The blind psychologist Tom Leschek and the therapist Jessica van der Laan are after their first successful mission, a team that is again requested when a suicide wants to plunge from a skyscraper. The young woman was held captive for months in a basement prison by arms dealer Hübner as a slave. Tom tries to convince the desperate not to jump. When she flees again and shoots Hübner, she takes Tom hostage.
Thomas Jauch
Director
Hannes Jaenicke
Tom Leschek
Renée Soutendijk
Jessica van der Laan
André Hennicke
Karl-Heinz Zöllner
Anica Dobra
Nadja
Adele Neuhauser
Ruth Rosenzweig
Michael Trischan
Dr. Richard Rosenzweig
Tatjana Blacher
Laura Hills
Paul Faßnacht
Claus Hübner
Sven Riemann
Polizeitechniker
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Alexander Hauff
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