Honest and Cain

Honest and Cain
Peter Sodann played Bruno Ehrlicher
Channel	MDR
active	1992-2007
place	Dresden (1992–2000) Leipzig (2000–2007)
Assistants	Chief Inspector Cain
cases	45
predecessor	First investigator of the MDR
successor	Saalfeld and Keppler
team
Melchior Veigl Walter (KTU) Mitterer (StA)		(1992) (1992-2007) (1992-2007)
Investigation location Dresden ( Saxony ), later Leipzig

The chief inspectors Ehrlicher and Kain are fictional characters in the ARD crime series Tatort . From 1992 to 2007 they formed the MDR's investigative team in 45 episodes . After 21 cases in Dresden , they moved to Leipzig in 2000 . Peter Sodann and Bernd Michael Lade played these leading roles. The Ehrlicher character also appeared in the children's series Krimi.de .

background

Peter Sodann and Bernd-Michael Lade formed the first East German Tatort team, the production was incumbent on the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk . In the first two films, which were still produced by German television , Gustl Bayrhammer was reactivated as Veigl, who took over the management of the office. Veigl already investigated in Munich in the 1970s.

After 21 films, the team moved from Dresden to Leipzig in 2000.

A special feature of the “Leipziger Tatort” were the co-productions of the MDR with the WDR . In 2000 the episode Quartet was broadcast in Leipzig and in 2002 the episode return match , in which the Leipzig commissioners investigated together with their Cologne colleagues Ballauf and Schenk ( Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär ).

In the course of Peter Sodann's candidacy for the election of the German Federal President in 2009 , the ARD broadcasters did not broadcast any Tatort episodes with Ehrlicher and Kain in order not to influence the election.

From 2005 to 2007 the figure of Bruno Ehrlicher was also featured in the KiKA series Krimi.de . There he supports a group of young people in solving criminal cases.

characters

Bruno Ehrlicher

Chief Inspector Ehrlicher, played by Peter Sodann , was born in the mid-1940s and has been with the Dresden Criminal Police for over 30 years. He solves the most complicated cases with a precise talent for combination, his own style and objective understanding. Due to his small and inconspicuous appearance, he is often underestimated by the suspects and rarely has to use his service weapon. He is very much appreciated in the district, even if he is sometimes quite grumpy. At the bottom of his heart, however, he is a good-natured and sensitive philanthropist. He is an absolute head person and seldom disturbed, but also a loner and individualist, which always makes the partnership with Cain a little difficult. Nevertheless, they complement each other well and he knows that he has great talent at his side.

Since the episode Die Reise in den Tod he has been a widower and lives in his parents' house in Dresden until he is transferred to Leipzig. His son Tommi runs a pub there in the basement. So he can often enjoy a beer here after work. He likes to mumble to himself and philosophize about the injustice of the world to which he owes his official position. With the move to Leipzig, Frederike's wash café becomes a regular meeting point to talk shop with Kain.
Bruno Ehrlicher's trademark is the recurring briefcase.

Cain

Chief Inspector Kain, played by Bernd Michael Lade , never really wanted to become a police officer. It was more by chance that he ended up with the police and when he enjoyed the work, he stayed with it. Born in the mid-1960s, he brings a youthful curiosity and spontaneity to the team of two. He is the younger of the two inspectors, impetuous, sometimes provocative and does not like boring and old-fashioned criminal investigation. He's the unconventional guy with spontaneous ideas. However, this is good for successfully clearing up the cases, even if working with Ehrlicher is not always easy. Cain knows how to deal with it and values ​​his older colleague.

No first name was officially known for the character Cain. As a result, pawn he was called "Franky", an information site on ARD temporarily assigned him the name "John" to. In the episode "Waidmanns Heil" Ehrlicher reads his first name on a form and is amused to see that he rhymes with something. In the last episode, you could see an "M." as a first name abbreviation on the door sign of the office.

More figures

• Forensic Technician Walter ( Walter Nickel )
• Frederike ( Annekathrin Bürger )
• Public Prosecutor Mitterer ( Simone von Zglinicki )
• Office manager Veigl (1992, 2 episodes) ( Gustl Bayrhammer )
• Lore Ehrlicher (until 1996) ( Monika Pietsch )
• Tommie Ehrlicher ( Thomas Rudnick )

cases

case	title	First broadcast	episode	script	Director	particularities
1	A case for honest people	Jan. 19, 1992	253	Hans-Werner Honert	Hans-Werner Honert	Was produced by the DFF in 1991 for the MDR founded in 1992
2	Death from the past	0Jun 8, 1992	259	Hans-Werner Honert	Hans-Werner Honert	Was produced by the DFF for the MDR
3	Burned game	Feb. 28, 1993	271	Knut Boeser	Bodo Fürneisen
4th	Pawn sacrifice	Nov 21, 1993	283	Vadim Glowna	Vadim Glowna
5	Laura my angel	0May 1, 1994	291	Richard Hey	Ottokar Runze
6th	Now and everything	Jul 31, 1994	294	Bernd Anger	Bernd Böhlich
7th	An honorable house	0Jan. 8, 1995	302	Stefan Kolditz	Petra Haffter
8th	Wrong alibi	Jun 18, 1995	312	Peter Probst	Bernd Böhlich
9	Bombs for honest people	0Oct. 1, 1995	319	Hans-Werner Honert	Hans-Werner Honert
10	He who does not remain silent must die	10 Mar 1996	327	Klaus Richter	Hans Werner
11	When murder occurs	31 Mar 1996	329	Peter Vogel	Hans Werner
12	The journey to death	Dec 29, 1996	349	Hans-Werner Honert	Wolfgang Panzer
13	Beer war	Apr 13, 1997	357	Claudia Sontheim, Peter Zender	Wolfgang Panzer
14th	Deadly gallop	Jun 29, 1997	364	Helmut Richter	Wolfgang Panzer
15th	Death plays along	Jul 27, 1997	366	Christian Limmer	Peter Vogel
16	Princely pupils	May 17, 1998	387	Stefan Kolditz	Frank Strecker
17th	Dance on the tightrope	Jul 26, 1998	391	Claudia Sontheim	Peter Vogel
18th	Money! Money!	0Aug 9, 1998	392	Fred Breinersdorfer	Peter Ristau
19th	Fear of death	May 23, 1999	413	Peter Probst	Miko Zeuschner
20th	On the warpath	0Aug 1, 1999	418	Wolfgang Hesse	Peter Ristau
21st	Curse of the Amber Room	Oct 31, 1999	426	Hans-Werner Honert	Hans-Werner Honert	Last case in Dresden
22nd	Use in Leipzig	0Jan. 2, 2000	432	Fred Breinersdorfer	Thomas Freundner	First case in Leipzig
23	Deadly desire	Apr 24, 2000	442	Fred Breinersdorfer	Miko Zeuschner
24	Quartet in Leipzig	Nov 26, 2000	458	Hans-Werner Honert, Fred Breinersdorfer, Wolfgang Panzer	Kaspar Heidelbach	Production: MDR; Coproduction: WDR First joint episode with Ballauf and Schenk
25th	Cloudy water	11th Mar 2001	465	Horst friend	Thomas Freundner
26th	Funeral mass	May 20, 2001	471	Pim Richter, Andreas Pflüger	Thomas Freundner
27	Fateful desire	Aug 26, 2001	477	Pim Richter	Michael Lähn
28	Death ride	Jan. 20, 2002	491	Christian Limmer	Udo Witte
29	Warm greetings from Prague	0Jul 7, 2002	503	Horst friend	Sylvia Hoffman
30th	Return leg	Nov 10, 2002	514	Wolfgang Panzer	Kaspar Heidelbach	Production: WDR; Coproduction: MDR Second joint episode with Ballauf and Schenk
31	Little Red Riding Hood	Jan. 12, 2003	522	Fred Breinersdorfer	Hajo Gies
32	Out of control	May 11, 2003	532	Stefan Kolditz	Olaf Kreinsen
33	Atlantis	0Nov 9, 2003	546	Pim Richter, Daniela Mohr	Hajo Gies
34	Good Hunting	0Feb. 1, 2004	557	Andreas Pflüger	Peter F. Bringmann
35	Vicious circle	Oct 31, 2004	577	Fred Breinersdorfer, Hans-Werner Honert	Hans-Werner Honert
36	Offside	Nov 28, 2004	581	Horst friend	Hajo Gies
37	Baptism of fire	0Feb 6, 2005	588	Andreas Pflüger	Hannu Salonen
38	Deep fall	Jun 12, 2005	601	Pim Richter	Thomas Freundner
39	Free swimmers	Oct 30, 2005	612	Mario Giordano , Andreas Schlueter	Helmut Metzger
40	Solar eclipse	0Jan. 1, 2006	619	Andreas Pflüger	Dieter Berner
41	Blood writing	0Jun 5, 2006	634	Holger Jancke	Hajo Gies
42	Sleepless in Weimar	Dec 17, 2006	650	Andreas Pflüger	Uwe Janson
43	The lawyer	0Apr 1, 2007	661	Raimund Weber, Fred Breinersdorfer	Dieter Berner
44	Angel of revenge	May 28, 2007	667	Mario Giordano	Hannu Salonen
45	The trap	Nov 11, 2007	679	Hans-Werner Honert	Hajo Gies

reception

At Welt.de you can read: “Sodanns Ehrlicher was a striking figure of the transition, in which many East Germans wanted to recognize themselves and who was also acceptable to the West because of their sometimes very exposed integrity and as a" zone columbo ". In almost every episode the inspector winced at some point, because some had everything and others had so little, because the rich owned the nicer houses, but always the dirtier souls. This world-improving and illusion-free attitude was not ironicized by the fact that Ehrlicher had a more supple counterpart (in the figure of Cain) added. "

Peter Sodann was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by Reinhard Höppner, the former Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt. In his opinion, he would turn the big wheel with the figure of Ehrlicher: "The work you do in the 'Tatort' is an important building block for our German unity."

There is an assessment of the figure of the honest from Sodann himself, he says: “I am firmly convinced that I contribute a lot to friendly cooperation. I can tell by the reaction of the audience to my role as "Tatort" commissioner Ehrlicher. Most from the West say that I would help them understand the East better, and those in the East say that I would represent them a little. "

In a poll published in 2008, Ehrlicher and Kain were the most popular investigative team in eastern Germany, where they were elected by 34%, while Schimanski and Thanner won in the west .

Web links

• Bruno Ehrlicher and Kain on tatort-fundus.de
• Ehrlicher and Kain on tatort-fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tine Welke: Tatort German Unity . East German identity staging in the “Tatort” of the MDR. Transcript, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-2018-4 , pp. 125 ( online [PDF] Dissertation: 17 years of German unity as reflected in the MDR-TATORT productions. Staging of East German identity. University of Vienna.).
2. ^ Federal President candidacy: Then criticized "Tatort" broadcast break. In: Der Spiegel . October 22, 2008, accessed April 7, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ehrlicher & Cain
4. ^ Tatort episode 557, "Waidmanns Heil", minutes 41:00 to 41:11
5. ↑ Tatort-Fundus.de: first name Cain - The eternal mystery
6. ^ ^{A b} André Mielke: Inspector Bruno Ehrlicher's last crime scene case. In: Welt Online. November 11, 2007, accessed January 25, 2014 . 
7. ↑ When do they ever get together? on faz.net, accessed January 25, 2014.
8. ↑ Anniversary - Schimanski is the most popular "crime scene" commissioner. In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 18, 2008, accessed April 7, 2015 .