The clown has to deal with the ruthless drug kingpin Görtz. When Max sets out to stop Görtz's business, the big dealer lures Zander's best friend Ludowski into a trap and kidnaps his children.
The clown is drawn into a perfidious blackmail. An unknown person demands 50 million from the German government. If the government does not pay, he will carry out assassination attempts on members of the Bundestag.
The unscrupulous organ trader van Vericke has kidnapped the young daughter Gina of Max's old friend Cosmo Nunnari in order to force him to hand over evidence of Van Vericke's criminal activities. Max does everything he can to free Gina.
A man in a harlequin mask murders people from the red light milieu. The press and the BKA naturally suspect the clown. In order to prove Max's innocence and to unmask the unknown kicker, Claudia takes a big risk.
In Düsseldorf, a handful of former Russian special soldiers try to buy their way into the criminal milieu with a stolen war chest. The Russian army wants to stop them, and the clown gets caught between the fronts.
The real estate shark Börner has already managed to acquire a large part of an apartment block in an attractive location. Only the bar owner Martina Sanchez remains stubborn. Then one of her employees is run over. Was it an accident or murder?
Wealthy industrialist Steinrich receives a multi-billion dollar order from China. Shortly afterwards, Steinrich's wife and one of his daughters are kidnapped. Max and Claudia are to find out who is behind the kidnapping.
After his release from prison, the stunt parachutist Falk refuses to take part in a new coup by his cronies. They threaten to kill his new love Claudia. Good thing Max is already on the trail of the crooks.
Max gets caught up in the fight between two Japanese mafia bosses, which has been going on since the end of the Second World War, and loses his heart to Akiko, the granddaughter of the gangster Kogeshai. But their happiness is short-lived.
The entrepreneur Lindenberg has stipulated in his will that the first of his twin sons to become a father will receive the inheritance. This would give Michael an advantage over his brother Axel. But Axel develops a perfidious plan.
The clown has to deal with merciless gangsters who storm a television tower and take Max's girlfriend Claudia into their power. While trying to free her, the clown gets help from the World War veteran Kurz.
The gangster Kott, who continues to hold Claudia, tries to escape via the sewers. In the meantime, an SEK unit has managed to break into the tower. A dangerous shootout ensues.
In a mysterious helicopter crash, Herder, a local politician, has died. Max, Claudia and Ludowski find out that the industrialist Hennermann had every reason to wish Herder dead.
Professional killer Vana receives an order from her ex-combat companion Nakic to kill prosecutor Reuter. When Vana sees that the prosecutor has a daughter, she can't bring herself to pull the trigger and is now being hunted herself.
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By what name was Der Clown (1998) officially released in Canada in English?