Crime scene: Vodka bitter lemon

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Vodka bitter lemon
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 WDR
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 50 ( list )
First broadcast April 13, 1975 on ARD
Rod
Director Franz Peter Wirth
script Henry Kolarz
production Michael Bittins
camera Justus Pankau
cut Margot from Oven
occupation

Vodka Bitter-Lemon is a television film from the crime series Tatort on ARD and ORF . The film was produced by WDR and broadcast for the first time on April 13, 1975. It is the 50th episode in the crime scene series, the fourth with Commissioner Haferkamp .

action

A middle-aged man calls an Adele from his office late in the evening and asks whether Petra has already answered. Then he tries it in the Bayrischer Hof in Munich. It is about the manufacturer Martin Koenen, who does not help even if he calls the hotel again.

On the way home, in rainy weather, he sees a young woman standing by the roadside in front of a discotheque . Since she is completely soaked, he takes her home with him. He indicates to her to be quiet. Nevertheless, his arrival is noticed by a lady who only sees him. He offers the young woman a drink and she definitely wants Bitter Lemon vodka . During preparation, she surprises him with the fact that she is trained in his factory. She is Irene Lersch and I assume that he knows her. Completely perplexed, he neglects to put ice cubes in his drink and apologizes for a moment. After a night's shower, he finds the girl dead on his carpet. He registers the empty glass and wants to report to the emergency call center. Then he changes his mind, covers the tracks and takes the corpse to a park.

Even before the autopsy, Commissioner Haferkamp asks himself how such a girl can get potassium cyanide . Meanwhile, Koenen picks up his young wife Petra from the airport, who didn't expect it. The two of them don't have much to say to each other on the journey. At the property, he starts to tell about the events of the previous night, but then fails to do so.

The investigation is carried out by Haferkamp in Koenen's company, which also uses toxic substances. Koenen does not know that Irene Lersch took a jade figure from his living room that also adorns his desk in the office. This and the testimony of Irene's friend make him suspicious. Koenen is completely perplexed and shocked by his sister Adele when he is asked by his wife Petra how he got the poison. During the interrogation, the commissioners cannot see any motive for Koenen. Haferkamp has Petra Koenen's information about her stay in Munich on the night of the crime confirmed by Inspector Veigl. He doesn't give up, visits Petra Koenen after a ride and drives with her to Düsseldorf. Over coffee, she confesses to Haferkamp a marital dispute shortly before her trip to Munich and points out the difficult relationship with her sister-in-law. Meanwhile, she is pleased to take over management of the company.

The investigation leads to Petra Koenen's former goldsmith's workshop, where a large amount of potassium cyanide is missing. Haferkamp and his ex-wife Ingrid follow her to Sylt . Ingrid visits a vernissage and gets to know Mrs. Koenens crush Joschi. He's got big money problems. Ingrid learns about a method of freezing poison in ice cubes to add to any drink. Haferkamp can convict Koenens wife of the murder, but she really wanted to get her husband out of the way.

Locations

The scene in which Haferkamp meets Petra Koenen while riding was filmed at Hugenpoet Castle in Kettwig . The following scene, in which both drink coffee together on a market square, was made on Burgplatz in Düsseldorf. The Koenen family's estate is located in the Briller district in Wuppertal . Further scenes were shot in front of the Essen police control center in Büscherstrasse, at Düsseldorf Airport and on Sylt .

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm point their thumbs up and write: “Despite the schnapps title, cool and factual”.

literature

  • Holger Wacker: The big crime scene book. Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89487-353-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: Vodka Bitter Lemon . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 083 V).
  2. ↑ [1] Short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on September 18, 2016.
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