Berlin - A city is looking for the murderer
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Berlin - A city is looking for the murderer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Urs Egger |
| script | Wolf Jakoby , Tim Krause |
| production | Jochen Ketschau |
| music |
Nellis Du Biel , Ina Siefert |
| camera | Martin Kukula |
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Berlin - Eine Stadt sucht den Murderer (alternative title: Taxi in den Tod ) is a German TV film by director Urs Egger from 2003. The title of the crime film is based on Fritz Lang's M - Eine Stadt sucht den Murderer .
action
The photographer Lena works for the tabloid Abend and is summoned to a murder scene with the reporter Marco on her sister Vanessa's birthday. Fascinated, Lena photographs the dead girl, who shows no signs of violence. At the same time, her sister Vanessa, who has just turned sixteen, is in a Berlin scene club with her friend Mia. The next day, Lena is called to another murder case and for a horrific moment believes she recognizes her sister in the dead woman. But it is her friend Mia who is wearing Vanessa's coat. Lena learns from her sister that Mia got into a taxi the night before, while she and a friend left the club.
Torn between the sensation-hungry evening editorial team and her private life, Lena is strictly against an interview with Vanessa. Instead, the photographer accompanies them to the police questioning by the unfriendly Inspector Beck. The trail of the last taxi ride is ignored when Lena and Vanessa discover a mailbox message from Mia that clearly contains a radio signal from the taxi. Lena decides to follow this lead alone and confronts the head of the taxi guild Paul Meinold with her suspicion that a murderer would use a taxi to visit his victims. Meinold fears for the reputation of the entire taxi guild, but promises Lena to find Mia's driver within a day.
Meanwhile, her colleague Marco persuades Vanessa for an interview. She tells him about the suspicion of a taxi killer, as she is still disappointed with the police, who do not follow up on this tip. Marco recognizes his chance for a great sensational story and seizes it. The article Taxi in den Tod brings the evening the desired attention, but has unexpected consequences, which then show up in the city. There is mistrust of all taxi drivers who have to accept financial losses as a result. The police must act and promise the public to summon all taxi drivers for a DNA analysis. But Commissioner Beck tells Lena that this measure only serves to reassure the public and that she is still not taking the taxi lane seriously. During all of this, a grueling taxi continues to make leisurely laps of the city. Then two girls are caught.
Reviews
“Urs Egger's film about a taxi killer is as magical as the Berlin telephone directory. Even the usual tension of this big city movie is difficult to keep within limits. "
“Berlin's big city flair is created by cool locations in former, run-down factories, great Coldplay songs and aerial shots filmed in time-lapse, which is completely in tune with the story, which was built up with a lot of suspense at the beginning, which unfortunately seems a bit hastily turned off towards the end. All in all, the thriller will make for an exciting sofa at home. "
"In the end, the film is just a" best of "common thriller elements."
Web links
- Berlin - A city looking for the murderer in the Internet Movie Database (English)