Crime scene: the sniper
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The sniper |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
MR |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 405 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | February 7, 1999 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Heinz Schirk |
| script | Heinz Schirk |
| production | Bernt Rhotert |
| music | Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock |
| camera | Werner Hoffmann |
| cut | Gabriela Poetzsch |
| occupation | |
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The sniper is a television film from the crime series Tatort produced by Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) under the direction of Heinz Schirk and broadcast for the first time on February 7, 1999 in the program Das Erste . It is the 405th episode of the crime scene and the 21st case of chief detective Edgar Brinkmann .
Brinkmann tries to stop a young man in his own personal revenge campaign after he has killed three innocent people.
action
While the Frankfurt head of the company, Olaf Lasen, celebrates winning an international award with his staff, he is shot through the window by a sniper. Just one day later, a similar attack takes place on Heiner Kolbe, an entrepreneur and friend of Larsen. He survived badly injured and remained paralyzed as a result. In the middle of the funeral service for Olaf Lasen's funeral, Pastor Gero Herkel is shot as the third victim. Since Commissioner Brinkmann and his assistant Robert Wegner are present in the church, they can catch the perpetrator this time. It is a young man who refuses to give any testimony. Behavioral problems prompt Commissioner Brinkmann to ask for a psychological report. During the investigation, the man manages to escape.
After the police published a mug shot in the newspaper, witnesses came forward who identified the wanted man as Jan Giese. When Inspector Brinkmann contacts Jan's parents, it turns out that Frau Giese raised the boy, but he is her sister's child. Her father had brought her the baby seventeen years ago after her sister Hanna fell into the clutches of a sect "The Chosen of the Last Judgment".
Robert Wegner researches that all three victims had been friends since their student days, which suggests a connection between the attacks. A note in Jan's room suggests that he intends to kill a fourth person. The note can be assigned to a guest book that leads to a guesthouse of the Saalmann family. There, Brinkmann and Wegner interviewed Ms. Saalmann, who is now quite old, and learn that Olaf Lasen was her nephew and that he and three friends had camped by the lake 18 years ago. A few days ago a polite young man would have asked about these people.
Jan Giese can now get a pistol and is looking for the fourth man: K. Schröder. Likewise, Commissioner Brinkmann, who is trying to prevent another murder. To do this, he contacts the sect leader Sirach, with whom he hopes to find Jan's mother. Sirach doesn't want to let the policemen see Hanna and tells them that she doesn't even know that this child is alive. She would have been raped by four drunk men at the time and therefore this fruit of sin should not remain with his mother. When Hanna overhears this by chance, she decides to leave the sect. She secretly sneaks away at night and tries to find her child. Meanwhile, Jan is on the trail of the ominous K. Schröder. His attack fails and he has to flee from the police, who can catch him in the end, but Jan shoots himself in front of their eyes.
Hanna finds her way to her sister and is welcomed by Lisa Giese with great joy. Hanna breaks her silence and explains that Sirach raped her at the time.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of The Sniper on February 7, 1999, Das Erste had a market share of 22.02 percent and was seen by 8.19 million viewers in Germany.
Reviews
Kino.de thinks that this crime scene only [...] "would serve the usual sect clichés and pursue a rather unrealistic storyline".
The TV feature film television newspaper only says briefly: "Tired Krimimurks about sectarianism."
Web links
- Crime scene: The sniper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Sniper on the ARD website
- The sniper at the crime scene fund
- The sniper at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on December 1, 2015.
- ^ Film review at kino.de, accessed on December 1, 2015.
- ↑ TV crime thriller with Karl-Heinz von Hassel as "Fliege", a short review on TV-Spielfilm, accessed on December 1, 2015.
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