The crime scene cleaner

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Television series
Original title The crime scene cleaner
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2011-2018
Production
company		 Studio Hamburg (Seasons 1 & 4)
Nordfilm GmbH (Seasons 2–3)
Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH (Seasons 5–7)
length approx. 26 minutes
Episodes 31 in 7 seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
Director Arne Feldhusen
idea Mizzi Meyer
script Mizzi Meyer
production Wolfgang Henningsen
music Carsten Meyer
camera Kristian Leschner
First broadcast December 23, 2011 on NDR
occupation

The crime scene cleaner is a German comedy - TV series of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) with Bjarne girl as a crime scene cleaner Heiko "Schotty" Scot in the lead role. All episodes were directed by Arne Feldhusen and the scripts were written by Mizzi Meyer . The series was broadcast from December 23, 2011 to December 19, 2018, during which time there were seven seasons with a total of 31 episodes.

action

Bjarne Mädel plays the crime scene cleaner Heiko "Schotty" Schotte, who works as a building cleaner specializing in crime scene cleaners in Hamburg and the surrounding area and removes traces of deaths from people at crime scenes. It is not a crime series, rather the work of the crime scene cleaner is presented in a humorous way, with the criminal cases only playing a subordinate role. The focus is on chamber play-like scenes with a lot of situational comedy: Schotty meets completely strangers to his bereaved relatives and acquaintances of the murder victims (and in some episodes the perpetrators or even the ghosts of the victims themselves), and this in more or less bizarre situations, e.g. . For example, in the laboratory of a high-tech start-up, where a robot sex doll - which had previously caused the fatal sex accident and thus Schotty's assignment - uses her artificial intelligence to engage him in a conversation about feelings. Schotty is not an educated man, but a thoroughly intelligent man and masters the respective intellectual challenge through open-mindedness and curiosity. Schotty's connection with Hamburger SV is mentioned in several episodes , sometimes also discussed in more detail.

background

Bjarne Mädel as Schotty in The Crime Scene Cleaner

Initially, four episodes were produced; the shooting took place in November 2011 in Hamburg. The series title was initially "The Last Filth". The episodes were broadcast for the first time under the title “Der Tatortreiniger” on public television at NDR on 23, 25, 26 and 27 December 2011 in the night program. On January 4th and 5th, 2012, the first two episodes were repeated in the late evening.

After the series was nominated for the Grimme Prize in 2012 , the NDR decided to produce more episodes.

In the summer of 2012 three new episodes were produced; two more episodes were shot in autumn 2012. The first three new episodes were broadcast on NDR television on January 2nd and 3rd, 2013 , the episode “Above the Clouds” was already available as a Christmas preview on December 24th, 2012 on the official Facebook page and a little later also on NDR -Media library has been shown. Two further episodes not yet broadcast at the time were shown in various German cinemas on May 13, 2013.

In November 2013, filming began for a third season with four new episodes, which were shot in December 2013. In September 2014 filming began for five episodes of a fourth season, although the third season was not yet fully aired. The consequences of the Wattolümpiade , Der Putzer , You have to reckon with it , The Curse and Barter were broadcast until December 30, 2014.

The sixth season with three episodes was filmed in Hamburg and the surrounding area in autumn 2016. a. in the Geesthacht hotel "Zur Post". In addition to Bjarne Mädel, the actors are Sandra Hüller , Bastian Reiber and Roswitha Quadflieg .

The seventh season with four episodes was filmed in April and May 2018. This season was broadcast on December 18 and 19, 2018 by NDR and marks the end of the series according to the decision of the author Mizzi Meyer alias Ingrid Laus. This becomes clear from the title of this episode ( thirty-one ) in connection with the statement of his ex-girlfriend Merle , who says: "There are no 32."

Episode list

reception

The first broadcast of the first season, which had not been announced by NDR and took place in the night program during the Christmas days of 2011, did not receive any particular audience response. For example, the second episode, broadcast on December 25th, only had 50,000 viewers. Thanks to a viral web campaign, however, "[...] a hype of support and outrage quickly developed in the Internet community [...]." The topic developed into an insider tip , especially in social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, and soon attracted a lot of press coverage after yourself. teleschau - the media service observed during this time "something like a nervous-euphoric twitching through the media landscape [...] Mind you, media hype, albeit manageable, that flared up without any firing from the broadcaster." The second broadcast of the first episode reached on January 4, 2012 already 670,000 spectators.

Spiegel Online was positive: "The crime scene cleaner with Bjarne Mädel offersgreatentertainment - and precisely that spirit and wit that isso painfully lackingin the honest, cheerful-to-deadly cosmos of ARD." The Süddeutsche Zeitung said: "When Bjarne Mädel as a 'crime scene cleaner' calmly removes the remains of human life and meets the strangest characters in the process, psychodrama and comedy are close together. Finally a really good series! ”The Hamburger Abendblatt judged:“ The crime scene cleaner is a chamber play worn by its actors. [...] NDR, Studio Hamburg and director Arne Feldhusen, also active at Stromberg , have achieved something great. "

The two episodes broadcast in the evening program of the NDR achieved very good ratings, especially among the young audience between 14 and 49 years of age. In this target group, the rate was 1.6 percent, well above the broadcaster average. The market share of the total audience was 2.7 percent.

Adaptation

United Kingdom

In August 2020, BBC One commissioned an adaptation of the German-language series under the name The Cleaner . The first season will contain six thirty-minute episodes and will be produced by Studio Hamburg UK. Greg Davies plays the lead role as Paul "Wicky" Wickstead and also helps write the script.

Recovery

Broadcasting abroad

After the video-on-demand rights were sold to Canal + in France in autumn 2013 , Studio Hamburg sold the rights for the broadcast and DVD release of the television series in the USA to the US broadcaster MHz Network in December 2013 . The station has been broadcasting seasons 1 and 2 of the series since December 5, 2014 as a Crime Scene Cleaner in the German original with English subtitles. Episodes 1 to 10 were released on DVD on January 27, 2015.

DVD

The DVD for the first season of the television series was released on March 9, 2012. On June 7, 2013, both the DVD for the second season and a Blu-ray complete box with the first two seasons were released. On October 10, 2014, the third season was released on DVD, which contained the episodes not yet aired. On March 13, 2015, the fourth season was released, as well as a limited collector's edition called Böse Dose , which contains all previously broadcast episodes on three Blu-ray discs. The fifth season was released on March 11, 2016. Season 6 was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 13, 2017. Although all three episodes contained received an FSK-6 approval, the publication was only approved by the FSK from the age of 16, as the documentary The death on the shovel - The true crime scene cleaners is included as bonus material.

title publication format Episodes running time FSK
season 1 March 9, 2012 DVD 1-4 130 min. 12
season 2 June 7, 2013 DVD 5-9 125 min. 12
Season 1 + 2 June 7, 2013 Blu-ray (+ DVD) 1-9 225 min. 12
season 3 October 10, 2014 DVD, Blu-ray 10-13 100 min. 12
Season 4 March 13, 2015 DVD, Blu-ray 14-18 125 min. 12
Bad can March 13, 2015 Blu-ray 1-18 450 min. 12
Season 5 March 11, 2016 DVD, Blu-ray 19-24 150 min. 12
Season 6 October 13, 2017 DVD, Blu-ray 25-27 135 min. 16
Season 7 January 25, 2019 DVD, Blu-ray 28-31 100 min. 12

Video on demand

The series is also available on various video-on-demand platforms such as Amazon Video , Maxdome , Netflix , Watchever , Google Play and iTunes .

Trivia

Schotty's cell phone ringtone, which appears in many episodes, is the theme song for the Tatort television series .

In the first episode of the first season, Quite Normal Jobs , Anneke Kim Sarnau and Charly Hübner have a guest appearance under their police call 110 names König and Bukow. Both also appear in the final episode # 31.

In the fourth episode of the 18th season of the WDR production Dittsche , broadcast on December 9, 2012, Bjarne Mädel featured as Schotty.

Olli Dittrich does a cameo as Dittsche in the episode Carpe Diem of the third season of the crime scene cleaner . In his characteristic bathrobe, he is one of many people waiting in an office where Bjarne Mädel, acting as Schotty, removes the remains of an employee who died at work. Also Dittsche appears in the very last row.

In the second episode of the fourth season, Der Putzer , Charly Hübner has another guest appearance as Bukow, this time accompanied by Josef Heynert . Schotty recognizes Bukow and there are allusions to the case with the cleaned ear from the first episode of the first season. Also Katharina Marie Schubert occurs in this episode again as a prostitute.

Also Jörg Pose and Peer Martiny had recurring roles. You play in Relatives , Carpe Diem, and Funeral Provision employees of a funeral home . They are also available for Schotty's funeral in episode thirty-one .

In the fourth episode of the fifth season, Uwe Seeler has a cameo at the end.

Awards

The team at the presentation of the German TV Prize 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

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