Crime scene: cold hearts
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cold hearts |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR |
| length | 84 minutes |
| classification | Episode 440 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | April 2, 2000 on First German Television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thomas Bohn |
| script | Thomas Bohn |
| production | Ulrich Herrmann |
| music | Hans Franek |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut |
Benjamin Hembus Gudrun Bohl |
| occupation | |
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Cold Hearts is a TV film from the crime series Tatort and a SWR production . This 440th episode in the series was broadcast for the first time on April 2, 2000 on First German Television .
The Ludwigshafen investigator duo Lena Odenthal ( Ulrike Folkerts ) and Mario Kopper ( Andreas Hoppe ) have to solve the death of a top model from the USA and receive support from Los Angeles .
action
American top model Amy Bell is found stabbed to death in a hotel in Ludwigshafen. She traveled to Ludwigshafen for a big photo shoot and the press takes an active part in all the news. It quickly becomes clear to the investigators that the model did not spend the nights alone. Although she is married to the film star Tom Soengen, she had a relationship with the photographer Marlo Trekkers. This cannot be found and is urgently suspect. So he is put out to be searched.
Lena Odenthal receives unexpected support from the USA. Sergeant Lou Browster was sent from Los Angeles to Germany to help solve the murder of the famous model. The questioning of the husband Tom Soengen initially did not reveal any concrete information. However, the forensic scientist finds a photo negative, which indicates that someone photographed the victim after the crime. This could be an important piece of evidence against the fugitive Marlo Trekkers, whom Interpol has been able to locate and arrest in Los Angeles. Odenthal immediately flies to the USA with Browster. Soengens is also traveling back to the USA with his crew. Kopper, however, has to continue investigating in Ludwigshafen and has the well-founded suspicion that Tom Soengen only had a marriage of convenience because he is very likely homosexual and needed this bourgeois alibi for public opinion.
When interviewed by Trekkers, the latter stated that he did not kill Amy Bell. When he got into the hotel room, she was already dead and he had taken photos because they were worth a fortune here in America and he didn't want to miss this business. Soengen's secretary Romano is stabbed to death while he is in police custody. Since the crime knife is clearly the murder weapon from Ludwigshafen, Trekkers has to be released again. Another questioning of Soengens reveals that Amy Bell tried to blackmail her homosexual husband. In return, she expected support for a film career. However, he had not responded to their demands, since he had long since had to hide his love for Romano. His agent Frenzy Soutter sees it differently. When she notices that Odenthal has discovered Soengen's secret, she tries to silence the investigator. A scandal would mean the end of the film star and all of her work. Before she can seriously injure Odenthal with a knife, Lou Browster and the police arrive. In the face of their defeat, Soutter confesses to the murder of Amy Bell and Romano, who wanted to come out with Soengens. In order to avoid arrest and conviction, Soutter takes his own life.
background
The film was produced by Südwestrundfunk and shot in Los Angeles, Ludwigshafen and Baden-Baden . Director and screenwriter Thomas Bohn received the Golden Gong in 2000 for his directorial work . He is also in front of the camera in Kalte Herzen as Marlo Trekkers.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Cold Hearts on April 2, 2000 was seen in Germany by a total of 8.37 million viewers and achieved a market share of 24.01 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm write about this crime scene: “For cost reasons, many US scenes of the clichéd crime thriller were shot in Germany - you can see how embarrassing. [Conclusion:] Krampfig: Hollywood made in Germany "
Web links
- Cold hearts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Kalte Herzen on the ARD website
- Cold hearts at the crime scene fund
- Cold hearts at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 12, 2014.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 12, 2014.
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