Stralsund: crossfire

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Episode in the Stralsund series
Original title Crossfire
Stralsund (TV series) .jpg
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 6
First broadcast January 31, 2015 on ZDF
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Director Lars-Gunnar Lotz
script Sven S. Poser ,
Martin Eigler
production Wolfgang Cimera
music Oliver Kranz
camera Jan Prahl
cut Darius Simaifar
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chronology

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Kreuzfeuer is a German television film by Lars-Gunnar Lotz from 2015. It is the sixth film in the ZDF crime series Stralsund . Katharina Wackernagel , Wanja Mues , Alexander Held and Michael Rotschopf play the main roles of the investigators . The main guest roles are occupied by André M. Hennicke , Michaela Caspar , Jasmin Gerat , Anke Retzlaff and Harald Schrott .

action

The patrol officers Sabine Lieber and Uwe Berger carry out a traffic control, as they have done umpteen times, and their thoughts are already approaching the end of the day. When they stop a car to warn the driver that his taillight is defective, he freaks out completely. Berger's no longer friendly request to open the trunk causes the situation to escalate to such an extent that Klaus Ewert, the driver's name, suddenly has a gun in his hand and shoots Berger with it. He forces the policewoman into the patrol car, which he uses as a getaway car.

At around the same time, Detective Inspector Nina Petersen is in prison to visit her friend Benjamin. However, he was involved in an argument and is not allowed to receive visitors. Nina, who has just left the hospital and started work after a gunshot wound, feels offended. Although Petersen assures her superior, Chief Inspector Gregor Meyer, that she is fine and that she is fully operational again, he demands that she submit to psychological counseling.

When the stolen patrol car with the body of Uwe Berger is found in the trunk on Rathausplatz, the message comes that police officers are being shot from the roof of the town hall. The police chief inspectors Karl Hidde and Max Morolf are also involved in this shooting, in which another policeman is ultimately dead. Hidde accuses his colleague Morolf of staying under cover instead of helping the colleague. Among the witnesses who were present at the incident on Rathausplatz and who are now being questioned, there is a witness who, in Nina Petersen's opinion, is behaving very strangely. It's about Maren Fenske, who works in the registry office and must have seen the shooter on the roof.

Klaus Ewert gagged the young policewoman and hid it with handcuffs only in underwear in his attic. He's obviously sick. In the meantime, Sabine Lieber's cell phone has been located. However, you will only find three car tires with a note attached with the text: “This is all your fault!” Meanwhile, he would rather make the futile attempt to escape when Ewert let her go to the toilet. In prison, incarcerated in the Lietz, Michael Broder serving his sentence, was convicted in 2007 for arson resulting in death, and in 2009 from prison aid to murder , false imprisonment and kidnapping made with the aim to force the release. Nina Petersen's superior, Chief Detective Susanne Winkler, was killed.

In the recording of a camera, Petersen discovers that the likely perpetrator has a noticeable tattoo on his arm. Meyer is angry because, in his opinion, Hidde and Petersen are sabotaging the collaboration with Max Morolf. Klaus Ewert is now trying to establish better contact with Sabine Lieber in the hope that she can stay with him a little longer. He tells her that his lungs are broken. He was sacrificed for a state that no longer exists. Nina Petersen now struggles with the fact that Lietz obviously doesn't want to see her and goes to church. Max Morolf appears there and tries to explain his behavior in the morning. He went too far during an operation and was hit in the shoulder by a bullet, and since then he has been taking good care of himself.

The police station receives a call from Ewert asking for the boss. Meyer doesn't really make sense of the man who doesn't seem to know what he actually wants. At the same time, Maren Fenske turns up at Sabine Lieber's and gives the defending woman a drink. At the same time, Hidde has a conversation with Broder, who tells him that he knows who the man with the spider tattoo is, but that he expects something in return for the name. Nina Petersen, however, wants to speak to Maren Fenske again. In front of the house entrance she meets Klaus Ewert, whom she recognizes the moment his sleeve slips back and she sees the tattoo. The situation becomes critical, but when Maren Fenske suddenly stands at the gate, Ewert flees. Petersen and Morolf find documents that state that Ewert, a former NVA soldier, has known about his illness, an incurable lung tumor , for about three years . His desperate attempts to get justice were all turned down. Hence his hatred of public servants.

Maren Fenske, who is Klaus Ewert's sister, is questioned by Nina Petersen. It turns out that she is jealous and is most likely behind the disappearance of Sabine Lieber, who was no longer found in Ewert's house. Ewert shows up heavily armed in the police station and shoots everything that moves. As a protective shield, he pushes one of the policemen in front of him, who he wants to know where his boss is. He threatens: "You or your boss". Meyer then comes out of hiding voluntarily. But Petersen also gives up their cover. Ewert demands to see Sabine. He threatens to shoot Meyer, Petersen, Morolf or Hidde. At that moment Maren Fenske steps in and tells her brother that Sabine is with God. He then shoots her. When he then aimed the gun at Petersen, a shot from Hidde hits him in the back.

Petersen suggests looking for love in the Nikolaikirche , as Fenske said she was with God. In fact, the victim is found there. Another attempt by Nina Petersen to establish contact with Lietz also fails, he has been relocated to Bavaria. All he left behind was an envelope with a photo that Nina had sent him. Tears run down her cheeks as she tears up the picture and throws it out of the moving car.

production

Production notes, filming

The film was produced by Network Movie , Film- und Fernsehproduktion Wolfgang Cimera GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne, production management: Andreas Breyer, production management: Ralph Retzlaff, responsible ZDF editor Martin R. Neumann .

Kreuzfeuer was filmed in Stralsund and the surrounding area between August 26 and September 26, 2014 .

Private the investigator

Nina Petersen, who had previously been shot by her partner Benjamin Lietz and lost their child in the process, returns to the Stralsund police station. She had previously learned that she could no longer have children. Your partnership with Lietz ends both professionally and privately, which leaves its mark on the commissioner and also affects her work in this case. Katharina Wackernagel said in an interview: “By confronting the perpetrator, she [Nina Petersen] is asked how much her own life still means to her. An exciting development for a character who usually proceeds very carefully and seems grounded. "

publication

Stralsund: Kreuzfeuer was first broadcast on January 31, 2015 in prime time on ZDF .

The film was released on DVD by Studio Hamburg Enterprises on April 22nd, 2016, along with episodes 5, 7 and 8.

reception

Audience rating

When it was first broadcast, the film was watched by 6.97 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 22.2%.

criticism

Volker Bergmeister praised the film on the Tittelbach.tv website , gave it four out of six possible stars and spoke of “almost 90 exciting minutes”. The sixth film from the ZDF series offers “a straightforward narrated case”, ties in “with the content of the investigation team strongly to the fifth episode” and offers “a cleverly balanced mixture of action elements and more psychological moments”. That is "good entertainment"; Bergmeister commented restrictively that "one would have wished for more inspired dialogues in the police investigation". After Martin Eigler, who had previously staged all the episodes, is only an author here, “a young director is allowed to prove his skills and give the staging, which has recently become a bit too routine, more freshness”. A “good hand” has been shown in the “question of occupation”, because André M. Hennicke is “a specialist for taciturn people in the border area, on the edge, in hopeless situations”. His Klaus Ewert also carried this film, Bergmeister explained, the characters around him “unfortunately lagged behind”, the character “this murderer out of vengeance, desperation and hopelessness” dominated too much. A strong performance by Hennicke, which [alone] is worth looking at.

TV Spielfilm gave a thumbs up, gave one of three possible points for claim and action, two for suspense and spoke of a "routinely raised case, but which escalated excitingly towards the dramatic end". Conclusion: "Striking, but with strengths in the final spurt."

Frederic Servatius from Oddsmeter.de said that after the Stralsund crime series had returned to the television screens "after more than a year" "without Wotan Wilke Möhring", it was "not that bad in terms of quality". All in all, “the scriptwriters were very busy”, “driving the framework forward”. With the exception of “minor weaknesses”, this is also “implemented sensibly and excitingly”. The mixture of frame and episode plot is - "precisely because of the longer break - optimally chosen". Katharina Wackernagel is praised for “playing her character strongly” and “at the same time the most convincing member of the ensemble”. Alexander Held in his role as Karl Hidde, who plays “sometimes surprising, but always very convincing”, is also “positive”. In any case, it can be said that “the latest case of the Stralsund criminal investigation department looks much better than its direct predecessor”.

The film service found: "Largely exciting (TV series) crime thriller, even if it follows the foreseeable common genre patterns and especially follows the set piece of the police officer investigating on his own."

Frank Preuss wrote for Der Westen that “Kreuzfeuer” was “pretty tough for Saturday evening” and that it was “really tough”. The decision whether to continue after Wotan Wilke Möhring's departure is not wrong "with a view to the new, extremely exciting case". Katharina Wackernagel "keeps the balance between a mentally troubled woman and an ambitious police officer good". It goes on to say: "Alexander Held, who has long been one of the great German actors, also stands out here, gives Petersen the paternal friend, the selfless veteran." With André Hennicke, "the other side is also brilliantly cast". The "man with the emaciated body" has "developed into a specialist for cross-border commuters without being committed to it". The young Lars Gunnar Lotz “stage the argument quickly and don't get tangled up on the action levels. He skillfully links private fate and actual crime story ”. Conclusion: “Tough crime drama with good actors. More than the usual on Saturday evening. "

The KrimiKiosk page says that the “superficial topic” in Kreuzfeuer is “vengeance and despair”, “but seen more deeply” it is “a hopeless fight against loneliness and the desire for love / affection and the question of what one is is willing to do or give up for it ”. "Anke Retzlaff and André M. Hennicke play their roles as kidnapping victims and gunmen as convincing as they are touching," continues Michaela Caspar as registrar Maren Fenske. In conclusion, it was stated that the absence of Inspector Lietz, "who rebelled against the rules and showed lovable human weaknesses, left an emotional gap in the team with his departure". "Still: Stralsund / Kreuzfeuer is good, exciting Saturday night crime thriller entertainment."

RP Online's criticism was very positive. “A lot has happened since the Stralsund police investigated for the first time in 2008”. One thing, however, has not changed: “Like the prelude, ' Murderous Pursuit ', ' Kreuzfeuer ' is also a thriller that begins in a gripping manner and increases its tension until the finale." was , 'crossfire "an outstanding thriller, but also when considering the number , Stralsund' for the first time" see.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stralsund - Kreuzfeuer see page networkmovie.de
  2. ^ Stralsund: Crossfire at crew united
  3. ↑ Stralsund - Crossfire. Traumatized investigator see page presseportal.zdf.de
  4. ↑ "Much harder than most characters" - Kathrina Wackernagel on her role in the crime series "Stralsund"
    In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , January 31, 2015. Accessed July 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b David Grzeschik: “Stralsund” is back with all-time records. Oddsmeter.de, February 1, 2015, accessed on June 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Stralsund, episode 5 - 8 Fig. DVD case (in the picture: Katharina Wackernagel, Wanja Mues)
  7. ^ "Stralsund - Kreuzfeuer" series. Wackernagel, Held, Hennicke, Schrott, Eigler, Poser, Lotz. After Möhring's departure
    see page tittelbach.tv. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  8. ^ Stralsund: Kreuzfeuer see tvspielfilm.de. Accessed on June 28, 2019 (including 19 film images).
  9. ↑ Frederic Servatius: The critics Without Möring it's all about in “Stralsund” see page quotenmeter.de. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ Stralsund - Kreuzfeuer see page filmdienst.de. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ Frank Preuss: "Stralsund: Kreuzfeuer" - Quite hard for Saturday evening. In: Der Westen, January 31, 2015. Retrieved on July 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ Petra Weber: “Kreuzfeuer - Stralsund again for the first time without Wotan Wilke Möhring” see page krimikiosk.blogspot.com, January 28, 2015. Accessed July 3, 2019.
  13. ↑ Crime “Stralsund” without Wotan Wilke Möhring In: RP Online , January 31, 2015. Accessed July 3, 2019.