Der Fall Holdt (S48E28)

Der Fall Holdt is less a crime-story, but the dismantlement of a man whose middle class existence is thrown into deep abyss. And so is he, when his wife falls victim to an obscure kidnapping. Frank Holdt's own existence as a bank manager is not much more than a façade, courtesy of his in-laws and their money. As he tries in vain to use his bank's cash reserves as a ransom payment, his sham of an existence is falling apart. Detective Charlotte Lindholm, who is finally called in to solve the case, is his polar opposite. She is distinguished, self-sufficient and strong. An aristocrat in a profession which is otherwise filled with timid civil servants and bureaucracy. An ambivalent duel between the two ensues in one of the smartest and most intense German crime-stories in recent memory. (Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg)