Crime scene: Ms. Bu laughs

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Mrs. Bu laughs
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 322 ( List )
First broadcast November 26, 1995 on First German Television
Rod
Director Dominik Graf
script Günter Schütter
production Andreas Bareiß
Gloria Burkert
Silvia Koller
music Dominik Graf
Helmut Spanner
camera Benedict Neuenfels
cut Christel Suckow
occupation

Ms. Bu lacht is a Tatort episode by Dominik Graf for the 25th anniversary of the television series in 1995. Miroslav Nemec and Udo Wachtveitl play the leading roles . It is the 322nd crime scene episode and the 12th case of the Munich investigators. The commissioners Batic, Leitmayr and Menzinger investigate in the milieu of marriage trafficking with Thai women and child abuse . The title refers to the fairy tales about Ms. Bu, which the main character Sita reads to her daughter and who laughs in the stories.

action

The confectioner Andreas Mauritz is found shot. Little is known about the man. Neighbors point out that he is married to Sita, a Thai woman who brought a child into the marriage. Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr go to Sita, but the young woman understands little German, while her daughter supposedly speaks no German at all. Since Andreas' slippers are facing the bed in the direction of walking, the investigators suspect that Andreas was shot while lying in bed, as it is clear that his body was dragged to the place where it was found by a rather weak person. The investigators suspect that Sita shot her husband. Although Andreas' grandfather owned a weapon from the war that could be the weapon of the murder, nobody knows what became of it. When Sita is pushed in front of a bus in the city and injured, the investigators have doubts about the perpetrators of Sita, who is now receiving personal protection.

Batic and Leitmayr learn that Sita came to Germany two and a half years ago via the wing of the marriage initiation institute. She fled political persecution in her country. With her on board was the Thai Dim, who met the German lawyer Dr. Zimmer got married. The investigators look for him, but it turns out that Dim and her daughter have fled from the man. Dr. Zimmer has no problem with that, as he knows that Dim will be deported to their country after the divorce. He would just like to keep their daughter in Germany. Batic and Leitmayr learn that Dim is staying with their daughter in Traunstein . They share the work: Leitmayr goes to Traunstein to be questioned, while Batic goes to the marriage initiation institute as a single to look for an Asian woman for life. Leitmayr meets a frightened Dim who is afraid of being deported or having to return to her husband. Leitmayr learns from Dim's colleague that Dr. Zimmer sexually assaulted Dim's daughter for years. Batic also has to recognize that the agency is making it clear to customers that women and children are at the mercy of men in every respect for the first four years in Germany. The divorce rates in marriage agencies are astonishingly high and the investigators conclude that many divorces are filed before the women receive citizenship or at least a residence permit after three or four years of residence in Germany or before the children start school. Sita's daughter, who speaks German very well, confirmed in the survey that she was sexually abused by Andreas. Dr. Zimmer, on the other hand, portrays his behavior as normal, as Thai women would be married off when they were children.

Batic and Leitmayr start a large-scale arrest operation in which not only the owners of the Wing Institute but also all women and their men who have been placed are brought to the station. Two things become apparent: Dim hanged himself in Traunstein, so Leitmayr takes her daughter to the precinct and later brings her to a children's home. Sita and her daughter also fled with Leitmayr's friend Jenny. The investigators find her on Jenny's farm and Batic recreates the scene in which Andreas physically threatens his wife and child. He gives Sita his service weapon and she shoots him. She admits the crime and also that she buried the weapon. Batic and Leitmayr consult with Jenny because Sita did not act in self-defense. She deliberately waited for a thunderstorm to be able to shoot without causing a stir. Nevertheless, Batic and Leitmayr want to prevent Sita and her daughter from being arrested. Leitmayr hands Jenny Dims passport and finally warns her shortly before the arrest warrant for Sita is issued. Jenny flees to the airport with Sita and her daughter. A diversionary maneuver by Batic and Leitmayr enables Sita and her daughter to reach the plane to Bangkok. Shortly afterwards, a storm raged over Munich, which made everyone involved look up at the sky in awe.

reception

criticism

The television critic Klaudia Wick counts Ms. Bu lacht among the great socially critical Tatort episodes, the critic Volker Bergmeister included the film in his list of the ten most spectacular Tatort episodes. Der Spiegel found that the crime scene "is more precise than most German cinema thrillers, but not nearly as cold". In the search for the murderer, director Graf let himself be distracted "by the stubbornness of his police officers and the confusion of his heroine". Other critics emphasized that Graf approaches the issue of child abuse intelligently and sensitively and “with his often bizarre dialogues [repeatedly] comes back to the inhumane Thai women leasing of German marriage institutes. Graf is not looking for a consensus, but rather a strong story. "In 2013, Christian Buß said in retrospect:" Many consider the 1995 crime thriller to be the best 'crime scene' of all time. "

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Ms. Bu lacht on November 26, 1995 was seen by 8.06 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 23.0% for Das Erste .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for the crime scene: Ms. Bu laughs . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 991 V).
  2. ↑ a b Volker Bergmeister: Mrs. Bu laughs. Art thriller. In: The 10 most spectacular crime scene thrillers. CHIP Communications GmbH, 2008, archived from the original on October 24, 2011 ; accessed on September 28, 2017 : "5th place"
  3. ↑ Klaudia Wick: Among brothers . In: Berliner Zeitung . September 27, 2008, accessed December 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Crime scene: Ms. Bu laughs . In: Der Spiegel , No. 47, 1995.
  5. ↑ tittelbach.tv: "Tatort - Frau Bu lacht" series , accessed on December 10, 2011.
  6. ^ Christian Buß : Munich- "Tatort" by Dominik Graf: Underneath the dirndl is corrupted. In: Spiegel online , October 25, 2013, accessed on October 25, 2013.
  7. ^ Tatort fund: Ms. Bu laughs , accessed on December 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ Prof. Dominik Graf. In: Professors. ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh , 2008, archived from the original on September 30, 2009 ; accessed on September 28, 2017 : "Prize for the best German film at the 1995 Hof Film Festival for" Tatort - Frau Bu laughs ""
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