Crime scene: Bienzle and the double game

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	Bienzle and the double game
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	SWR
length	88 minutes
classification	Episode 459 ( List )
First broadcast	December 10, 2000 on First German Television
Rod
Director	Hartmut Griesmayr
script	Felix Huby Joachim S. Nelson
production	Carl Bergengruen
music	Joe Mubare
camera	Hans-Jörg Allgeier
cut	Christiane Hegemann
occupation
Dietz-Werner Steck : Ernst Bienzle Günther Maria Halmer : Hanns Damm Franziska Walser : Charlotte Damm Maren Kroymann : Margret, secretary Rüdiger Wandel : Günter Gächter Rita Russek : Hannelore Schmiedinger Stephan Benson : Christian Hoffmann Peter Davor : Dominik Fischer Anette Hellwig : Tanja Lösch Simon Licht : Reschke, managing director Walter Schultheiß : Rominger, landlord Trudel Wulle : Rominger, landlady Michael Hanemann : Malezke, private detective Naomi Krauss : Nina Fischer Peter Ehrlich : Viktor

Bienzle and the Doppelspiel is an episode of the crime series Tatort . The first broadcast of the contribution produced by Südwestrundfunk under the direction of Hartmut Griesmayr took place on December 10, 2000 on First German Television . It is the 459th episode in the film series and the twelfth with the Stuttgart inspector Ernst Bienzle .

action

The young journalist Nina Fischer has been working on a revelatory story about the trade unionist Hans Damm for some time. Shortly after she asks him about his involvement with a building contractor, she is murdered. Inspectors Bienzle and Gächter are called to the scene and very quickly find the lead to Damm. This has already been removed from his position by his union management because the journalist had sent them prior information about her publication. Thus the murder does not appear to be based on this. The investigators learn from the editor-in-chief that Nina Fischer had also worked on another controversial story, but he doesn't know any more details either. Possibly the murdered woman's laptop could help here, but it has disappeared.

For Bienzle, Dominik Fischer, the victim's husband, is also among the suspects. He is the official heir to his wife's not inconsiderable fortune. But Charlotte Damm is also conceivable as the perpetrator, since, according to Bienzel information, her husband had a relationship with Nina Fischer. After Damm can prove to the managing director of Viktorwerke that he embezzled 50 million marks from the company, he is also scrutinized by the police, but he has an alibi for the time of the crime. However, it turns out that Reschke had hired a private detective to observe Nina Fischer. This is how Bienzle obtained photos that show all the people who went in and out of Fischer's house on the day of the tattoo, and they also recognize Dominik Fischer. You go to him and confront him with the evidence. Fischer then admits that he killed his wife in an argument.

reception

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on December 10, 2000, 7.02 million viewers followed the program, which corresponds to a market share of 19.1 percent.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best rating (thumbs up) and said approvingly: “A credible and true-to-life crime thriller,” in which Günther Maria Halmer “as a broken person” gives “a brilliant performance”.

Web links

• Crime scene: Bienzle and the duplicity in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot by Bienzle and the double play on the ARD website
• Bienzle and the double game in the crime scene fund
• Bienzle and the double game at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Audience rating at tatort-blog.de, accessed on March 8, 2016.
2. ↑ Union man Damm is exposed as a corrupt colleague. But is he also a murderer? TV crime thriller with Stuttgart investigator Bienzle Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 8, 2016.

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