Crime scene: In free fall

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title In free fall
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 88 minutes
classification Episode 484 ( List )
First broadcast November 4, 2001 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Jobst Oetzmann
script Alexander Adolph
production Veith von Fürstenberg
music Dieter Schleip
camera Hanno Lentz
cut Susanne Hartmann
occupation

In Freefall is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The contribution produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk under the direction of Jobst Oetzmann was first broadcast on November 4, 2001 in the first program of ARD . It is the 29th case of the Munich investigative team Batic and Leitmayr and the 484th crime scene sequence.

action

The inspectors Batic, Leitmayr and Menzinger investigate after the fatal fall of the art expert Dr. Olav Schmidt. He fell from the upper floor of a residential building into the inner courtyard and it has to be clarified whether he wanted to kill himself or whether someone helped. While the investigators are securing the traces, Leitmayr loses his footing and almost falls into the depths as well. As a result, he has to undergo a medical examination that reveals that he has acute heart problems and that he is absent for at least three months. In order to use the free time, he first thanks the resident Anne Mars, who helped him avoid the fall. Since she doesn't particularly like police officers, Leitmayr poses as an architect. He arranges to meet the likable blonde for dinner and is seriously falling in love. Anne is a painter and seems to have known the dead man, although he did not live in the house from which he fell and she even denied to the police that she knew the man. Then Leitmayr Anne comes out as a police officer and makes it clear to her that he is in a great conflict of conscience. In her impulsive manner, she beats Leitmayr down with an empty bottle and runs away in panic.

Batic finds out that an acquaintance of Anne Mars works as an art forger. Before he can contact him, he is killed. He then wants to question Anne, but she has already left her apartment. Since she is traveling without money, she seeks refuge with the art collector and gallery owner Dr. Knuth and expects him to help her. She had entered into dubious business with him and Schmidt in the past, so in her opinion he should also have an interest in her getting to safety from the police.

That night, Anne von Leitmayr was found in the same place where Schmidt had fallen into the depths. Although she is still alive, she dies a short time later in hospital. For Batic, the incidents can unfortunately only be explained by assumptions. So he found out that Schmidt and Knuth had a criminal agreement with each other. As an art expert, Schmidt classified a meaningless painter, of whom Knuth owns some pictures, as artistically valuable. As a result, these works increased in value and they had Anne paint additional pictures that she had trimmed to old with the help of her friend. When Anne tried to get out, Schmidt planned to kill her and crashed while trying to get into her apartment. In order for Anne not to discover the fraud after all, Knuth sent his assistant Saupe to her, who killed her, like her acquaintance before.

Batic hopes to get the only proof of his hypothesis from a picture that Anne Mars Leitmayr had given and that was also signed by her. As a result, all alleged masterpieces that the fraudsters had sold to a museum can be checked using modern analysis methods. Dr. Knuth and Jürgen Saupe are arrested.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Im freefall on November 11, 2001 was seen by 7.77 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 21.5% for Das Erste .

Reviews

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says: “'In freefall' is a crime thriller, drama and love story at the same time. When have you ever seen a row figure fall out of its role so harmoniously? Eroticism, play and deep tragedy permeate the three fateful days of Inspector Leitmayr. Already traumatized by an accident, he stumbles between duty and inclination through a fairy-tale illuminated Munich before reality catches up with him. Wonderful scenes, divine grove, delicious paryla. "

At Spiegel Online one finds: “But the ease with which everything [...] takes its course is nice, both the lively love story and its floating transition into the more existential, a conflict of conscience for Leitmayr who is neither a lover nor a policeman can be satisfied. "

Tilmann P. Gangloff from Kino.de praises the crime scene and writes: “It is above all the complexity of the screenplay by Alexander Adolph that makes this 'crime scene' stand out, because Adolph succeeds in what other authors [...] so often just strive for: the combination of strong main characters with a convincing, thought-out, well-crafted story. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm write about this crime scene: “'A masterpiece of the crime series', judged the Grimme Prize jury and awarded five prizes. [Conclusion:] Snappy, tingling and rightly award-winning. "

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In free fall. Crime scene fund, accessed on November 4, 2017 .
  2. ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on November 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ About maniacal love and lovesick inspectors. In: Culture. Spiegel Online, November 2, 2001, accessed September 1, 2017 .
  4. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Film review at kino.de, accessed on November 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on November 16, 2014.
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