Crime scene: At the end of the world

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	At the end of the world
Country of production	Switzerland
original language	Swiss German
Production company	SF
length	88 minutes
classification	Episode 385 ( List )
First broadcast	May 3, 1998 on SRF 1 , Das Erste , ORF 2
Rod
Director	Helmut Förnbacher
script	Urs Aebersold
production	Peter Spoerri
music	Klaus Doldinger
camera	Matthias Kälin
cut	Ruedi Gyhr
occupation
László I. Kish : Detective sergeant Philipp von Burg Ernst C. Sigrist : Markus Gertsch Charlotte Schwab : Sabine Schlack Jean-Pierre Gos : Paul Jeanneret Hans Wyprächtiger : Antoine Grossenbacher Kristina Nel : Clara Bürki Sandra Förnbacher : Sandra Bürki Heinrich Giskes : Jakob Leuenberger Johanna Klante : Barbara Leuenberger Janet Haufler : Rosa Hirschi Norbert Klassen : Ernst Brechbühl Ueli Jäggi : Karl Schertenleib Herbert Leiser : Dolder Kurt Bigger : Forensic Medicine Heinz Bühlmann : Land surveyor René Peier : Land Surveyor Maurizio Mathys : Land Surveyor Michael Gempart : Josef Meili, worker at Schertenleib Jacques Michel Michael Neuenschwander René Picard : Fritz Stallder Franz Tscherne : Alexander Tschernek : colleague in the Bern police station Pascal Ulli : Suspicious football fan Eugen Urfer :

At the end of the world (working title "Die Orarians") is the 385th episode of the crime series Tatort from 1998. The film was produced by Swiss television under the direction of Helmut Förnbacher and first broadcast on May 3, 1998.

The Bern commissioners are confronted with a religious community of mountain farmers.

action

As if in a fog, a young man drives in snake lines through hilly and winding forest terrain in the Bernese Jura . Shortly before a steep drop he comes to a stop and gets out of the car. As if moved by magic, the VW Golf suddenly rolls off and pulls its driver with it into the depths. Since it is not only the fourth unresolved case in this regard, Philipp von Burg and Markus Gertsch from Bern are to investigate. In addition, the dead man was the son of the President of the Bar Association, Antoine Grossenbacher, who immediately pulled out all the stops, appeared at the scene and expressed his conviction that it was not an accident.

von Burg and Gertsch stay in the inn "At the end of the world" and only learn from the landlady, Clara Bürki, that the deceased felt drawn to the mountain farmers, but that this was not based on mutuality. Alain Grossenbacher's surveyor colleagues cannot contribute much either. The mountain farmers shoot the bird, not even saying "Hello!" say so that the "filth of the sinful world is not carried into their community".

At the scene of the crime, Sandra Bürki hands them a notebook that she allegedly found next to the dead man. There are meticulously recorded environmental offenses that lead the investigators to the Schertenleib electroplating company . And in fact, used acid baths are channeled into the stream there under cover of darkness. Schertenleib would have a solid motif.

The next suspect is the heavily indebted stud owner Ernst Brechbühl, who not only mourned the same accidental death of his son, but also relocated his property in his favor. Meanwhile, the blatant warnings against Gertsch and von Burg are increasing.

Suddenly, a handful of mountain farmers would like to make a statement and they are all straining Schertenleib, who is said to have been sitting next to Alain Grossenbacher in the VW Golf on the evening in question. Gertsch tries to use his apparent trust in Barbara Leuenberger for a specific reference. He learns from her that her sister Therese Leuenberger had a boyfriend. Then he is intercepted by Leuenberger, who gives him a henbane tea, which leads to dizziness. Nevertheless, he sits down in his car and drives from the yard. The images of Alain Grossenbacher's trip are repeated. Ironically, it stops right in front of the steep drop. He is brought to the inn by Clara Bürki, who arrives shortly afterwards, and suggests that Therese Leuenberger was pregnant when she drowned. This realization now also threatens the life of Barbara Leuenberger, who promptly has to appear before a Last Judgment of the Orarians. Shortly before their execution, the investigators arrive and arrest Leuenberger.

Background and audience rating

The first broadcast of At the End of the World on May 3, 1998 was seen by 7.26 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 21% for Das Erste .

criticism

Unfortunately, the critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm have no opinion, they give a horizontal thumb and only show scenes.

Web links

• Crime scene: At World's End in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Crime scene: At the end of the world in the online film database
• Summary of the plot of At the End of the World on the ARD website
• At the end of the world at the crime scene fund
• At the end of the world at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ " At the end of the world " at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on February 12, 2016.
2. ^ Tatort: At the end of the world short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on February 12, 2016.

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