All that is right - to be or not to be
| Episode in the series Everything that is right | |
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| Original title | To be or not to be |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 4 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | January 20, 2011 on Das Erste |
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| Director | Christoph Schrewe |
| script |
Hermann Kirchmann Georg M. Oswald |
| production | Hermann Kirchmann, Filmpool |
| music | Marcel Barsotti |
| camera | Fritz Seemann |
| cut | Ollie Lanvermann |
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Everything that is right - to be or not to be is the fourth and last part of the television film series Everything that is right . Former judge Dr. Lena Kalbach is now working as a lawyer and has to represent a Catholic priest. Her new friend, Friedrich Gross, of all people, represents the other side.
action
Lena Kalbach actually resigned from her judicial office and accepted Friedrich Gross’s offer to open a joint law firm. They have just returned from their vacation in Italy and Lena is full of doubts as to whether she did the right thing. After all, she had a secure job as a judge and not even a first client. That changes quickly when the clergyman Lukas Schloss is arrested and accused of embezzlement. But Lena's partner Friedrich, of all people, represents the other side, because 30,000 euros are missing in the church treasury and the church leadership cannot ignore that. Since Lena decided not to run a joint law firm after a dispute with Friedrich, but rents her own premises, there is no conflict of interest in this regard. Lena immediately succeeds in “freeing” the pastor from pre-trial detention, as he confesses and there is no risk of escape. The lawyer can also avert the termination of his apartment without notice, but otherwise Schloss certainly cannot hope for mercy from his employer.
After the attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement fails, a court hearing takes place. Pastor Schloss gives no explanation for what he did, but his lawyer does. In her opinion, the pastor was blackmailed because she has no other explanation for his behavior. So cornered, he confirms this, but gives no further explanation. The prosecutor, Dr. Nike Reichert, then suspends the negotiation until it has been clarified who is the beneficiary of the misappropriated money. Lena then searches the Internet to find out what could have made Schloss vulnerable and finds a lead that leads to Africa, where Lukas Schloss did development work ten years ago. She is very astonished, however, that the man in the photos that she found on the Internet only looks like the defendant, but that he is definitely different. So she knows that this is the reason for the blackmail. Lena confronts the pastor and he explains that he admired Schloss for his work and had promised him to continue his work after his death. Therefore, he wants to stay at Lukas Schloss at all costs, even if this should result in a prison sentence and exclusion from the church. He has become an impostor to be there for others. Lena has to promise not to reveal this secret to her client. She does this, but she also has a plan in mind. She approaches Castle's employer, Domvikar Grossmann, and negotiates with him. With her skill she actually manages to avert her discharge from church service and to get Lukas Schloss transferred to Africa. Here he can now continue to work for people who don't care whether he is an ordained priest or just someone who is there for them.
Subplot
Lena's daughter Nike had found out that court director Kästle had not earned his doctorate fairly. Before plagiarism proceedings take place, he gives a voluntary written confession. With Nike's help, however, it also succeeds in preventing Kästle from being transferred and being able to stay in Fulda as a simple judge.
background
The television film is another filmpool production on behalf of ARD Degeto . This fourth and last part of the series was filmed from June 15 to July 15, 2010 in the baroque city of Fulda and the surrounding area.
Due to steadily falling audience ratings, which were below the station's average, the series was discontinued.
Reviews
Jakob Bokelmann from Oddsmeter.de criticizes: “The feature film, dominated by the sun, warm colors and unimportant conflicts, is quite well produced, the acting performance in the context of the film is solid and the exterior shots could be sold as postcard motifs without processing. At the same time, 'everything that is right: to be or not to be' is so damn banal, meaningless and irrational in content that even the self-produced Sat.1 romantic comedies could still cut a bit of insignificance. Thanks to ARD Degeto, the halfway intelligent viewer will have to look out for alternative programs on Thursday evening. "
Tittelbach.tv judged: “In the ARD series, the legal system is subjected to the laws of humanity. The issues that come up for negotiation in the small-town clerical Fulda are also not entirely irrelevant in “To be or not to be”. The garb in which all of this is presented is less intelligent: this non-binding serial tidiness, this exhibited juggling with educated bourgeois cultural assets, this fun-loving musical dramaturgy. "
Web links
- All right is - to be or not in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Action of the single episode on Fernsehserien.de
- Everything that is right - to be or not to be at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations at Internet Movie Database , accessed April 7, 2020.
- ↑ No more for “Everything that is right”: ARD ends the series on wunschliste.de, accessed on April 7, 2020.
- ↑ Jakob Bokelmann: Film review on quotenmeter.de, accessed on April 7, 2020.
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach Michaela May, Fulda, legal subtleties, pragmatic common sense on tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 7, 2020.