Crime scene: Investigative

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Investigative
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Northern German Radio
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 668 ( List )
First broadcast June 10, 2007 on First German Television
Rod
Director Claudia Garde
script Christoph Silber
Thorsten Wettcke
production Kerstin Ramcke
music Jörg Lemberg
camera Jochen Stäblein
cut Ingo Ehrlich
occupation

Investigative is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk under the direction of Claudia Garde and broadcast for the first time on June 10, 2007 in the program Das Erste . It is the 668th crime scene episode. For the chief detective Casstorff ( Robert Atzorn ) it is the fourteenth case in which he is investigating.

action

The investigative journalist Gregor Schulz is shot in front of the public prosecutor Wilhelmi in the middle of the courthouse . When Commissioner Casstorff wanted to look around the victim's apartment, it was obvious that someone was there before him. Neither files nor the hard drive of the computer can be found.

After an anonymous tip was leaked to the press, they focus Casstorff's investigation on the investor Alexander Radu, about whose dubious business the victim wanted to publish a disclosure story. They cannot reach Radu himself, as his lawyer takes a protective stand in front of him. Casstorff continues to research undeterred and finds out that Radu is obviously doing everything in his power to eliminate his unwelcome competitor Roland Rombach. So he succeeds in betraying his illegal casino to the police, so that a raid is carried out there and Rombach's activities to open a legal casino are destroyed. In addition, Casstorff finds out that a long time ago Körner, a colleague in the economic department who was investigating Radu at the time, was eliminated by having pornographic files played on his computer and that was his job. However, he finds no evidence that Radu is behind Schulz's murder.

Kathrin Schulz, the victim's daughter, is determined to continue her father's research. She is a journalist herself and wants to publish the documents that her father sent her. Just as she was talking to a TV editor about it, she received a threatening phone call. In addition, the life of her little daughter is threatened, which Schulz then sends to the sea with the child's father for safety. She remains undeterred in her decision and has to endure a first attack on herself, so that Casstorff becomes aware of her actions. When he speaks to her, she informs the superintendent that she will be interviewing Körner shortly. Casstorff wants to be there to protect them and so he learns firsthand what means and methods Alexander Radu works with and that authorities are also involved. Prosecutor Wilhelmi now has to discover that even her superior, Peter Heinrich, is being bribed by Radu. This coincides with details from Körner's interview and Casstorff is convinced that Schulz staged his dramatic death himself in order to finally arouse more public interest so that something can be done against Radu. The commissioner found out a few days ago that the journalist was terminally ill with cancer and that his imminent death was looming. He spoke to Körner without further ado and he admits that he took over the "euthanasia" for Schulz, which he received from him in writing and can prove. Nevertheless, in Casstorff's view, he will have to answer for this act, which Körner prevents through suicide and hangs himself.

During an internal conversation with the chief public prosecutor, Wilhelmi learns that she has no intention of doing anything against Heinrich. She is of the opinion that it is often better to leave things as they are, after all, nobody is served with a major scandal. At the same time, Casstorff and Kathrin Schulz also have to experience how far Radu's connections go, because the planned live broadcast with Körner's and Schulz's revelations is quickly stopped by the highest level.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Investigativ on June 10, 2007 was seen by a total of 5.75 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 18.7 percent for Das Erste .

criticism

At welt.de , Franz Solms-Laubach rates this crime scene as one of the “most exciting crime scene cases in recent years” and writes: “Organized crime has seldom been shown so concretely and shockingly in television films as in this crime scene . The film is a lesson in the widespread practice of manipulating political decisions by circumventing the democratic rules of the game in such a way that they serve one's own economic interests. "

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv criticized the film as follows: “This ' crime scene ', which Claudia Garde staged clearly and without any aesthetic frills, suffers somewhat from its political ambitions. In any case, one misses the care that the authors put into the subject in the dramaturgical design. Cumbersome sequence of scenes, tiring parallel interrogations and redundant dialogues characterize this crime thriller, which, despite its explosive nature, drags along rather wearily. "

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave this crime scene only a medium rating and said: “Cumbersome dialogues and low tension”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Investigative audience rating at tatort-blog.de, accessed on August 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Franz Solms-Laubach: With the Mafia through Hamburg at welt.de, accessed on August 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Rainer Tittelbach Robert Atzorn, Tilo Prückner and in Hamburg Justitia is shaken by tittelbach.tv, accessed on August 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Why did the business journalist Schulz have to die? Short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on August 4, 2016.
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