Marie Brand and the beautiful glow
| Episode of the Marie Brand series | |
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| Original title | Marie Brand and the beautiful glow |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Eyeworks |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 15 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | March 14, 2015 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jörg Lühdorff |
| script |
Christian Schiller Marianne Wendt |
| production |
Micha Terjung Sabine de Mardt Iris Wolfinger |
| music | Oli Biehler |
| camera | Andreas Zickgraf |
| cut | Bernd Euscher |
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Marie Brand and the beautiful glow is the fifteenth episode of the Marie Brand crime series . The television film with Mariele Millowitsch as chief detective Marie Brand and Hinnerk Schönemann as chief detective Jürgen Simmel was broadcast on ZDF on March 14, 2015, for the first time on a Saturday .
action
Their latest case takes the inspectors Brand and Simmel to the surroundings of the Cologne rowing club “Agrippina 1888”. Financial advisor Werner Brehm, a great sponsor and member of the club, was found dead floating in the water. Apparently an object hit him on the head during a training drive which, according to Marie Brand's assumption, was thrown at him from a nearby bridge. His daughter Sofie Brehm and her highly talented stepsister Hanna Wahl both train in the club and Marie Brand quickly feels a connection to Hanna, which in some traits seems very similar to her.
Initially, the investigators focus on the victim's professional environment. There might well be some disgruntled customers in the financial industry. One of them is Max Holz, who, however, has an alibi at the time of the crime. Another suspect is the rowing club's kit manager and also Luca Basteck, who is interested in Hanna Wahl, which Brehm didn't like. But investigators soon believe that the murder victim's family is trying to cover up a dark secret. The stepdaughter Hanna Wahl plays a central role in this. Something seems to bother the young girl that she can't or doesn't want to talk about. Marie's attachment to the gifted girl prompts her to get emotionally involved with Hanna more than Simmel thinks it is responsible. After a while she notices herself that she is being used by the girl in the same way that Hanna tries to manipulate all of her fellow men in her own way. She also notices the girl's mood swings, which suggest antisocial personality disorder .
Before Marie can really pay attention to it, she finds out that Brehm had paid the kit man a kind of hush money because Sofie hit the kit man’s son in her father’s car. But Marie can convince the girl to tell the truth, because it wasn't she who drove the car, but Hanna. Sofie says that she would always do what Hanna told her because otherwise she would be very mean to her. When Marie learns that Sofie confided in her father two days ago, she realizes that Hanna may be behind Brehm's murder. Because he had seen through his stepdaughter and already contacted a psychologist. He planned to have Hanna admitted to a psychiatric clinic, which the girl wanted to prevent at all costs.
Hanna is then questioned by Marie as the main suspect and can only wonder about her inability to empathize. But she has no solid evidence against her and so she tries to outsmart the girl. She provokes them until Hanna collapses and furiously confesses the murder of her stepfather. Simmel, who was hiding in the background and overheard everything, reveals himself and the investigators thus have proof against Hanna.
background
The episode was produced by Eyeworks Germany GmbH, Cologne , and shot in Cologne and on Lake Liblar. Some of the actors had to complete several days of rowing training as preparation.
reception
Audience ratings
The television film Marie Brand and the beautiful Schein reached an average of 6.93 million viewers when it was first broadcast on ZDF on March 14, 2015, which corresponds to 21.9 percent of the market share in Germany. This means the largest reach of all 15 episodes to date.
T-online.de summarizes: "Quota success for Mariele Millowitsch: 'Marie Brand' depends on all three Saturday evening shows"
Reviews
Volker Bergmeister from tittelbach.tv says: “For the first time, Mariele Millowitsch will be allowed to work as a Cologne investigator on Saturday evening: In“ Marie Brand und der Schöne Schein ”a rather gloomy case is waiting for her. There is a family secret to be discovered and a young woman with a talent similar to that of the Commissioner to stand up to. A gripping (psycho) duel, versatile, dense, effectively staged and, above all, with Elisa Schlott, who is once again very splendid. "
At the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , Tom Heise says: “The current episode of the crime series is more coherent and more exciting than last. Brand and Simmel are called to a rowing club. There, the financial advisor and patron of the club, Werner Brehm, who lived with a blended family, was found dead in the water. Marie Brand is fascinated by his non-biological daughter. She seems to be losing her distance, because Hanna, like the Commissioner, has special talents. So Simmel doesn't just have to row literally to protect her colleague from wrong conclusions. "
Web links
- Marie fire and the beautiful appearance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marie Brand and the beautiful note at zdf.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie Brand and the beautiful Schein Produktion, from Internet Movie Database , accessed on March 3, 2015.
- ↑ a b Volker Bergmeister: Marie Brand and the beautiful appearance Film review and audience rating at tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Quota success for Mariele Millowitsch: "Marie Brand" hangs on all three Saturday evening shows from t-online.de, accessed on March 15, 2015.
- ↑ Tom Heise: Coherent and exciting: "Marie Brand and the beautiful appearance" Film review by the Osnabrücker Zeitung , accessed on March 14, 2015.