Steel network: PSI

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Episode in the series Stahlnetz
Original title PSI
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Studio Hamburg FilmProduktion GmbH,
Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 27 ( List )
First broadcast May 5, 2002 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Markus Imboden
script Markus Stromiedel
production Richard Schöps
music George Kochbeck
camera Hans Fromm
cut Dagmar Pohle
occupation

PSI is a German television film by Markus Imboden from 2002 . It is the twenty-seventh and penultimate episode of the crime series Stahlnetz . The script by Markus Stromiedel was based on a template by Michael Molsner . Axel Milberg makes his debut here in the role of chief detective Klaus Borowski , who can later be transferred to Kiel, where he has been investigating the crime scene since 2003 . Borowski's colleagues are embodied by Lisa Martinek , Karl Kranzkowski , Oliver Wnuk and Thomas Wüpper . The main guest roles in this episode include Hans-Uwe Bauer , Max Hopp , Nadine Fano , Annette Uhlen and Thomas Schendel .

action

Michaela "Micha" Bergmann is fourteen years old and is in the middle of puberty . After her parents got a job as a caretaker couple in a villa, she had to move with them from their home near Hamburg to Hanover. Giving up her old life was not easy for the young girl. In addition, she suffers from the situation as she hardly finds any friends in a new environment for her and in a school attended mainly by children of wealthy parents. At best, she can build up a reasonably friendly relationship with her classmate Sandra Täubner, who, like Micha, is interested in supernatural phenomena.

On her way to school, Micha is intercepted at the villa by two masked people and dragged into a car - the beginning of a terrible time for the young girl. The kidnappers demand money from the parents, believing that she is the daughter of rich people because she lives in a comfortable villa.

Chief Inspector Klaus Borowski is entrusted with the case. Alongside his new colleague Anna Wagner, who has just started her first job, his colleagues De Winter and Schröder are at his side. He has a good relationship with his supervisor, Detective Director Herwig Brock. Borowski says that at first glance the situation seems clear. The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped to share in their wealth. However, the first impression can be deceptive. The kidnappers demand a ransom of one million euros. However, you have misjudged the fact that the villa belongs to an elderly, childless couple who spend the winter months in their home in Malta. Micha only lives with her parents and sister Christiane in the servant's apartment in the basement of the house.

The kidnappers are brothers Ole and Larry Breuer. Ole is seriously ill and has more or less been persuaded by his brother to take part in the matter, since he could afford expensive special treatment with the money and fly into the sun. Although the brothers actually wanted to take care of the rest of the procedure together, Larry lets his girlfriend Maria persuade him to fly to Mallorca with her for the weekend. He's back on Sunday evening, he tells Ole, who doesn't agree at all in view of the kidnapped girl, who has to be looked after too.

Borowski and Anna Wagner go to the house of the Täubners, a servant opens the door for them. Sandra behaves strangely at first, but then speaks to Anna Wagner. She tells the inspector that Sandra always talked about her boyfriend Dieter in her home town and sent him messages of love. Maybe she ran off to him. This could also explain why the kidnappers didn't come back after their first call. Borowski thinks this theory is absurd. Nevertheless, he sends Anna Wagner and some colleagues to Micha's hometown. Dieter says that although he knew Micha and flirted with her, she interpreted something into it that wasn't at all. She is much too young for him. Five other local residents stiffly claim to have seen Micha in the village. Borowski would prefer to trust his feelings, despite the clear evidence. Micha's parents also confirm his opinion when he talks to them about the new situation. At this point the phone rings and Borowski pretends to be Micha's father. He demands a sign of life, otherwise there would be no money. The voice on the phone agrees, you will get in touch again.

Ole, who has taken care of Micha in the past few days, wants his brother to release the girl. Therapy is too late for him anyway. Larry, who had pretended to carry out the action primarily to help his brother, is now showing his true colors and making it unmistakably clear that he wants the ransom at all costs. Nor does he shrink from massively attacking the seriously ill in Micha's hiding place. At that moment, Ole realizes that Larry never intended to let Micha go because she saw both brothers. He has to experience helplessly that Larry now also locks him up with Micha. Then Larry calls the miners and holds the recording device with Micha's voice on the phone. In the meantime, Borowski's team has been able to determine the name of the caller and knows that it is the convicted Larry Breuer. Due to a mistake by the officer Schröder, Breuer is arrested early, although he was supposed to lead the officers to Micha's hiding place. However, he denies a kidnapping and consequently does not reveal Micha's hiding place. Thanks to Sandra Täubners, who appears in the police station and says that she dreamed that Micha was hidden in a cave, she can feel that, Micha told her that something like this is possible if you think firmly of someone, the officers can actually locate the hiding place. After eighty hours in captivity, Micha, who has since built up trust in Ole Breuer, can be freed unharmed.

Production, publication

PSI was filmed on locations in Hamburg and Hanover from November 23 to December 20, 2001 . The film was produced by Studio Hamburg GmbH.

Markus Stromiedel said at the hour of the birth of “Commissioner Borowski” that he had “complete freedom” when developing this book, because it was already clear that the “Steel Network” series would be ended and the last few episodes would hardly interest anyone. As a commissioner, he therefore developed a “muffle head” which he “under normal circumstances would never have” approved by the editorial team. The success was then so great that "Inspector Borowski", as known, was promoted to the crime scene inspector and continues to investigate.

The film was first broadcast on May 5, 2002 in prime time on ARD Das Erste .

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm pointed their thumbs up, awarded two possible points for claim two and one of three possible points for suspense, and stated: “Another television thriller that shines with apt description of the milieu. Axel Milberg is a misanthropic loner. True to the 'Stahlnetz' dramaturgy, he comments on the case from the 'off' position. ”The conclusion was then:“ Convincing characters in an authentic story ”. [...] "The later crime scene bull Axel Milberg already shines here as a grumpy cop."

Rainer Tittelbach gave the film four out of six possible stars on his website tittelbach.tv and summarized: “Axel Milberg plays his commissioner as a mixture of criminal tracker, grouch and the lone wolf number. His name is Borowski and he made his debut as a TV investigator in 'PSI' before he later switched to the 'Tatort'. "[...]" Without showing any great emotions, he lets his colleagues run up and his young employee often stands stupid in the room . "[...] 'PSI'" manages without murder ", that is exactly the" right subject for someone like Markus Imboden ".

The film service stated: “A (TV) crime film developed in a straight line without any particular incidents, but which also focuses on the less spectacular aspects of police investigative work (search for clues, analysis). - From 16. "

In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Alexander Bartl stated: “It's not about noisy crimes embedded in an opulent action frame, but about people on the verge of desperation. No shot is fired, no one sheds blood, and yet the Swiss director Markus Imboden succeeds in creating a remarkable portrait of people in crisis, directing the pain inside the characters and capturing the grueling power of silent terror. ... Within ninety minutes Imboden unfolds four life plans that draw tension from helplessness. That ennobles this 'steel net' case, which delves into the milieus conscientiously and without hurry. 'PSI', as one learns at the end, describes a parapsychological phenomenon that pretends to be facts where this oppressively realistic thriller subliminally raises new questions. "

Award

TV Today awarded the film with the audience award in the category “Best Crime of the Year”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Start of shooting for the new NDR "Stahlnetz" episode: "PSI"
  2. ↑ From word to film - steel network: PSI see page markus-stromiedel.de
  3. ↑ Stahlnetz: PSI on the tvspielfilm.de page (including nine film images). Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b Alexander Bartl: For reviews of the film Stahlnetz - PSI see page markusimboden.de. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Rainer Tittelbach : "Steel Network - PSI" series. The loner and the supernatural: Axel Milberg's first steps as Borowski
    see page tittelbach.tv. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ Steel network: PSI. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 6, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  7. ↑ Stromiedel, Markus see page Drehbuchautoren.de
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