Crime Scene: Spoilers (1987)
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Spoilsport |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Bavaria Atelier GmbH for the WDR |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 194 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | June 8, 1987 on German television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pete Ariel |
| script |
Felix Huby , Hartmut Grund |
| production | Hartmut Grund |
| music |
Franz Bartzsch , Bolland & Bolland , Klaus Doldinger (opening credits) |
| camera |
Karl Kases , Joachim Hasse |
| cut |
Gisela Thielens , Renate Oberloher |
| occupation | |
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Spielverderber ( working title: Backgammon ) is a television film from the TV crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by WDR and first broadcast on June 8, 1987. It is the 194th episode in the crime scene series and the 15th case for the chief detective Horst Schimanski ( Götz George ) and Christian Thanner ( Eberhard Feik ).
action
The noble prostitute Ulla, known as the countess who worked for Luden Toni, is murdered. The hiding place of the milieu expert Mottenpaule is at the place where the body was found. When Detective Inspector Schimanski visits him, he is told that the victim wanted to turn a client's secret into money and that Toni has recently started an expensive nightclub. Schimanski confronts Toni with Ulla's death, but he is surprised.
At the station, Schimanski learns from his colleague Thanner that a Mr. Grüber has reported on the dead man's answering machine, who can be quickly identified by Hänschen's help. He is an import - export businessman. Schimanski runs into an elderly man with both Grüber and Toni. The man turns out to be a BKA officer named Tumler, who also seems to have an interest in Grüber's business. Schimanski wants to meet with Mottenpaule to find out more, but finds him dead. Toni is accused of trying to pull himself out of the affair with the help of his partner Geibel. When Toni disappears, Schimanski gets a tip from Geibel, who pretends to want to disembark Toni, where he can be found.
He tracks down Toni in an abandoned factory building and arrests him. The weapon that Schimanski finds on him turns out to be a murder weapon . Toni remains stubborn during the interrogation and Thanner follows Grüber, who is flying to Geneva . At the airport, Grüber meets Tumler. Schimanski then visits Tumler in his comfortably furnished apartment and slowly mutual sympathy develops. In a night bar, Schimanski gets a tip from his girlfriend Jenny that some men are planning to raid an ammunition depot of the Bundeswehr . When Schimanski and Thanner go to Geibel in Toni's nightclub , they find him dead on the dance floor. To their great surprise, the dead man turns out to be the LKA officer Stadelmaier who worked for Tumler.
During a tougher interrogation, Tonis softens and admits to having done the dirty work for Grüber, including the murder. For Thanner, Tumler is becoming more and more shady as he is obviously trying to protect Grüber. Schimanski, Thanner and Hänschen watch the ammunition depot as three masked men break in and steal a truck with weapons. While escaping, Schimanski was able to overpower one of the perpetrators and use his taxi to follow the truck to a junkyard . A little later Grüber also arrives there to pay his men and is provided by Schimanski and his colleagues.
Back at the station, Schimanski is presented with a request from the BKA to release Grüber from Kriminaloberrat Königsberg, which, however, after careful examination turns out to be a document initiated by Tumler. When they visit him in his apartment, they find a lot of cash and the weapon with which Mottenpaule and Stadelmaier were murdered. Tumler tells them that he is in an awkward position because his son needs expensive surgery. From this he derived the right to be bribed once.
At the end, Schimanski thanks Jenny for her help with a huge bouquet of flowers.
background
- Tears of Ice is the theme song of this crime scene episode; it was interpreted by Bolland & Bolland .
- Actor Lutz Reichert later played the special detectives Meyer Zwo in Stoever / Brockmöller - crime scenes .
The film was shot in Duisburg and in the Bavaria Filmstudios Geiselgasteig in Munich . The Jenny's Place bar where Schimanski met Jenny was in fact Jenny's Place , a jazz bar in Munich-Schwabing that existed from 1985 to 1989 and belonged to Jenny's actress, Jenny Evans . She also performed the song she wrote, Jenny's Place , which was re-released on Girl Talk: Live at the Allotria in 1993 . The accompanying pianist was Edgar Wilson.
Quote and DVD
This Tatort episode was seen by 17.65 million viewers when it was first broadcast on June 8, 1987, which corresponds to a market share of 44.00%.
The 15th case of Schimanski and Thanner Spielverderber can be found along with the episodes Broken Blossoms and Two Kinds of Blood on the DVD Tatort: Schimanski-Box, Vol. 2 (3 DVDs - 267 minutes) by Touchstone . It is also contained in the Tatort Schimanski Complete Box Part 2 with the last 13 cases (except tooth for a tooth and Zabou ) from Spoilers to The Schimanski Case , published by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, running time 1,152 minutes.
criticism
prisma stated: “Crime specialist Pete Ariel stagedthis exciting Duisburg case, which he set in the red light world and basedon the book by the 'Tatort' -experienced author duo Felix Huby and Hartmut Grund ( tooth for a tooth , producer of two kinds of blood ) of the arms trade. "
Web links
- Spoilsport in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Spoilers at the crime scene fund
- Spoilsport at Tatort-Fans.de
- The song Jenny's Place on YouTube , published there by Naxos of America
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: spoilers . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Title song crime scene episode Spoilers
- ↑ Data on the crime scene: spoilers
- ↑ Crime scene: Spoilers. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017 ; accessed on September 21, 2018 .
- ↑ DVD Tatort: Schimanski Complete Box Part 2 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. Prisma.de
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Duisburg-Ruhrort (1981) | Frontier Workers (1981) | The Invisible Adversary (1982) | The girl on the stairs (1982) | Stuffed Animals (1982) | Miriam (1983) | Wake (1984) | Two Kinds of Blood (1984) | Bill without host (1984) | Double game (1985) | The House in the Forest (1985) | The Swap (1986) | Black Weekend (1986) | Friends (1986) | Spoilers (1987) | Tooth for a tooth (1985/1987) | Broken Flowers (1988) | Solitary confinement (1988) | Moltke (1988) | The Pot (1989) | Blood Trail (1989) | Katja's Silence (1989) | Medicine Men (1990) | Zabou (1987/1990) | Schimanski's weapon (1990) | Among Brothers (1990) | Up to Your Neck in the Dirt (1991) | Kinderlieb (1991) | The Schimanski Case (1991)