Police call 110: Barbarossa's revenge
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Barbarossa's revenge |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Saxonia Media on behalf of the MDR |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 254 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | March 7, 2004 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hartmut Griesmayr |
| script |
Felix Huby , idea: Thomas Kirchner |
| production | Susanne Wolfram |
| music | Joe Mubare |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut | Claudia Fröhlich |
| occupation | |
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Barbarossa's Vengeance is a German crime film by Hartmut Griesmayr from 2004. It is the 254th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the 24th case for the Halle inspectors Schmücke and Schneider .
action
Professor Konrad Welfen, Dean of the Medical Faculty in Halle, dies in a fall on the statue of Barbarossa on the Kyffhäuser monument. Apparently he was knocked down and pushed off the top of the monument. The commissioners Schmücke and Schneider have to convey the sad news to his family and try to find out what the man wanted on the memorial and who he may have met there. Then they visit the medical faculty and find out that there are currently quarrels about the successor to the professor that would have been due in the next year.
Welfen was known as an amateur archaeologist and may have encountered an archaeological sensation. Welfens son Friedrich thinks it is possible that his father had found the legendary treasure of the Lombards. Inspector Schmücke also finds various signs that Welfen must have struck gold on his excursions. He questions his closest colleague Dr. Lisa Marten, who was also very close friends with him privately. But it cannot give any clues as to a possible location. Everything points to the Barbarossa Cave , to which Guelphs are said to have found a second entrance.
Commissioner Schmücke does not hide the chilled relationship between the Welfen couple. Margarete Welfen comes from a middle-class background where a divorce is not an option. Before Welfen, she was with the archaeologist Christian Korte, who did not like the hobby excursions from Welfen at all. After he learned that Welfen had already sold the first finds abroad, he could not prevent further sales and robbery otherwise than to brake Welfen with force. When he met him at the monument, they got into an argument and Korte pushed Welfen down into the depths.
At Commissioner Herbert Schmücke, there is also a change in his private life. Edith Reger does not forgive him for the last argument, and in the end Schmücke finds his suitcase in front of the door of the formerly shared apartment.
background
Barbarossa's Revenge was produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion on behalf of the MDR and filmed on the Kyffhäuser and in Halle. On March 7, 2004, the German first broadcast took place in the first at prime time . Felix Huby wrote the script based on an idea from Thomas Kirchner .
reception
Audience rating
The first broadcast of the police call Barbarossa's Vengeance on March 7, 2004 was seen in Germany by a total of 6.96 million viewers. This achieved a market share of 18.1 percent. In the group of 14–49-year-old viewers , 1.77 million viewers and a market share of 10.2 percent were achieved.
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave it a medium rating (thumbs to the side) and wrote: “Almost tension-free until the lame finale”.
Web links
- Police 110: Barbarossa revenge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations from the Internet Movie Database , accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Audience ratings at bavaria-film.de, accessed on February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Police call 110: Barbarossa's revenge on tvspielfilm.de
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