Marie Brand and the trace of fear
| Episode of the Marie Brand series | |
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| Original title | Marie Brand and the trace of fear |
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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 17 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | April 9, 2016 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Judith Kennel |
| script | Jochen Greve |
| production |
Micha Terjung Sabine de Mardt Iris Wolfinger |
| music | Florian Tessloff |
| camera | Nathalie Wiedemann |
| cut | Thomas Stange |
| occupation | |
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Marie Brand and the Trace of Fear is the seventeenth 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 for the first time on April 9, 2016 .
action
Commissioner Marie Brand and her colleague Jürgen Simmel are called to the Cologne suburb. Horse racing stable operator Peter Süssner was shot. After evaluating the surveillance cameras at the nearest underground station, Simmel notices Marek Kahlert, who has been convicted of a kidnapping case. Although the man who was recently released after 14 years of imprisonment could have been close to the crime purely by chance, Brand and Simmel are following up on this. They ask his lawyer Harald Joosten whether he would trust his client to murder, which initially does not really help them.
During their research, the investigators come across illegal betting shops that were held in Süssner's stable area. However, it seems questionable whether the bookmakers or Süssner's employee Mücke have anything to do with the murder. On the other hand, the evaluation of the cell phone movement shows that Süssner has recently been repeatedly in the places that had to do with the kidnapping case for which Kahlert was convicted. He was also the only one to visit him in prison.
Brand and Simmel visit the kidnapping victim at the time, Clemens Drobeck. He is cleared up, although he retained a physical handicap from the kidnapping and is partly dependent on a wheelchair. He cannot confirm that Süssner was involved, but Brand thinks it is possible. So the fatal shot could well have been Kahlert and only mistakenly caught Süssner when they both met. When looking for a motive, Brand comes across the shortfall from the kidnapping case. More than half of the ransom was never found.
When Brand and Simmel wanted to question Joosten's lawyer again, Kahlert suddenly appeared, fired without warning and fled. This shot, which luckily only hit the wall of the house, made it clear that Süssner was not killed by this weapon. In contrast, Kahlert was found shot the next day. For Brand, attorney Joosten appears to be massively suspect. While she wants to prove that he knew where the money was hiding and that Kahlert had cheated out of the remaining amount, Süssner's employee, Mücke, appears at Joosten and tries to blackmail him. In an argument, he shoots the man and flees. The commissioners can find him and arrest him. He admits to having shot Kahlert because he had put him under pressure about the money. However, he would not have shot Süssner. For this, Brand and Simmel can receive a confession from Clemens Drobeck. He wanted to take revenge on Kahlert, but missed him and hit Süssner in the process.
background
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 Trace of Fear reached an average of 6.62 million viewers when it was first broadcast on ZDF on April 9, which corresponds to 22.3 percent of the market share in Germany. Among the 14 to 49 year olds, 1.05 million viewers were enough for an impressive 11.1 percent market share in this group.
Reviews
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv says: “So far, the ZDF crime thrillers with Mariele Millowitsch and Hinnerk Schönemann were often good for surprises. That's why 'Marie Brand and the Trace of Fear' is a bit of a disappointment. This also has to do with unfulfilled expectations. The story, which is narrated in an unnecessarily complicated manner, has some original details, but is otherwise just good average. "
At the Frankfurter Rundschau , Harald Keller judged: “Strangely enough, Brand has not gained shape since its first appearance, but has clearly lost it. She was introduced as a highly intelligent criminalist with an almost supernatural flair and impressive technical and general education, even knowledgeable about pop culture. [...] Apart from the prudence that characterizes her character, nothing of these features is noticeable in Brand's seventeenth case. Signs of exhaustion? […] Certain gaps between the ideas of the script and the visual implementation are obvious, others seem subliminal. The flaws add up. And leave the viewer with a feeling of dissatisfaction after 90 minutes. "
Web links
- Marie fire and the trace of fear in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marie Brand and the trace of fear website of the ZDF
- Marie Brand and the trace of fear at fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marie Brand and the Trace of Fear Rating at quotenmeter.de, accessed on April 20, 2016.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Millowitsch, Schönemann, von Bülow, Petri. Greve, Kennel. Simmel sets the tone for film reviews on tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 20, 2016.
- ↑ Harald Keller: Memories of the Oetker kidnapping, film review at the Frankfurter Rundschau , accessed on April 20, 2016.