Police call 110: The sign

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	The sign
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Antaeus Film on behalf of the rbb
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 253 ( List )
First broadcast	February 15, 2004 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Bodo Fürneisen
script	Marlis Ewald
production	Alexander Gehrke
music	Tomas Kahane
camera	Sebastian Richter
cut	Matthias Behrens
occupation
Imogen Kogge : Johanna Herz, chief detective Horst Krause : Horst Krause , police chief Anja Franke : Katrin Schubert, detective assistant Alexandra Schalaudek : Sandra Voigt Alexander Flache : Christian Wedemann Lisa Willschütz : Mona Karina Plachetka : Nicole, dropout Luise Helm : Leonie Jenny Gröllmann : Mrs. Ulrich Götz Schubert : Mertens Dagmar custom : Carola Leipold Naomi Krauss : Amanda Rösler Peter von Strombeck : Pastor Wedemann Arnd Klawitter : Dr. Bodenstedt Peter Prager : Robert Beck Franziska Troegner : Helga Krüger Anna Stieblich : coroner Christopher Braun (actor) : Internet café operator Andreas Rüdiger : Customer in the internet café Ulrike Eckermann : Dr. Lanz

The character is a German crime film by Bodo Fürneisen from 2004, produced on behalf of the rbb . It is the 253rd episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the seventh case for master master Horst Krause and the third case for his partner Johanna Herz.

action

In Potsdam , the body of an unknown young woman is found on the Havel . Only after some research does Krause find out that it is an Amanda Rösler. Evidence in Rösler's apartment suggests a satanic lifestyle. Commissioner Herz visits the dead woman's sister who has been looking after her six-year-old niece for two days. Amanda had confided them to her at short notice and seemed to be on the run from someone. This assumption is confirmed by Leonie Herz, who had also given shelter to Sandra Voigt, a school friend, two days ago and who had shown up with Amanda without prior notice and just as suddenly disappeared again.

Since Carola Leipold can no longer keep her niece Mona, Commissioner Herz takes care of her. It is noticeable that the child is very disturbed. So she hardly speaks and is terrified in the dark. Heart finds access to it only very slowly. On the basis of her drawings, Herz again concludes on a satanic background. It seems that Amanda Rösler fell into the clutches of such a sect and had dragged her daughter into it too. Based on an e-mail to a self-help group, it can be assumed that they wanted to leave the group.

In the meantime, Sandra Voigt contacts Leonie Herz, but before she can help her old friend, she is kidnapped by two men. Her own friend Christian Wedemann brought her back to her group by force. He fears reprisals from their leader Mertens. When he found out from Sandra that she was expecting a child from him, he immediately passed this message on to Mertens. According to their philosophy of life, the children belong to everyone, just as the bodies of girls belong to everyone. In order to make them obedient and docile, they are tortured and subjected to fear of death. After Herz has inquired about the devious methods of the satanist group to which Amanda belonged, it is certain that the real background is not only power, but also a lucrative child trafficking. Therefore, Mertens is doing everything possible to bring back Amanda's daughter Mona. The child does not know that their mother is no longer alive and so Christian Wedemann lures them away from the children's home where they are cared for by promising to be brought to their mother.

According to Krause's research, black masses have recently taken place in a village barn. When he tried to look around there one evening, he was knocked down. Nevertheless, he can recognize Christian Wedemann among others, now that there is a massive search. After examining his car, it is clear that Amanda's body was transported in it. When they find Wedemann, he has already hanged himself. In a suicide note, he confesses to having caused Amanda's death. He himself would have realized too late that he was only being exploited by the group.

While searching for Mona, group leader Mertens is observed and arrested when he meets a customer to whom he wants to hand over the child.

background

The character first aired on February 15, 2004 on Prime Time First .

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv does not rate this police call very positively and writes: “In contrast to her predecessors Katrin Sass and Jutta Hoffmann, Imogen Kogge as Commissioner Herz remains pale in her third case. The crime thriller, which hits thematically tough guns without telling anything new, and is mediocre in writing and direction, also gives little opportunity for profiling. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm , on the other hand, gave the best possible rating (thumbs up) and wrote: “Reliable, solid educational work”.

Web links

• Police 110: The sign in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rainer Tittelbach: The Antichrist in Brandenburg. Already seen better from the Potsdam “police call” film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 27, 2016.
2. ^ Police call 110: The sign at tvspielfilm.de

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