Story
In this thriller full of plot twists, a young principal witness gets caught in the crosshairs of international killers. BKA bodyguard Jan Schäfer is given the job of looking after Fiona Weibel, an important witness due to give evidence at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. The young woman’s employer is a Swiss shipping company accused of transporting chemicals declared as fertilizer to Libya, where they are used to make poison gas. Weibel’s insider knowledge is a threat to the company. For Schäfer and his colleagues, a game of cat and mouse begins, as the life of his shadowy client is in danger.
Director
PHILIPP OSTHUS (*1975) studied at the HFBK in Hamburg and at the Hamburg Media School. He has been shooting TV series since 2009, including Käthe und Ich, Nord bei Nordwest, Doktor Ballouz.Info
Der Beschützer
Fiction Feature
German
Televisionen | FF2021
Germany
2021
90 min
OV
Philipp Osthus
Michael Ehnert, Oke Stielow
Tobias Oertel, Marlene Tanczik, Slavko Popadic, Sabrina Amali
Björn Vosgerau, Uwe Kolbe
Frank Küpper
Kai Nührmann
Tobias Peper
Maurus Ronner
Uwe Berthold
Carola Neutze
Deborah Congia
Carolin Haasis (ARD Degeto)
Wüste Medien GmbH im Auftrag der Degeto Film GmbH
Anja Padge, Wüste Medien GmbH: anja.padge@wuestefilm.de
Tags
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