Bella Block: Farewell in the Light
| Episode in the Bella Block series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original title | Farewell in the light | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
Lens Film GmbH | ||
| length | 100 minutes | ||
| classification | Episode 7 ( list ) | ||
| German-language first broadcast |
January 8, 2000 on ZDF | ||
| Rod | |||
| Director | Christian von Castelberg | ||
| script | Richard Reitinger | ||
| production | Jutta Lieck-Klenke | ||
| music | Andi Müller | ||
| camera | Reinhard Schatzmann | ||
| cut | Ann-Sophie Schweizer | ||
| occupation | |||
| |||
| chronology | |||
| |||
Farewell in the Light is a German television film by Christian von Castelberg from the year 2000. It is the 7th film in the ZDF crime film series Bella Block .
In this case, Bella Block has to deal with the issue of euthanasia and it will be the most emotionally difficult case of her career so far.
action
The day starts off really well for Bella Block. Her relationship with Simon Abendroth is developing extremely harmoniously and both are out and about in town. But when Bella has to watch a youngster attack a homeless person and then flee with a stolen scooter, the sense of duty also sets in on her day off. Without further ado, she hires a young police officer to take up the chase. Fate now wants it that through her fault, this young policeman had a serious accident and with a living will he refused the use of life-extending measures. The superintendent struggles with serious self-reproaches and now the policeman's wife demands from Bella Block to turn off the machine. However, she cannot answer for that and therefore seeks advice and help from Dr. Hauser, a physician who deals with terminal care.
At the same time, two women's bodies were found in one apartment. It looks like the daughter first killed her mother in need of care and then herself. What is striking, however, is that there are no valuables in the apartment. For Bella Block the question arises whether it is actually a double suicide or a murder. The investigation only distracts the Commissioner briefly from the current problems, because this case leads her again to Dr. Houses. Bella now suspects him of being euthanized for money. She confronts the obscure doctor with her accusations and he admits that he assisted Vera Busch in administering a lethal amount of barbiturate to her mother, but that there was no direct euthanasia on his part. Belle Block would love to hold Hauser accountable, but she has no legal recourse against him. His type of “ terminal care ” falls into a legal gray area.
When Bella Block took another closer look at the circumstances of the death of the two women, she learned from the pathologist that he had found several old, poorly healed bone fractures in old Ms. Busch, which must have been caused by blunt force, blows or kicks. There are also numerous bruises and bruises that cannot have been caused by accidental falls. The inspector investigates and finds out that Hans Busch, son and brother of the two dead, regularly abused his mother. He had to pay for his mother financially and when Bella Block expresses her suspicions against him, Busch shows his irascible side towards her. He admits that he was in the apartment on the day his mother died. He would have found his sister already passed out. The commissioner knows that she cannot prosecute Busch for not preventing his sister's suicide. However, he has to answer for the mistreatment of his mother.
Bella Block receives news from the hospital that the police officer who has died in the accident has died.
background
The film was shot in Hamburg and first broadcast on January 8, 2000 at 8:15 p.m. on ZDF .
Reviews
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best rating (thumbs up) and said: “Although the German Hospice Foundation found the film 'simplistic and misleading', Christian von Castelberg deserves kudos for this haunting and uncomfortable examination of the subject . Thanks to the multi-layered script and strong actors, his film captivates from the beginning to the farewell. "
Web links
- Bella Block: Farewell at the light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bella Block: Farewell in the light at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on August 18, 2018.
The Commissioner (1994) | Love Death (1995) | Greed for Money (1997) | Death of a Girl (1997) | On the hunt (1998) | Whispered Murders (1999) | Farewell in the Light (2000) | Blind love (2000) | At the end of the lie (2000) | Guilt and Love (2001) | Bitter Suspicion (2001) | In the name of honor (2002) | Deadly Proximity (2003) | Kurschatten (2003) | The opposite of love (2004) | Behind the mirrors (2004) | The freedom of wolves (2004) | ... because they don't know what they are doing (2005) | The carpenter's wife (2005) | The happiness of others (2006) | Murder Under the Cross (2006) | Blackout (2007) | White Nights (2007) | Trip to China (2008) | False love (2008) | The Commissioner's Silence (2009) | Providence (2009) | The Black Room (2010) | Stab in the heart (2011) | The Passenger and the Girl (2012) | Unter den Linden (2012) | Dog children (2013) | Indicted (2013) | Forever and Always (2014) | The most beautiful night of life (2015) | Still Waters (2017) | On the Edge (2018)