Next to the track - death wish

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Episode in the series Beside the Track
Original title Death wish
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Network Movie film and television production
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 3 ( list )
First broadcast November 14, 2016 on ZDF
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Director Thomas Berger
script Mathias Klaschka
production Jutta Lieck-Klenke
music Christoph Zirngibl
camera Frank Küpper
cut Lucas Seeberger
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Next to the track - amnesia

Successor  →
Next to the track - Your will be done

In addition to the trace - death wish is a German psychological thriller by director Thomas Berger from 2016 and the third part of the ZDF crime series Beside the trace . The film is based on the novel "Bleed for me" by Australian bestselling author Michael Robotham .

action

The Hamburg psychiatrist Dr. Johannes Jessen tries to find out what happened to his daughter's school friend. Sixteen-year-old Sina Martensen is standing in front of Jessen's doorstep one evening, completely disturbed. Her clothes are smeared with blood and since she is not responsive, Jessen has her taken to the clinic, where she has to be controlled as suicidal. When he wants to visit Sina's father, he meets a large police presence in front of his house, because Ralf Martensen was recently stabbed with scissors. Inspector Vincent Ruiz is leading the investigation and because Martensen was a colleague from the drug squad, the police are keen to resolve the matter quickly. Since there are no traces to be found that suggest a third person, Sina is suspected of having murdered her father. She herself cannot remember what happened that evening. After traces of the victim's semen are found in Sina's room, Detective Ruiz is convinced that Martensen sexually abused his daughter and that she defended himself against him.

Jessen is determined to prove Sina's innocence. For him it is just as conceivable that Sina's older sister or even her mother would have ended the martyrdom caused by the assaulting father. While searching for the truth, Jessen finds out that Sina probably had a relationship with her teacher Gregor Engels. He informs Commissioner Ruiz of his suspicions, who then researches the man and finds out that Engel's first wife disappeared without a trace four years ago. While Ruiz and Jessen pursue this lead, Jessen's family is threatened by the psychologically problematic Leo Barreis. Since the psychiatrist had issued him with a negative report about his culpability and considers him capable of further crimes, Barreis is now taking revenge and not only pursuing Jessen's daughter, but also threatening his wife directly. He takes this to the point that she miscarries in her fear. In order to come to terms with his pain at the lost child, Jessen throws himself more and more into his work and the hunt for Sina's teacher. He says on the head that he must have sensed the abuse of Sina's father and, instead of helping, took advantage of her forlornness. In addition, she would not have been the first, but according to Jessen's psychiatric assessment, he may have abused schoolgirls in the past and when his wife found out about it, he very likely got her out of the way, as her sudden disappearance could only be explained in this way. Gregor Engels is initially outraged that Jessen thinks he is a monster. He provokes the psychiatrist, whereupon he loses his nerve and physically attacks Engels excessively. Jessen realizes that Engels intended this in order to make him unbelievable, since he got on his way. He talks to Inspector Ruiz about his suspicions and drives him to Sina's trust teacher, who Jessen called because she had to tell him something about Engels. When the two arrive at school, the teacher is dead. Ruiz begins to share Jessen's assumption and takes Engels under question. The inspector can see from the psychiatrist's pointers which answers Engels is lying about, but this is not sufficient evidence to arrest him. Jessen suggests increasing the pressure on Engels to investigate in the hope that he will then make mistakes. At first, Jessen succeeds in convincing Sina that she admits to having a relationship with Engels. So he learns about a caravan where they often met. To find DNA traces and solid evidence against Engels there, Ruiz and Jessen lure the teacher to the campsite. Engels is in the process of removing these traces. When he sees himself caught again, he admits to have killed Sina's father because he deserved it. In front of Ruiz and Jessen, he then blows himself up in his trailer. However, Jessen is not entirely convinced that Engels is actually the only culprit. He comes to the conclusion that he was only protective of the real perpetrator. While Jessen is still pondering it, he unexpectedly meets Engel's wife, who is waiting for him in the psychiatrist's office. In tears, she admits to having found out that Sina was about to destroy her family, which she could not allow. That evening, however, Sina's father would have turned up unexpectedly, whereupon she first killed him and hoped that Sina would be accused of the crime. While making this emotional confession to Jessen, she stabs the unsuspecting psychiatrist with a kitchen knife in the stomach, leaves the building, and throws herself off a bridge to her death. Jessen is found by Ruiz in time and taken to a clinic. The stalker Leo Barreis could also be arrested after threatening his doctor.

reception

Audience rating

In addition to the track - death wish was broadcast on November 14, 2016 during prime time on ZDF and was not as successful this time as the first two parts of the series with a quota of 5.58 million viewers and a 16.4 percent market share.

Reviews

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said that even if the script and direction [...] would have changed within the ZDF series 'Beside the Track' [, the third crime thriller with Ulrich Noethen as a psychiatrist and Juergen Maurer as a commissioner [would remain] [ ...] true to the strengths of the series: Thanks to the camera, editing and music, 'Todeswunsch' develops an enormous intensity right from the start, which the film lasts until the end. Several surprising twists and turns ensure that the crime thriller [...] remains first class not only in terms of performance and visual design, but also in terms of content. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm wrote: “Scriptwriter Mathias Klaschka and director Thomas Berger also demonstrate a keen sense for high tension in this film adaptation of a Michael Robotham novel. Watch out! If you think the case has been solved, things will turn out badly. ”Conclusion:“ Monday is Sunday? Not for crime fans! "

Timo Nöthling at the quota meter. de evaluated: “Always alternating between cooperation and exchange of blows, Jessen and Inspector Ruiz are working on the resolution of the case, which also mixed up a lot in the investigator's private life. The friction between the two alpha animals again leads to some scenes worth seeing, unfortunately less than in previous episodes. ”Conclusion:“ Told in a more conventional way, the film unfolds some of its strengths. ”

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach : Ulrich Noethen, Juergen Maurer, Mathias Klaschka, Thomas Berger. School leaving certificates for film reviews at tittelbach.tv, accessed on January 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on May 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ Timo Nöthling: Beside the track - death wish at quotenmeter.de, accessed on May 15, 2017.