Police call 110: sacrifice

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Sacrificial passage
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	UFA television production on behalf of ORB
length	89 minutes
classification	Episode 166 ( List )
First broadcast	November 20, 1994 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Carlo Rola
script	Michael Illner Jürgen Pomorin
production	Norbert Sauer Laila Stieler
music	Georg Kleinebreil
camera	Peter Ziesche
cut	Friederike von Normann
occupation
Katrin Saß : Tanja Voigt Michael Greiling : Kochan Marco Hofschneider : Martin Kochan Johannes Brandrup : Witte Andrea Brose : Yvonne Zacharias Preen : Sascha Thomas Bestvater : Behrend Wolfgang Hosfeld : Heartfelt Lutz Mackensy Dirk Schoedon : Jens Hoffmann Veit Schubert Erich Schwarz : Pannach

Sacrifice is a German crime film by Carlo Rola from 1994. The television film was released as the 166th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

For some time now, the small crooks Sascha, Witte and his girlfriend Yvonne have been breaking into Dorfkirchen , where they are stealing pictures from the Cranach workshop on behalf of the middleman Behrend . In the event of a break-in, they are surprised by a man whom they knock down. The criminal investigation department is now intervening for attempted manslaughter . Tanja Voigt and her colleague Jens Hoffmann from Potsdam appear and Tanja is amazed to meet her former colleague Kochan as a local inspector. Up until three years ago he had been active in Potsdam, where he shot a man in self-defense and could no longer cope with what had happened. He had himself transferred to the country; his family broke up and so Kochan was recently abandoned by his wife, who went to Hamburg . His son Martin despairs that his father regularly recommends alcohol.

Martin reads the first results of the investigation, according to which one of the perpetrators was injured in the fight with the witness. He knows that one of the perpetrators must be Witte, who is with him in an apprenticeship group, as Witte told him about thefts and a fresh wound on his back. Martin goes to the group and offers himself to them as a new one. He always has first-hand information, so he can warn the group in advance. He himself needs money to finally get out of the village. The group is suspicious but picks up Martin as he conducts a test theft of a car. The next break-in takes Sascha, Witte, Yvonne and Martin to Prettin, where they steal a Cranach portrait with the image of Martin Luther . When they leave, the pastor of the church confronts them. The unmasked Martin at the wheel hesitates, but Witte presses the gas and runs over the man. A short time later, Yvonne reports the attack anonymously, so that the seriously injured pastor can be brought to the hospital.

When selling the picture to the middle man Behrend, Martin made it clear to the group that they were receiving far too little money for the pictures, which were worth tens of thousands of marks. He suggests that the group sell the pictures directly to the end customer in the future and thus receive more money. The group agrees. Kochan and Tanja Voigt not only spend their working hours, but also spend a night together after a few flirts. After Jens Hoffmann's departure, both work on the case together and Tanja was once secretly in love with Kochan in Potsdam.

The pastor is conscious again and describes Martin, whose phantom picture is now being displayed in the small towns in the area. Martin anonymously reveals the next planned break-in in the village of Herzberg to the investigators and pretends not to be able to participate. Witte learns that the police will be there. Since Sascha is unable to break in because he was caught stealing a car, Witte takes Martin and Yvonne with him, driving in Kochan's private car. In Herzberg he attacks Martin, who would have handed him over to the police. Yvonne says she called the police because she wanted to stop the break-ins. Witte rescheduled and instead broke into the church in Borgsdorf.

A witness recognizes the car when Kochan appears at the scene the next day. Kochan, in turn, sees footprints on the passenger's doormat. He drives to the hospital, where the pastor recognizes Martin in a photo. Kochan is desperate and wants to kill himself, but Martin stops him. He makes it clear to him that he did everything just for him. By joining the gang, he wanted to find the real behind the thefts and make it easier for him to solve the case. He thinks that the gang will shortly meet with the man behind the purchases, as Behrend, as mediator, has rejected the last payment claims for the Borgsdorf picture.

Kochan goes to the meeting point for the handover. The man behind appears, but has Behrend with him, who threatened Martin and the others with a gun. Kochan identifies himself with a loaded weapon. Behrend puts down his pistol, but Witte goes crazy, takes the pistol and threatens Martin. Kochan shoots Witte in the arm, but is fatally struck by him shortly afterwards. The police appear and arrest the gang as well as Behrend and the buyer of the pictures. Tanja Voigt stays behind by Kochan's pool of blood and breaks down crying.

production

Falkenhagen village church, a location for the film

The sacrifice is based on a true template, in 1992 there were actually a number of church break-ins in the state of Brandenburg. The film was shot mainly in the Oberhavel and Havelland districts . The interior photos of the first break-in were taken in the Falkenhagen village church and show the church before the extensive renovation, which began in 1994. Other locations were Wustermark , the Werneuchen airfield and the former Dallgow barracks . The film constructions come from Frank Hein .

The film had its television premiere on November 20, 1994 on ARD . The audience participation was 14.4 percent. It was the 166th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Tanja Voigt investigated in her third case. As a partner in this film, Michael Greiling stands by her side as Kochan. Jens Hoffmann , who otherwise investigates together with Tanja Voigt, only appears here in a supporting role.

criticism

For the ORB, the script was particularly interesting because it "closely links the psychology of the perpetrators and victims," ​​wrote Der Tagesspiegel . “Kammerspiel in the Brandenburg province - populated by people, not by types”, summarized the Süddeutsche Zeitung , and found the “polarization of the generations” in the film to be “exciting”. For the TV Spielfilm , sacrifice was a “too calm provincial chamber play ”. The episode has an "appealing cast, [is] routinely staged, but not a series highlight."

Web links

• Police 110: sacrifice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police call 110: sacrifice on Das Erste.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} gpz: Commissioner without a clear head. The ARD shows "sacrifice", the new episode of the police call 110 . In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 20, 1994.
2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 175.
3. ^ Anne Rose Katz: TV review: The bull as fellow human - Police call 110: sacrifice (ARD / ORF) . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 22, 1994, p. 18.
4. ↑ Cf. Polizeiruf 110: sacrifice on tvspielfilm.de

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