The team of a poli­ce sta­ti­on in a peace­ful litt­le Ger­man town is threa­tened with clo­sure due to insuf­fi­ci­ent crime. In order to con­vin­ce Tina from the rele­vant super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty of the “impe­ra­ti­ve” of kee­ping the sta­ti­on, the four poli­ce offi­cers make a snap decisi­on to fake a few cri­mes themselves.

„Ahead of the pre­mie­re on 23 July 2020: The orga­nisers are also hoping to see Bjar­ne Mädel (‘Crime Sce­ne Clea­ner’) in per­son at the Zenith dri­ve-in in Munich. The popu­lar actor is appearing in the poli­ce come­dy ‘Faking Bull­shit’, which will be showing on the big screen.“ (Süd­deut­sche Zei­tung, 25 June 2020)

Based on a short sto­ry by Ste­phen King (‘Rest Stop’), The Pas­sen­ger is a psy­cho-thril­ler about two very dif­fe­rent friends chan­ce upon some dra­ma­tic events at a deser­ted rest area one evening in the midd­le of nowhe­re. When they hear what sounds like a woman being bea­ten up in a toi­let, they make a decisi­on that will chan­ge their friendship – and their life – for ever…