Munich murder: where are you, coward?

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Episode of the series Munich Murder
Original title Where are you, coward
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 4 ( list )
First broadcast September 3, 2016 on ZDF
Rod
Director Anno Saul
script Friedrich Ani
Ina Jung
production Andreas Schneppe
Sven Burgemeister
music Ali N. Askin
camera Nathalie Wiedemann
cut Dirk Gray
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Munich murder: Nobody, no problem

Successor  →
Munich murder: someone who made it

Wo bist Du, Feigling is a German television film by Anno Saul from 2016. It is the fourth episode of the crime series Munich Murder with Bernadette Heerwagen , Alexander Held and Marcus Mittermeier in the leading roles. The premiere took place on June 27, 2016 at the Munich Film Festival .

action

Inspector Angelika Flierl witnesses how a young woman is humiliated by a stranger and the stranger brutally beats her fiancé. As a result of the beatings, he dies and the murder is handled by Flierl and her colleagues, although the chance of finding the murderer in such a random act is relatively slim. Flierl blames himself for not having acted quickly enough and thus possibly being responsible for the death of the man. Therefore, she is particularly ambitious to find the killer.

Since it appears to be a random act, all cell phone owners who were near the crime scene at the time of the crime are identified. Team boss Schaller hopes to find a clue like this and, ideally, a man who had previously been noticed by acts of violence. A small success seems to be a witness who saw a jogger simply steal a bicycle in front of an inn. Following this trail, the investigators are able to locate the bike because the alleged perpetrator left it at a taxi stand. However, that alone does not help them. Inspector Schaller came up with the idea of ​​patrolling the streets of Schwabing until he met the perpetrator. He relies on his visions , which have always helped him to solve a tricky case. He doesn't care that he exposes himself to the ridiculous. Meanwhile, Flierl finds a reference to a man who was noticed in the past through rabble against women. In this way it is possible to create a vague phantom image with the help of a witness. This is similar to Karl Dettl, one of the cell phone owners who was supposed to be checked but did not volunteer and can only be questioned when asked. Flierl thinks it is possible that he is a stalker because he is often near the victim's girlfriend. Dettl admits that he often approached the woman, but asserts that he has done nothing to her. On the other hand, he suspects the property manager Max Olbert, whom he often meets while jogging and who is a real "misogynist". When the man is checked on this, the investigators are convinced they have the right one. However, there is insufficient evidence to support an arrest. Schaller only remains to announce in front of the press that after evaluating all DNA samples, the perpetrator will be convicted with certainty.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast was followed by 5.17 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 21.0 percent. This makes it one of the consequences with poorer values ​​within the Munich Murder series . Among the 5.17 million viewers were 0.71 million who were between 14 and 49 years old, which means a market share of 9.8 percent.

Reviews

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv draws the following verdict on this result: “Even in a crime thriller, death can be fate. In 'Munich Murder - Where are you, coward?', The fourth case of the ZDF underdog cops, there is a chance encounter in a park that ends with a crime. The commissioners are poking around in the fog, and the unconventional case soon triggers a social phenomenon: men like to spit on women. This film revolves around the brutalization of morals and misogyny, which with its local color and airy outdoor scenes also has an aesthetically realistic effect. The scene of the crime is also close to everyday life, which leaves you accordingly less cold than the multitude of television murders every evening. And so obliqueness turns into bitterness ... "

For Kino.de evaluated Tilmann P. Gangloff : "Worth seeing is, Where are you, coward 'not only because the actor, even in picture composition set director Anno Saul and cinematographer Nathalie Wiedemann repeatedly accents, without disturbing the flow of the action . They even make little works of art out of Schaller's simple stride through the hallways of the presidium. Some bizarre moments are just as well integrated ”and“ the dialogues are wonderfully realistic anyway and sometimes only a hair's breadth not absurd. ”

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Munich murder: Where are you, coward? Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 163281 / V). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Daniel Sallhoff: Prime Time check: Saturday, September 3, 2016. Quotenmeter.de , January 31, 2016 accessed on 20 October 2017 .
  3. ↑ Munich Murder - Where are you, coward? - Review of the film. tittelbach.tv , accessed on October 21, 2017 .
  4. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Filmkritik bei Kino.de , accessed on November 16, 2017.