Written In Your Face (eps. 64)

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Face23, a smartphone app that uses facial recognition to identify people and compiles all the information available online about them, is causing quite a stir in Bielefeld. Wilsberg, who is not at all a fan of technology, is unfazed at first. But when a video is posted online showing Alex Holtkamp kneeling next to a dead man, Wilsberg is forced to take a closer look at the app. Alex becomes a suspect in the murder.

Police Commissioner Anna Springer is throwing a Christmas party at police HQ, which is bringing out her team's worst behavior. Georg Wilsberg, however, is not one of the revelers; he's busy causing…

In the small hamlet of Horsthausen in the Münsterland the son of Melanie and Thomas Rensing has been kidnapped. Ekki Talkötter manages to persuade Georg Wilsberg to help his cousin Thomas’ distraught…

Horst Fahrenbrink, a sleazy client of Alex’s, is found dead in his car after the two have met. Alex has since vanished without a trace. While Overbeck is firmly convinced Alex has killed her client…

Ekki slips on some spilled yoghurt at a supermarket and breaks a leg. As he cannot work for several months, he sues the supermarket for compensation. His opponents argue that he was drunk which can…

Sister Christa, who is in charge of her abbey’s finances, has invested some money in the stock market. She appears to have a knack for it, earning 1.5 million Euro in speculative profits. She…

Wilsberg’s new client Britta Mantzke is found dead near Lake Aa. Inspector Springer and Overbeck call it a suicide, but Wilsberg decides to take on the assignment for his client anyway. He learns…

Face23, a smartphone app that uses facial recognition to identify people and compiles all the information available online about them, is causing quite a stir in Bielefeld. Wilsberg, who is not at…

Private detective Wilsberg’s home has been robbed. But what is even worse than his shock at the crime is the fact that his hard-saved money for his cruise with Anna Springer is all gone. Things are…

Wilsberg’s old friend Manni Höch realizes he has a bit of a problem when he finds himself in jail. Manni, head of the city’s Department of Buildings, is accused of accepting bribes related to the…

Wilsberg has to accompany Tessa Tilker, a lawyer Alex works with in Bielefeld, to the island of Norderney, because she needs his expertise in inheritance law. As soon as they arrive on the island,…

Wilsberg’s friend Ekki is in desperate need of help. His ex-girlfriend Silke has just introduced him to his daughter Hanna, and Ekki is now supposed to pay child support retroactively for the last…

Wilsberg and Ekki are unexpectedly drawn into a case of cyberbullying and fake news, involving slander, the paid dissemination of lies, and hurt feelings. Ekki is being slandered on the internet,…

As a member of the workers’ council, employee Tobias Nagel has every right to fight for the rights of the staff. But his actions summon Hartmut Niehoff, the company’s lawyer, who is tasked with…

A voluntary social credit system has been introduced in Münster. The surveillance needed for the system doesn’t bother many people, and everyone goes along with it, except Wilsberg. Those who behave…

Private detective Wilsberg is hired to help the owner of a tailor shop who feels she is being harassed by her landlord. Shortly afterwards, someone from a neighboring business is murdered right…

Inspector Overbeck is scheduled to give a controversial lecture to a select audience of experts. However, a mysterious threat interrupts his talk. Along with political consultant Sophie Lowitz,…

In an effort to modernize, the Münster police department is weighing the integration of genetic genealogy into their investigative procedures. It appears to be Overbeck’s time to shine, but Anna…

Wilsberg and Ekki are invited to lunch at a moated castle by attorney Dr. Tessa Tilker. When another guest arrives in a car, Tessa is gripped by fear. Out steps Sven Degen, an ex-convict who had…

When meat producer Thomas Heitbrink faces allegations of unsanitary working conditions, his attorney Dr. Tessa Tilker enlists Wilsberg to find out who is behind the attempt to harm his business…

Leon Zöller swerves to avoid Wilsberg and Ekki, crashing into a row of parked cars. The fatal accident puzzles investigators, as Zöller lacks any visible injuries. Questions also arise about the…

The death of a journalist draws Georg Wilsberg into the world of influencers. As if solving a murder case wasn’t challenging enough, Wilsberg’s friends also desperately need his help. Chief Inspector…

Private detective Georg Wilsberg is called upon to investigate the murder of publisher Carsten Wenkler. It becomes clear that Wenkler’s publications have not only earned him friends. Recently,…

Wilsberg’s client Peter and his wife Natalie are embroiled in a custody battle over their daughter Franzi. Peter alleges Natalie is romantically involved with the case expert. But Wilsberg learns she…

A dead IT technician at a Münster lake puts Ekki in a tight spot due to a recent confrontation with the victim, Ralph Fechner, at work. Now private detective Georg Wilsberg has to clear Ekki’s name…

While Anna takes time off from work to write a book about her experiences as a Criminal Investigations inspector, a young female vendor is found dead in a van at the weekly farmers’ market in Münster…

British historian John Cross visits private detective Georg Wilsberg’s antiquarian bookstore shortly before Wilsberg is brought face to face with the case of a murdered cab driver. It soon becomes…

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Format

1×90’

Available

ready-made

Produced by

Warner Bros. International Television Production

Cast

Leonard Lansink, Rita Russek, Oliver Korittke, Ina Paula Klink, Roland Jankowsky, Teresa Weißbach, Stephan Luca a. o.

Year of Production

1995 - present

Original Language

German

Broadcaster

ZDF

Writer

Jürgen Kehrer, Timo Berndt, Stefan Rogall, Eckehard Ziedrich a. o.

Director

Dennis Satin, Hans-Günther Bücking, Dominic Müller, Martin Enlen a. o.