During demolition work in a village in northern Germany, a cemented-in corpse is discovered in the wall of a building. The autopsy leads the pathologist to conclude that the man suffocated in the cement. The identity of the dead man comes as a surprise to the two detectives on the scene: it is Michael Lehmann, who has been missing for 16 years. He was suspected of having sexually abused and murdered a nine-year-old boy from the village.
Markus Imboden
Director
Michael Mendl
Kommissar Hagen Dudek
Anna Maria Mühe
Simone Westermann
Frank Giering
Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Devid Striesow
Ralf und Frank Gerlach
Rosa Enskat
Jeanette Lehmann
Rainer Piwek
Bauleiter
Brigitte Böttrich
Sigrid Brehm
Rainer Reiners
Matthias Krüger
Susanne Schäfer
Agnes Sonntag
Armin Dillenberger
Horst Schlottmann
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