Bella Block: The Black Room

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Episode in the Bella Block series
Original title The black room
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 UFA television production
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 29 ( List )
German-language
first broadcast		 October 13, 2010 on ZDF
Rod
Director Rainer Kaufmann
script Susanne Schneider
production Norbert Sauer
Cornelia Wecker
music Adam Nordén
camera Klaus Eichhammer
cut Tina Friday
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Providence

Successor  →
stab in the heart

The Black Room is a German TV film from 2010. It is the 29th film in the ZDF crime film series Bella Block . The film was directed by Rainer Kaufmann .

action

Ulrike Andersson, who disappeared seven years ago, is now found dead. The corpse has been lying in the water for several years and has only now been discovered. The Chief Public Prosecutor, Dr. Mehlhorn, was unable to prove during the investigation that Gunnar Andersson, the husband of the dead, killed his wife. Since there was no corpse at the time, he was acquitted. Bella Block is reluctant to fly to Sweden to reopen the case, because she has actually quit work and she is still suffering from panic attacks after the attack on her. In contrast to Dr. Mehlhorn, however, thinks her husband is innocent and she would like to prove that.

Andersson works as a real estate agent and under the pretext of wanting to rent a house, Bella introduces himself to Anderssons. A strangely intimate relationship soon develops between the two and Andersson makes no secret of his past. Martensen investigates on Bella's tip in Hamburg against the meanwhile grown-up children of Andersson. They seem to hate their father and were the main witnesses against him. Meanwhile, Bella contacts Eric Dahlgren, a Swedish police officer who is in charge of Andersson's case. Here she learns of another missing person case. It is noticeable that Andersson knew this victim and had business dealings with the woman. In order to better assess Andersson, Dahlgren and Block question his mother and learn so much about the rather unhappy childhood of their son.

Martensen learns about his colleague's panic attacks from Bella's new roommate, Leonie, and so he travels to Stockholm out of concern. Bella hitched him up in her investigation and sent him to Andersson on the pretext of wanting to buy a house. Since it seems strange to the broker that a customer from Hamburg reports in such a short time, he researches Martensen and finds out that he is a police officer. So he lures him into a remote house, knocks him down and locks him in a coffin. Meanwhile, Bella looks around Andersson's apartment and doubts more and more about the man's innocence. In the end, she even finds a small photo album in which he has captured photos of his wife in agony. When Andersson unexpectedly returns home, she confronts him about her discovery. Now he admits that he did not want to let his wife leave him. With the second victim, he would only have made sure that the body disappeared after the woman killed herself with pills in the house she had just bought from him. He feared that another death in his environment would have made the police suspicious. He willingly reveals to Bella where he is keeping her colleague prisoner so that she can free him. Andersson asks the inspector to see his mother and home again. She agrees and accompanies him. Unfortunately, however, she cannot prevent him from judging himself there and strangling himself after he had previously killed his stepfather.

background

The Black Room was produced by UFA television production on behalf of ZDF. The film was in Hamburg and Sweden turned and 13 October 2010 at 20:15 in the ZDF erstausgestrahlt.

reception

In his review of Das Schwarze Zimmer , Rainer Tittelbach wrote that the episode lacks "criminal logic and the" realism "of a television thriller", but that it is an "atmospheric film" that offers "90 exciting minutes".

In Quotenmeter.de Jakob Bokelmann evaluated: "The real end acts [...] a bit rushed pathetic and overly dramatic, yet, Bella Block: The Black Room ', a compelling film that has managed the format again a new dimension to and still dares to address emotional shallows and trauma as usual. Fans will love the new Bella Block, crime fans will enjoy the unconventional plot. "

Kino.de judged: “The interaction between Hannelore Hoger and Wallander actor Rolf Lassgard is simply great. Lassgard reveals the complexities and facets of his fate-stricken character. Hoger embodies Bella's new vulnerability in a wonderful way, with all the resoluteness and rebelliousness retained. Director Rainer Kaufmann has once again created a film that will be remembered. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm , on the other hand, only gave it a medium rating (thumbs straight) and found the thriller "Dark [and] inconsistent."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bella Block - The Black Room (2009-2010) crew-united.com, accessed April 5, 2018
  2. ^ "Bella Block - The Black Room" series tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 5, 2018
  3. ↑ movie review at Quotenmeter.de , accessed on August 14, 2018th
  4. ^ Review at Kino.de , accessed on August 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Short review at TV Spielfilm , accessed on August 14, 2018.