Tatort S2014E19 - Ballauf - 60 - Ohnmacht

A punch in the face puts Max Ballauf (Klaus J. Behrendt) out of action. On the way home, he witnessed a fight in the subway station and immediately intervened. When Ballauf regains consciousness, the perpetrators have escaped. The victim, music student Manuel Sievers, succumbed to his injuries in hospital a short time later. For the press, the beating attack is a godsend. Prosecutor von Prinz (Christian Taschen) intervenes. As a witness ofInspector Ballauf is not allowed to investigate Tat himself, his colleague Freddy Schenk (Dietmar Bär) takes over the investigation. The juvenile suspects are quickly identified. Kai Göhden (Robert Alexander Baer) is no stranger to the police. He had been a criminal before. Janine Bertram, his former girlfriend, was also involved in the incident. But they push all the blame away from themselves: Manuel would have provoked the argument, according to their statement...