Police call 110: Dark Twin
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dark twin |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Northern German Radio |
| classification | Episode 380 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | October 6, 2019 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Damir Lukačević |
| script | Damir Lukačević, Péter Palátsik (dialogue author) |
| production |
Iris Kiefer , Ilka Förster (producer) |
| music | Ingo Ludwig Frenzel |
| camera | Leah Striker |
| cut | Uta Schmidt |
| occupation | |
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Dark Twin is a TV movie from the crime series Polizeiruf 110 . The report produced by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk is the 380th episode of Police Call 110 and the twentieth case of the investigative duo Bukow and König from Rostock . The first broadcast took place on October 6, 2019 in the first .
action
A 16-year-old runaway is found murdered in Rostock, shortly afterwards the body of a Danish tourist who was murdered according to the same pattern. The chief inspectors Bukow and König come across murders with a similar pattern dating back 15 years and which have never been solved. The investigation focuses on two suspects: the moving entrepreneur Frank Kern, who was previously investigated, and the long-term student Hansen, who knew the young victim and met him shortly before her death. After Hansen is accused by his mentally unstable wife and she even admits complicity through a false confession, the Hansens are arrested. Meanwhile, Kern's daughter Marla discovers evidence in his home that confirms her suspicions that her father is the serial killer. Kern persuades her to feel guilty and complicit, so Marla keeps her discovery to herself and makes a suicide attempt. Based on the perpetrator's vehicle, Kern is still identified as the perpetrator. Bukow sets off with his assistants to arrest Kern, while King Marla wants to visit her mother. There she discovers Marla's farewell letter. Bukow discovers Marla bleeding to death in Frank Kern's house and can barely save her.
background
The film was shot from June 5, 2018 to July 4, 2018 in Rostock and Hamburg. The premiere took place on October 1, 2019 at the Hamburg Film Festival .
reception
Reviews
"This cinematic aesthetically special, heavily played" police call "with its haunting scenes and parallel montages is a film made of one piece: A magical cinematic flow results from a dense, clever and complex story."
“Although the film, which shows the anatomy of a television crime novel, has something metafictional about it, the result is not cerebral. This is due on the one hand to the direct, sometimes dirty staging, on the other hand to the fantastic ensemble, which also works perfectly together beyond the street-smart, morally integrity, this time somewhat softer-hearted bull Bukow and his nervous colleague König. […] One has the impression that Lukacevic intentionally used well-hung motifs to show what can be made of them. The intensity is high over the entire route, but towards the end the turbine is turned on again, because as soon as everything criminological has been stripped off, the action increases into hopelessly tragic. "
“The 'police call' is played well, has entertaining dialogues - and yet it soon evokes a feeling of being under-challenged. Because although it is pretended that two main suspects are placed side by side with equal rights, the solution is obvious from an early stage. "
“Damir Lukačević (direction and script) has composed a Whodunit that functions as a detective piece, the philosophy of togetherness hovers over the plot as an enriching leading idea. A completely different film than the sometimes strenuous experimental crime scenes, instead a more classic story, in which a lot is true. The plot, the staff […]. And Lukačević wrote down the best dialogues for investigators Katrin König […] and Alexander Bukow […], with two ingredients, of course, lacony and love. "
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Dunkler Zwilling reached more viewers than ever before on October 6, 2019: The film was watched by 8.88 million people nationwide. That corresponds to a market share of 26.3 percent for Das Erste . This means that "Dunkler Zwilling" is not only the case with the most viewers to date for the investigative team Katrin König and Alexander Bukow, but also the NDR's most successful "Polizeiruf 110" since 1993.
Web links
- Police 110: Dark Twin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Dark Twin on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Police call 110: Dark twin at crew united
- ↑ Police Call 110 - Dark Twin. In: Program. Filmfest Hamburg, accessed on September 18, 2019 : "Nominated for Hamburg Producer Award for German TV Productions"
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach: "Polizeiruf 110" series. Dark twin. In: Program. tittelbach.tv , September 9, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Oliver Junge: “Police Call” from Rostock. The anatomist's phantom. In: Feuilleton. Frankfurter Allgemeine , October 6, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Christian Buß: "Police Call" about sex murders. Rostock, home of the drive fathers. In: Culture. Spiegel Online , October 4, 2019, accessed on October 4, 2019 : "Rating: 6 out of 10 points"
- ↑ Holger Gertz: twin divided by two. In: Media. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 4, 2019, accessed on October 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Sidney Schering: Quotennews range record: «Polizeiruf 110» captivates the TV audience. Quotemeter.de , October 7, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019 .
- ^ Bettina Brinker: Most successful NDR "Polizeiruf 110" since 1993: record for Rostock investigator duo König and Bukow. Presseportal.de , October 7, 2019, accessed November 10, 2019 .
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