Tatort S2003E15: Ballauf - 25 - Das Phantom

Overview

Freddy Schenk is caught up in the past: more than five years ago he put Ronald Lochte behind bars for a bank robbery that Lochte has always denied. Now it turns out that it probably actually hit the wrong person back then. During an armed robbery at a gas station, the surveillance cameras show a perpetrator who looks confusingly like the imprisoned Lochte. The old case appears in a new light. Is the doppelganger also responsible for the bank robbery at the time - so Ronald Lochte is innocent? However, Lochte now insists he was responsible for the bank robbery. His girlfriend Verena Radek persuaded him to admit the crime: bothare hoping for a relaxed prison regime and early release. But Lochte's parole application is not approved.For the young, impulsive man, a world collapses again. He decides to break out of prison. His plan succeeds. However, while fleeing, Lochte kills a law enforcement officer. Freddy Schenk is now increasingly plagued by pangs of conscience. He feels responsible for the judicial victim Lochte - in contrast to his colleague. For Max Ballauf, Lochte is a murderer. The commissioners start following him. In the process, Schenk himself becomes a target. Because Lochte is desperately trying to hold those responsible for his fate accountable...