Crime scene: the impossibility of imagining death
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The impossibility of imagining death |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
RBB |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 773 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | September 26, 2010 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christine Hartmann |
| script | Beate Langmaack |
| production | Manuela Stehr |
| music |
Fabian Römer , Steffen Kaltschmid |
| camera | Charlie F. Koschnik |
| cut | Horst Reiter |
| occupation | |
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The impossibility of imagining death is a television film from the television crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . It is the 23rd joint case of the Berlin investigator duo Ritter and Stark . The film, produced by RBB and directed by Christine Hartmann , was broadcast for the first time on September 26, 2010 in Das Erste .
action
In the Wilmart Gallery, the artist Hanns Helge is about to complete his latest work, which consists of a construction and various arrangements of pieces of furniture decorated with colors and letters. He works late into the night and is found dead under a large glass plate the next morning. The gallery owner Oona von Wilm is shocked and has to postpone the opening of the exhibition for the time being. Helge's assistant Markus Kuhn is also visibly in shock. He was the last person to see the artist alive and knows that he recently bought an apartment in Berlin. There Stark looks around and meets Patty. She claims to be the artist's muse who only kept him company so that pushy female fans stayed away from him. She was paid for by Helge.
While the forensic investigation has to clarify why and how the accident happened and whether it was a coincidence or intent, the gallery owner complains. You would unnecessarily destroy the last work of art by a great artist, which is actually already sold. Stark suspects this to be a possible motive, since his works would now gain considerably in value.
The investigators are trying to find out whether a suicide might be an option, as the artist evidently anchored the subject of death very strongly in his works and thus made a certain longing for death felt. However, the people around Helge cannot imagine that and the KTU then also shows that it is clearly a murder. Since the gallery is secured with an access code, Helge may have left his killer to himself. However, there is no evidence and the investigators are on the spot.
Ritter asks Anne Linde, who has written a dissertation on Helge. She has interviewed the artist many times and could possibly provide pointers. As a single mother, she made friends with Markus Kuhn, who takes care of the child when she has to go to university. She claims that her child's father is no longer alive. Anne Linde has a face that all men dream of and had Helge portray her as the Virgin Mary. In her replies, Ritter notices contradictions from which he concludes that she must have been to Helge's late at night.
Anne Linde meets with Helge's mother in front of the gallery and surprisingly explains to her that the child is from her son and that she can now be happy that something of him is still alive. She admits to Ritter and Stark that Helge didn't want any children and that she should actually have an abortion. She thought that would change once he got to know the boy, but Helge categorically refused. She could have lived with it, but what should she say to her child later, if he asked about his father? She wanted to be able to tell him: If your father were still alive, you would be the most important thing in his life. It was actually supposed to look like a suicide and she thought the night before the exhibition opened the most suitable. The night Lucas was conceived, the two of them would have talked about the impossibility of imagining death. And Helge said he would like to meet someone who can solve this riddle for him.
At the same time as this death, Ritter received the news that his uncle had killed himself. Ritter doubts it, although the traces clearly indicate a suicide. In the end, he really put an end to his life himself. His girlfriend had died, as had his dog, and since his eyes got worse, he could no longer drive either.
background
The impossibility of imagining death was produced by X Films Creative Pool GmbH on behalf of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB). The shooting took place in Berlin.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on September 26, 2010, the episode The Impossibility to Imagine Death was seen by 7.62 million viewers in Germany, corresponding to a market share of 21.00 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv is very appreciative: “The Berlin 'Tatort' is taking off. [...] A great cast, criminalistic and above all aesthetically exciting, full of small, deep truths and with two thoughtful inspectors without a buddy pose. "
Josef Seitz at Focus online says: “A good crime thriller is when the investigation hurts. A good 'crime scene' is when it doesn't matter. This time both succeeded. [...] 'The impossibility of imagining death' was the very best Sunday entertainment. "
At Stern.de , Sophie Albers comes to the conclusion: “It's a damn profound 'crime scene' - where laughter is not forgotten. [...] The moments are precious when routine TV evening entertainment succeeds in reaching out of the screen and gripping the viewer with their own lives. The Berlin 'Tatort' with the meaningful title 'The impossibility of imagining death' did it. "
Taz.net writes about this crime scene: “The art business and the musty petty bourgeoisie are cleverly contrasted. But as different as the milieus are, death is an egalitarian matter: whether under a bulletproof glass cube or with an exhaust hose on your mouth: everyone dies for himself, this borderline experience cannot be shared. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm mean: "Without action, thanks to Esprit, nevertheless, fast."
Web links
- Crime scene: The inability to conceive of death in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the impossibility of imagining death on the ARD website
- The impossibility of imagining death with the crime scene fund
- The impossibility of imagining death at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Location on Internet Movie Database , accessed October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on October 4, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Josef Seitz: A dead beetle in Aspik at focus.de, accessed October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Life, Art and Death at stern.de, accessed on October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Christian Buß : Artists under bulletproof glass at taz.net, accessed on October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on October 4, 2014.
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