Police call 110: Beloved murderer

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Beloved murderer
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Antaeus Film on behalf of the rbb
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 291 ( List )
First broadcast	February 3, 2008 on Das Erste
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Director	Christiane Balthasar
script	Daniela Mohr
production	Alexander Gehrke
music	Johannes Kobilke , Stefan Ziethen
camera	Markus Hausen
cut	Christine Boock
occupation
Imogen Kogge : Johanna Herz, chief detective Horst Krause : Horst Krause , police chief Anja Franke : Katrin Schubert, detective assistant Naomi Krauss : Martha Werle Gabriela Maria Schmeide : Brigitte Pohl Stephan Grossmann : Jens Schrader Oliver Breite : Jürgen Pohl Dirk Borchardt : Frank Tornow Hannes Hellmann : Psychiatrist Luise Helm : Leonie Herz Nils Düwell : Special Investigator Jean Maesér : Commissioner Laura Luise Schreiber : Marie Pohl Hannah Dietrich : Anja Ezra-Valentin Lenz : Lukas Elisa Schlott  : Laura Annett Kruschke : Clinic nurse Angelika Böttiger : Gisela, head nurse Lotte Ohm : Winters, teacher Anette Felber : Grandma Pohl Peter Wohlfeil : Karl, Laura's father Angelika Rossaro : nurse

Geliebter Mörder is a German crime film by Christiane Balthasar commissioned by the rbb in 2008. It is the 291st episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the twelfth case for master master Horst Krause and the eighth case for his partner Johanna Herz.

action

Brigitte Pohl reports her daughter Maria as missing. Inspector Johanna Herz and her colleague, Chief Master Horst Krause, are looking for the child in the forest. Krauses dog Vera strikes and Marie's dog is found lying dead in a shelter .

In the prison, Herz informs himself about the criminal Jens Schrader, who is to be released shortly after successful therapy . He was sentenced to a pedophile offense for eight years and has recently been on leave to prepare for post-imprisonment. Johanna Herz is convinced that Schrader kidnapped twelve-year-old Marie and possibly even murdered her. However, his therapist explains to her which therapies they are working with in the clinic and that he is convinced that Schrader is no longer dangerous. He received medication that would reduce his sex drive to almost zero.

In the meantime, Krause asks Marie's friends whether they know where the girl could be. One of the children says she called her mother's friend to be picked up, but in the end she took the bus. Marie's mother separated from her husband and now lives with Frank Tornow, who works in the clinic where Schrader is treated. Krause also speaks to Marie's father, whom he knows personally. Jürgen Pohl thinks that Frank Tornow could have done something to his daughter. The two did not get along and Maria was in his way.

It's been three days since the child's disappearance and the police are on the spot with their investigations. Both suspects have an alibi for the time of Maria's disappearance, whereby Commissioner Herz's that of Schrader does not seem valid. He also has a fiancée who confirmed to her that they would both sleep together, which makes Herz think.

After a car was recovered in the town's bathing lake, which after a check belongs to Frank Tornow, he comes under massive suspicion. However, he claims to have recently sold his car to Jens Schrader. He is then carefully observed in the hope of finding Marie still alive. Johanna Herz takes this case with her, because she has only just become a grandmother herself. Marie's hiding place is actually found in Schrader's vacant parental home. Schrader has holed up with her in the basement and takes his own life when the police arrive. Shortly before, he had confessed to his fiancée that he had met the child in the woods. He didn't want to hurt her, but when suddenly people approached he was scared because he knew what they would think. He was afraid that all the last few years of therapy would be in vain.

Marie can be freed relatively unharmed.

background

Beloved Murderer was produced by the "ANTAEUS Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH" on behalf of the RBB . The shooting took place in Blankensee (Trebbin) , Gröben (Ludwigsfelde) , Ludwigsfelde , Berlin-Wannsee and Potsdam . The first broadcast took place on February 3, 2008 in the first at prime time .

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv appreciates: “A somewhat strenuous resolution of the case is the price for an unusually sensitive crime thriller with a high level of empathy, which traces everyday life and allows itself the luxury of taking time and getting along with very few suspects. Christiane Balthasar succeeds well in immersing the tense, increasingly depressing mood in atmospheric images. The ending is politically correct and it is a good thing. Author Daniela Mohr is not interested in defaming modern sex therapy, nor is she careless about the fears of parents who want their children to be protected. "

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best possible rating (thumbs up) and wrote: “Case developed with great relevance to everyday life.” Their overall conclusion was: “Coherent, with a surprising finale”.

Web links

• Police 110: Beloved killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Filming locations from the Internet Movie Database , accessed on February 27, 2016.
2. ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Imogen Kogge, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Oliver Breite: Der Trieb als Liebesstörer Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 27, 2016.
3. ^ Polizeiruf 110: Beloved murderer at tvspielfilm.de

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