Maria Furtwängler ingrains detective Charlotte Lindholm of Hanover with northern German coolness, fearlessness and bone-dry humor. It's fun to watch her in her casually draped woolen scarf, while she plods through the countryside of Lower Saxony, peeks into cramped parlors and quickly has a smart plan to lure the bad guys into a trap. Furtwängler is the shooting star among the detectives. Though she only began in 2002, she regularly fetches peak quotes topping eight million. It could be her looks. A blonde detective with glacier-blue eyes - that has sex appeal. Sexier still, because she's never coquet and always hides her natural assets under heavy jackets and sweaters. Her wimpy housemate Martin (Ingo Naujoks) thinks so, too. But, it's obvious that he isn't the father of Lindholm's baby ...

Laudation: Rudi Cerne