The fourth man (2019)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The fourth man |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Erhard Riedlsperger |
| script | Max Gruber, Markus Hoffmann, Uwe Kossmann |
| production |
Heinrich Ambrosch , Henriette Lippold , Katharina Rietz |
| music | Andreas Hoge |
| camera | Kai Longolius |
| cut | Marion Rettig |
| occupation | |
The fourth man is an Austro - German crossover film between the two SOKO - crime series SOKO Vienna and SOKO Leipzig . It was first broadcast on November 2, 2019 on ORF 1 . The crossover was shown on ZDF on November 8, 2019 as part of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . The script was based on a true story about the circle of Viennese businesswoman Rudolfine Steindling , called the "Rote Fini".
action
The star violinist Philipp Baumgarten is kidnapped after a concert in Leipzig. His violin, which came from the workshop of a violin maker in Vienna, has also disappeared. Therefore, the Leipzig investigators turned to their Viennese colleagues to find out the role of the violin in the kidnapping. When trying to speak to the violin maker, the Viennese investigators find him seriously injured. A little later, the kidnapped violinist can be found alive in Leipzig. With his testimony, the kidnapper can be identified. It is Kurt Lehrmann, the caretaker of the Leipzig Gewandhaus. During the GDR era he was imprisoned for a violent crime for several years, but his motive behind the kidnapping seems puzzling. When a retired banker is murdered in Vienna shortly afterwards and the description of the perpetrator fits Kurt Lehrmann, it becomes clear that the Leipzig and Vienna colleagues will work together on this cross-border case.
background
The first part of the shooting took place in Vienna from December 4th to 17th, 2018 . The second part of the shooting took place in Leipzig from April 4 to 12, 2019. This series special was produced by Satel Film and UFA Fiction for ZDF and ORF .
occupation
main actor
| actor | Role name | role |
|---|---|---|
| SOKO Vienna | ||
| Stefan Juergens | Carl Ribarski | major |
| Brigitte Kren | Dr. Henriette Wolf | Colonel |
| Lilian Klebow | Penny Lanz | Group inspector |
| Michael Steinocher | Simon Steininger | District Inspector |
| Maria Happel | Dr. Franziska Beck | Forensic doctor |
| Helmut Bohatsch | Franz Wohlfahrt | Forensic Technician |
| SOKO Leipzig | ||
| Melanie Marschke | Ina Zimmermann | Chief Detective Officer |
| Marco Girnth | Jan Maybach | Chief Detective |
| Steffen Schroeder | Tom Kowalski | Detective inspector |
| Amy Mußul | Kim Nowak | Detective Inspector |
supporting cast
| actor | Role name |
|---|---|
| Thorsten Merten | Kurt Lehrmann |
| Hans-Maria Darnov | Michael Havranek |
| Karl Fischer | Georg Emanuel Holzer |
| Dominik Maringer | Philipp Baumgarten |
| Susi Stach | Marion Holzer |
| Wolfram Berger | Dr. Johannes Mayerhofer |
| Maxine Kazis | Luna Steffens |
| Hilmar Eichhorn | Walter Lobrecht |
| Muriel Wimmer | Karina Gladow |
| Stefan Wancura | Georg Emanuel Holzer (young) |
| Christoph Kail | Johannes Mayerhofer (young) |
| Simon Dietersdorfer | Michael Havranek (young) |
| Lars Möhring | Walter Lobrecht (young) |
| Marcel Becker-New | Kurt Lehrmann (young) |
| Florian Clyde | Pianist Karsten Wittich |
| Magdalena Helmig | HR manager |
| Manfred Möck | archivist |
| Ronald Seboth | Pub owner |
| Johannes Rhomberg | police officer |
reception
Reviews
“The perpetrator, played by the great Thorsten Merten, is known to the audience from the start. Director Erhard Riedelsperger develops the tension of this SOKO double number from the cat-and-mouse game between perpetrator and police as well as perpetrator and potential victims. The trio of authors Max Gruber, Markus Hoffmann and Uwe Kossmann mixes the German-German past with a piece of Austrian history - keyword "the red Fini" alias Rudolfine Steindling, who is said to have actively cheated on the settlement of the GDR foreign trade. "
“So it goes on for an hour and a half: lengthy, poor in action, unpsychological. [...] "The fourth man" is the purest evening before: any, ambitious, washable. "
Audience ratings
The broadcast on November 8, 2019 on ZDF was followed by a total of 5.79 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 19.8 percent. Among the younger viewers between 14 and 49 years old, 0.63 million (7.8 percent market share) tuned in.
Web links
- The fourth man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The fourth man on zdf.de
- The fourth man at Crew United
- The fourth man on fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Juergens: "SOKO" series special between Vienna and Leipzig on ZDF . New Osnabrück newspaper. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Julian Miller: "SOKO" series special between Vienna and Leipzig on ZDF . Oddsmeter.de. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ↑ Niklas Spitz: “SOKO” special strong as a bear, “Käthe und I” too. Oddsmeter.de, November 9, 2019, accessed January 25, 2020 .