Sperling and the Wachutka case

Episode of the series Sperling
Original title	Sperling and the Wachutka case
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Polyphonic film and television company
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 16 ( list )
First broadcast	October 21, 2005 on ZDF
Rod
Director	Thomas Jahn
script	Thomas Jahn
music	Thomas Jahn
camera	Matthias Papenmeier
cut	Thomas Jahn
occupation
Dieter Pfaff : Hans Sperling Hans-Joachim Grubel : Norbert Wachutka Anna Böttcher : Waltraud Schütze Philipp Moog : Falk Hofmann Carin C. Tietze : Marie Winter Alicja Bachleda : Alina Steffen Wink : Brown Peer Jäger : Kriminalrat Friedberg Huub Stapel : Johan Kerkman Aykut Kayacık : Aykut Jeschem Paul Faßnacht : Hanno Lehmann Olaf Hein : Suitors Wolfgang Kaven : Pathologist Yutah Lorenz : Mrs. Lehmann Natalie O'Hara : Marla Kerkman Monika Reineck : Secretary in the criminal investigation department Loyd Schmieglitz : co-driver
chronology
←  Predecessor Sparrow and the last chance Successor  → Sparrow and the trapped cat

Sperling and the Wachutka Case is a German TV film directed by Thomas Jahn from 2005 . It is the sixteenth episode of the ZDF crime film series Sperling with Dieter Pfaff in the title role.

action

Chief Inspector Hans Sperling's long-time colleague Norbert Wachutka is shot on the street just two days before his retirement. Although the crime does not fall within his area of ​​responsibility, Sperling investigates on his own initiative, noting that he apparently hardly knew his colleague. His colleague Wachutka last looked after the young Macedonian Alina, who was forced into prostitution . According to Alina, Wachutka was a regular in "True Romance" and felt sorry for her. Sperling decides to protect the young woman from the gang of smugglers who also brought her 15-year-old sister to Germany to prostitute. With his undisclosed investigation, he interferes with the work of his colleague Braune, the special investigator for combating trafficking in girls. He messes with the smugglers and the SOKO human trafficking alike.

Although the alleged murderer Wachutkas is determined, Sperling continues his investigation. Lead sludge on Wachutka's car and a stuffed animal in a container on the premises of a copper factory put him on the track. But the owner of the factory is not the mastermind behind the human trafficking and behind the murder of Wachutka. Sperling sets a trap for the perpetrator, in which a civil servant gets caught.

background

The film was shot from February 1, 2005 to March 4, 2005 in Berlin and the surrounding area. The episode was first broadcast on October 21, 2005 at 8:15 p.m. on ZDF .

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the film their best possible rating. They pointed their thumbs up and stated: "A gripping case that goes to the kidneys."

The Berliner Tagesspiegel explains that the Wachutka actor Hans-Joachim Grubel had died in August 2004: “It must have taken a long time to consider whether this reality should be incorporated into fiction or whether it should be left out, Wachutka's death will be discussed differently. "The makers and the editorial team decided to take the personal path:" This case is also a crime thriller, but a very different kind of crime thriller. "

Der Spiegel also points to Grubel's death : "With skilful montages, the film bids farewell to actor Grubel (...)."

Web links

• Sperling and the case Wachutka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sperling and the Wachutka case at crew united

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See crew-united.com
2. ↑ See tvspielfilm.de
3. ↑ Thilo Wydra: Who was Wachutka? , Der Tagesspiegel, September 16, 2006.
4. ↑ Sparrow and Wachutka's death. In: Der Spiegel 37/2006.