Bad Wolf - A Taunus thriller
| Episode of the series Der Taunuskrimi | |||
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| Original title | Bad Wolf - A Taunus thriller | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
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| length | 180 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Episode 6 + 7 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | January 11 + 12, 2016 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Marcus O. Rosenmüller | ||
| script | Anna Tebbe | ||
| production | Annette Reeker | ||
| music | Florian Tessloff | ||
| camera | Stefan Spreer | ||
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Raimund Vienken Claudia Klook |
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Böser Wolf - Ein Taunuskrimi is a two-part German television film from 2016. The literary film adaptation is based on the novel of the same name by Nele Neuhaus and is the sixth and seventh episode of the crime series Der Taunuskrimi .
action
Part 1
The body of a 15 year old girl is found on the banks of the Main. After the autopsy, it is clear that the girl was locked up, malnourished, brutally abused and raped for years. The similarity to an earlier and unfortunately never resolved case is initially the only clue for investigators Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein. At that time there was evidence of organized trafficking in girls, so that prosecutor Markus Maria Frey is also interested in the case.
A few days later, Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein have to clear up the attack on the presenter and TV journalist Hanna Herzmann. Only with luck did she survive the brutal abuse and is now in a coma. The evaluation of the navigation device shows a motel as the final destination. There Kirchhoff and her colleague Ostermann try to find out with whom Herzmann met here, but since the hotel can be booked anonymously by the guests via a terminal and the male guest can only be seen with a motorcycle helmet, the investigators are unsuccessful. They are later certain that Herzmann met an informant here who had nothing to do with the attack on them.
Oliver von Bodenstein contacts his colleague Altmüller, who had worked on the earlier murder of a young girl. He received a tip from him that led to Kilian Rothemund, a criminal defense attorney who wanted to draw the police's attention to the girl trafficking in the case at the time. Public prosecutor Frey, of all people, ensured that Rothemund's hint was denied and that he himself was made implausible.
Part 2
The psychotherapist Dr. Leonie Verges has been treating Hanna Herzmann for years and through her had gained insights into a secret about which she no longer wants to remain silent after the brutal attack on her patient. When she tries to confide in the police, she is kidnapped and killed. When investigating the background, Bodenstein comes ever closer to the truth. With further research, the evidence condenses more and more about the sexual abuse of minors suspected ten years ago. No simple brothel is involved here, but the highly respected family around Dr. Josef Finkbeiner. He maintains a refuge for orphans on his family home. Years ago he had adopted and raised some of the children he had especially loved. Including today's public prosecutor Frey, who, as it now turns out, led a double life over the years and was only outwardly a lawful citizen. In addition to the official children, there are also "secret children" that Finkbeiner "generates" through his affiliated maternity clinic. Minors give birth here in complete anonymity to their children who they assume will be adopted after birth. But even these children were only abused for pornographic purposes. Every now and then they managed to escape, which is why they were persecuted mercilessly and ultimately killed if they could not be reintegrated into the group.
The investigators manage to blow up the entire organization around Frey and Finkbeiner, to free the children and to hold some of Finkbeiner's high-ranking customers accountable. Frey himself can flee at the last moment and move abroad. Since he was responsible for the murder of psychotherapist Dr. Leonie Verges is convicted, he is now being sought internationally.
background
With Angry Wolf - A Taunus crime was the sixth book of Bodenstein - filmed series Kirchhoff - &. In order to get as close as possible to reality, the author Nele Neuhaus researched, among other things, by interviewing those affected. According to her own statements, it was "the most terrible research I have ever done" and she was depressed that this topic was so hushed up. With the story, she not only wanted to shake up, but also to help the girls affected. She is committed to a facility where girls can anonymously get therapeutic help and also find refuge from violent family members.
reception
Audience rating
Both parts of Böser Wolf - Ein Taunuskrimi reached 7.27 million viewers in prime time on ZDF on January 11 and 12, 2016 , corresponding to 21.6 and 22.1 percent of the market share.
Reviews
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv said: “After five almost entirely disappointing Nele Neuhaus films, a comparatively big hit has now finally been achieved with 'Bad Wolf': The complexly structured two-part series […] is exciting, much more economical than his predecessors narrated, strongly cast and also acted and the staging by Marcus O. Rosenmüller is appropriate for this crime thriller drama. For some viewers, however, the film could have a catch: the story is infinitely gruesome. "
At the FAZ, Heike Hupertz appraised: “Despite the extension to 180 minutes, 'Böser Wolf' does without some of the things that made previous films ridiculous. There is no longer any strained local color with wheel-breaking Hessians, the private life of the inspectors [...] is only mentioned occasionally. "However:" The confusion is no small hurdle for viewers who have not read the book. "
Kurt Sagatz from Tagesspiegel wrote: “The film shows how difficult it was for everyone involved to implement the topic. Concerned not to frighten the audience too much, some passages seem almost downright sterile. A rousing film like 'It happened am helllichten Tag' from 1958 with Gert Fröbe did not turn out to be 'Bad Wolf', although the organized abuse of children in the Neuhaus film is no less shocking than the plot devised by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. "
In Quotenmeter.de Manuel Weis was: "Contrary to expectations, extensive criminal case does not take the time equal to 180 minutes and thus two parts such as chewing gum, which is malmig after ten minutes in the mouth and soggy, but still has many turns and twists . Marcus O. Rosenmüller, who also had relevant thriller experience before the series, manages this time to keep the tension up for (almost) the entire duration. The fun for the audience is also increased because suddenly the basic figure constellation works. "
Web links
- Bad wolf - A Taunus crime in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bad Wolf - A Taunus Crime Part 1 at Fernsehserien.de
- Bad Wolf - A Taunus Crime Part 2 at Fernsehserien.de
- Bad Wolf - A Taunus thriller at crew united
- Press kit at presseportal.zdf.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for Bad Wolf - A Taunus Crime, Part 1 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 157302 / V).
- ↑ Release certificate for Bad Wolf - A Taunus Crime, Part 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 157303 / V).
- ↑ Press kit at presseportal.zdf.de, accessed on May 14, 2017.
- ↑ a b Tilmann P. Gangloff : Woll, Bergmann, Schrott, Rott, Wörner. The first Neuhaus film adaptation, which is well worth seeing, is a film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Heike Hupertz: Living and Dying in the Taunus at faz.net, accessed on May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Kurt Sagatz: Broken Life at tagesspiegel.de, accessed on May 14, 2017.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Lush, lush, but not filling at quotenmeter.de , accessed on May 14, 2017.