Helen Dorn: Under control

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Episode of the series Helen Dorn
title Under control
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company
Network Movie
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 2 ( list )
First broadcast September 24, 2014 on ZDFneo
Rod
Director Matti Geschonneck
script Magnus Vattrodt
production Wolfgang Cimera ,
Silke Schulze-Erdel
music Nikolaus Glowna ,
Ludwig Eckmann
camera Theo Bierkens
cut Eva Schnare
occupation
chronology

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The third girl

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Until it stops

Under control is a German television film by Matti Geschonneck from 2014. It is the second episode of the ZDF crime series Helen Dorn with Anna Loos in the title role .

action

Chief Inspector Helen Dorn and her partner KHK Gregor Georgi from the LKA Düsseldorf received the order from the department head to lead the search for the missing Mia Thomsen. The father of the four-year-old child is the influential entrepreneur Hans Thomsen.

While the police begin a large-scale search, Helen Dorn tries to get ahead through questioning. This is quite difficult within the Thomsen family, as a legal advisor tries to shield the entrepreneur from too much negative publicity. Although the child could just have run away, kidnapping as an act of revenge cannot be ruled out, as the investment manager is jointly responsible for the loss of the savings of countless investors. Werner Altmann is suspected of having not only lost his fortune to Thomsen, but also has a criminal record for a sexual offense. Thomsen himself suspects Daniel de Klerk, a Dutchman with whom he currently has professional problems and whose son is currently in Germany. In addition, there are also the first ransom letters, which ultimately only come from free riders. All efforts to find the child are unsuccessful. Dorn and Georgi only find out that Mia was left alone for a long time, which the perpetrator could have taken advantage of.

Meanwhile, Mia's body is found. Her neck was broken and her body was thrown into a river. Thomsen still holds Daniel de Klerk and his son responsible for this. In his pain he travels to Rotterdam and shoots Lars de Klerk. Helen Dorn, however, suspects the solution to the case within the Thomsen family. Mia's parents always seemed very composed and she sensed a secret that is hidden behind the facade of wealth, happiness and success, because Mia is only Hans Thomsen's biological daughter. His wife died shortly after Mia's birth and Inga Thomsen married him afterwards. She said she loved the child like her own, which was believable.

Mia's death ultimately turns out to be a tragic accident: The child ran into Inga Thomsen's car and fell so unhappy that it fell with the back of its head on a stone. It was clear to Inga Thomsen that her husband would never have forgiven that, so she faked the kidnapping.

background

The shooting for the crime series Helen Dorn took place in 2013 in Düsseldorf, Cologne, the Ruhr area and the Lower Rhine. The second broadcast took place on German television on September 27, 2014 as ZDF - Saturday crime .

The title Under Control refers to the milieu in which Dorn and Georgi have to investigate. In a world where lawyers and state secretaries have the last word and where the prominent landlord wants to have everything “under control”, silence and lies are “normal”.

reception

Audience rating

The first broadcast of Under Control on September 24, 2014 on ZDF reached 5.44 million viewers and a market share of 18.9 percent.

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said quite soberly: “'Under control' [would] be disappointing for an hour. The narrative style of retouched feelings, bloodless faces & the beautiful-living-freezer aesthetics is only loosened in the final third. Vattrodt cannot choose between crime and drama, the dramaturgy weakens and Geschonneck does what he always does ... For the critic, after all, that's suffering on a high level. "

Antje Heidböhmer writes for Hörzu : “In this episode the feelings are controlled, emotional impulses are not lived out, tears rarely flow. Director Matti Geschonneck relies on cool colors and does not allow the episode much movement - this creates an almost chamber-like atmosphere. This time the actual energy center is less Helen Dorn than her - involuntary - colleague Georgi: Matthias Matschke can say a lot even with reduced facial expressions. With a raised eyebrow he expresses more than others with many words. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Anna Loos is "Helen Dorn" / ZDF is shooting a new crime series in Düsseldorf at presseportal.de, accessed on January 2, 2017.
  2. a b Rainer Tittelbach : Loos, Matschke, Knaup, Auer, Vattrodt, Geschonneck. Frozen to perfection Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on January 2, 2017.
  3. Antje Heidböhmer: Matthias Matschke: long since more than an insider tip at hoerzu.de, accessed on January 2, 2017.