SOKO Leipzig / Season 8

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Season 8 of SOKO Leipzig
Original title SOKO Leipzig - Season 8
Episodes 22nd
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
First broadcast October 3, 2008 - March 13, 2009 on ZDF
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The eighth season of the German crime series SOKO Leipzig celebrated its premiere on October 3, 2008 on the ZDF broadcaster . The final was broadcast on March 13, 2009.

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

As in the fifth season, two full- length episodes (90 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes of an episode) were produced with Istanbul Connection and Lost in Africa . In both episodes, the SOKO team investigates outside the German territory. While the Turkish city ​​of Istanbul is set next to Leipzig in the episode Istanbul Connection , in the episode Lost in Africa , Namibia is determined.

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 Inspector Patrick Diego Grimm Tyron Ricketts
Public Prosecutor Dr. Werner Kruse Simon Böer
Forensic doctor Dr. Kathrin Conradi Margrit Sartorius

Episodes

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast D Director script Audience rating Prod.
Code
124 1 Istanbul Connection (90 min.) October 3, 2008 Axel Barth Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 3.59 million 147/148
Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann and her new friend Faruq Arat attend a wedding in Leipzig at which the groom Erdogan Cimsir and his bride are shot. The commissioner pursues the perpetrators and is shot. Her coworkers start the investigation and come across some mysterious things that her coworker's friend also seems to be involved in. When Ina Zimmermann learns about the suspects her colleagues have told her boyfriend, she is horrified and accompanies him on a business trip to the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. She is considering starting a new life in Turkey with him and his family. Meanwhile, the investigation in Leipzig continues, but the SOKO is asked by BND Major Olaf Jordan to stop the investigation. The team decides to continue investigating and comes up with a dark secret that puts their colleague in danger. The investigators Kriminalhauptkommissar Trautzschke, Kriminaloberkommissar Maybach and Kriminalkommissar Grimm travel to Istanbul to save their colleague and find out that the Federal Intelligence Service also seems to be playing a dirty game.

Guest actors: Erdal Yıldız as Faruq Arat, August Zirner as Major Jordan, Adrian Can as Burhan Öser, Suzan Anbeh as Eva Thomalla, Erden Alkan as Azial, Sinan Al Kuri as Hüseyin Altintop, Orhan Ozaydin as Mahmoud Arat, Sema Poyraz as Lale Arat

125 2 Emanuela (1) October 10, 2008 Michel Bielawa Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann 3.54 million 131
Emanuela, the vacation acquaintance of Chief Detective Maybach from the Dominican Republic, is in Leipzig at his door and asks him for help. She hasn't heard from her friend Maria, who lives in Germany, for weeks. During the investigation, the commissioners come across the body of the young woman. The friends Sven Weltersbach, Axel Strasser, Jochen Gerlach and the husband are the focus of the investigation, but the SOKO discovers a dark secret.

Guest actors: Sharlene Taulé as Emanuela, Helmut Zhuber as Peter Kestert, Andreas Herder as Axel Strasser, Michael Roll as Sven Weltersbach, Iris Böhm as Gabriele Weltersbach, Sven Pippig as Jochen Gerlach

126 3 Emanuela (2) October 17, 2008 Michel Bielawa Roland Heep, Frank Koopmann, Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.76 million 132
The case seemed already solved, but the SOKO investigators find out that someone must have manipulated the evidence against their suspect Axel Strasser. But when Strasser is to be released again, he has already hanged himself and the investigation must completely reopen the case. Meanwhile, Chief Detective Maybach and Emanuela get closer physically.

Guest actors: Sharlene Taulé as Emanuela, Helmut Zhuber as Peter Kestert, Michael Roll as Sven Weltersbach, Iris Böhm as Gabriele Weltersbach, Charlotte Crome as Ruth Strasser, Max Wächter as Alexander Weltersbach, Maria Dragus as Clarissa Weltersbach

127 4th greed October 24, 2008 Michel Bielawa Heike Rübbert 4.65 million 133
Eva Thein, wife of the event manager Klaus Thein, was brutally murdered. Everything points to a robbery, but investigators find the circumstances of Eva Thein's death and relationships around her strange. The victim seems to have had an affair and her husband also seems to have had a relationship with the cultural department head Alexa Scholz.

Guest actors: Simon Licht as Klaus Thein, Steffen Schroeder as Marco Loos, René Hofschneider as Dr. Vorbach, Maren Gilzer as Eva Thein, Astrid Meyerfeldt as Alexa Scholz

128 5 Bernie October 31, 2008 Michel Bielawa Mike Bäuml 4.45 million 130
When the ward doctor of a psychiatric clinic, Dr. Renner, is murdered, the investigators of the Leipzig SOKO are confronted again with an old case. Bernie and his brother Jürgen Tomczek come under suspicion, but Chief Detective Trautzschke does not believe in the guilt of the two and seems to get lost in the case. The SOKO boss's opinion on the case seems to change when the investigation suddenly takes a completely new turn.

Guest actors: Hannes Jaenicke as Jürgen Tomczek, Philipp Danguillier as Bernie Tomczek, Petra Schmidt-Schaller as Ines Trummer, Marie Rönnebeck as Rebecca Munch, Thomas Huber as Dr. Lamberti

129 6th Masked ball November 7, 2008 Patrick Winczewski Markus Hoffmann 4.44 million 128
A murder case leads the SOKO investigators into the gay scene in Leipzig, where they get caught between the fronts of Turkish youths and Leipzig homosexuals. The case shows great interest in the media, but when the Turkish friend of the sister's sister is attacked by Detective Inspector Grimm, the situation seems to escalate and the investigators have to act quickly and find the perpetrators.

Guest actors: Marleen Lohse as Julia Grimm, Kai Ivo Baulitz as Ronny Münzer, Jochen Schropp as Justin Hosemann, Christian Gaul as Gunnar Kriegel, Philipp Niedersen as Niko Blume, Navíd Akhavan as Ercan, Khaled Hamid as a young Turk

130 7th Witness for the prosecution November 14, 2008 Michel Bielawa Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.27 million 129
When a judge, a lawyer and Chief Detective Trautzschke were kidnapped in Leipzig, the SOKO team, led by Chief Detective Jan Maybach, came across an old case. Natalie Schneider was murdered 15 years ago, but the perpetrator was acquitted at the time because of a lack of evidence and can now not be convicted, as he would have to confess to the act according to the current legal situation. Since Chief Detective Trautzschke headed the investigation at the time, he now seems to have to appear as a witness in the trial staged by the father of the dead.

Guest actors: Florian Martens as Kurt Schneider, Christof Wackernagel as Ralf Metzler, Henning Peker as Thomas Lorenz, Axel Buchholz as Jochen Bennert, Bettina Kramer as Karla Weishaus

131 8th Call girl November 28, 2008 Patrick Winczewski Hen Hermanns 4.42 million 124
The Düsseldorf businessman Dr. Klaus Müller is found shot dead in a Leipzig hotel room. He seems to have had an affair with the attractive Caroline Neubert. But the investigators are not sure whether she is also the perpetrator.

Guest actors: Julia Brendler as Caroline Neubert, Matthias Deutelmoser as Hanns Neubert, Dominik Bender as Dr. Klaus Müller

132 9 Shattered soul December 5, 2008 Michel Bielawa Markus Hoffmann - 134
A dog was brutally murdered, the first murder in a series to be followed by several more. When 22-year-old David Balthus comes to police headquarters and wants to report a murder, he collapses. There seems to be a connection between the murders, but investigators keep puzzling over.

Guest actors: Jacob Matschenz as David Balthus, Peter Kremer as Helmut Balthus, Evelyn Meyka as Frau Gaderian

133 10 The last filth December 12, 2008 Oren Schmuckler Nani Mahlo 4.62 million 136
When the young Martha Mehringer is found stabbed to death, the perpetrators seem to be found quickly, because four people are currently trying to create order at the crime scene. But the case is more difficult than initially thought, because the family says nothing. The investigators are at a loss and have to go an unconventional way of investigation.

Guest actors: Robert Höller as Friedrich Mehringer, Sabine Kaminski as Martha Mehringer, Peter Prager as Gernot Mehringer, Rita Feldmeier as Gabriele Mehringer, Sönke Möhring as Joe Windisch

134 11 Lost in Africa (90 min.) January 9, 2009 Axel Barth Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.16 million 163/164
The father of Detective Inspector Grimm reports back to his son after 30 years, because he is dying. The Commissioner decides to go to Africa, but the illness was just a pretext to lure the police officer to Africa. His father appears to be involved in criminal machinations and his son is now said to be used as leverage against him. At the same time, there seems to be a connection between the kidnapping of the Leipzig commissioner and a case in his home country. Chief Detective Maybach travels to Namibia to find and free his colleague, but the situation deteriorates dramatically.

Guest actors: Günther Kaufmann as Antonio, Nina Petri as Martina Baumann, Jonathan Kinsler as Utoni Garneba, Joana Adu-Gyamfi as Salome, Christoph Grunert as Phillip Görlitz, Ibrahima Sanogo as Simon, Judith von Radetzky as Angelika Grimm

135 12 Ladies choice January 16, 2009 Christoph Eichhorn Axel Hildebrand 4.60 million 142
During the investigation into the murder of businessman Gerald Kuhn, Detective Inspector Patrick Grimm meets his childhood sweetheart Anna again and decides to prove her innocence, but the evidence is overwhelming. Finally she confesses to robbing unfaithful men together with her friend, but the two women want nothing to do with the murder. The investigator believes his old love, but when the accomplice of the two women is arrested, a world collapses for the policeman.

Guest actors: Oona Devi Liebich as Anna Wilke, Mira Bartuschek as Natascha Heller, Cornelius Schwalm as Frank Hermann, Jale Arıkan as Yasemin Schröter, Björn Bugri as Gerald Kuhn

136 13 Escape into oblivion January 23, 2009 Michel Bielawa Mike Bäuml 4.70 million 135
The young Julia Schwenke has disappeared and the SOKO is desperately looking for her. When the pensioner Felix Urban is spotted with the girl's bag, the Alzheimer's sufferer is the target of the investigation. But chief detective Trautzschke does not believe in Urban's guilt, but looks at his son's behavior with suspicion. There seems to be a dark secret in its history.

Guest actors: Hermann Beyer as Felix Urban, Peter Moltzen as Paul Urban, Katrin Schwingel as Petra Schwenke

137 14th Easy loot January 30, 2009 Oren Schmuckler Mike Bäuml 5.6 million 137
The private detective Kurt Niess is killed. His body is found behind an esoteric shop, the operator of which is highly indebted. Investigators must reconstruct the private detective's last case in order to find a lead. But the case is said to be more complex than the SOKO team, which had to do without the Chief Detective Jan Maybach, who was in hospital after his accident, initially suspected.

Guest actors: Cuco Wallraff as Thierry Brenner, Adriana Altaras as Theophila Aue

138 15th Private matter January 30, 2009 Oren Schmuckler Axel Hildebrand, Nani Mahlo 4.52 million 138
The perpetrator of a robbery can be caught, but the investigators lack evidence to convict the convicted suspect. An anonymous caller can be identified, but he refuses to give evidence. The investigators do research around the witness in order to induce him to make a statement, but then they stumble upon the secret of their witness, which puts them in danger.

Guest actors: Max Gertsch as Helmut Thiel, Jörg Malchow as Mario

139 16 Web spy February 6, 2009 Oren Schmuckler Hen Hermanns 4.92 million 140
Internet specialist Paul Förster is found murdered. There seem to be irregularities in the company where he completed his last assignment, but the employees stick together. Chief Detective Ina Zimmermann is smuggled undercover into the company's post office, where she uncovered a sad secret, which at first seems insignificant to her, but which will later be decisive for the solution of the case.

Guest actors: Tessa Mittelstaedt as Tanja Weber, Martina Eitner-Acheampong as Doris Altmann, Mike Maas as Paul Förster

140 17th A new life February 13, 2009 Oren Schmuckler Jens Köster, Michael B. Müller 4.66 million 139
The doctor Dr. Daniel Götz is poisoned. Several people around him could have a motive. There are also inconsistencies in their statements, but the SOKO officials are unable to find the real motives and the perpetrator. The wife of the victim moves more and more into the sights of the investigators, but when she is to be questioned, she and her daughter disappeared.

Guest actors: Matthias Henkel as Daniel Goetz, Petra Kleinert as Bettina Goetz, Leonie Krahl as Marie Goetz

141 18th The Heritage February 27, 2009 Christoph Eichhorn Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.93 million 141
An undertaker finds traces of violence on the dead pensioner Herta Kollwitz and alerts the SOKO team. This takes up the investigation and quickly finds motives in the vicinity of the dead, but the family seems completely broken and the investigators are puzzled, because everyone seems to have a motive.

Guest actors: Cornelia Schmaus as Renate Kollwitz, Paul Faßnacht as Harald Kollwitz, Jessica Kosmalla as Katja Kollwitz

142 19th Autumn storm March 6, 2009 Patrick Winczewski Eva Zahn, Volker A. Zahn 4.74 million 143
The security guard Rainer Dornfeld is brutally murdered. All traces and evidence point in the direction of an act from the criminal milieu. But the chief detective and SOKO boss Hajo Trautzschke believes that jewelry dealer Brigitte Kießling was involved, and when it turns out that her biography is partially falsified, the case seems clear, but there also seems to be a connection to the terrorist organization RAF . But when the jewelry dealer takes the lawyer Ralf Wehrmann and Hajo Trautzschke hostage, the case threatens to get out of hand.

Guest actors: Robert Giggenbach as Ralf Wehrmann, Tina Engel as Brigitte Kießling, Christian Steyer as Carlo Möritz

143 20th In focus March 27, 2009 Patrick Winczewski Mike Bäuml 4.65 million 145
Chief Detective Jan Maybach found out about a whipping video that was circulating at his son's school and switched his colleagues on. Ella Ohnesorg, the love of the inspector's son, Benni Maybach, seems to be involved in the case, but Benni Maybach is also under suspicion.

Guest actor: Janina Stopper as Ella Ohnesorg

144 21st Murder thing youth club March 20, 2009 Patrick Winczewski Nani Mahlo 4.30 million 146
The investigators roll up a sex murder from 1986. Chief Inspector Trautzschke has to investigate his past as a GDR police officer and question his former boss Hendrik Larsen, but he doesn't seem particularly cooperative, but the investigators find out that the suspect at the time, who killed himself after an interrogation, was not the real perpetrator.

Guest actors: Günter Naumann as Captain Hendrik Larsen, Marek Harloff as Martin Dürkhoff, Ute Springer as Dr. Zenner

145 22nd Deadly country life March 13, 2009 Patrick Winczewski Axel Hildebrand 4.74 million 144
Helga Kubiki is trampled to death by a herd of bison, but the investigators doubt the accident theory. In fact, something seems to be wrong, making a murder case more and more likely. And the village in the Leipzig area also seems to have a secret.

Guest actors: Floriane Daniel as Eileen Kubiki, Eckhard Preuß as Mario Hermann, Andreas Hoppe as Tobias Woll

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