Marie Brand and the scent of death
| Episode of the Marie Brand series | |
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| Original title | Marie Brand and the scent of death |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Warner Bros. International Television Production |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 21 ( List ) |
| German-language first broadcast |
March 14, 2018 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Zens |
| script |
Jürgen Pomorin Michael B. Müller |
| production |
Micha Terjung Sabine de Mardt Iris Wolfinger |
| music |
Johannes Kobilke Stefan Ziethen |
| camera | Enzo Brandner |
| cut | Dora Vajda |
| occupation | |
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Marie Brand and the Scent of Death is the 21st episode of the Marie Brand crime series . The television film with Mariele Millowitsch in the title role and Hinnerk Schönemann as Chief Detective Jürgen Simmel was broadcast for the first time on March 14, 2018 on ZDF .
action
Commissioner Marie Brand and her colleague Jürgen Simmel are called to a bank break-in. Two perpetrators tried to loot the lockers, but were interrupted prematurely by the alarm system and retreated. As they escaped, one of the men shot a woman in the stairwell who later died in the hospital. Since the burned-out escape vehicle is found quickly, this leads the investigators to Falk Ziegler, who owned the car. He claims that his car was stolen that night.
Marie Brand hopes that the perpetrators will move their stolen property in a timely manner, so she contacted the owners of the three lockers that were looted during the break-in. He is a young entrepreneur who is currently successfully producing perfumes with his brother-in-law , a lawyer and an actress. While the latter can provide very specific information about the stolen items, the content of the third locker is unclear. It belonged to Julia Gronwald's brother, who had a fatal accident while climbing three months ago. Only after confirmation by the probate court does she have the opportunity to inspect what is no longer possible.
Brand and Simmel can now identify Roland Born, who has previously been convicted, as one of the intruders. When they visit him, they find him dead in his apartment. Brand suspects the second perpetrator, who is actively showing up and trying to sell a watch. The attentive jeweler notifies the officials, but the man who is actually the owner of the escape vehicle (Falk Ziegler) notices this and can evade arrest. The investigators are still able to track him down, because after researching Born's past it is clear that both went to school together. When Brand and Simmel want to visit Ziegler, nobody is in the apartment. The investigators look around there and actually find the hidden stolen goods, but no trace of Ziegler and his underage daughter who lives with him.
Marie Brand learns from Julia Gronwald that a blackmailer has reported who is demanding 50,000 euros for the contents of the locker. Husband Peter Gronwald instructs his security officer Jürgen Wegert to deliver the money. The Commissioner found the procedure mysterious and the inquiry at Growalds Bank revealed that a total of one million euros was withdrawn from the company account. They suspect a connection with possible patent rights of the perfumes developed and learn that the victim was planning to sell his company. Julia Gronwald says that her brother has lost the fun in the company. She runs a sports shop herself, while her husband was the developer of most of the fragrances. Marie Brand finds out that Jürgen Wegert used to be a police officer and worked on the break-in case for which Roland Born was convicted. Simmel concludes from this that Wegert had instigated Born and Ziegler to break open the lockers so that he could access the contents. Brand and Simmel monitor the handover of the money, but Wegert manages to outsmart the two. He had previously taken Ziegler and his daughter to a hiding place, where he now wants to kill them with an explosive device so that the last witness would be eliminated. Brand and Simmel still manage to follow Wegert's trail and free Ziegler and his daughter in time. Ziegler will have to answer for the break-in. The investigators can convict Jürgen Wegert for the murder of his accomplice. He had noticed that Gronwald had patented the fragrances he had created under his name when he learned of the company's upcoming sale. In the dispute over this, his brother-in-law had fired him and started a lawsuit. The documents and evidence were in the locker. After the accidental death of his boss, Wegert wanted to take the chance and blackmail Gronwald with his knowledge and documents.
background
Marie Brand and the Scent of Death was originally intended as the 22nd episode of the crime series, but because the last film, Marie Brand and the black day in January had to give way to the Handball World Cup at short notice and this episode was broadcast on April 21 Was relocated in 2018, the order was swapped.
The episode was produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production (Eyeworks) and shot in and around Cologne .
reception
Audience ratings
The television film Marie Brand and the Scent of Death reached an average of 7.06 million viewers when it was first broadcast on ZDF on March 14, 2018, which corresponds to 22.7 percent of the market share in Germany.
Reviews
The Frankfurter Rundschau evaluated: “'Marie Brand and the scent of death' is based [...] on the usual 'brain & body' pattern: she as an analyst who is motherly when dealing with younger colleagues, he as a man with small mistakes that are not alien to any faux pas. That is why Schönemann is once again allowed to equip his Simmel on the edge of the picture with all the sometimes barely noticeable mannerisms that make him so distinctive. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv assesses this episode as positive and said: “The crime scene with the blackmailing of an odor manufacturer is not uninteresting, but like the production, it is largely free of surprises. Ultimately, it's the likeable little comedy effects that make the difference to other series. Schönemann is always responsible for these moments, who also sets his scent marks on the edge of the (crime) plot. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm only gave a medium rating (thumbs straight) and said: "The duo's verbal battles are quite humorous, but the sometimes sloppy plot and its staging do not tear us off our stools."
Web links
- Marie fire and the smell of death in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marie Brand and the Scent of Death website of the ZDF
- Marie Brand and the scent of death at Fernsehserien.de
- Marie Brand and the scent of death at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kleine Kiekser at fr.de , accessed on April 14, 2018.
- ↑ Production data retrieved from the Internet Movie Database on April 14, 2018.
- ↑ a b Tilmann P. Gangloff : Millowitsch, Hinnerk Schönemann, Adina Vetter. Two who can smell good Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 14, 2018.
- ↑ Short review at TV Spielfilm , accessed on April 14, 2018.