Crime scene: the black scorpion

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	The black scorpion
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	NDR
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 456 ( List )
First broadcast	October 15, 2000 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Helmut Förnbacher
script	Felix Huby
production	Studio Hamburg film production
music	Klaus Doldinger
camera	Hartwig Strobel
cut	Inge Bohmann
occupation
Manfred Krug : KHK Paul Stoever Charles Brauer : KHK Peter Brockmöller Andrea Sawatzki : Dr. Natascha Severin Sven-Eric Bechtolf : Frederic Lohner Peter Rappenglück : Dr. Karl Becker Gottfried Vollmer : Justus Brandt Stefan Gubser : Professor Arthur Sterndorff Karl Knaup : Professor Riegiebel Kurt Hart : Stefan Struve Oliver Bröcker : Mark Sterndorff Christiane Zeiske : Ms. Sterndorff

The black scorpion is a television film from the crime series Tatort of ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast for the first time on October 15, 2000. It is about the crime scene episode 456. For the detective chief inspector Paul Stoever ( Manfred Krug ) it is the 40th case. For his colleague Peter Brockmöller ( Charles Brauer ) it is the 37th case in which he is investigating.

action

The Hamburg team has to deal with the death of the scientist Professor Arthur Sterndorff, who is found dead in his house in the middle of research work with scorpions. The assumption that it could be an accident at work, as Sterndorff experimented with scorpion poison and reacted in a highly allergic manner, is quickly refuted by the fact that the poison in his body does not come from his own scorpions, but from an imperial scorpion that only came once occurs in the troparium of the Hagenbeck zoo . So the suspicion falls on the zoo keeper Justus Brandt.

The commissioners also find out that the professor was working on a recipe using the scorpion poison to stop the skin aging process. The group of suspects is growing accordingly, because even in front of his closest colleagues, Dr. Natascha Severin and Dr. Karl Becker he kept his results under lock and key. Dr. Becker is suspected of trying to acquire the formula on Sterndorff's computer, but claims to Stoever and Brockmöller that he only acted out of a purely scientific interest. Meanwhile, Dr. Severin opens the laboratory vault and sifts through the documents together with the pharmaceutical manufacturer Frederic Lohner, her former boss, who offers her a highly endowed position in his company for the procurement of the explosive formula. When this does not help, he threatens Dr. Severin.

In the further course, Dr. Becker Dr. Severin that he had found out how the active ingredient could be synthesized. A stop in the subway on Dr. Becker, who survived injured, and shortly afterwards on Justus Brandt with another scorpion bite brings great explosiveness to the case. At the last moment, Stoever and Brockmöller stop the fanatical wage earner, as he, with a lethal injection in his hand, finds the password for the access data from Dr. Severin wants to press.

Production notes

The first broadcast saw 7.71 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 21.07%.

The musical contribution of the leisure music duo Stoever / Brockmöller is music in this episode ! Music! Music!

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave it a medium rating (thumbs to the side) and found: “Weak script, tired actors”.

Web links

• The Black Scorpion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of The Black Scorpion on the ARD website
• The black scorpion in the crime scene fund
• The black scorpion at Tatort-fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The black scorpion. Crime scene fund, accessed on December 6, 2014 . 
2. ↑ www.tatort-fundus.de: The songs from Krug und Brauer , accessed on December 6, 2014.
3. ↑ Crime scene: The black scorpion on TV feature film (with pictures of the film)

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