Matula - The shadow of the mountain

Episode in the Matula series
Original title	The shadow of the mountain
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 2 ( list )
First broadcast	March 29, 2018 on ZDF
Rod
Director	Thorsten Näter
script	Ben Brownish
production	Anette Kaufmann , Klaus Laudi
music	Axel Donner
camera	Joachim Hesse
cut	Julia von Frihling
occupation
Claus Theo Gärtner : Josef Matula Frederic Linkemann : Valentin Leipold Harald Windisch : Janosch Grebe Marlene Morreis : Nora Wiesner Martin Feifel : Peter Otting Ferdinand Dörfler : Stefan Kleber Joachim Raaf : Ludwig Berger Hans Michael Rehberg : Franz Bornholt Eisi Gulp : racing cyclist Sebastian Edtbauer : Martin Wiesner Monika Manz : Margot Frieder Tanja Mairhofer : Susanne Wiesner
chronology
←  Predecessor Matula Successor  → Matula - Death in Mallorca

Der Schatten des Berg is a German TV film from the Matula series . The first broadcast was on Good Friday 2018.

action

Matula wants to travel to Italy, but an engine failure in his rickety minibus forces him to involuntarily stay in a winter sports resort where the population makes a strange, secretive impression. In a bar he observes an argument between two villagers. While hiking with his companion, the dog “Dr. Renz ”, he discovers the body of one of the opponents the next morning.

At first it seems as if the dead man, the butcher Martin Wiesner, died in a climbing accident he caused himself, but Matula soon had doubts about this accident theory. With the local police officers Janosch Grebe and Valentin Leipold, he begins to investigate secretly. Grebe quickly presents him with facts that are supposed to prove that Wiesner is supposed to have actually committed suicide . But even this evidence appears doubtful to Matula.

However, this leads to Matula being viewed with suspicion by the village population. It comes to light that an unpopular family in the village was killed in an arson in their house on the mountain pasture and that this incident was dismissed as a smoldering fire. With the village plotting against him, Matula is in great danger. With the help of Leipold, who knew nothing about the conspiracy due to a stay abroad and therefore wants to clear it up, the arson is saved and discovered.

background

The film was shot in the Allgäu in spring . The film deals with motifs from the play The Visit of the Old Lady by Friedrich Dürrenmatt . In addition, a crucifix hangs in his room at the Hotel Alpenhof , and Matula hangs it down.

criticism

"" This is just a harmless old man without a job - he does nothing. " Far from it - Josef Matula, once a private detective at the side of changing lawyers in the ZDF long-running “A case for two”, is already investigating solo for the second time. "

- SVZ.de

reception

With 5.09 million viewers, the film achieved a market share of 16.7 percent, of which 0.67 million, alias 6.6 percent market share, came from the target group.

Web links

• Matula - The shadow of the mountain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Matula - The shadow of the mountain at Fernsehserien.de
• Press kit: Matula - The shadow of the mountain on the ZDF press portal
• Matula - The shadow of the mountain by crew united

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German press agency: Matula - The shadow of the mountain - Swabian. In: schwaebische.de. March 30, 2018, accessed May 24, 2018 . 
2. ↑ dpa: TV tip: Matula - The shadow of the mountain -. In: svz.de. March 30, 2018, accessed May 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Everything about Matula - The shadow of the mountain. In: quotenmeter.de. March 30, 2018, accessed May 24, 2018 .