The Scorpion (1997)

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Movie
Original title The scorpion
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1997
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Dominik Graf
script Günter Schütter
production Gloria Burkert
music Helmut Spanner
camera Benedict Neuenfels
cut Christel Suckow
occupation

The Scorpio is a German thriller directed by Dominik Graf from 1997 . On June 30, 1997 the film was premiered at the Munich Film Festival. On October 3, 1997, it was broadcast on ZDF for the first time as a "Friday film" on television.

action

The police officer Josef Berthold works for the Munich drug squad. Berthold's wife Lili is attacked by a gang from the drug scene and fainted. She is then, as the doctors say, in a coma for some time. The otherwise tough policeman is about to look for and convict the perpetrators. In the end, he is suspended from duty because of his personal bias, but this does not prevent him from continuing to investigate. In doing so, he also neglects his 18-year-old son Robin, who is struggling with his ecstasy addiction and tends to keep his anger and sadness to himself because of the incident with his mother. When Robin falls in love with the attractive porn actress Daria, he gets a little more stability in his life.

background

The scorpion was filmed under the working title Dragon Slayer from September 1, 1996 to October 6, 1996. The film was produced by MTM Medien & Television München GmbH.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm pointed their thumbs up and awarded two possible points for demand and tension and one of three possible points for action and eroticism.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Scorpion. In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on May 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The Scorpion, TV film, 1996, ZDF, Germany | Crew United
  3. ↑ The Scorpion short review at tvspielfilm.de