Crime scene: rat nest

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	Rat nest
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	SFB
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 22 ( List )
First broadcast	October 8, 1972 on ARD
Rod
Director	Günter Gräwert
script	Johannes Hendrich
production	Rolf Defrank
music	Isaac Hayes
camera	Horst Schier
cut	Barbara Herrmann , Friederike Badekow
occupation
Jan Groth : Bernd Laschke Carla Hagen : Herta Laschke Angelo Kanseas : Thomas Laschke Paul Esser : Commissioner Kasulke Gerhard Dressel : Roland, assistant Götz George : Jerry Ingrid van Bergen : Petra Herbert Fux : "Frankenstein" Ulli Kinalzik : Stocker Klaus Sonnenschein : Rudi Kurd Pieritz : Felix Willy Semmelrogge : "the fat one" Dieter Hallervorden : Prickwitz Ilse Kiewiet : Ulli's mother Günter Hoffmann : Police officer Jürgen Lootze : Ulli Gerhard Schinschke : Innkeeper Hildegard Wensch : Pension landlady Heinz Lausch : Customs officer

Rattennest is a television film from the television crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by the SFB under the direction of Günter Gräwert and broadcast for the first time on October 8, 1972. It is the 22nd episode of the crime scene series, the second case for Inspector Kasulke ( Paul Esser ) and his assistant Roland ( Gerhard Dressel ).

action

Bernd Laschke is released from prison and hides from the members of the gang he used to belong to. That is why he wants to move to the GDR with his family , but due to his criminal past he is sent back to West Berlin , and some time later his family also returns from the GDR. Laschke is wanted by gang boss Jerry, gang members "Frankenstein" and Stocker, because they fear he might betray them all. Jerry had not kept to the agreement and neither gave Laschke any perks in prison nor did he give him his regular share. Laschke's wife and his son are also looking for him and since they cannot get any further through the registration office, they contact the police , where Commissioner Kasulke becomes aware of the case. After all, the other gang members could never be caught and are still doing their mischief with extortion for protection money and raids on drunks.

Laschke is found by the gang in the back room of the bar of the "fat one", but has in the meantime got himself a pistol and "turns the tables". He drives away with Jerry as a hostage and makes him realize that there are a few things that are good for him. He leaves Jerry battered in a garbage dump, then robbed Jerry's safe, and is eventually accepted as the new boss by the rest of the gang. However, Kasulke tracked down the gang and arrested " Frankenstein ", Stocker and Rudi.

Jerry kidnaps Laschke's son and demands the stolen money from the safe as a ransom. Laschke shoots Jerry at the handover, but is then shot himself on behalf of Felix, the boss of another gang. Jerry's friend had asked for his help, hoping that the old "order" would be restored. Before the police arrive at the scene, Felix can escape undetected ...

Trivia

In this crime scene sequence, scenes with the beginning of the theme music by Isaac Hayes from the film Shaft are underlaid.

The Polish actor Jan Groth was dubbed by Wolfried Lier .

"Rattennest" was also the German-language title of the American film noir crime thriller "Kiss me deadly" from 1955.

Reviews

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm think: "'Tatort' oldtimers from divided Berlin."

As part of the 40th anniversary of Tatort, the Morgenpost said: “Looking into early episodes of 'Tatort' is like walking through the state museum.” Regarding the actual content of the film, Peter Zander wrote: “The film's dramaturgical climax should be in a particularly exposed position occur. It should be dirty, literally stink to heaven. 'Rattennest' was the name of the second 'Tatort' crime thriller that was shot in Berlin in 1972. The whole or at least half of the city, i.e. West Berlin, should be shown as the only refuge for villains and criminals, human rats. And they ultimately had to fight where the real rats can be found. So two crooks drive - a greater contrast is hardly possible - in a brisk sports car to a mountain of rubbish to fight and roll around in the dirt. "And he thought:" The older the consequences are, the more exciting it is to see them again them."

Web links

• Crime scene: rat's nest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of Rattennest on the ARD website
• Rat's nest at the crime scene fundus
• Rattennest at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for the crime scene: Rattennest . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 011 V).
2. ^ Tatort - Rattennest Filmkritik at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on February 22, 2015.
3. ↑ Peter Zander: All right, Commissioner at morgenpost.de, accessed on February 22, 2015.

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