The Zurich thriller: Borchert and the power of habit

Episode of the series Der Zürich-Krimi
Original title	Borchert and the power of habit
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Graf film
length	88 minutes
classification	Episode 4 ( list )
First broadcast	February 15, 2018 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Roland Suso Richter
script	Wolf Jakoby , Daniel Douglas Wissmann
production	Klaus Graf
music	Michael Klaukien , Andreas Lonardoni
camera	Max Knauer
cut	Bernd Schlegel
occupation
Christian Kohlund : Thomas Borchert Ina Paule Klink : Dominique Kuster Felix Kramer : Marco Furrer Robert Hunger-Bühler : Dr. Reto Zanger Ludwig Simon : Tim Ritter Jacob Meinecke : Robin Mercedes Müller : Gwen Angela Roy : Dr. Marlene Vogt Julika Jenkins : Vera Thalmann Anian Zollner : Bernard Thalmann Susi Banzhaf : Regula Gabrielli Zsá Zsá Inci Bürkle : Saskia Maiser Jörg Westphal : Radek Noah Saavedra : Konstantin Thalmann Stephan Bürgi : Hubert Thalmann Andrea Zogg : Beat Bürki Yves Wüthrich : Furrer's assistant Frank Leo Schröder : Dirk Kaltenbach Lucia Stefanel : Carlotta
chronology
←  Predecessor Borchert and the last hope Successor  → Borchert and the murderous greed

Borchert and the power of habit is a TV film from the crime series Der Zürich-Krimi from 2018 . It was produced for Das Erste on behalf of ARD Degeto . The fourth episode of the film series was first broadcast on February 15, 2018.

action

The building contractor Hubert Thalmann is found stabbed to death by the young burglars Tim and Robin in his villa. Tim goes to the police the next day, the lawyer Thomas Borchert and his superior Dominique Kuster represent the young person in all subsequent instances. Borchert and Kuster believe in his innocence because he also covers his friend and accomplice Robin. During the investigation it turns out that Thalmann's wife Vera and his brother Bernard also have inheritance as a motive.

background

The film was shot on locations in Zurich and the Czech capital Prague from April 19, 2017 to June 18, 2017 .

criticism

For the critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm , Borchert and the power of habit were "okay in terms of the staging, but where is Zurich?" They rated the film with their thumbs to the side.

Web links

• The Zurich-Crime: Borchert and the force of habit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Zurich thriller: Borchert and the power of habit at crew united
• Summary of Borchert's plot and the power of habit on the ARD website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Zurich crime thriller - Borchert and the power of habit, TV film (series), 2017 | Crew United. Retrieved January 18, 2019 . 
2. ↑ See tvspielfilm.de