Jan Schäfer is a personal security officer at the BKA. Fiona Weibel, the key witness currently under Schäfer’s protection, has to testify before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. Particularly delicate: Fiona works in the management of a Swiss shipping company and is said to be using insider knowledge to heavily incriminate her own employer. The shipping company is accused of illegally transporting toxic substances, disguised as fertilizers, to Syria, where they are used to produce toxic gas. To keep Fiona safe until the trial, Schäfer and his colleague Yannick take her into their custody. But as soon as they pick up the witness at the airport, they realize they are being followed. Through a clever diversionary maneuver, they manage to escape the pursuers. But is that enough to get Fiona to safety? The trio threatens to be discovered and the operation exposed. Is the witness playing a double game? Or is there even a leak in the ranks of their own colleagues?
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Part of Der Beschützer - Filmreihe
2 films
Cast
20 people
Tobias Oertel
Jan Schäfer
Also in
Tornado - Der Zorn des Himmels
Der Bozen Krimi
Marlene Tanczik
Fiona Weibel
Known for
Paradise
Slavko Popadic
Marco Lansing
Known for
Bonnie and Bonnie
Crooks
Sabrina Amali
Rasha
Known for
The Billion Dollar Code
Henning Hartmann
Martin Jörgensen
Also in
Ein Fall für Conti - Spieler
Raus
Anne Müller
Claire Beerenberg
Known for
Baghead
Dogs of Berlin
Stephan Schad
BKA Chef Ihlenburg
Known for
The Collini Case
The Diary of Anne Frank
Errol Trotman-Harewood
Richter Amadou Cissé
Known for
Deutschland
The Internship
Pia-Leokadia Bucindika
Aybi
No other roles listed
Aziz Dyab
Hamsa
Known for
Unorthodox
Liaison
Pascal Houdus
Morten
Known for
Women at War
Paula Conrad Hugenschmidt
Swantje
Also in
Unsichtbarer Angreifer
Eine Nacht in Bangkok
Philipp Osthus Director · Michael Ehnert Writer Oke Stielow Writer
First release October 4, 2021 · Produced in Germany · Production ARD, ARD Degeto
Production
Wüste Medien
Production
ARD
Production
ARD Degeto
Production
Germany
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Original title
Der Beschützer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 4, 2021
Limited theatrical · Filmfest Hamburg
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 11, 2022 · Digital · ARD media library
February 12, 2022 · TV · Das Erste
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