Spreewald thriller: The dead in the Spreewald

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Episode of the Spreewald crime series
Original title The dead man in the Spreewald
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Telefilm production aspect
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 2 ( list )
First broadcast October 26, 2009 on ZDF
Rod
Director Christian von Castelberg
script Thomas Kirchner
production Wolfgang Esser
music Ulrich Reuter
camera Martin Farkas
cut Dagmar Lichius
occupation

Der Tote im Spreewald is a German television film by Christian von Castelberg from 2009. It is the second film from the Spreewald crime series and was broadcast on October 26, 2009 on ZDF .

action

Daniel Bartko's body is discovered in the Spreewald. Apparently he had stepped into a punch laid out by Polish poachers, then fell into the river and drowned. His wife reported him missing four days ago and now Detective Inspector Thorsten Krüger has to bring her the news of her husband's death. He finds the young woman relatively absent-minded and she doesn't seem overly surprised. During the autopsy it is found that Bartko drowned, but the iron was only put on later.

According to Kruger’s investigation, Bartko had not only messed with Polish fur hunters, but also with the locals. As a native of Sorbe, he protested against the marketing of the last domestic values ​​and made many enemies. In his marriage, too, he did not find the right happiness because his father-in-law kept mocking him by saying that he would not get anything done and that he was actually not good enough for his daughter. In the end, Bartko even wanted to leave his pregnant wife for a Polish woman in whom he believed he had found true love.

While Inspector Krüger is getting an idea of ​​the circumstances under which Daniel Bartko lived and suffered, his father-in-law is shot in the high forest. Bodo Tankmann is a district forester and while doing his job he came across a poacher. Tank man is seriously injured in the firefight and the Polish poacher is killed. After Tankmann regains consciousness, he admits that he wanted to prevent his son-in-law from simply leaving his expectant family. He knocked it down in an argument and then drowned it in the river. He wanted to use the iron to draw suspicion on the poachers.

background

The shooting took place under the working title The Hour of Nutria in the Spreewald , in Słubice and in Berlin .

reception

Audience rating

The first broadcast of Der Tote im Spreewald on October 26, 2009 was seen by 5.40 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 16.4 percent for ZDF .

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said: “'The Dead in the Spreewald' starts like a thriller, but the puzzles that the film poses are different from those that revolve around the search for murder. The human dramas cover the thriller like snow covers the landscape of the Spreewald and they condense into an allegory of the time after the fall of the Berlin Wall. "" This ZDF television film is the ultimate autumn film. Everything revolves around saying goodbye. Winter as a time of action extends the imagery: It's about being emotionally frozen and about tentative attempts to thaw. "

At Kino.de wrote: “The key of the film is mostly dark and mystical, the fairytale forest on the Spree is the perfect backdrop; in contrast, the past is shown in soft summer colors. The director and his cameraman Martin Farkas find fascinating images in which they sometimes work with cross-fades. Music and sound design as well as many dialogues underline the impression of the fairytale-poetic. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm said: "The dreamy, labyrinthine landscape offers the perfect backdrop for a complex flashback puzzle." Conclusion: "Poetic, quiet crime thriller with strong staff."

Josef Seitz at Focus.de didn't say a lot either and wrote: “With all the cooking shows and super talents and TV testers, viewers can forget that television can be good too. Really good, like the thriller 'Der Tote im Spreewald' ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Spreewald thriller: The Dead in the Spreewald . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2014 (PDF; test number: 121 917-a V).
  2. ↑ Shooting of the ZDF film “The Hour of Nutria” / Spreewald crime thriller with Nadja Uhl and Christian Redl at presseportal.de, accessed on January 25, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Der Tote im Spreewald audience rating at tittelbach.tv, accessed on January 25, 2017.
  4. ^ Film review at Kino.de , accessed on May 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Der Tote im Spreewald at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on January 25, 2017.
  6. ↑ Josef Seitz: Gurken only in the supporting role at Focus.de , accessed on May 14, 2017.