15, 2006 Oren Schmuckler Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 99
Barbara Steinmann is hospitalized with poisoning, but the incident does not appear to be an accident. In the investigation of the SOKO officials, a targeted arsenic poisoning comes to light and the commissioners have to investigate within the strictly religious evangelical community. Barbara had a boyfriend who displeased her father and who then punished her, but could that be the trigger for a suicide? The investigators are skeptical, especially since Georg Möller behaves strangely and poses puzzles. In the end, however, the commissioners discover an incredible family secret. Meanwhile, Chief Detective Maybach takes heart and confesses to his boss, Chief Detective Trautzschke, the relationship with his daughter and he is stunned.
103 18th The garbage man December 22, 2006 Christoph Eichhorn Markus Hoffmann 104
The politician Hans Schweizer is kidnapped in front of his daughter Peggy. Chief Detective Trautzschke recalls the kidnapping victim's involvement in a toxic waste scandal. His accomplice went to jail, but Schweizer got away with a fine. But the politician's daughter and her boyfriend don't seem to be playing with open cards either, so that the SOKO is puzzled as to the background to the kidnapping. There are also no ransom demands and the investigators suspect a personal context of the crime.
104 19th Escape from Santo Domingo (90 min.) December 29, 2006 Sebastian Vigg Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 107/108
Chief Inspector Maybach wants to fulfill the legacy of his dead colleague, Inspector Alvarez, and sponsor the boy Elian, but his trip to Santo Domingo with Chief Inspector Trautzschke ends in tragedy, because the chief inspector's room is left by the police after a night with young Emanuela stormed. The investigator flees to find his nocturnal company. Trautzschke, who knows nothing about the escape of his potential son-in-law, is investigating the case of his colleague and finds out that Jan Maybach is accused of a hit-and-run accident. He is said to have run over Georg Bäumler in his rental car, but the situation seems strange to the SOKO boss: the victim's family was on the same plane as the investigators and there was a dispute within the Bäumler. When the multi-million dollar life insurance comes to light, the case takes an unexpected turn.

Guest actors: Sharlene Taulé as Emanuela, Maja Maranow as Ramona Bäumler, Helmut Zierl as Gregor Bäumler, Anna Bertheau as Vanessa Bäumler, Alexander Held as Ferdinand Hauser, Victor Checo as Lieutenant Rivera, Albert Vargas as Elian

105 20th In the abyss January 5, 2007 Christoph Eichhorn Claus Wilbrandt, Nikos Ligouris 102
Dr. Maximilian Fechner is killed in the parking lot of a Tai Chi studio. The doctor seems to have led a double life with two women. One of the two seems to be the perpetrator, because witnesses saw a woman flee from the scene. For the investigators, an extensive search for clues begins, which is more difficult than expected.

Guest actors: Heike Jonca as Anja Fechner, Vasiliki Roussi as Pia Sebald, Marco Bretscher-Coschignano as Sven Ahrens, Karina Fallenstein as Silke Ahrens, Christine Heinze as Ellen Sasse

106 21st In the shadow of the eagle January 12, 2007 Oren Schmuckler Matthias Weidemann 97
The lawyer Dr. Jürgen Lippold was murdered on the German-Czech border. The police of the Czech Republic asks the German investigators of the SOKO Leipzig for administrative assistance in the murder investigation. But the lawyer does not seem to have been particularly popular with the residents of the Czech city of Bodenbach, as he was given the opportunity to transfer real estate back on behalf of his client, Colonel a. D. von Schwarzenberg should examine. The residents of the village almost all have a motive, but the victim's family doesn't seem to be completely clean either. The solution seems to have been found, however, when a clue leads to the Bodenbach city archive and the German and Czech SOKO investigators jointly look for a motive and find what they are looking for.

Guest actors: Werner Prinz as Hermann von Schwarzenberg, Peter Stock as Dr. Jürgen Lippold, Marie Anne Fliegel as Uta von Schwarzenberg, Janusz Cichocki as Stefan Nemec, Ryszard Wojtyllo as Pavel Sedlacek, Julia Kravitz as Ruzena

107 22nd Price the truth January 19, 2007 Christoph Eichhorn Rainer Butt 111
When teacher Alexander Vogel was called to death in the school auditorium after the graduation ceremony, the students Bastin Metz, who was not admitted to the exams, and Anja Winzer, who had refused to give her certificate, were suspected. The investigators are at a loss and have to look around the school more closely.

Guest actors: Susanne Hoss as Franziska Winzer, Peter W. Bachmann as Wolfgang Winzer, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen as Anja Winzer, Christoph Ortmann as Bastian Metz, Florian Bartholomäi as Lukas Borchert, Pierre Siegenthaler as caretaker Borchert, Michael Gerber as Günter Rettner, Ilse Strambowski when grandma Metz, Dieter Bach as Alexander Vogel

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