Police call 110: Because they don't know what they're doing
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
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| Original title | Because they don't know what they're doing |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Claussen + Wöbke + Putz film production on behalf of BR |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 322 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | September 23, 2011 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans Steinbichler |
| script | Christian Jeltsch |
| production |
Jakob Claussen , Uli Putz |
| music | Hans Wiedemann |
| camera | Bella halves |
| cut | Susanne Hartmann |
| occupation | |
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Because they don't know what they are doing is a TV film from the ARD crime series Polizeiruf 110 . The film was produced by Claussen + Wöbke + Putz Filmproduktion GmbH on behalf of BR and was broadcast for the first time on Friday, September 23, 2011 on Das Erste . It is the second case of the Munich police call investigator duo von Meuffels / Burnhauser.
action
Commissioner von Meuffels interrogates a confessed sex criminal who raped a 12-year-old. As of Meuffels leaves the interrogation room for a brief moment, the perpetrator takes the service weapon of the guarding policemen and shoots himself so himself . Badly affected by this act, von Meuffels is about to leave the police headquarters to call it a day. He meets two freshly arrested young pickpockets who report that they discovered a bomb in a backpack on a S-Bahn station . While other officials see this only as a protective claim by the girls, von Meuffels recognizes the threat situation and advises extensive action. The police chief from the on-site duty decided to trigger the operation after all, as the risk seemed too great to him.
When the alarm is triggered, the police machine is set in motion and the investigation into the potential perpetrator begins. While the first results suggest Munich Airport as a possible attack site, the evaluation of the surveillance cameras revealed that the suspect had left the S-Bahn before. A soccer game is now identified as a possible target. Von Meuffels and his colleague Burnhauser make their way to the stadium. As they both arrive, they discover the suspect in the crowd in a pedestrian tunnel in the Allianz Arena . Before they can catch the culprit, however, the bomb explodes. When the dust settles in the tunnel, the extent of the catastrophe becomes visible: there are dead and seriously injured, disoriented, slightly injured people who run around in the dusty tunnel; von Meuffels and Burnhauser are also only slightly injured. Next to von Meuffels, a young man is lying under concrete parts, seriously injured and trapped. He looks after him, trembling and visibly marked by the explosion, until the rescue workers arrive. Emergency doctors and paramedics begin sighting the injured and taking care of them.
Von Meuffels remembers a possible second perpetrator and feels the danger that there could be a second attack. He instructs Burnhauser to contact the operations management with this information. This, meanwhile, has started its work: A crisis team from the police, state security , state police , secret service and the Interior Ministry is trying to determine the reasons behind the fact: Who is the culprit? Are there any other perpetrators? Is it a terrorist attack or the act of someone confused? While von Meuffels is still holding the trapped man's hand, the emergency doctor makes it clear to him that the young man has no chance of survival. Contrary to the instructions of the operations management, he stays with the boy he tries to look after and question. When he began to pray in Arabic, von Meuffels began to doubt the boy's identity. The rescue work is progressing - observed by the eyes of the media - 23 dead are counted, numerous seriously injured people were rescued - it is the worst attack in Germany since the attack at the 1972 Olympic Games .
The operations management conjectures about the motives for the attack and discusses various worst-case scenarios . The press reports that there is speculation on the Internet - one is confronted with having to express oneself sooner or later, rumors of an Islamist background are making the rounds. The crisis team wants to avoid mass panic and is discussing how to deal with the spectators in the stadium. Meanwhile, various missions are taking place in Munich: mosques are being searched, suspicious people arrested in public places. For von Meuffels, Anna Burnhauser represents the connection to the outside world while he remains in the tunnel. The boy discusses his faith with von Meuffels; von Meuffels tells of an experience of his childhood - and of the events of his day. The boy then begins to talk about himself and his views and also reveals his name, Mahmud. The investigation, which is in full swing, shows that there were two perpetrators - and that there may still be a bomb in the tunnel.
Von Meuffels combines and sees Mahmud as a possible perpetrator - and wants to know from him where the second target is. Remnants of the explosive used can be identified and traces of its origin can be determined: Apparently the explosive was stolen from the Technical University of Munich , an Egyptian student can be identified. The boy Mahmud, born in Peter Nasiri, is also identified on a phantom image. The head of operations confronts Silke Mayer von Meuffels, who immediately admits that he knew he was dealing with the perpetrator. He should now confess where his accomplice is in order to prevent another tragedy - the use of force no longer seems to be excluded. Von Meuffels comes into conflict with Silke Mayer about how to proceed, but can initially prevail with his idea of approaching the perpetrator on a personal level. He elicits the keyword sex fair from him - an erotic fair is currently taking place in the MOC . As a result, the fair was evacuated immediately, but no bomb was discovered. In the meantime, the public prosecutor's office has transferred the investigation to the LKA. For tactical reasons of investigation, it is decided to bring Mahmud's parents to the scene of the incident, which should encourage him to speak. But his father cannot persuade him to speak. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution must find out that it had the suspects under surveillance - it is decided to cover up the matter and remove the traces of surveillance. In Nasiri's apartment, the forensics department found a confessional video on a laptop . Anna Burnhauser visits Mahmud's mother, who is horrified to the attack on her son, with which she has had nothing to do for years. But she decides to talk to him on the phone, but collapses. After this conversation, Mahmud gives the hint to the main train station , where an immediate operation starts again - but again without result.
The State Secretary from the Ministry of the Interior, Lukas Broosig, is meanwhile heating up the debate in the crisis team: He wants to see results and, if necessary, appropriate measures should be taken away from the rule of law. He also hopes that some Islamist groups will confess to the attack, so that their own failure is not exposed and a security win-win situation arises - data protection is in the way, the security laws are too lax, and this may offer room for new ones Powers for the security authorities. Hearing of the unsuccessful operation at the train station, von Meuffels persuaded Mahmud to call his accomplice - even at the risk of detonating the second bomb remotely. As you can now see, the accomplice is not elsewhere, but lies dead with his explosive belt in the ruins of the tunnel, discovered by the ringing of his cell phone. After the explosive device has been disarmed, the operations management terminates its work. The security authorities clash and prepare to play off each other if critical questions about perpetration, investigation and responsibility arise.
The assassin Mahmud is meanwhile in the last legs of his life and asks von Meuffels to hold him. Shortly afterwards Mahmud dies in his arms. Exhausted, von Meuffels leaves the crime scene and goes to Mahmud's apartment, where he looks around and discovers and confiscates the surveillance camera. He speaks about this with the police chief on duty and utterly his suspicion that the German security authorities monitored the assassins. The police chief invalidates his arguments and shows him a letter of confession from a Pakistani al-Qaida offshoot. Von Meuffels returns to the scene where the forensics department started to deal with the attack. In the credits, Meuffels and Max Unterkofer show how they watch Anna Burnhauser and other girls dance in Bavarian costume.
background
production
The shooting took place from November 9, 2010 to December 9, 2010 in Munich. Working title of Because They Don't Know What They Do Was Inschallah .
Because they don't know what they are doing at the Munich Film Festival 2011 celebrated its premiere .
Age rating
In the course of the search for a broadcast date for Because they do not know what they are doing , the production Bayerischer Rundfunk came to the end of July 2011 to assess the youth protection agency that the film was unsuitable for young people under 16 because of its drastic representations. The consequence of this assessment was that the originally planned broadcast on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 8:15 p.m. was no longer possible (see also age rating on television ). The broadcast therefore took place on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 10 p.m.
This approach by the BR led to a debate about the protection of minors on television. In particular, the director and ARD program director Volker Herres created a context for the television images of the 2011 attacks in Norway .
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Because they don't know what they are doing on September 23, 2011 was seen by a total of 2.70 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 12.1% for Das Erste ; In the group of 14- to 49-year-old viewers , 0.55 million viewers and a market share of 5.8% were achieved.
As expected, the audience ratings were therefore far below the usual Sunday evening range due to the shift in broadcasting slots.
criticism
The reviews of Because They Don't Know What They Do were mostly positive.
“A bad day for Hanns von Meuffels. In the morning a child molester shoots himself in front of his eyes. Then a bomb goes off. Will it stay with one? “Because they don't know what they are doing” is a “police call” and at the same time it is an attempt on faith, it tells of wrong political actions and a right path of humanity and a guilt that can hardly be made good. In addition, Steinbichler's Kammerspiel shows how things can be reassessed in the face of death. A political redeeming drama of leaden severity that is certainly not for everyone! "
“It's just a shame that this excellent thriller, staged by Hans Steinbichler with grandiose protagonists (Brandt, Sebastian Urzendowski, Anna Maria Sturm) as an oppressive chamber play (camera: Bella Halben, book: Christian Jeltsch), is only seen by three million viewers , instead of eight on Sunday in prime time. Sure, there are the screams of the victims in the tunnel, the people covered in dust and blood in the flickering light. Disturbing images that seem all the more emphatic as the fear of such an attack in Germany evades. You just have to look at the precautionary measures when the Pope visits Berlin. [...] The Grimme Prize jury will take good note of this film. "
“No, you won't find any relaxation here. The art of this 'police call', however, lies in how the pressure of violence is shifted into a nerve-wracking intimate play. Director Hans Steinbichler, who has already shot the Oedipal drama 'The Second Woman' with the main actor Brandt, soon confronts the investigator with the perpetrator (Sebastian Urzendowsky), who is lying under the rubble he caused by his bomb. Pity for the mass murderer? Not at all. But with the approach to the dying, an interesting facet of the new terrorism is carved out. The assassin, a young German who converted to Islam, is reminiscent of the German Islamists of the Sauerland group in many ways. Adolescence and ideology, Weltschmerz and religious madness are fatally fused in the murderer in this radical "police call". Why young television viewers are not allowed to deal with it remains the secret of the Bavarian youth welfare officer. "
Awards
Because they do not know what they are doing , they were nominated for the 3sat audience award and the television film award of the German Academy of Performing Arts at the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival in 2011, but could not prevail over the home video winner in either competition . Matthias Brandt received the special jury prize for his outstanding acting performance as commissioner Hanns von Meuffels. Brandt was also nominated for the German Television Award 2012 for Best Actor .
Web links
- Police 110: for they know not what they do in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Because they don't know what they are doing on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de : The helpless state , accessed on September 23, 2011.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Press release of Bavarian Broadcasting: New broadcast date has been set ).
- ↑ quotemeter.de : «Polizeiruf 110» after 10 p.m .: Debate on the protection of minors creates 'precedent' , accessed on 23 September 2011.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: br-online.de: BR promotes discussion )
- ↑ spon.de: "Yes, we have young talent" , accessed on September 23, 2011.
- ↑ a b Alexander Krei: Too late: "Polizeiruf" loses five million viewers. DWDL.de , September 24, 2011, accessed on September 24, 2011 .
- ↑ tittelbach.tv: Series “Polizeiruf 110 - Because they don't know what they are doing” , accessed on September 23, 2011.
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de:: Attention, tension! Caution, protection of minors! , accessed September 23, 2011.
- ↑ spon.de: Bomb detonated, slot exploded , accessed on September 23, 2011.
- ↑ 3sat.de: Homevideo - viewers and jury of one opinion , accessed on July 31, 2012.
- ↑ DWDL.de: German TV Prize: ARD for nominations , accessed on September 19, 2012.
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