The Protector

The Protector

88 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 4, 2021

Jan Schäfer is a personal security officer at the BKA. Fiona Weibel, the key witness currently under Schäfer’s protection, has to testify before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. Particularly delicate: Fiona works in the management of a Swiss shipping company and is said to be using insider knowledge to heavily incriminate her own employer. The shipping company is accused of illegally transporting toxic substances, disguised as fertilizers, to Syria, where they are used to produce toxic gas. To keep Fiona safe until the trial, Schäfer and his colleague Yannick take her into their custody. But as soon as they pick up the witness at the airport, they realize they are being followed. Through a clever diversionary maneuver, they manage to escape the pursuers. But is that enough to get Fiona to safety? The trio threatens to be discovered and the operation exposed. Is the witness playing a double game? Or is there even a leak in the ranks of their own colleagues?

The Protector

88 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, TV Movie | Oct. 4, 2021

The Protector
Jan Schäfer is a personal security officer at the BKA. Fiona Weibel, the key witness currently under Schäfer’s protection, has to testify before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg. Particularly delicate: Fiona works in the management of a Swiss shipping company and is said to be using insider knowledge to heavily incriminate her own employer. The shipping company is accused of illegally transporting toxic substances, disguised as fertilizers, to Syria, where they are used to produce toxic gas. To keep Fiona safe until the trial, Schäfer and his colleague Yannick take her into their custody. But as soon as they pick up the witness at the airport, they realize they are being followed. Through a clever diversionary maneuver, they manage to escape the pursuers. But is that enough to get Fiona to safety? The trio threatens to be discovered and the operation exposed. Is the witness playing a double game? Or is there even a leak in the ranks of their own colleagues?
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers ARD, ARD/Degeto Film, Wüste Medien
Original title Der Beschützer
Directors Philipp Osthus
Writers Oke Stielow, Michael Ehnert

Cast

Tobias Oertel

as Jan Schäfer

Marlene Tanczik

as Fiona Weibel

Slavko Popadic

as Marco Lansing

Sabrina Amali

as Rasha

Henning Hartmann

as Martin Jörgensen

Anne Müller

as Claire Beerenberg

Stephan Schad

as BKA Chef Ihlenburg

Errol Trotman-Harewood

as Richter Amadou Cissé

Aziz Dyab

as Hamsa

Pascal Houdus

as Morten

Markus Graf

as Urs Beerenberg

Oliver Sauer

as Robert Foster

Ali Rasoulzadegan

as Erster Killer

Shayan Salamaty

as Zweiter Killer