Crime scene: Berlin - best location

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Berlin - best location
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 SFB
length 99 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
classification Episode 269 ( List )
First broadcast January 10, 1993 on German television
Rod
Director Matti Geschonneck
script Matti Geschonneck
Rainer Berg
production Dieter Melzer
music Ulrich Gumpert
camera Wolfram Beyer
cut Barbara Herrmann
occupation

Berlin - best location is an episode of the ARD crime series Tatort . The episode produced by the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) was first broadcast on January 10, 1993 on ARD. It is the fourth crime scene with chief detective Franz Markowitz, who this time has to clarify the death of a long-established master craftsman from Berlin-Mitte , who is found dead in Poland .

action

A body is found on a truck in Poland that is transporting remains from Berlin demolition houses. His colleagues speculate based on a similarity of the corpse that it is Markowitz, but this is alive and immediately starts the investigation. The Polish truck drivers claim that they did not know the dead person, but the German property owner was always present when the truck was loaded, but they do not know the name. Markowitz and Pohl transfer the body back to Berlin. Markowitz went to Oranienburger Strasse , where a neighbor, the watchmaker Edel, said he was very similar to Hellmuth Seelitz, the carpenter from the block. Seelitz recently increased the rent fivefold and wanted to take action against it. The block of houses belongs to a Jürgen Printz, the block is gradually being cleared, Printz is always there and two days ago was clearing out with two poles. Markowitz also learns that Seelitz had modernized his workshop with loans , Markowitz does not meet Seelitz's widow. He looks around the neighborhood and stops at the “Kutte” restaurant. Shortly afterwards, Helga Seelitz appears at “Kutte” and reports that her husband has disappeared. He wanted to go to Munster, but never got there. Markowitz brings her the sad news, and she identifies her husband in forensic medicine.

Seelitz died of a broken neck two days earlier. He likely fell down a flight of stairs without being under the influence of alcohol or medication. Helga Seelitz says that she and her husband had often argued recently, he had taken over financially in modernizing his workshop. In Munster he wanted to ask his brother-in-law for a loan, it was his last hope. He had a travel bag and his papers with him, they were not found on the body. Printz meets with the prospective buyer Dr. Lotz, who wants to buy the property at any price. Printz advises Lotz that CD Gerskes' company has a right of first refusal, but Lotz is willing to increase his offer. Shortly afterwards, Printz learns of Seelitz's death and seems affected. Markowitz questioned Printz shortly afterwards, who stated that he had not seen Seelitz in the last three days. He admits that he was there when the Polish truck was being loaded. Seelitz was his best friend, how his body got onto the truck, he could not explain. He left the workshop to Seelitz for a very affordable lease, but recently increased it fivefold because he wanted to rebuild the property together with Gerskens and would have to have the tenants out. Markowitz notes that Printz is familiar with Ms. Seelitz, she admits that she was friends with Printz before her marriage to Seelitz, but that this was decades ago.

Markowitz goes to Gerskes to find out something about the deal between him and Printz, but Gerskes complements him. He then instructs his lawyer Dr. Rose to “take care” of Printz. Markowitz learns from forensics that Seelitz was pushed down the stairs in his stairwell, then he was dragged to the truck. Women's hair was also found at the crime scene. When Markowitz hears Printz, Dr. Rose as his lawyer and pick him up. The next morning, Printz told Gerskes that he wanted to sell, but Gerskes' offer of seven million D-Marks was not high enough for him because he received a better offer. Gerskes is outraged and insists on compliance with the contract. Printz makes Helga Seelitz advances and offers her to take her with him when he moves away from Berlin. When Markowitz visits Ms. Seelitz again, she is being picked up by Printz, who is taking her out. Markowitz secretly breaks into Printz's apartment and is surprised by a stranger who knows that Markowitz is from the police but does not want to say who he is. When Markowitz finds a weapon on him, he arrests him. Markowitz found old photos in the apartment, the watchmaker Edel explains the photos to Markowitz. The block of houses belonged to the Jewish Goldstein family, who had to flee in 1938 after the night of the Reichspogrom and cede the block to Printz's father, who was the local group leader of the NSDAP . Printz did not pay anything for this, just obtained the papers for the trip to the USA . He had threatened the Goldsteins that they would be deported to the concentration camp if he did not get the block.

Meanwhile, Printz's body is being recovered from the Spree. Markowitz then rushes to Ms. Seelitz, he finds her in Printz's apartment, she is mentally badly damaged and found her husband's travel bag in Printz's apartment, she is not in the condition to give Markowitz any information. The landlord “Kutte” says that Printz was quite drunk and, supported by Helga Seelitz, he left the restaurant. The next morning Markowitz went to the land registry, his suspicion was confirmed, the official there, Mrs. Wiedemann, recognized him as Mr. Seelitz, who had made inquiries there and wanted to write to the descendants of the Goldsteins in the USA so that they could assert their claim to the block do. The stranger in the apartment was found by Dr. Lotz sent and leaves the presidium with his lawyer. Meanwhile, the two Polish truck drivers admit that they weren't with the truck the entire time. Printz had sent them to dinner at his expense around the time of Seelitz's death. Then Seelitz approached Printz, Seelitz was upset and his once best friends got into an argument. Seelitz's death seems to have been self-defense. Printz had nevertheless loaded Seelitz's body onto the truck. Printz probably killed herself, while Helga Seelitz has meanwhile been taken to a psychiatric hospital.

Markowitz visits her there and asks her about the Goldsteins her husband had contacted. Markowitz had found a letter from the Goldstein's descendants on Mr. Seelitz's desk, but it was no longer there later. Helga Seelitz, who in her confusion thinks Markowitz is her husband, hands him the letter. Markowitz contacts the Goldstein heir, who comes to Berlin and passes his property on to Dr. Lotz sold.

reception

Audience ratings

Berlin - the best location reached a total of 10.61 million viewers when it was first broadcast on January 10, 1993, which corresponds to a market share of 28.7%.

Reviews

TV fiction was positive and said: "Process rental sharks into fish fingers!".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: Berlin - best location . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 175 V).
  2. ↑ Tatort: ​​Berlin - best location at tatort-fundus.de. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  3. ^ Tatort: ​​Berlin - best location at tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
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