Munich Murder: The Underground
| Episode of the series Munich Murder | |||
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| Original title | The underground | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 90 minutes | ||
| classification | Episode 9 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | September 21, 2019 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Jan Fehse | ||
| script |
Friedrich Ani , Ina Jung |
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| production | Sven Burgemeister | ||
| music | Stephan Massimo | ||
| camera | Michael Wiesweg | ||
| cut | Manuel Reidinger | ||
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Die Unterirdischen is a German TV film by Jan Fehse from 2019 . It is the ninth episode of the crime series Munich Murder with Bernadette Heerwagen , Alexander Held and Marcus Mittermeier in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on September 21, 2019 on ZDF .
action
In a cemetery in Munich , a male corpse and the victim's cut up identity card are found in a waste container. The dead person is identified as the city-famous restaurateur Hanno Berthold, operator of the noble Birkenstüberl, he was stabbed to death, although the location was not the scene of the crime. Due to the weight of the body, Ludwig Schaller assumes at least two perpetrators who transported the victim into the container. He also suspects an underground crime, especially since Tine Kern, the victim's niece, who reported her uncle missing, speaks of a secret underground club. This ominous club becomes the center of the investigation, as all suspects are likely to have links to this club, none of whom can or will say where this club is.
From Tine the investigators learn a little more about the concept of the club for the "upper society". In this, beautiful girls are supposed to join successful businessmen at luxurious dinner parties on a purely platonic basis for a fee. Tine and her friend, journalist Miriam Abel, were also among these girls. The women met in the lobby of the Hotel Mondstein, where they were picked up by Hilda Breuer, the boss of a kickboxing studio. They were blindfolded in the van. When Tine slipped the blindfold, she recognized the street sign for Dachauer Strasse , as well as the sound of a tram. The journey took about 10 to 15 minutes, so Neuhauser suspects that they didn't get further than Stiglmaierplatz . From Sandra Carlsen, the manager of the Birkenstüberl, Schaller learns the name of the club: #VRUS , spoken We are us . Berthold was also a regular guest there. The investigators are trying to get into the club to find out more about its operator, Jochen Schildt. The membership fee for the club is 10,000 to 50,000 euros per year.
Checking the license plate number of the driver who brings the girls to the club leads to Henrik Rothmann, son of contractor Paul Rothmann. Flierl learns from Berthold's sister that Paul Rothmann, one of her uncle's best friends, had also invested in the club. To the displeasure of the other investors, they wanted to withdraw part of his money soon and open a bar in Greece themselves.
During the investigation, Miriam Abel disappears and Schaller suspects the background to the article that Miriam planned to publish after she became fully aware of the machinations of the club members. Tine suspects, however, that Miriam went into hiding because she killed her uncle after he became violent towards her. Silke Rothmann confirms to Schaller that Berthold had problems with Miriam. Jochen Schildt told her that Miriam planned to report Berthold to sexual assault. Silke Rothmann therefore also suspects Miriam of having killed Berthold. For the investigators, however, the question arises as to how they should have got the corpse into the container on their own. Flierl suspects that the men described in Miriam's article wanted to prevent the article from appearing and that they are responsible for Miriam's disappearance.
Only after Neuhauser collects the membership fee and becomes a member, he and Schaller get access to the club, where they meet their superior Zangel and Neuhauser's friend Stefany, among others. Both Berthold, who wanted to withdraw his money, and Abel, who wanted to report on the club, were a threat to Schildt and his club, and he has no alibi for the time of the crime. After Stefany leaves the club after an argument, Flierl gets into the club in her dress. There she meets the club members Rainer Sennhofer and Philip Wimmer, where Sennhofer gossips and unintentionally tells her about the planned article by Miriam Abel. Thereupon Wimmer and Sennhofer are summoned and ultimately they confess to have cleared Abel out of the way together. Finally, Abel's body is found in a barn . Sennhofer and Wimmer accuse Schildt of inciting them to do so.
Hendrik Rothmann's telephone connection data shows that he had called Jochen Schildt on the night of the murder. It is clear to Schaller that the two of them brought Berthold's body to the cemetery together. After the investigators take Silke Rothmann into the "mangle", because she was seen by witnesses in the cemetery, although the family does not have a grave there, she indirectly confesses the murder of Berthold. She felt she had to act because Berthold had persuaded her husband to start a new life in Greece, which she tried to prevent by all means.
Schildt, Hendrik and Silke Rothmann as well as Sennhofer and Wimmer are finally arrested.
production
The shooting took place together with the tenth part What remains of life from October 9 to December 15, 2018 in Munich and the surrounding area. The film was produced by TV60Filmproduktion , with ZDF involved .
Michael Björn Köning was responsible for the production design, Rainer Plabst for the sound, Theresia Wogh for the costume design and Martine Flener and Judith Müller for the make-up.
reception
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv wrote that this crime thriller is not a simple Whodunit because, as with life and death in Schwabing, it “makes use of the social satire elegantly and smugly and, as always, relies on the ritual togetherness of this weird cellar trio. With relish, the authors dive into the subconscious of yesterday's men , who are liberal and hedonistic, but who have not got beyond the Kini cult and yesterday's patriarchy. "
Wilfried Geldner found in the Weser-Kurier that the makers of the comic crime thriller would play a clever game with the patterns of rich and poor and of old and young. “It may be that the murder mystery is a little neglected in terms of plot and tension. [...] Baby Shimmerlos from Kir Royal greets from afar ”. Wolfgang Fierek as the Bavarian club manager can be seen in top form. Being from life and letting live become a hedonistic life and have lived the Bavarian saying that is almost completely mature.
In Germany, the film was viewed by 5.56 million people when it was first broadcast, and the market share was 20.8 percent.
Web links
- Munich murder: the underground at crew united
- Munich Murder: The Underground at Wishlist.de
- Munich Murder: The Underground at Fernsehserien.de
- Munich Murder: The Underground in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Munich Murder: The Underground on the ZDF website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Munich Murder: The Underground (E09). In: Wishlist.de . Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
- ^ ZDF Saturday thriller "Munich Murder": shooting for new episodes. November 4, 2018, accessed August 14, 2019 .
- ^ Munich murder - what is left of life at crew united . Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ↑ Munich Murder: The Underground at crew united . Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: Series "Munich Murder - The Underground" at tittelbach.tv , accessed on August 26, 2019.
- ↑ Wilfried Geldner: The rich, the beautiful and their club. In: Weser courier . August 30, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Timo Nöthling: “Munich Murder” wins the evening, Hirschhausen quiz is also convincing. Oddsmeter.de, September 22, 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 .