Under other circumstances: death in the monastery
| Episode in the series Under Different Circumstances | |||
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| Original title | Death in the monastery | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
Network Movie on behalf of ZDF | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| classification | Episode 5 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | November 4, 2010 on ZDFneo | ||
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| Director | Judith Kennel | ||
| script | Daniel Schwarz , Thomas Schwebel , Jonas Winner | ||
| production | Jutta Lieck-Klenke , Dietrich Kluge | ||
| music | Wolfram de Marco | ||
| camera | Nathalie Wiedemann | ||
| cut | Christian Lonk | ||
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Death in the monastery is the fifth episode of ZDF - series dates Under other circumstances . It was produced in the first half of 2010 and was first broadcast in November 2010.
content
Commissioner Winter receives a call from Norway on her weekend off: a fishing boat had fished a human skull from the sea. Research had revealed wreckage and other human remains that were attributed to the crash of a helicopter two years ago, in which her husband had been killed. While she travels to Norway for identification without informing her colleagues, a death occurs in a nunnery of the Benedictine order in Schleswig . Immediately after the baptism of his granddaughter Paula in the chapel of St. Johannis , Richard Brandner, owner of a company for the manufacture of ship propellers and at the same time patron of the monastery, climbed the tower of the same to get an idea of the progress of the renovation work he co-financed. From there he rushes into the courtyard of the monastery.
Commissioner Hamm and his colleague Jessen, who has just joined the department, start the investigation on site. Initially, there was no evidence of third-party fault: the deceased was heavily drunk at the time of the crash, and the platform of the tower was poorly secured. Since the public prosecutor, a practicing Catholic, does not want any negative press about church institutions, the investigation into his work is stopped. When inspecting the list of nuns, Commissioner Winter notices that one of them is Lena Brandner, a daughter of the deceased. She bears the religious name Benedicta and was the only one of the sisters who evaded the questioning carried out by Jessen. Winter decides to continue investigating on his own with the knowledge of her colleagues and with the tacit tolerance of Commissioner Brauner. For this purpose, she quartered herself privately in a room in the monastery. There she overhears a dispute between Father Albrecht and Benedicta, according to which she has a hard time bearing a secret and therefore wants to be transferred to another monastery. Both women get closer to each other quickly, also because they have in common that they have lost someone close to them. Winter learns that Benedicta has known Father Albrecht since she was twelve and has a close relationship of trust with him.
Meanwhile the dead man's son-in-law, Franz Heidenreich, has difficulties in the business. At the instigation of the widow Christin, accountant Blühmka blocked all access to his computer and had important files moved to the Brandner's villa, as the latter suspected Heidenreich wanted to sell the company to a Korean company. Nevertheless, he got hold of the documents through his wife and discovered that six-figure sums had been paid to the monastery administration over the past six months, even though the company was in massive financial difficulties.
Hamm and Jessen are also dissatisfied with the termination of the proceedings. After they find out that Heidenreich had his power of attorney withdrawn by Brandner six months ago and they suspect revenge as a possible motive, they also start investigating again, initially unofficially. Since Heidenreich cooperates openly, Winter can go to the monastery to find the whereabouts of the sums. She discovers that significantly lower amounts were booked than were actually donated. Father Albrecht, who had signed the donation receipts, is suspected. After research shows that he has a criminal past, he is also considered a suspect: there is a possibility that Brandner could have discovered the embezzlement. Albrecht escapes from dealing with Winter by fleeing. This ends with Heike, the monastery's vegetable supplier, with whom Albrecht maintains a close relationship. Since mother Gabriele, the head of the monastery, now knows about Winter's actual position, she asks her to leave the monastery because of Albrecht's arrest. But Winter still sees Benedicta pushing an open Bible under her folded hands to her father, who is laid out in the chapel.
During the interrogation, Albrecht immediately admits the embezzlement, but he rejects any related murder. When asked about the dispute with Sister Benedicta, Father Albrecht refers to the confessional secret , but gives an indirect indication that Winter returns to the chapel: the key is the open Bible in the dead man's hand. It shows the 3rd book of Moses and there the section that deals with sexual relationships between relatives. Benedicta arrives and confesses that when her mother and mother Gabriele were present, she pushed her father from the tower. In the interrogation that followed, she reports that her father had sexually abused not only her but also Corinna since she was a child . She reproaches herself for keeping this secret all these years and for not protecting her younger sister in particular. The trigger was Paula's baptism and the associated fear that her father might do the same to his granddaughter as he did to his daughters.
Julia Winter is puzzled because Benedicta had taken off her wedding ring before the confession. This is considered a sign of a marriage to Jesus . Winter suspects that Benedicta undressed him because she did not want to make a false confession while wearing the symbol of her spiritual connection. When asked about this, Benedicta rejects this, but indirectly indicates that it is so. During a last visit to the Brandner house, Winter explains to Corinna and her husband that at least for them the case is over.
production
The film was made at the beginning of 2010. In addition to the Lüne Monastery in Lüneburg , Hamburg and Schleswig, the filming locations were primarily the St. Johannis Monastery and the city harbor. As usual in the series, the Bischofshof in Norderdomstraße served as the outer facade for the police station. For a scene in which at least partially ice-free water was required, they had to move to Glückstadt .
St. Johannis, chancel
St. Johannis, monastery church
Lüne monastery, church and tower
Lüne Monastery, dormitory
background
The painting with the skull, which Winter takes from the wall in her room in the monastery, is a memento mori . It was painted by Luigi Miradori, called Genovesino , the title is called Cupidon endormi , the original hangs in the Museo civico Ala Ponzone in Cremona . It was created around 1650.
Contrary to what the film claims, St. Johannis in Schleswig is not the northernmost Benedictine monastery in Germany. Instead, this is St. Ansgar in Bad Oldesloe and is therefore well to the south.
There are also three other titles that appear for the film: Fatal Suspicion , Faith, Love, Murder , and Faith, Love, Death . Under the latter name one appeared, also in 2010, the scene sequence of the ORF .
reception
Audience ratings
The film was the first in the series, which was initially broadcast on ZDFneo and only later in the regular ZDF program. The first broadcast on November 4, 2010 on ZDFneo was followed by 0.27 million viewers, the second broadcast on ZDF 5.94 million viewers, corresponding to market shares of 0.8% and 17.7% respectively.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv wrote: “Death in the monastery is a film of flawless beauty” and “Judith Kennel's film is a prime example of what a film story is: a story told in pictures, with dialogues and in an eloquent rhythm . "
Jens Szameit from Teleschau Mediendienst said: “Thanks to excellent camera work (Nathalie Wiedemann) and cello sounds as heavy as velvet curtains, the film actually offers entertainment at the best possible temperature. Even if the crime plot does not unfold at the highest level this time. But when at the end of the day the great Martin Brambach prepares to bring you the sad news from Norway that she has long known to colleague Winter, then there is tragedy, comedy and greatness that you rarely get in action in TV crime novels. "
At SHZ , Steffen Kahl came to the conclusion: "... even ZDF does not necessarily turn a small town into a big cinema."
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm found the film: "Captivating, told with a sure instinct."
Web links
- Death in the monastery on the ZDF website
- Death in the monastery at Fernsehserien.de
- Basic information about the film on the website of the production company Network Movie, PDF, 541 kB
- Under different circumstances: death in the monastery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Under other circumstances: death in the monastery in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] 3rd Book Mose 18: 6-18 on www.bibleserver.com, accessed on August 14, 2017
- ↑ Julia Steinberg-Böthig: Murder in the monastery Lüne . Hamburger Abendblatt, February 13, 2010, accessed on November 27, 2015 (subject to a charge, bypassing the payment barrier via Google search for the newspaper article)
- ^ A b Matthias Kirsch: Winter thriller with medieval flair . SHZ , February 1, 2010, accessed November 27, 2015
- ↑ Une catégorie particulière: Les Vanités . Examples of artistic representations of Vanitas on the website of the Academie de Lille, PDF, 1.3MB, accessed on November 27, 2015 (French)
- ↑ Map of the Benedictine monasteries in the German-speaking regions of Central Europe on the Ettal Benedictine Abbey website , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ among other things in the online film database, see under web links
- ↑ Faith, Love, Death ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from Ralph Misske's agency website, accessed November 27, 2015.
- ^ Filmography by Natalia Wörner on her website, accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ Björn Wirth: Two out of a thousand . Berliner Zeitung , October 29, 2010, accessed on November 27, 2015
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Series "Under other circumstances - death in the monastery" , accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ Jens Szameit, Teleschau Mediendienst: Under other circumstances: Death in the monastery ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Heilbronner Voice , December 17, 2012, accessed on November 27, 2015
- ↑ Steffen Kahl: Cool combined in the monastery . SHZ, November 9, 2010, accessed November 27, 2015
- ↑ Death in the Monastery on the TVSpielfilm website, accessed on November 27, 2015
