Tatort S2020E18 - Ballauf - 79 - Gefangen

In the new "crime scene" from Cologne "Captive", inspectors Max Ballauf (Klaus J. Behrendt) and Freddy Schenk (Dietmar Bär) have to solve the murder of a chief physician in a psychiatric clinic. Ballauf himself is currently being treated: A trauma that he thought he had already overcome is coming back with a vengeance. After shooting his colleague Melanie Sommer (Anna Brüggemann) in action, he is plagued by nightmares and feelings of guilt. Sometimes he thinks he sees the dead woman in front of him. He can't talk about it, not even with his partner Freddy Schenk. The atmosphere in the team is correspondingly tense. During her investigations in the hospital, a patient gets excitedBallauf's attention. Julia Frey (Frida-Lovisa Hamann) claims that she is being held against her will in the closed ward of the clinic. The deputy chief physician Dr. However, Koch (Adina Vetter) points to Julia's emotional instability. But Max suspects that Julia's call for help could be justified. He feels a bond with the young woman...
"Captured" is a production of Bavaria Fiction GmbH, Cologne branch (producer Jan Kruse) on behalf of Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne (editor Götz Bolten). The script was written by Christoph Wortberg ("Tatort: Neighbors" and many others). Directed by Isa Prahl ("1000 ways to describe rain").