The Riot Act
The Riot Act
When police officer Jan Vogt (Justus Johanssen) wakes up in hospital with a traumatic brain injury after a demonstration escalated, the press blames him for the death of a demonstrator and 57 injured. The public is shocked and outraged. How did this happen? Internal Affairs Detective Charlotte Stauffer (Brigitte Hobmeier) is brought in to investigate and gradually reveals many different sight lines of what really happened. In this complex chain of split second circumstances and decisions, everyone involved is both perpetrator and victim… until they are forced to take responsibility for their own actions, Jan included
Commissioning Editor
Karina Ulitzsch (ZDF)
Director
Nicolai Rohde
Script
Jörg Tensing
Cast
Justus Johanssen
Brigitte Hobmeier
Max Koch
Ben Felipe
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Broadcast Premiere
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