Bella Block: The carpenter's wife

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Episode in the Bella Block series
Original title The carpenter's wife
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 West German Universum Film
length 97 minutes
classification Episode 19 ( List )
First broadcast October 22, 2005 on ZDF
Rod
Director Kai Wessel
script Beate Langmaack
production Norbert Sauer for Lens Film GmbH (Hamburg)
music Ralf Wienrich
camera Judith Kaufmann
cut Tina Friday
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The carpet layer's wife is a crime film in the crime series Bella Block by director Kai Wessel from 2005. In the lead role , Hannelore Hoger plays the Hamburg chief inspector Bella Block, who almost witnesses a rape during a shopping spree, which she does not prevent out of carelessness.

action

Bella Block is shopping in a shopping mall with her partner Simon when they witness an argument between a couple. Without paying much attention to what is happening, they continue on their way. Maria, an asparagus cutter from Poland, cannot, however, defend herself against the intrusiveness of the man who is apparently accompanying her. She speaks to various passers-by, but receives no help from them. Eventually, she is raped by the man in public.

At the police interrogation the man denies any guilt; he claims to have done no violence to Mary. Only the witnesses of the crime could prove the opposite. Although it does not belong in Bella Block's jurisdiction, she takes on the case and tries to track down the witnesses. Not an easy task, especially since public prosecutor Mehlhorn is stubborn.

Bella Block is not deterred by these circumstances and, in the course of her investigation, increasingly comes to the realization that each of the witnesses has different memories of the crime. In the further course of the plot there is a dinner to which Bella is invited by her partner Simon. There is asparagus. In Bella's memory, this again evokes the fact that she classified the supposedly small quarrel between Maria and her companion as harmless, did not intervene and thus did not prevent the subsequent rape.

Meanwhile, Bella Block is investigating a murder case in which a woman stabs her husband, who was drunk at the time, to death. Although Bella Block largely delegated the investigation in this case to her new colleague Jan Martensen, it is she who ultimately convicts the perpetrator, who is on the run.

The plot ends when Bella Block manages to get Prosecutor Mehlhorn on her side. She can therefore persuade the main witness of the rape offense to give her testimony in court in order to arrest the perpetrator. In the resumed court proceedings, it is also made clear that several witnesses to the criminal offense are guilty of failure to provide assistance .

Production notes

Norbert Sauer produced for the Lens Film GmbH (Hamburg) on ​​behalf of the ZDF .

Publication dates

The carpenter's wife was broadcast on ZDF for the first time on October 22, 2005.

Reviews

Rainer Tittelbach sums up that the main character Bella Block is particularly close to the crime that takes place in public space and that the carpenter's wife is “one of the best 'Bella Blocks'”.

The program magazine TV Spielfilm draws the conclusion: “Touching highlight of a strong series”.

In 2006, The Carpet Layer's wife was awarded the Robert Geisendörfer Prize , the media prize of the Evangelical Church.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bella Block - The Carpet Layer's Wife - Review of the Film - Tittelbach.tv. In: tittelbach.tv. Retrieved October 16, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Bella Block: The carpenter's wife - film review - film - TV SPIELFILM. In: tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved October 16, 2015 .