Murderous wasp nest

Episode of the series Finn Zehender
Original title	Murderous wasp nest
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Eyeworks
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 1 ( list )
First broadcast	February 21, 2011 on ZDF
Rod
Director	Markus Imboden
script	Holger Karsten Schmidt
production	Gabriele Heuser , Claudia Schröder
music	Detlef Petersen
camera	Peter von Haller
cut	Ursula Höf
occupation
Hinnerk Schönemann : Finn Zehender Thomas Thieme : Gerhard Mühlfellner Uwe Bohm : Thomas Mühlfellner Daniela Schulz : Anna Wippermann Anna Schudt : Rebecca Ückermann Rosa Enskat : Michaela Lehmann Katja Danowski : Agnes Sunday Sylvia Rohrer : Susanne Mühlfellner Rainer Luxem : Robert Neff Werner Wölbern : Lutz Kloten Hermann Beyer : Dr. Hess Karl Kranzkowski : Herbert Schuch Christoph Tomanek : Pathologist Dr. Vogt Till Huster : Farmer Stephanie Eidt : Karin Herzog Traudel Sperber : Lady 1 Gesa Badenhorst : Lady 2 Justus Rosenkranz : Red-haired kid Timo Heilmann : boy 2
chronology
Successor  → death of a carrier pigeon

Murderous Wasp's Nest is a German television film - crime thriller from 2011 .

action

When Gerhard Mühlfellner, the long-time police chief of the small north German town of Aschberg, and his new colleague, the young Anna Wippermann, found the farmer Herbert Schuch hanged in his barn, the finding quickly became clear to them: It was suicide . It is murder only for Herbert's bereaved, mistress Becky. So she hires the ex-police officer and current private investigator Finn Zehender to confirm her suspicions.

When Zehender begins investigating, he realizes how much neighborly malice there is between the local residents. Not only is the police chief harassing his colleague Anna, who has only been on duty for a week, his brother Thomas is many times more aggressive: He shoots the detective, knocks him down and sets fire to the house where he is researching.

The money for the investigation is tight: The total of 500 euros that Becky paid is only enough for two days, for the following day she pays the detective with sex. With the help of the alleged young prosecutor Agnes Sonntag, who was quickly summoned, Zehender uncovered nepotism and corruption and found numerous suspects until it was discovered that Becky herself was the murderer. She had hired Zehender because, as the beneficiary of the insurance , she would only receive the premium in the event of murder, but not in the event of suicide.

Then he uncovered a real estate scandal and thwarted the backers by winning the coveted house himself.

background

Murderous Wasp's Nest was filmed from July 31 to August 31, 2010. It was continued with the death of a carrier pigeon . The third part Murderous Hunt was broadcast on April 15, 2013. In the summer of 2013, filming began on the fourth part with the working title Tödlicher Mord , which was first broadcast on ZDFneo on May 25, 2014 under the title Mord in Aschberg (repeated on May 26, 2014 on ZDF).

Based on the film Taxi Driver , Hinnerk Schönemann, with a bare torso and a pistol in his hand, speaks in front of the mirror Travis Bickles "You talkin 'to me?"

reception

Audience ratings

The thriller had its first broadcast on February 21, 2011 on ZDF , where it was seen by around 6.08 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 17.6 percent.

Reviews

"ZDF could broadcast such nice bad jokes more often in prime time."

- the daily newspaper

"Provincial thrillers are hot [...]. Markus Imboden [...] worked here again with screenwriter Holger Karsten Schmidt. Again he dives into the north German provinces and stages the thriller with many ironic nuances and a well-behaved cast ensemble. "

- prism

“It's getting hot in the supposedly cool north. And thanks to the main actor Hinnerk Schönemann, watching is actually fun. [...] It is not the only bad pun that misses the joke. […] Sounds weird. And it's actually weird in this crime comedy that could have gone wrong. If it weren't for the main actor Hinnerk Schönemann. "

- Focus

“As a private detective, he is supposed to solve an alleged suicide in rural Lower Saxony and gets caught up in an absurd web of dubious cousin and village ignorance that is increasingly becoming grotesque without ever becoming silly. [...] "

- Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung

Web links

• Murderous wasp nest in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Murderous Wasp Nest , crew-united.de
2. ↑ Murderous Wasp's Nest , tittelbach.tv
3. ↑ The Amrum Quartet strikes again , taz.de of February 21, 2011
4. ↑ Murderous Wasp Nest , prisma.de
5. ↑ Murderous Wasp Nest , focus.de, February 22, 2011
6. ↑ “Murderous Wasp's Nest”: ZDF crime grotesque with Schönemann , haz.net from February 20, 2011