Culpa - Nobody is without guilt
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Culpa - Nobody is without guilt |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2017 |
| Production company |
NBCUniversal International Networks, Readymade Films |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | Crime , drama |
| Director | Jano Ben Chaabane |
| idea | Bernd Heiber, Alexander Lindh, Matthias Praxenthaler, Sabine Steyer |
| script | Bernd Heiber, Alexander Lindh, Jano Ben Chaabane |
| production | Laura Bull |
| music | Tim Schwerdter |
| camera | Tobias Koppe Michael Terhorst |
| First broadcast | July 12, 2017 on 13th Street |
| occupation | |
Culpa - No one is without guilt is a German four-part thriller - miniseries that in July and August 2017 the Pay TV transmitter 13th Street was broadcast. The series is about a priest who is exposed to impending crimes in the confessional and tries to prevent them. The main role is played by Stipe Erceg .
action
At the center of the series is an unconventional priest who is entrusted with impending crimes in the confessional. The secret of confession , however, forces the priest to keep the planned crimes to himself. Nevertheless, he tries to prevent these crimes by talking to them. As in a chamber play, most of the action takes place in a confessional and is limited to an intense conversation between the sinner and the priest.
Cast and characters
| role | actor | consequences | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| priest | Stipe Erceg | 1-4 | Main role |
| Andrea | Barbara Philipp | 1 | Episode lead role |
| Frank | Dirk Martens | 1 | Episode lead role |
| police officer | Maxim Mehmet | 2 | Episode lead role |
| Josip | Igor Possewnin | 2 | Supporting episode role |
| Alleged serial killer | Florian Hertweck | 2 | Supporting episode role |
| Eve | Alina Levshin | 3 | Episode lead role |
| Dan | Detlef Bothe | 3 | Supporting episode role |
| Eve's father | Friedrich Liechtenstein | 3 | Supporting episode role, only as a speaker |
| BND agent Jonas | Ludwig Trepte | 4th | Episode lead role |
| Investigative journalist | Mehmet Kurtuluş | 4th | Supporting episode role |
production
The series is based on an idea by Bernd Heiber, Alexander Lindh, Matthias Praxenthaler and Sabine Steyer. The Pay TV transmitter 13th Street commissioned the Berlin production company readymade film with the production of the first four episodes. Culpa is the first in-house fictional television series produced by the station in Germany. In November 2016, the four half-hour, self-contained episodes were mainly filmed in the Zionskirche in Berlin.
The director of the four episodes is Jano Ben Chaabane, who previously realized formats such as Circus Halligalli or Duell um die Welt . The scripts were written by Alexander Lindh, Bernd Heiber and Jano Ben Chaabane.
A song by the New York artist The Bones of JR Jones was used as the closing song for each episode .
Charisma
The premiere took place as part of an exclusive screening event in the presence of around 400 guests and celebrities from the film and media industry as well as the series crew on May 9, 2017 in Berlin's Zionskirche. It was announced there that the series will be aired on 13th Street on Wednesdays at 8:13 p.m. on July 12, 2017 .
All episodes are available on Sky Go after the TV broadcast . The series is currently also available on Prime Video , iTunes and Google Play .
Episode list
The series was first broadcast on July 12, 2017 on the German pay TV channel 13th Street .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | First broadcast (DACH) |
Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Below | 12 Jul 2017 | Jano Ben Chaabane | Jano Ben Chaabane |
| In the confessional, the religious Andrea ( Barbara Philipp ), on behalf of her confused husband Frank ( Dirk Martens ), wants to know from the priest whether it is a sin to release the injured dog Emma, locked in the cellar, from her torments with one shot. While the killing is not a sin of animals, but the priest recommended the dog to sleep to let. Only when Frank comes back to church a little later does he explain the truth to the priest. Emma is a woman who has been locked up and abused in the basement by Andrea and him for months. Furthermore, he and Andrea are not married, but siblings. The priest then demands that Frank and Andrea should release Emma and face the police, otherwise he would reluctantly break the secret of confession and go to the police. The same evening Frank called the police and tied up Andrea. Frank wrote on a letter that everything was his idea and forced Andrea to join in. He did this so that Andrea didn't have to go to jail. When the house is stormed by the police, Frank commits suicide with a shot in the head. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 110 | 19 Jul 2017 | Jano Ben Chaabane | Alexander Lindh |
| A policeman ( Maxim Mehmet ) tells in the confessional that he had to kill a criminal in self-defense and was very happy with it. In the next visit to the Bleichstuht he speaks of his real plan. Under the pretext of doing something good, he wants to take vigilante justice against a supposed serial killer (Florian Hertweck). The policeman tells the priest that he locked the suspect in the trunk of his car. He did so because the case was not his and was just a patrol officer. Despite several attempts on the part of the priest to stop the police officer, he committed his intention on the same day. Shortly before this, the priest receives news from his craftsman Josip (Igor Possewnin) that the real serial killer has confessed and has been arrested. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | The witness | 26 Jul 2017 | Jano Ben Chaabane | Bernd Heiber (based on an idea by Alexander Lindh and himself) |
| 4th | 4th | The trap | 2nd Aug 2017 | Jano Ben Chaabane | Bernd Heiber |
reception
criticism
The reviews of the miniseries are mostly positive:
"From a simple basic idea," Culpa - Nobody is guilty "turns into a chamber play worth seeing with the highest psychological tension."
“The pictures by cameraman Tobias Koppe are impressive despite the meager budget - the play with light and shadow effortlessly drowns out the narrow furnishings, and the minimalist, yet cool music by Tim Schwerdter gives the whole thing the last, intentionally rough Cut."
"Guilt, atonement and excellent intimate play: [...] In" Culpa - Nobody is without guilt ", Stipe Erceq shines as a priest who prevents crime."
"Despite a budget that is certainly manageable, Jano Ben Chaabane, the creative head of the project, succeeded in making four astonishing and well-known short films on his directorial debut, which create great tension, even though most of the action takes place in the confessional."
However, there are also some negative reviews:
"Low-emotion chamber play offers little new."
Audience ratings
The first episode on July 12, 2017 was watched by 60,000 viewers; a solid value for the sender. In both audience groups it corresponded to a market share of 0.2 percent.
Web links
- Culpa - No one is without blame in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of 13th Street
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: Shooting for the 13th Street series "Culpa" started . dwdl.de. November 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Peer Schader: Miniseries "Culpa": With the crime in the confessional . dwdl.de. November 24, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Jano Ben Chaabane at Crew United . Retrieved January 8, 2019.
- ↑ Report: Exclusive world premiere in Berlin . 13thstreet.de. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ↑ Peer Schader: To start with, a chamber play: 13th Street is now also doing in-house productions . quotenmeter.de. May 10, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- Jump up ↑ Culpa - Nobody Is Guilty: The TV Series Aired Dates on 13th Street . Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ DWDL.de series review. "Culpa": Haunting quality TV in a confined space. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ The Critics. «Culpa - Nobody is guilty»: 13th Street's Kammerspiel confessional thriller. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ "Culpa" series at 13th Street. With this priest all come out with the truth. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Series "Culpa - Nobody Is Guilty". Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ TV criticism / review: "Culpa - Nobody is guilty": Low-emotion chamber play offers little new. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Timo Niemeier: Super RTL and Maxx score, "Culpa" has a solid start . dwdl.de. July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.