Tough Brocken (TV Movie)

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Episode in the series Harter Brocken
Original title Tough chunk
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 87 minutes
classification Episode 1 ( list )
First broadcast March 7, 2015 on Das Erste
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Director Stephan Wagner
script Holger Karsten Schmidt
production André Zoch
music Ali N. Askin
camera Thomas Benesch
cut Susanne Ocklitz
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Harter Brocken is a German crime film by Stephan Wagner from 2015 with Aljoscha Stadelmann as police officer Frank Koops. It is the first film in the series of the same name and also the first homicide for the provincial inspector. The main guest roles are Julia Koschitz , Hinnerk Schönemann , Christoph Bach , Anna Schudt , Godehard Giese , Anna Drexler and Moritz Führmann .

The station 3sat wrote about the first broadcast: “When thick clouds of fog blow over the Harz Mountains and witches dance around the fire on the mountain peak, then the hour of Frank Koops - a hard chunk with a soft core.” And further stated that this was “something different Crime that is embedded in the special atmosphere and mood in the Harz Mountains ”.

action

Vanessa Riemann is working on a hut in the Harz Mountains above Sankt Andreasberg when she is asked for directions by a couple of hikers. When she trips over their backpack, wads of money fall out. Since the man notices that she will not accept his explanation, he pulls out the hammer at him at the same moment as Vanessa, a pistol that she knocks out of his hand with the tool. In a flash she grabs the gun and runs away with a backpack full of money. The couple pursued them and both women were injured in an exchange of fire. Vanessa hides under a tree trunk and asks her brother Marco via cell phone to come to her because she now has the solution to her problems. Marco has barely arrived when she is bleeding to death in his arms.

Miriam Nohé and her car are stopped by a landslide that damages her car so that she cannot continue driving. She identifies herself as an LKA officer to the village police officer Frank Koops . She accompanies him to the place where Vanessa Riemann was found. He then moves her to his apartment because the hotel in the village is occupied.

It turns out that the couple - Thomas Bartkowiak and Nicola Zimmermann - robbed a bank in Osterode and stole 1.4 million euros. Despite an intensive manhunt, the perpetrators have not yet been caught, as it was probably not expected that they would continue their escape on foot across the Harz Mountains. On the hunt for their prey, they both rent a mobile home and camp on a campsite on the outskirts of St. Andreasberg. In the hut where they met Vanessa, they had found a brochure for Harz tours offered by Vanessa Riemann. This information enables them to locate Vanessa's brothers Marco and Patrick in the village pub. Without further ado, they introduce themselves to them as investors looking for suitable grounds for amusement parks. The brothers tell them that the family wants to sell a piece of land on the Brocken due to financial need . The couple are interested and arrange to meet the Riemanns.

Koops knows about the bank robbery and therefore asks Patrick and Marco Riemann to inform him if someone contacts them. Traces of smoke were found on the hand of the dead . Koops therefore shows the shooter the gun safe, but none of the guns are missing. When Marco reads about the bank robbery in the newspaper, he reports to his brother that he took the money and suggests that the alleged investor couple is behind it. They visit the two of them in the motor home and find out that the woman must be injured. Patrick decides to kill her to avenge his sister's death. Marco obviously hesitates, but then wants to take part in the action.

Meanwhile, Koops and Nohé have grown closer. They go out together and eventually sleep together. Koops is suspicious, however, that the pretty young woman gets involved with what he thinks is not a particularly attractive guy like him. After her car has been repaired, he gives Nohé one of the soapstone figures that he carves in his free time as a farewell .

In order to implement their plan, the Riemann brothers arranged to meet Thomas and Nicola and, as they stated, to show them a few beautiful spots in the Harz Mountains. But the couple suspects the intention of the brothers. Nicola feigns an illness and is supposed to look for the money in the brothers' house instead. Koops joins the group and causes the Riemanns to get into the car with him. He drives to a vantage point where they watch the couple make off with the money. With this provocation Koops tries to convince the brothers to admit that they have taken the loot of the bank robbery. Marco then provokes an accident that causes Koops to pass out on the steering wheel so that the brothers can escape him.

Nicola and Thomas are now expected at a hut by Miriam Nohé, who is actually called Simone Schmidt and who masterminded the bank robbery. But suddenly she points the gun at the couple and demands that the money be returned. After failing to comply with her request, she shoots Nicola. When the brothers arrive, there is a shooting. Marco wants to shoot Thomas, who is taking on Vanessa's death, but Patrick prevents that by pointing the gun at his brother. Meanwhile, Koops also reaches the hut and causes the brothers to drop their weapons. Simone Schmidt has fled the whole turmoil and is hiding in a group of people who celebrate Walpurgis Night . Koops follows her and finds her at one of the witch fires . Since Simone wants to flee, he shoots her. As she lies injured on the stretcher, Koops explains that at the moment when she talked about “salary grade” instead of “ grade ”, it was clear to him that she could not be an LKA officer. Foresight, he had built a GPS transmitter into the figure he had given her as a goodbye so that he could follow her further path.

Production notes

The place Sankt Andreasberg, in which the film takes place

The film was produced by H & V Entertainment GmbH on behalf of ARD Degeto Film for ARD . The shooting took place from August 5th to September 4th 2014 in Sankt Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains. Isabell Brandenburg was the production manager, Andreas Born was the production manager and Kirsten Frehse ( ARD Degeto ) was the production manager .

According to Degeto, Harter Brocken was planned as a series from the beginning, the second and third episodes Harter Brocken: Die Kronzeugin and Harter Brocken: The Bank Robbery were broadcast at the end of 2017.

reception

First broadcast, audience rating

The first broadcast on the first took place on March 7, 2015, a Saturday evening, during prime time . The film was seen by 7.51 million viewers, the market share was 24.3 percent. When it was repeated for the first time, the film was able to record 4.06 million viewers with a market share of 17.3 percent.

criticism

The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews.

Rainer Tittelbach gave the film five out of six possible stars on his website tittelbach.tv and saw the crime thriller as a “cat and mouse game with clever parties, a concentrated six-person play in the open air. The hero is idiosyncratic, the cast is top, the showdown is lead. ”The fact that the audience is“ well informed ”increases“ excitement and pleasure ”. Screenwriter Holger Karsten Schmidt proceeded “once again according to the principle of reduced staff in one concentrated action in order to achieve the greatest possible tension effect”. The film is "also an exception in terms of cast: If the second were the first, Stadelmann would certainly not have played his first leading role here, but some well-known colleague [...]". The “other five actors, Julia Koschitz, Anna Schudt, Christoph Bach, Godehard Giese and Hinnerk Schönemann” are “better known, but they too” are “cast precisely on the characters (and not on any hoped-for effect)”. The commissioner's “own sense” is said to be “particularly good for history”. In this way, "the story is given a much greater density than in one of these countless action-fixated TV thrillers".

Timo Nöthling from Oddsmeter.de found that the film developed "its subtle humor especially in the interactions between Koops and Nohe". With new insights and insights, the audience's preferences for the actors would also change and “moral questions and previously unnoticed facets” would be revealed. The theming of Harzer idiosyncrasies such as the Walpurgis Night does not contribute to the quality of the crime thriller. After an hour, the investigator “suddenly saw the light”.

On the page Kino.de it was said, "because of idyll - in the atmospheric Harz crime thriller Aljoscha Stadelmann investigates as a headstrong provincial investigator in matters of bank robbery and murder". Koops is played "cautiously and prudently" by Stadelmann, Julia Koschitz is "abysmal" in her role. There was also talk of a “cleverly constructed script by Holger Karsten Schmidt”, which perfectly captures “the attitude to life in the Harz”, “tragedy and comedy” are “close together”. The "final exchange of fire" was "worthy of a Western". A “good eye for his characters” proves that “director and Grimme Prize winner Stephan Wagner […], all roles” are “appropriately cast”. “The final trick in which modern technology plays a central role” is “clever”, “it turns out to be helpful”, “that Koops knows the difference between salary levels and grades”.

TV Spielfilm gave a thumbs up, gave one of three possible points for humor, ambition and action, two for suspense and praised: “The laconic fun combines wit, local color and good characters.” Conclusion: “Cleverly played, great atmosphere ! "

Heike Hupertz rated the film for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and wrote at the beginning of her review: “Wild gunfights while passing through in a romantic forest setting and a policeman who likes to carve soapstone figures: The crime thriller 'Harter Brocken' rolls the genre aside. An untroubled pleasure. ”With 'Harter Brocken', screenwriter Holger Karsten Schmidt and director Stephan Wagner delivered“ a playful piece that not only serves the crime genre ”, Hupertz continued. The music design by Ali N. Askin is "particularly successful". "The cut by Susanne Odelitz and especially the parallel montages" are "great". The critic also praised “the set design by Söhnke Noé and the costume design by Sylvia Risa, which would give the film an earth-colored look” and “looked well thought out”. “Also the image design by Thomas Benesch Sitz [e]. Not to forget the casting ”. Aljoscha Stadelmann [...] is "the opposite of a village jerk". Julia Koschitz is "a stunner as a brilliantly clever colleague with clear intentions". 'Hard chunks' are an “untroubled pleasure”. One could not expect more “from a Saturday night thriller. Or maybe: Frank Koops in series would be even better. "

Tilmann P. Gangloff wrote on the internet portal evangelisch.de : “Despite the well-known cast and excellent actors like Julia Koschitz and Christoph Bach: In Harter Brocken , the stars are the men behind the camera.” The critic referred to earlier collaborative work by the Grimme Prize- winning duo Stephan Wagner (director) and Holger Karsten Schmidt (book), whereby "outstanding television films" were made. This work of the two is also "great". The different pairs are "excellently put together". Some scenes between Stadelmann and Julia Koschitz seemed "thanks to the dry, humorous dialogues like moments from a romantic comedy, especially since Koschitz embodied the inspector in a subtly ironic way". Bach and Schudt are a "credible gangster couple", "Giese and Schönemann" complement each other "also very well". “The ensemble is rounded off by the landscape”. 'Harter Brocken' is "worth seeing in every respect".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tough chunk see page 3sat.de - including the full film
    (available up to and including October 28, 2020).
  2. ^ Tough chunk: The key witness. In: Focus . dpa message, November 25, 2017, accessed on November 27, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach : TV film "Harter Brocken" . Stadelmann, Koschitz, Bach, Schudt, Schmidt, Wagner. In Belauerungszustand see page tittelbach.tv 17 February 2015. Accessed July 10, 2017th
  4. ↑ Timo Nöthling: “Harter Brocken” see pagequotemeter.de, March 4, 2015. Accessed July 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ go .: Hard chunks see page kino.de. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ Tough chunk see page tvspielfilm.de (including 19 film images). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ Heike Hupertz: ARD crime thriller "Harter Brocken". Harz, but cordially In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 7, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  8. ↑ Tilmann P. Gangloff : TV tip: "Harter Brocken" see page evangelisch.de. Retrieved July 29, 2020.