Police call 110: shadow
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | shadow |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Saxonia Media on behalf of the MDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 308 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | March 7, 2010 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jorgo Papavassiliou |
| script |
Renate Ziemer , Hans-Werner Honert |
| production | Peter Gust |
| music | Andreas Koslik |
| camera | Vladimir Subotic |
| cut | Margrit Schulz |
| occupation | |
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Shadow is a German crime film by Jorgo Papavassiliou from 2010. It is the 308th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the 42nd case for the Halle inspectors Schmücke and Schneider .
action
In the group practice of Dr. Winter, Dr. Thomas and Doris Kugler becomes Dr. Thomas Kugler found dead. Since there is also a lack of medication, Commissioner Schmücke and Schneider assume an act of affect. A suspect is quickly found, because witnesses saw a young man flee from the building. A phantom is used to search for him.
According to the initial research, Kugler had many foreign patients, probably illegal immigrants, whom he treated for humanitarian reasons. Insurance statements from these people cannot be found. Schmücke and Schneider suspect the perpetrator in this group of people. Meanwhile, the wanted young man is involved in a traffic accident and treated in hospital. However, his identity is unclear as he is in a coma . Only after further questioning can he be identified as Leonid Cherkassov.
While the police are investigating their investigations, the office hours assistant Marion Quantity tries to ensure that her small sideline is not uncovered. She worried her boss's very poor patient through her husband's work. He employed them as illegal workers and, if necessary, gave them quarters. Leonid Cherkassov and his young wife had an apartment in one of the houses that Robert Quantity manages. Leonid's wife recently succumbed to an illness whose body they had disposed of in the hall . Therefore, the crowd is very cautious about the police. Nevertheless, she finds the trail to them and instigates a raid on the recycling company that runs quantity. Robert Quantity is arrested and interrogated. He admits that Ira Cherkassov died as a result of falling down stairs at his company, as her injury was left untreated. The murder of Dr. He denies Kugler and mentions that Kugler's wife was with Dr. Winter has a relationship.
Leonid Cherkassov has now regained consciousness and testifies that he only wanted to get medicine from Kugler because his wife was doing so badly. He had noticed an argument in the practice and ran away. Schmücke and Schneider had suspected for a while that the murder was more of a relationship act than a robbery or even revenge.
During the autopsy, the coroner found that the blow the victim received from the perpetrator was not fatal. Kugler suffered from Marfan's syndrome , which caused the aorta to tear and bleed to death internally. Schmücke manages to outsmart Doris Kugler into admitting the act. She wanted to get rid of her husband so that she could be free for Lothar Winter and run the practice according to her ideas. In addition, they wanted to end this free care of uninsured patients, which Kugler would never have allowed. But Winter also knew about Kugler's illness and accepted his death approvingly. Both are charged with the joint murder of Dr. Kugler arrested.
background
Shadow was produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion on behalf of MDR and shot in Halle. On March 7, 2010, the German premiere took place in the first at prime time .
reception
Audience rating
The first broadcast of the police call shadow on October 30, 2011 was seen in Germany by a total of 7.41 million viewers. This achieved a market share of 19.8 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv comes to an overall positive assessment and writes: “The two old-fashioned inspectors are not reinventing the genre even in their 42nd 'police call' mission, but they are as weak as many cases in recent years' Shadow 'not therefore. It is a calm Whodunit , a utility thriller in which the viewer is initially a few tips ahead of the investigators without having a complete perspective. A few question marks keep the curiosity awake. ”However, Tittelbach criticizes the tension, which does not really want to arise. He continues: “What the story lacks in terms of structure, the sound design has to deliver again: the looming clay carpet ensures the connection between the scenes. But the staging is impressive. The [...] director [impresses] with his clear, concentrated imagery. Again and again he relies on observing camera views (through door frames), looks for distance, repeats shots, thus creates a cinematic rhythm and some (formal) orientation in the chaos of an average case. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best possible rating (thumbs up) and found: “Solid puzzle lesson with good tension”.
Web links
- Police 110: Shadows in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ locations at the Internet Movie Database retrieved.
- ↑ a b Rainer Tittelbach: Unagitated Whodunit & leisurely service according to regulations in a respectable look Film review accessed at tittelbach.tv.
- ^ Police call 110: Shadows at tvspielfilm.de
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