Crime scene: pawn sacrifice
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Pawn sacrifice |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Chronomedia GmbH on behalf of the MDR |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 283 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | November 21, 1993 on ARD |
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| Director | Vadim Glowna |
| script | Vadim Glowna |
| production | Alfred-Joachim Hermanni |
| music | Christof Krohne , Jörg Schoch , Frank Huebner |
| camera | Jörg Seidl , Markus Ziegler |
| cut | Karola Mittelstädt , Barbara Götsch |
| occupation | |
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Bauernopfer is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD , ORF and SRF . The film was produced by MDR under the direction of Vadim Glowna and first broadcast on November 21, 1993. It is the crime scene episode 283. For detective chief Bruno Ehrlicher and his colleague Kain it is the fourth case in which they are investigating in Dresden .
action
After the break-in at the Drätsch jeweler, Ehrlicher and Kain received reinforcement from Chief Detective Bulisch from Hamburg. Bulisch is an organized crime specialist and suspects that the mafia was behind the break-in. For many years he has been following Mieth, one of the heads of the Hamburg underworld, and now hopes to finally be able to meet him in Dresden . Ehrlicher is not enthusiastic about the help from the West, since he is of the opinion that there are enough experienced criminologists working in the Saxon police and that he sees Bulisch's investigations as patronizing. He then first hands the case over to Cain, who now has to work with the man from Hamburg.
Like Ehrlicher, Kain initially suspects that it is simple insurance fraud . Bulisch then confronts Kain with the past of Drätsch: In the 1960s, he and his parents fled the GDR to Hamburg and opened a jewelry store there. After he stopped paying protection money , his wife died in a fictitious accident when the mafia tried to give him a lesson. Drätsch also had contact with Metkovic, who initially made a criminal career in the St. Pauli neighborhood and also became an underworld in Hamburg. Metkovic can also be seen on Drätsch's surveillance video.
When Cain tries to arrest Metkovic, he initially escapes. Bulisch, who has installed informers everywhere, can quickly find him and arrest him. After an unproductive interrogation, Bulisch decides to smuggle the undercover agent "Wiktorija" into Drätsch to set a trap for him. She pretends to know that Drätsch has only faked the break-in and offers him to have the allegedly stolen pieces of jewelry disappear abroad. She also threatens him with the fact that Metkovic will not allow any break-ins and will take revenge on Drätsch. Shortly afterwards, Kain also searches Drätsch's property in order to put him under further pressure.
Drätsch received a call from Hamburg with the request to come to a meeting point. Meanwhile, his daughter Constanze is kidnapped, which Kain observed. The perpetrators are quickly caught and the hostage freed. However, Drätsch does not report the incident immediately, but first calls Wiktorija and asks for another interview. He finally agrees and is delivered by Viktorija to Ehrlicher and Kain and is arrested.
Bulisch continues to believe in a bigger story and would like to smuggle Cain with Wiktorija into the Hamburg scene. It is more honest against it, but cannot prevail. While Kain and Wiktorija go to Hamburg, Bulisch puts Mieth under massive pressure on the phone and tries to manipulate Metkovic, who is still in prison.
Bulisch hands Metkovic, to whom he has previously slipped a knife, at a nightly handover to Mieth, but does not yet reach his goal because Mieth has become suspicious. Metkovic kills Mieths' two drivers and goes to Hamburg. Bulisch storms Mieth's house in Hamburg, where he finds Mieth, who was shot by Metkovic shortly before, dying. Viktorija, who believed she could get rid of Mieth's cocaine, was found dead on the railway embankment shortly afterwards.
In the end, Cain stayed with Ehrlicher in Dresden and did not follow Bulisch, who initially impressed him, to Hamburg.
production
The film is the fourth crime scene produced by the MDR with the investigative duo Ehrlicher and Kain . The first broadcast was followed by 10.04 million viewers, which corresponds to an audience rate of 28 percent.
The theme song of the film Giramore was written by Gianna Nannini .
The film was shot in Dresden and the surrounding area, including near the Blue Wonder .
Uwe Steimle can be seen here as a forensic technician, who, like the later forensic technician Walter, does not get along very well with Kain.
criticism
The TV Spielfilm rated the film as "confusion along the entire length of the Elbe".
Web links
- Pawns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of pawn sacrifice on the ARD website
- Pawn sacrifice in the crime scene fund
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: pawn sacrifice . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ^ Pawn sacrifice on tvspielfilm.de
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