The Dead Man in the Wall
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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.
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Claudia VogelerShot by Peter Von HallerScored by Detlef PetersenDesigned by Marion Strohschein
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Mendl
as Kommissar Hagen Dudek
Anna Maria Muhe
as Simone Westermann
Frank Giering
as Kommissar Klaus Wendt
Devid Striesow
as Ralf und Frank Gerlach
Sonja Baum
as Julia Wendt
Rosa Enskat
as Jeanette Lehmann
Caroline Grothgar
as Nadja Krüger
Rainer Reiners
as Matthias Krüger
Mathias Bleier
as Stefan Schanz
Brigitte Bottrich
as Sigrid Brehm
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