Kreuz des Südens

After suffering a severe head injury on the job, criminal investigator Tommy Wehrschitz is being suspended – for his own good. In order to deal with the changes in his life he decides to go to southern Burgenland, to sell property he inherited from his estranged father. Barely arrived, Tommy is invited to see the circus, which is currently in the village, but the colorful spectacle is cut short when a flying knife misses its target and kills an audience member instead.

Cast

Andreas Lust

as Tommy

Franziska Weisz

as Eva

Lukas Resetarits

as Mayor

Maria Urban

as Traude

Harry Lampl

as Patrick

Michael Fuith

as Host

Oliver Rosskopf

as Gerhard

Alexander Jagsch

as Forensic pathologist

Franz Weichenberger

as Fenninger

Barbara Horvath

as Sophia

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