A strong team: brown eye
| Episode in the series A strong team | |||
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| Original title | Brown eye | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
West German Universum-Film GmbH | ||
| length | 89 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Episode 13 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | May 29, 1999 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Jakob Schäuffelen | ||
| script | Alexander Adolph | ||
| production | Norbert Sauer | ||
| music | Johannes Schmoelling | ||
| camera | Rolf Paulerberg | ||
| cut | Michaela Ehlbeck | ||
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Braunauge is a German television film by Jakob Schäuffelen from 1999. It is the 13th episode of the crime series A strong team with Maja Maranow and Florian Martens in the leading roles.
action
The head of the SEK, Lothar Reddemann, has trouble with the public prosecutor's office because of the unconventional investigation methods used by his employees. After various supervisory complaints against Otto Garber, Verena Berthold and the other colleagues, the department is even threatened with complete closure. At the same time, the couple Sadbera and Mustafa Hadzic, Serbian refugees from the war in Yugoslavia, and their son Admir are shopping in a large supermarket. Suddenly Sadbera has an encounter that puts her in a state of shock. She recognized Milan Petkovicz in another customer. During the war, Petkowicz was in command of a prison camp in which the Hadzic family was also interned. As "General Brown Eye", Petkovicz was known and notorious for his cruelty. The following morning Sadbera and Mustafa want to file charges against Petkovicz. At the entrance to the Revier they meet Otto Garber, who shows them the way to the ad reception. As the officer on duty is making the first notes, Sadbera, followed by her husband, fled the station. The fear of Petkovicz and his helpers is greater than the desire for justice. The next day Mustafa Hadzic is found drowned on the banks of the Havel. The forensic doctor found no outside interference, but a high alcohol level, i.e. death from drowning as a result of an accident. Nevertheless Otto would like to clarify why Mustafa was at the police station exactly one day before his accident. Only the words "Milan Petkovicz" and "Brown eye" can be found in the official's notes. Reddemann now sees the great opportunity to rehabilitate himself and his team. He is familiar with the name "brown eye" from the international wanted lists, and now there is for the first time an indication of the identity of the wanted man. The arrest of such a war criminal would be a huge achievement that would iron out the little sins of the past. The SEK is actually commissioned with the investigation, but with one condition: The group is monitored by the psychologist Dr. Determine blasch. Miss Dr. Blasch is then supposed to submit a report to the public prosecutor's office with recommendations for the future development of the department.
Petkovicz is summoned for interrogation, but denies any connection with General Browneye. The few known facts about the mysterious camp commandant are not enough to prove the opposite to Petkovicz. Now, after Mustafa's death, Sadbera categorically rejects any cooperation with the investigators. The only hope is to get to Petkovicz or his confidante undercover. Petkovicz runs a martial arts school known in neo-Nazi circles, in which Otto registers for training. Then he invites Petkovic and his right-hand man, Heinz Eberhard, to a pub. Petkovicz keeps his distance and politely says goodbye after the first beer. Heinz is a little more relaxed, but does not reveal any information about himself or Petkovicz. So Otto also puts Sputnik on the case, who has a lot of contacts from his time in the GDR police service. He actually goes to a well-known neo-Nazi bar, where he wants to find out about a former police spy. The action goes completely wrong. The supposed informant outed Sputnik in front of the other guests and he was happy when he was able to flee the pub with only minor injuries.
As a last attempt, Otto then invites Heinz Eberhard to his home. He specially decorated the apartment with lots of Nazi symbols. Otto mixes Heinz enough vodka in his Cola to make him talkative. And he actually tells in detail about his time as a mercenary under Petkovicz in the Balkan War. Otto's plan to bring Eberhard to the station for interrogation the next day fails, however. Eberhard lies dead in his apartment from gas poisoning in the morning.
Instead, Sadbera is sitting in the interrogation room. Late in the evening, armed with a spade, she attacked Petkovicz in his garden. Under the pressure of interrogation, she finally begins to tell her story. But she is so traumatized by the events of that time that her statement appears more like the narration of a dream. She talks completely confused and contradictory, as if she was not sane herself. In any case, she cannot be used as a witness for the prosecution.
Still, Sedbera desperately wants Petkovicz to be held accountable for his crimes. She ambushes Petkovicz again late in the evening, this time in front of his martial arts school. Now she demands hush money from him. He is supposed to pay 50,000 marks so that she will keep her mouth shut about the past in the future. It's dark, the two of them are alone, no one around. Petkovicz can't help but humiliate and mock his former victim again. He sarcastically reminds Sadbera of the time in the camp, when he used her as a pleasure slave and raped her several times. Only when the headlights suddenly light up does he realize that a trap had been set for him. He is arrested and transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Only one negative report from Dr. Busch could still prevent a complete rehabilitation of the SEK. Fortunately, Otto Garber is an irresistible womanizer. After an amorous night with Dr. He reminds his bedfellow Busch that the shared one-night stand shouldn't be known. In any case, the final report is full of praise for the SEK and all its members.
Locations (selection)
- The Hadzic family's apartment was in the former dormitory for contract workers at Wartenberger Strasse 8-10
- Mustafa's body was found on the east bank of the Havel near the Spandauer-See-Bruecke
- The pub where Otto meets Petkovicz and Eberhard was the restaurant of the "Nord" cinema at Greifenhagener Strasse 32, today the "Krokodil" cinema, see the list of cinemas in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
- The neo-Nazi bar was shot in the "Greifenhagener Eck" at 38 Greifenhagener Strasse
- Sputnik's perfume discount was at the Osthafen in Stralauer Alle 10, today there is the fashion center "Labels Berlin 1"
background
Brown eye was in Berlin turned and on 29 May 1999 at 20:15 in the ZDF erstausgestrahlt.
Sputnik , whose role as a businessman in the series is laid out as a running gag , has opened a discount shop for perfumes in this episode .
criticism
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm believe that the director “Jakob Schäuffelen is doing an impressive tightrope act. He weaves the sensitive issue of the Balkan War into a crime story without diminishing the explosiveness. His acting direction, from which Oana Solomonescu stands out, is a great help to him. ”Conclusion:“ A brilliant crime thriller with explosive content. ”
Web links
- A strong team: Brown eye in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brown eye at fernsehserien.de
- Brown eye at crew-united.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film review ´ at TV Spielfilm , accessed on November 28, 2016.