A strong team: deadly silence
| Episode in the series A strong team | |||
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| Original title | Deadly silence | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
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UFA | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Episode 48 ( List ) | ||
| First broadcast | April 15, 2011 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Thorsten Näter | ||
| script | Thorsten Näter | ||
| production | Norbert Sauer | ||
| music | Axel Donner | ||
| camera | Joachim Hasse | ||
| cut | Julia von Frihling | ||
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Tödliches Schweigen is a German television film by Thorsten Näter from 2011. It is the 48th episode of the crime series A strong team with Maja Maranow and Florian Martens in the leading roles.
action
Two motocross riders find a body on a training ride. It is the member of the Bundestag Ulrich Grawert. Detective Chief Inspector Verena Berthold and colleague Otto Garber are investigating with particular attention from the public and their boss Reddemann. Grawert was a fighter against globalization and the exploitation of the third world. Therefore, the investigators suspect a political motivation of the perpetrator.
After initial investigations, Grawert was shot with his own weapon, but was previously severely beaten. Otto Garber initially suspects the family's drug addict son, who recently disappeared from the therapy clinic. Verena Berthold, on the other hand, questions the victim's relationship with his advisor Sonja Stielow and immediately discovers that both had a relationship. According to Stielow, Grawert's wife knew about it and tolerated it. However, there were problems with the logistics company that is responsible for the aid deliveries to the Congo. This is managed by Richard Pehlke, who describes himself as a friend of the family and has worked closely with the victim. Berthold and Garber find out that the BKA has been observing what is going on in the company for some time. Pehlke is suspected of embezzling donations and declaring them as unsuccessful aid deliveries. Ulrich Grawert, as a confidante, was supposed to provide the BKA with the evidence about a leniency program, but before this came about, he was killed.
Unexpectedly, Jakob Bergmann contacts the commissioner. He is a good friend of hers from "old times" and has been abroad for aid organizations for the past few years. Just as he is about to give her important information, he is shot in his hotel room. In the internal memory of his mobile phone, the KTU finds photos that show that Bergmann had recreated and photographed Grawert. In the pictures Richard Pehlke can be seen arguing with Grawert. Pehlke was then arrested, but stated during interrogation that he did not shoot Grawert but only threatened him with a gun. Grawert alone was responsible for the missing aid deliveries.
For private reasons, Berthold is primarily investigating the murder of her old friend Bergmann. She comes across irregularities in the testimony of his wife, who stated that she only came to Germany after Bergmann's death. Based on the flight booking, the inspector can refute this and confronts Lisa Bergmann, who now confesses to having shot her husband out of jealousy. Since she had found the gun for this in Bergmann's hotel room and it is the same pistol with which Grawert was shot, it is certain that he had killed the MP. Bergmann wanted to confront Grawert about the aid deliveries that had been announced but never arrived, and then shot him in an argument.
background
Deadly Silence was filmed under the working title Das Vorbild in Berlin and premiered on April 15, 2011 at 8:15 pm on ZDF .
Sputnik , whose role as a businessman in the series is designed as a running gag , has considered going into politics in this episode. He turns his pub into a party headquarters with volunteer helpers for his election campaign. First he has to get 2500 signatures in order to be put directly on the state list.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Tödliches Schweigen on April 15, 2011 on ZDF was followed by 6.24 million viewers, corresponding to a market share of 20.3 percent.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv wrote: “The accomplished crime drama author-director Thorsten Näter [has] come up with a handsome, action-intensive, figure-strong, but somewhat over-constructed Whodunit that keeps the tension and juggles effectively with many topics: Being and appearances, lies and deceit, family and politics. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best rating (thumbs up) and said: "The case of disappointment and deception [...] seems a bit constructed, but the actors give their characters contour and relevance." Conclusion: "False Samaritans, still more wrong tracks. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff wrote for Kino.de : “Cleverly combined [screenwriter and director] Näter several emotional levels, but ingeniously delays revealing the causes of the feelings. This is how various dramas develop. […] In addition to the explosive plot, the optical resolution is always worth seeing, for example when two women in a parallel sequence receive very different men's visits. "
Web links
- A strong team: Deadly Silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Deadly Silence Official ZDF website
- Deadly silence on fernsehserien.de
- Deadly silence at crew-united.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach : Maranow, Martens, Schüttauf, Mendl, Näter. Crime for carefree consumption , accessed at Tittelbach.tv .
- ↑ A strong team: Deadly Silence at TV Spielfilm , accessed on April 8, 2016.
- ↑ Film review retrieved from Kino.de.