Donna Leon - Nobiltà
| Episode of the Donna Leon series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Nobiltà |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 4 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | October 17th, 2002 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sigi Rothemund |
| script |
Kathrin Richter Ralf Hertwig |
| production |
Katharina M. Trebitsch for Trebitsch Production International (on behalf of Degeto Film) |
| music | Florian Appl |
| camera | Dragan Rogulj |
| cut | Darius Simaifar |
| occupation | |
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Donna Leon - Nobiltà is a German crime film by Sigi Rothemund from 2002. It is the fourth part of the Donna Leon film series .
action
A skeleton is found during construction work in Venice . It wears a ring from the noble Lorenzoni family on one finger. Dental examinations make it clear that the body is Roberto Lorenzoni, the only son of the entrepreneur Ludovico Lorenzoni and his wife Cornelia, who was kidnapped two years ago. Commissario Guido Brunetti is commissioned with the investigation.
Brunetti first asked Roberto's girlfriend at the time, Francesca Salviati. She describes the kidnapping to him again. She and Roberto were on our way home; Roberto had just activated the number lock for the gate to his villa in Treviso when he was kidnapped by masked strangers. Francesca reveals to Brunetti that she had already wanted to part with Roberto at this time; he felt sick all the time, but the doctors always found him healthy. When Brunetti inspects the property in Treviso without permission, he is shot at. The shooter is Maurizio, a cousin of Roberto, who was raised like a second son by his family and who will one day take over Ludovico's company. Maurizio is also present when Brunetti reveals to the family a little later that the skeleton is actually Roberto's corpse. Roberto appears to have been shot. A renewed interrogation of Cornelia and Ludovico fails because Ludovico will set the date for an interview.
Brunetti receives information from various sources. Two years ago it was said that shortly after the kidnapping a ransom was demanded for Roberto, but Ludovico was unable to pay because the state suddenly blocked his funds. Brunetti now learns from his father-in-law that Ludovico could have got the money from an acquaintance, but had given it up. Roberto's passport and credit card statements show numerous trips to countries in Eastern Europe; the last trip took him to Belarus for a day . The autopsy results in turn leave Brunetti at a loss. Although Roberto was a non-smoker, the values indicate that he must have smoked a lot over a long period of time. Brunetti turns to a doctor who treated Roberto shortly before his death and orders the laboratory results from that time.
In the Lorenzoni house, Cornelia witnessed a loud argument between Ludovico and Maurizio, in which Maurizio finally threatened to reveal everything to the police; Ludovico throws him on the head, without him he would have been nothing. A shot is fired - Ludovico has killed Maurizio. Brunetti told Ludovico that he acted in self-defense. Cornelia is shocked to be unable to interrogate. A short time later, Brunetti learns the laboratory results on Roberto, who apparently suffered from radiation sickness , so he must have come into contact with radioactive material. He confronts Ludovico with his suspicion that Roberto was supposed to smuggle radioactive material from Eastern Europe to Venice on his behalf without knowing what he was actually transporting. When he curiously opened one of the suitcases with the containers, he was unwittingly irradiated. Ludovico admits this and explains that the kidnapping of the sick Roberto was carried out by men who owed him favors. Roberto died of the disease and was only then apparently shot in the head. Maurizio, in turn, had to die because he had started asking questions. Since Brunetti has no witnesses for Ludovico's statements, he cannot arrest him. A little later, Cornelia appears to him and describes what she saw and heard before Maurizio's murder. Ludovico is now convicted.
production
Donna Leon - Nobiltà was shot on location in Venice. The film had its first television premiere on October 17, 2002 . It was the last film in which Joachim Król played the commissioner; From episode 5, Uwe Kockisch took over the main character and other roles, such as Paola Brunetti (from episode 5: Julia Jäger ), were cast.
The title music is by André Rieu .
criticism
The lexicon of international films called Donna Leon - Nobiltà "routine, well-groomed, somewhat viscous crime food based on Donna Leon, characterized by solid performance."
TV Spielfilm said: “The Venetian setting is original, but unfortunately the crime thriller is not original. Conclusion: Despite the Azzurro atmosphere only Michel-Muff ”.
Web links
- Donna Leon - Nobiltà in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donna Leon - Nobiltà. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See tvspielfilm.de