A strong team: on the edge
| Episode in the series A strong team | |||
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| Original title | In the abyss | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
UFA fiction | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| classification | Episode 49 ( List ) | ||
| German-language first broadcast |
June 25, 2011 on ZDF | ||
| Rod | |||
| Director | Alexander Adolph | ||
| script | Eva Wehrum | ||
| production | Norbert Sauer | ||
| music | Dieter Schleip | ||
| camera | Jutta Pohlmann | ||
| cut | Christel Suckow | ||
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Am Abgrund is a German television film by Alexander Adolph from 2011. It is the 49th episode of the crime series A strong team with Maja Maranow and Florian Martens in the leading roles.
action
Detective Chief Inspector Verena Berthold and colleague Otto Garber are called to the Zoche paper factory, as the death of the chief buyer Helmut Kaupp is suspected here. After Kaupp did not show up for work and they found his company ID and a button on his shirt in the conveyor system, the police were called. Based on the grinding marks to the pulp system, it is clear that a person was thrown into it. Together with waste paper, the body was completely shredded and processed into a new paper roll. The remains can only be identified by DNA analysis of the paper.
Berthold and Garber contact Thomas Rehnus, the financial advisor at the Zoche paper mill. Kaupp wanted to talk to him last but only got the answering machine. Rehnus claims not to know why Kaupp wanted to talk to him, but says that it could have something to do with the restructuring of the company, which also threatened Kaupp's job. The investigators therefore want to speak to the company boss Zoche, but he cannot be found. On the other hand, Garber expects a surprise when he finds out that Zoche's wife is his childhood sweetheart Susanne. At first he does not speak to anyone about it and initially behaves distantly towards her.
In the search for the murderer, the investigators discover a kidnapping of the company boss Zoche. His wife is to withdraw 3.5 million from the company account and hand it over according to telephone instructions. Although Berthold and Garber secretly monitor the handover, the kidnapper with the money escapes undetected. The investigators think it is likely that Kaupp's murder is related to the kidnapping.
One trace leads to the convicted Roland Franke, who started his own business as a waste paper dealer some time ago and is one of the paper mill's suppliers. According to statements by company employees, there were violent differences between him and the chief buyer Kaupp. While looking for Franke, Berthold met him as a very desperate man and learned that he was to become Knaupp's steady supplier and that he had even paid a bribe for it upon request . But Knaupp had pocketed the money, but didn't keep his promise. He assures that he did not kill Kaupp and that he has nothing to do with the kidnapping. So the investigators discover that Kaupp had collected explosive material against employees of the paper mill and that the "fraud" against Franke was just a diversionary maneuver on his part in order to be able to prove the bribe payments of the suppliers. Behind it was primarily Thomas Rehnus, who also faked the kidnapping together with Zoche. Since the company is on the verge of bankruptcy and has already been sold to a foreign investor, it stands to reason that Zoche wants to use the money to move to South America. When Rehnus realizes that he is about to be booted out, he kills Zoche.
Garber doesn't really know to what extent Susanne is involved in the kidnapping story and therefore gives up the case because of bias . After learning that her husband was killed, Garber takes care of her. So Susanne calls him when she has just killed Rehnus, allegedly in self-defense. Now she freely admits that the kidnapping was solely the idea of her husband and Rehnus. It was only used. Berthold is more than skeptical, but cannot prove anything to the contrary to Ms. Zoche. Garber does not want to know anything about these suspicions at first, but is then ready to set a trap for her. She admits to him that she never delivered the ransom. After Rehnus killed her husband, she killed him as a punishment for it. Rehnus also murdered Kaupp because he had blackmailed the management and wanted to go to the police so that the company would not be sold. Garber now shows Susanne that he is wired and that her conversation has been overheard by his colleagues.
background
At the abyss was in Berlin turned and 25 June 2011 at 20:15 in the ZDF erstausgestrahlt.
Sputnik , whose role as a businessman in the series is designed as a running gag , has set up as a debt advisor in this episode.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast on June 25, 2011 reached 6.40 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 23.4 percent.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said: “Am Abgrund” is “a very carefully staged episode from the 'Strong Team'. The story also has more depth and emotion than usual in this often too flippant series. This is of particular benefit to Florian Martens, who is allowed to be more than the chummy bull with the cap and the proverbial Berlin snout. Otto Suse psychology is more oriented towards serial rules and less towards individual, realistic drama, but this film breathes a lot of German reality. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best rating (thumbs up) and said approvingly: "Unusually soulful despite a blatant start."
In Quotenmeter.de states: "Who is on one application rich criminal history with a big dose of emotion, is to, strong team. At the abyss" have fun "" The implementation of the screenplay by Eva Wehrum Alexander Adolph very carefully addressed. In the ZDF crime series, which usually offers more ordinary and less conspicuous crime entertainment, he has now placed considerable emphasis on the details. Anyone who reads 'between the lines' immediately recognizes the director's handwriting. The story gets more emotions and depth than one is used to from the ZDF series. The best example is a scene right at the beginning of the film. "
Web links
- A strong team: On the Brink in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- At the abyss at fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach : Maranow, Martens, Cukrowski, the feelings of a bull, the bankrupt vultures about Berlin film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 7, 2018.
- ↑ Film review by TV Spielfilm , accessed on February 24, 2017.
- ↑ Jurgen Kirsch: A strong team: On rounder on Quotenmeter.de , accessed on 7 March 2018th