Friesland: hand and foot

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Episode of the series Friesland
Original title Hand and foot
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 9 ( list )
First broadcast December 14, 2019 on ZDF
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Director Isabel Prahl
script Christian Schiller , Marianne Wendt , Magdalena Grazewicz
production Mariann Kaiser, Anton Moho
music Dürbeck & Dohmen
camera Mathias Prause
cut Daniel Scheuch
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Hand und Fuß is a German television film by Isabel Prahl from 2019. It is the ninth episode of the Friesland television series .

action

Britta Schütte and Michael Meissner's wedding is imminent. After Britta's bachelorette party , local police officer Henk Cassens ends up drunk in bed with her, which is very uncomfortable for him. Only at the end does he find out from bridesmaid Insa Scherzinger that they both fell asleep straight away and that nothing “happened” between them.

Undertaker Wolfgang Habedank has a romance with Elisabeth Veith, the director of the Leeran crematorium . When he tries to get his forgotten cell phone from a coffin in the crematorium, he sees a third foot in it, which he immediately displays. Henk and his colleague Süher don't believe him at first, and when they finally look, the coffins in question have already been cremated. When they want to question the crematorium employee Ingo Kessler late in the evening, this Henk knocks down and flees. In the crematorium, the police officers find a cut off hand in a half-open coffin and bring it to the hobby forensic specialist Insa for an examination. The next day they do not meet the urgently suspect Kessler. His mother, who he lives with, tells them he is getting game cameras for the garden to pick up raccoons.

When Jan Brockhorst found out about the severed body parts, he immediately remembers a Wilhelmshaven serial killer who only escaped arrest because of Brockhorst's negligence. He now wants to wipe out this notch and present the Wilhelmshaven police with a success to end his sentence before they take over the case. He gets hold of the investigation file from that time.

Insa Scherzinger finds out from a tattoo that was lasered away that the cut hand belonged to Corinna Blum, a nurse at the Seeklinik. In their apartment they find a threat written on a mirror and a picture of their ex-boyfriend Olaf Hungerbühl. He can only be arrested after major incidents and is considered the main suspect for Brockhorst, but all incriminating evidence turns out to be unfounded. He does n't look very much like Brockhorst's phantom image of the Wilhelmshaven killer.

The perpetrator at the time had lured his victims with fake car breakdowns. Since Süher initially met Ingo Kessler during such a breakdown, they now arrest him. Süher learns from him that he was together with his friend in Kiel at the time of the crime, who confirms the alibi. He also reports that the Maritime Clinic has an agreement with the crematorium to dispose of special waste such as body parts cheaply but illegally in coffins. He took over the transport of this waste. In response to this statement, he is set free.

Now Prof. Bertram, the clinic director, is arrested and hands over the clinic to his deputy Michael Meissner. Brockhorst receives an anonymous tip that Corinna Blum's body is buried in Kessler's garden. It is actually found there. Süher reproaches himself for having released Kessler from custody, but on the other hand finds that the case does not go together: Kessler has a tight alibi and would never bury a body on his beloved mother's property.

While Brockhorst writes out Kessler who has gone into hiding, Henk comes up with the idea of ​​investigating Kessler's wildlife cameras through a remark by Britta. There he finds a recording of Michael Meissner, who buries Corinna's body in Kessler's garden. Regardless of this, Insa and Süher have also found out about him and confront him with it, but are overwhelmed by him. At the last moment, Henk and Brockhorst can free them and arrest Meissner. He had an affair with Corinna Blum, who knew about the illegal waste disposal and wanted to put Meissner under pressure.

In the last shot, Henk and Süher drive carelessly past a broken-down car, next to which is a man who perfectly matches Brockhorst's phantom image. A part of the Pink Floyd song " One of These Days (I'm going to cut you into little pieces)" can be heard right through to the credits .

reception

Audience ratings

Reviews

Volker Bergmeister is only slightly surprised on tittelbach.tv : “This crime thriller is brave and harmless with a slightly comedic note, the characters are stereotyped, there is hardly any tension because the story only acts as a pretext anyway. The same procedure. The focus is on the landscape and the consistently friendly team of investigators, the rest is garnish. Isa Prahl staged the film perfectly: The series fulfills what is expected of it: entertainment that doesn't hurt! "

Sidney Schering at quotenmeter.de is enthusiastic about the cast, but comes to a similar conclusion: “Director Isabel Prahl [...] and the casting / coordination team have done an amazing job here - such a line-up in smaller roles is really not everyday about this in one of the «smaller» crime series of the public broadcasters. But somehow the ninth “Friesland” part cannot shake off the suspicion that it is just occupational therapy or a 'We all just wanted to work together, and that was an opportunity' project: In 'Friesland - hands and feet' are all characters, especially the episode roles, sketched two-dimensionally at best, the story babbles away and the comedic interludes are not only few and far between, but also implemented so laxly that they rarely ignite. "

Tilmann P. Gangloff sees it differently on evangelisch.de : “The actors move within the framework of their roles this time too, but the story is original and also delights with a few surprises. Sensitive viewers who avoid 'real' crime novels will wince at the word 'serial killer', but they can remain unconcerned: The suspicion is obviously not confirmed, after all, 'Friesland' stands for comedy rather than gripping tension . "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Bergmeister: Friesland - hand and foot - criticism of the film. In: Tittelbach.tv. November 20, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Sidney Schering: The Critics: «Friesland Hand and Foot». In: quotenmeter.de. December 13, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
  3. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff: TV tip: "Friesland: Hand and Foot" (ZDF). In: evangelisch.de. December 14, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .