Crime scene: Notched

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Notched
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 SWF
length 94 minutes
classification Episode 206 ( List )
First broadcast May 23, 1988 on ARD
Rod
Director Sylvia Hoffman
script Sylvia Hoffman
production Peter Schulze-Rohr
music Rudolf Zang
camera Hans-Jörg Allgeier
cut Carola Hülsebus
occupation

Notched the 206th episode of the TV series Tatort . By the Südwestfunk result produced (SWF) was first on 23 May 1988 at the First Channel of ARD broadcast. For Chief Detective Hanne Wiegand ( Karin Anselm ) it is the eighth and last case. It is about the murder of a psychiatric patient and doubts of superiors and colleagues about Wiegand in this context.

action

The journalist Thomas Wiener visits Commissioner Wiegand and informs her that he has committed the suicide of a friend in the private psychiatric clinic of Prof. Dr. Gräfe, where his friend was a patient, doubt. His friend was not mentally ill either, but, according to his own admission, was on the trail of "a big cause". Wiener suspects that this is why his friend was admitted there and eventually killed. Stressed, Wiegand dismisses Wiener's suspicions as nonsensical and refers him to the public prosecutor's office. Wiener then has himself admitted to the clinic undercover to investigate on his own. The attending physician Dr. Bossel quickly notices that Wiener is simulating and informs Prof. Gräfe, who orders that he will look after the patient himself in the future and also secretly searches his room. In the process, Gräfe discovers that Wiener is not taking the medication prescribed for him, but is secretly hiding it, exchanging the hidden medication for candy. The young sister Gaby Wiedemann takes loving care in Vienna, much to the displeasure of her jealous colleague Wolly Deutz. Gräfe instructs sister Hilde and nurse Detlef to give Wiener a stronger medication and to make sure that Wiener takes it, Wiener reluctantly has to swallow the medication. Wiener still manages to get dressed and sneak away during the night, on the run he knocks down the nurse Wolly, but Gräfe also notices Wiener's escape. Wiener manages to escape from the premises, but is driven to death by a transport vehicle from the clinic.

Wiegand's assistant Leverkühn learns at the scene of the crime that the vehicle has moved back and forth several times, apparently the driver, who cannot be found and who has taken the ignition key, wanted to make sure that the victim dies. When Wiegand arrives at the scene of the crime, she immediately recognizes the man in Wiener who had visited her three weeks earlier and whom she had rudely sent away. Detlef notices that Gräfe is not in his apartment on the premises, when Gräfe returns, he impresses Detlef that he should confirm that he has found him at home when asked. Wiegand and Leverkühn go to the clinic, the staff, including Gräfe, are surprised and shocked by Wiener's death. Wolly has disappeared, the officials are putting him out to be wanted. Wiegand, who blames herself for having sent Wiener away, visits the journalist Schroeder, a friend of her, who is supposed to do research for her about Prof. Graefe's clinic. Wiegand's superior, detective director Städel, warns Wiegand, based on the experience in the previous case, Playing with Fire , to focus on a suspect too early, as this had led to the innocent suspect's suicide. Wiegand and Leverkühn question Sister Hilde again, she says that she administered the strong sedative to Wiener on Graefe's orders, Sister Gaby says that she had not had an appointment with Wiener, so Wolly had no reason to be jealous of Wiener. Graefe presented his alibi to Wiegand and said that Wiener wanted to flee the clinic because of his schizophrenic illness. Gräfe claims to have known that Wiener was friends with the patient Friedrich Bankow, who hanged himself in the clinic.

Meanwhile, Wiegand learns that there were only sweets in Wiener's bag and also wonders why Wolly, if he killed Wiener out of jealousy, should have searched Wiener's bags, as there are evidence at the scene of the crime. In addition, Graefe did not react as a surprise to Wiener's death. Städel and Leverkühn consider Wiegand's assumptions to be nonsensical and accuse her of falling into a suspect again, even though the suspect on the run is so obviously the perpetrator. Wiegand visits Gräfe again, his housekeeper's alibi does not sound very convincing, Gräfe explains that he does not know why Wiener left the clinic with the cough pills in his pocket and explains again that this fits with Wiener’s clinical picture. Gaby seeks out Wiegand and explains to her that she is in contact with Wolly and can bring her to him. Wiegand agrees. Wolly explains to her that he was beaten up by Wiener and that he followed him to get him back. He wanted to pursue him with the clinic car, but the car had already left and later he found the car and Wiener's body. He feared he was suspected of murder and therefore went into hiding, Detlef and Gräfe had encouraged him to go into hiding. Wiegand is just about to win Wolly's trust when Leverkühn and colleagues arrive and arrest Wolly. Detlef informed them, Wiegand reacts indignantly.

While the case seems to be clear for Städel and Leverkühn, Wiegand Wiener's general practitioner Dr. Franke gives up, she admits that she had a relationship with Wiener and, at his own request, she was admitted to Prof. Graefe's psychiatry in good health. His friend Friedrich Bankow worked freelance for a pharmaceutical company in Ludwigshafen. Wiegand asks Dr. Franke, to put her statement on record in the Presidium the next day, after she leaves, Detlef is with Dr. Franke at the door, Gräfe is waiting for him in the car. A later murder attempt by Detlef on Wiegand fails unnoticed by the latter. In the presidium, Dr. Franke suddenly said the next morning that Wiener had been instructed for health reasons that he had had schizophrenic attacks. Wiegand suspects that Franke was intimidated, but cannot get any helpful information from Franke. Städel rejects Wiegand's search warrant for Franke's clinic. Wiegand seeks out the convicted Klenze, whom she knows from previous cases, and asks him to turn off an alarm system for her. Under a pretext, she lures Graefe's housekeeper into the presidium and lets her friend Schröder Graefe interview about the apparently resolved murder case. When Detlef intrudes into Gräfe's private house, however, Wiegand is observed and the Gräfe informed him. Wiegand finds evidence in the basement of Gräfe's house that Gräfe is carrying out experiments on his patients with a drug he has developed. When Gräfe shows up at his house, he admits to Wiegand that he drove Bankow to his death because he let himself be smuggled into the clinic to get the prescription for the drug. Wiener had also researched and tried to secure evidence of the drug trials, so Gräfe murdered him.

When Leverkühn arrives with reinforcements, however, all evidence from Gräfe's cellar has disappeared. Wiegand quickly realizes that Gräfe has distracted her so that Detlef can make the evidence disappear in time. Neither Städel nor Leverkühn believe Wiegand's observations; Gräfe attests to anomalies. Wiegand finally clears her desk with resignation and assures Städel that she will testify to her observations under oath in order to at least save Wolly from being convicted of murder. Wiegand no longer has hopes of a conviction of Graefes.

Background and special features

The episode was filmed in and around Baden-Baden and Mannheim between January 7th and February 12th, 1988.

Dietmar Bär , who later played the Cologne crime scene inspector Freddy Schenk , has a brief appearance here as a small-time star who helps the investigator.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm rate this crime scene positively and comment (factually incorrect, since her predecessor Buchmüller ( Nicole Heesters ) was the first crime scene investigator): "A worthy departure of the first" crime scene "investigator".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ scene: notched data 206. crime scene at tatort-fundus.de
  2. ↑ Tatort: Unlatched short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on January 2, 2016.
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