“Crime Scene: Ghost Tour”
This is what the new crime thriller with Maria Furtwängler will be like
Their last “crime scene” case together: Maria Furtwängler (r.) and Florence Kasumba in “Ghost Ride”.
© NDR/Christine Schröder
For the last time, Lindholm goes hunting for criminals in Göttingen. “Tatort: Ghost Ride” is her last case before returning to Hanover.
Since 2019 and now six films, Charlotte Lindholm alias Maria Furtwängler (57) has been investigating in Göttingen. She never really got warm in the university town. As the NDR announced in December 2023, the current “Crime Scene: Ghost Trip” will be the last episode before her return to Hanover, from where she was actually transferred in 2017. She also leaves her co-investigator Anaïs Schmitz (Florence Kasumba, 47) behind in Göttingen – that much has been revealed in advance.
But Inspector Schmitz’s role in the “Tatort” universe isn’t quite over yet: in a crossover crime thriller, she will once again hunt for criminals alongside Wotan Wilke Möhring (56). By the way: The return to Hanover doesn’t really come as a surprise to Lindholm. As the broadcaster announced, “the time limit was taken into account”. The new cases will then be taken to the State Criminal Police Office throughout Lower Saxony – perhaps even back to Göttingen at some point?
That’s what “Crime Scene: Ghost Tour” is all about
During the celebrations for Detective Director Liebig’s (Luc Feit, 61) 60th birthday at Göttingen police headquarters, a dramatic incident occurs: a van plows into a crowd in the old town. Charlotte Lindholm and Tereza Liebig (Bibiana Beglau, 52), the detective director’s wife and doctor, are the first to rush to the scene of the accident. The driver Ilie (Adrian Djokić) is taken to hospital with serious injuries. The incident triggers an immediate investigation, with Charlotte Lindholm and Anaïs Schmitz also considering the possibility of a shooting spree.
They research the possible motive of Ilie, who works for a parcel service. The company denies any responsibility and at the same time refers to the subcontractor Mischa (Christoph Letkowski, 41). Mischa and his wife Jutta (Lea Willkowsky, 36), a nurse who looks after the seriously injured, try to hinder the investigation. But why? When Lindholm doesn’t feel adequately supported by Detective Director Liebig, she seeks help from forensic doctor Nick Schmitz (Daniel Donskoy, 34), the husband of her colleague Schmitz. But the two get surprisingly closer to each other than would be beneficial for the investigation…
Is it worth turning on?
Yes definitely. In this “crime scene” the vast majority of those involved seem to be on a “ghost ride” in some way – and that’s captivating to watch: the alleged perpetrator, his boss, his boss, but also Lindholm, her superior Liebig and, last but not least, the husband by Anaïs seem to have lost their compass of life. What initially seems a bit complicated and peppered with too many secondary theaters of war develops a great tension curve over the course of the 90 minutes that lasts until the last minute.
Lindholm’s farewell from Göttingen could hardly have been staged more spectacularly. In the end, every viewer can understand that there is no longer a place for her in the Göttingen team – also for private reasons. Once again she has crossed a red line and mixed her personal and professional life without necessity. Despite an outstretched hand at the end of the film, the Göttingen chapter is closed for them once and for all. From the next episode onwards, she will be investigating again in her actual hometown of Hanover, where she worked for 15 years starting in 2002.