The clerk
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The clerk |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| year | 2018 |
| Production company |
Moovie GmbH |
| length | about 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 5 in 1 season |
| genre | Thriller |
| Director |
Nina Grosse Samira Radsi |
| idea | Friedrich Ani |
| script | Nina Grosse |
| production | Oliver Berben and Jan Ehlert |
| music | Stefan Will |
| camera | Alexander Fischerkoesen |
| cut |
Florian turner Andrea Schriever Thomas Stange |
| First broadcast | October 20, 2018 on ZDF |
| occupation | |
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The recorder is a crime miniseries with Iris Berben , Moritz Bleibtreu and Peter Kurth in the lead roles, which has been broadcast on ZDF since October 2018 .
content
When Freya Becker is confronted with the case of Thilo Menken and the missing girl Sandra and shortly afterwards the alleged murderer of her daughter Marie is released from prison, she decides to get to the bottom of the truth and together with Damir Mitkovic in her own way to ensure justice.
Episodes
| No. | title | First broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other laws | 20th October 2018 | ||
| Freya Becker, clerk at the LKA Berlin, lives withdrawn and inconspicuous. Freya never got over the loss of her daughter Marie, who disappeared eleven years earlier without a trace. | ||||
| 2 | A new boss | October 27, 2018 | ||
| Thilo Menken, whose guilt for the rape of the underage Sandra Freya remains convinced, has disappeared without a trace. Everything points to a violent crime. | ||||
| 3 | The house in the woods | 3rd November 2018 | ||
| A new lead in the Menken case leads Chief Inspector Silowski to Sabine Menken, Thilo Menken's sister. She has never appeared in previous investigations. | ||||
| 4th | Crime and Punishment | November 10, 2018 | ||
| Crucial evidence corroborates the suspicion in the Sandra case. Freya throws this knowledge into a great need of conscience because she could have been wrong about Thilo Menken. | ||||
| 5 | The Glade | 17th November 2018 | ||
| Sabine Menken confesses in the case of Sandra and leads Silowski and his people to the place where she buried the young girl. | ||||
Filming
The shooting took place from April 24 to August 11, 2017 in Bavaria and Berlin .
reception
The series was nominated for the Cannes International Series Festival with eight other productions . In Germany it was shown at the Munich Film Festival in the “New German Series” category. The recorder received mostly positive reviews. Claudia Reinhard wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “The screenwriter and director Nina Grosse really showed her nerves with the conception of her miniseries. She dispenses with effects that increase the adrenaline level or excessive cliffhangers at the end of the episodes. The drama unfolds slowly and steadily. ” Deutschlandfunk emphasized the unusual design:“ When Freya stands at the window at night, it is reminiscent of a painting by Edward Hopper . And if she suddenly hallucinates about her daughter, it kindles a subtle horror. ” Die Zeit praised the performance of the committed ensemble and the“ strong male and female roles that are in interesting contrast to each other. ”In the taz , Jens Mayer emphasized that the Series demonstrates the emancipation surge in the wake of the #MeToo debate with a director and a protagonist beyond stereotyped stereotypes.
Web links
- ZDF website for the series
- The stenographer in the Internet Movie Database (English)