Crime scene: Trapped

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title In the trap
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 BR
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 379 ( List )
First broadcast March 1, 1998 on Das Erste
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Director Peter Fratzscher
script Orkun Ertener
production Silvia Koller
music JJ Gerndt
camera Pascal Hoffmann
cut Karin Fischer
occupation

In the trap is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . It is the 379th crime scene sequence and the nineteenth case of the Munich inspectors Batic and Leitmayr . The film by director Peter Fratzscher and screenwriter Orkun Ertener , first broadcast on March 1, 1998 , was awarded the CIVIS television prize in the entertainment category in the same year .

action

The Turkish fashion artist Bengi Can lives illegally in Germany. She came to Munich to be with her little sister Meliha. She has lived with an uncle and his family since the death of her parents, while Bengi had previously lived in an old, empty house, but when it was suddenly torn down, she was left without a home. Without further ado, she wants to seek refuge with the German-Turkish Sinan Kurt, who has been living in Germany for a long time and whom she knows from earlier. He is employed in a construction company and when Bengi comes into his office, she finds his murdered boss, Günter Roloff, and sees the perpetrator running away. Instead of calling the police, Kurt first hides Bengi on one of the construction sites he oversees.

Kurt very quickly comes under suspicion of the chief inspectors Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr. He does not have a good standing with the employees, is accused of embezzlement by them and has a relationship with his boss's wife, Annette Rohloff. In addition, he behaves conspicuously because he is not allowed to reveal Bengi's hiding place. When Annette Rohloff accused Kurt specifically, he was arrested. Bengi's statement could exonerate him, but that would surrender herself to the authorities and provoke her deportation. Without further ado, she sends her sister Meliha to the police and provides them with all possible information about the perpetrator, whom she only saw from behind. At first it seems to work, but since Batic and Leitmayr routinely check Meliha's alibi, they discover that she may not have been at the scene herself, but possibly someone else.

In addition to the evidence against Kurt, the investigators also check the operational factor. According to the white-collar crime department, Rohloff was in the process of selling the company. The driving force behind this was Annette Rohloff, who conspicuously worked for a Klaus Grawe before Rohloff, who now wants to take over the company.

After Batic and Leitmayr find out that Meliha's sister is likely to be the real witness, they are looking for her. Since they have also found out that Kurt was previously engaged to Melihas, they hope to find Bengi quickly through him. Kurt is released and put under surveillance. In doing so, however, his pursuers lose sight of him and he can go to Bengi unnoticed.

In the meantime, Batic and Leitmayr have learned that Kurt had installed cheap electric cables on his last construction site that did not meet fire protection regulations. Rohloff had had an appraisal drawn up and found out about it. That would mean that Kurt is the culprit. Bengi also finds out when she overhears a phone call. She confronts Kurt, who explains to her that it was self-defense because Rohloff was angry at him. She pushes Kurt away and flees from him. The construction site catches fire and Kurt dies in it. Bengi is saved, but unfortunately cannot stay in Germany because she is no longer needed as a witness.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of In derfallen on March 1, 1998 was seen by 7.29 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.05 percent for Das Erste .

criticism

TV Spielfilm thinks this "critical crime thriller [would] be one of the 'crime scene' pearls" of the nineties. The critics gave the best rating (thumbs up) and wrote: “Coherent milieu and authentic types”.

Award

Orkun Ertener and Peter Fratzscher received the civis radio and television award in the entertainment film / television game category on November 23, 1998. At that time, the prize honored works in the spirit of "living in cultural diversity and respecting others".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Audience rating at fundus.de, accessed on February 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ TV thriller. The inspectors Leitmayr and Batic are investigating German Turks on TV Spielfilm , accessed on February 15, 2016.
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