Police call 110: Bull clapping
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bull clapping |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Saxonia Media on behalf of the MDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 329 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | May 20, 2012 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thorsten Schmidt |
| script | Matthias Herbert |
| production |
Peter Gust , Pawel Reinhardt |
| music | Andreas Koslik |
| camera | Ralph Netzer |
| cut | Simone Klier |
| occupation | |
Schneider, chief detective
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Bullenklatschen is a German crime film by Thorsten Schmidt from 2012. It is the 329th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the 49th case for the Halle inspectors Schmücke and Schneider and the seventh case for Superintendent Nora Lindner ( Isabell Gerschke ).
action
The young policewoman Ilka Grein and a colleague are called to a mission because of disturbance of the peace. The two officers are no match for the drunk people and are attacked by them. When the called reinforcements arrive, they find Grein lying on the ground injured and their colleague Nils Rotter, who belonged to the reinforcement squad, dead next to them.
Schmücke, Schneider and Lindner start the investigation and question the arrested rioters, who cannot explain who should have shot the police officer. The bullet holes at the crime scene, an old workshop, indicate a real exchange of fire. All projectiles found belong only to police pistols and Rotter was shot with his colleague's weapon. Grein can only remember being knocked down and seeing someone shoot Rotter.
Of all the rioters, one Jürgen Baumann appears conspicuous. He belongs to an autonomous group and has a criminal record for dangerous physical harm and breach of the peace. Fingerprints at the crime scene also lead to Johannes Majewski, who has to serve a prison sentence in prison for a violent crime, but who is also an outdoor prisoner because of a good social prognosis. He confirms that he saw Baumann that evening, but that he was only with his girlfriend, who confirms his alibi.
Baumann is interrogated and admits to having knocked down the policewoman after shooting the attacker. Ilka Grein had stated that she only fired a warning shot, but certain inconsistencies remain. After Schneider took a closer look at Johannes Majewski, he found connections. Majewski was caught by Ilka Grein and Nils Rotter after a robbery. When he pulled out a gun and shot Rotter, he fired back massively and hit Majewski life-threateningly. After recovering, he was convicted of attempted manslaughter. Thus, Schmücke and Schneider concentrate on Johannes Majewski, who was close to the crime scene and had a reason for revenge. However, he denies that he is about to be released and that his freedom would not be jeopardized again anytime soon.
After Ilka Grein is bullied by her colleagues because they all believe that Nils Rotter is the murderer, she commits suicide and shoots herself. For the commissioners, this does not solve the case. You hear Baumann again, who can now remember that a man and a woman came into the workshop after he had knocked Grein down. This leads again to Majewski, who, after a massive interrogation, admits to having got into an exchange of fire with his girlfriend. When, like years ago, he saw Rotter again with the gun in his hand and he aimed at him again, it was like a nightmare for him. Everything seemed to be repeating itself, and since he feared being shot, he took the pistol of the policewoman lying on the ground and defended himself and his girlfriend against Rotter.
background
Bull clapping was in the 20 May 2012 First for prime time broadcast for the first time.
reception
Audience rating
The first broadcast of the police call Bullenklatschen on May 20, 2012 was seen in Germany by a total of 7.33 million viewers. This achieved a market share of 22.9 percent.
criticism
Thomas Gehringer from tittelbach.tv comes to a positive assessment and writes: “There is a lot of talk and explanation, but the staging by director Thorsten Schmidt [...] cleverly keeps the tension going. 'Bullenklatschen' is certainly not a visually outstanding film, even if the ship on the Saale is set in a gloomy light at the beginning, but it is a carefully told crime thriller. The psychology of the characters is consistent, the puzzle fits and is coherently put together gradually. Even the painstaking detailed work of the police - the analysis of projectile profiles and fingerprints, the many interrogations - does not get boring. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave it a medium rating (thumbs to the side) and found 'bull clapping' to be "routine gnawing with the crime thriller".
Spiegel Online evaluates it very negatively and thinks: “The otherwise very funny cop oldies Schmücke and Schneider are [...] emphatically grim. (Not bad, their jokes never caught on anyway.) Furthermore, “the principle of chance […] is being overused again in Halle.” Overall, switching on would not be worthwhile.
Heike Hupertz from the FAZ sees it similarly and writes: “The way in which Schmücke, Schneider and Lindner investigate is as naturalistically long-winded as ever. The most exciting thing about 'bull clapping' is the title. [...] Any topicality is given away, instead the film focuses on the relationships between the police officers. […] The visual design now also contributes to the homely impression. So you can give away a thoroughly successful departure [which was absolutely successful in the last two episodes] with full intent. "
Web links
- Police 110: Bull clapping in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thomas Gehringer: Jaecki Schwarz, Wolfgang Winkler & the upward trend shortly before retirement Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 21, 2016.
- ^ Police call 110: Bull clapping at tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ Sunday thriller: The new police call in the quick check at spiegel.de, accessed on February 21, 2016.
- ↑ Heike Hupertz: Waiting for retirement at faz.net, accessed on February 21, 2016.
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