Commissario Laurenti - Dance of Death

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Episode in the Commissario Laurenti series
Original title Dance of death
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Trebitsch Entertainment
length 88 minutes
classification Episode 5 ( list )
First broadcast January 8, 2009 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Ulrich Zrenner
script Thorsten Näter
production Katharina M. Trebitsch
for ARD Degeto
music Ludwig Eckmann
camera Wolf Siegelmann
cut Matthias Wilfert
occupation
chronology

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Commissario Laurenti - Death casts long shadows

Commissario Laurenti - Totentanz is a German crime film by Ulrich Zrenner from 2009 . It is the fifth and last case for Commissario Proteo Laurenti ( Henry Hübchen ). The film title Dance of Death refers to the fresco of the same name .

In his last case, Commissario Laurenti has to deal with Drakic, whom he knows, who has put a bounty on him. Laurenti investigates on her own and gets into great trouble.

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Commissario Laurenti is traveling on a country road and is harassed by a dark pickup . He made an appointment with the Croatian public prosecutor Ziva Ravno. She informs him that the Croatian mafia boss Viktor Drakic has set his killers on him. Since Laurenti always has to deal with criminal elements, he does not worry and he sees no reason to take any special precautions.

The next day, the dark pickup deliberately pushes a small car off the road, killing both occupants. Laurenti has the car written out for a search. Those killed are the caretaker couple who were employed in the Trieste Science Park, where Laurenti's daughter is doing an internship.

Laurenti soon faces another murder case. The young journalist Alba Guerra was killed. The inspector hopes to gain knowledge from her camera's memory card, but also has all fingerprints evaluated. So he finds out that the sister of his archenemy, Viktor Drakic, went into hiding in the consulate under a false name. Laurenti does not notice that he has Tatjana Drakic in front of him, as she had undergone facial surgery since his last meeting and is now posing as a consul from Numenistan. So she can continue her brother's business in Trieste unhindered. Journalist Alba Guerra was known as a sensational reporter and, according to Laurenti's research, she worked on a revelatory story about industrial espionage in the Science Park. The photos from her camera show that the caretaker who was killed had spied on secret data for Tatjana Drakic. It is therefore certain that he and his wife were removed as unwanted confidants on behalf of the Drakics. When the Drakics realize that the inspector is gradually threatening them, they go on the offensive. First they have their killer Laurentis daughter ambushed and only with a lot of luck can she escape the two men. The fingerprints can be used to identify the two and arrest them. While Laurenti is interrogating one of the men, he is shot through the window by a sniper Drakic's. The inspector is hit by a bullet, which is immediately used to fake his death in order to protect him from further attacks.

Laurenti's secretary Marietta finds out that the consul is Tatjana Drakic. Since she is protected from the Italian judiciary by her diplomatic immunity, she kidnaps the woman and hides her in her apartment. She tells her colleague Antonio about her plan to lure Viktor Drakic out of his hiding place in this way. It succeeds, but the Drakic siblings are killed after an exchange of fire.

background

Commissario Laurenti - Dance of Death was filmed from April 28, 2008 to May 28, 2008 on locations in Trieste . The film was produced by Trebitsch Entertainment on behalf of ARD Degeto for Das Erste . The first broadcast took place on January 8, 2009 at prime time like its predecessors Give everyone his own death , Death on the waiting list and Death throws long shadows on the broadcasting slot on Thursday in the program of ARD Das Erste. The first case, Die Toten vom Karst , came on Sundays at the Sunday broadcasting slot reserved for the crime scene .

The role of Tatjana Drakic was played in this episode by Ann-Kathrin Kramer . In the second case, Laurentis Give everyone their own death , Claudia Mehnert played the role. The film explains the changed appearance of Drakic and the resulting visual difference between the two actresses with plastic surgery. Even the inspector does not recognize her, it is only when the fingerprints are identical that the false identity of the consul is revealed.

In March 2009, the ARD decided not to continue the crime film series because of low audience ratings.

criticism

The TV Spielfilm gave the worst rating (thumbs down) and found: “A dance of death for logic and demands”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Commissario Laurenti - Dance of Death, TV film (series), 2008, ARD, Degeto, Krimi, Germany | Crew United. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  2. ^ Commissario Laurenti on quota meter on March 4, 2009
  3. ↑ See tvspielfilm.de