Crime scene: beasts
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Beasts |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
WDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 487 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | November 25, 2001 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kaspar Heidelbach |
| script | Norbert Ehry |
| production | Sonja Goslicki |
| music | Arno Steffen |
| camera | Kay Gauditz |
| cut | Vera van Appeldorn |
| occupation | |
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Beasts is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The film, produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and directed by Kaspar Heidelbach , was broadcast on November 25, 2001 on ARD's first program. It is the 18th case of the Cologne investigator team Ballauf and Schenk and the 487th crime scene sequence.
action
Ricky, the daughter of rocker Kulle Hain, hitchhikes home from the disco with her friend Sarah. They are attacked, Ricky brutally raped and murdered. Sarah can escape. Commissioner Ballauf initially believes that the sex killer he was looking for was quickly found, but it turns out that this was a mistake. Despite the description of the perpetrator, there is no agreement with known and previously convicted sex offenders. Therefore, Kulle takes the search for his daughter's murderer into his own hands. He contacts a reporter and tries to find the culprit with her help. The perpetrator, Gerhard Vaupel, was able to locate the address of his victim's girlfriend through an initial report in the newspaper. He wants to silence her, but he has no idea that Kulle had alerted his rock colleagues to protect the girl. As a result, he is caught, beaten and imprisoned by them.
In the meantime, Commissioners Ballauf and Schenk have come across Gerhard Vaupel as the alleged perpetrator. Two days after he was put out to be wanted, he was found strangled. The coroner finds clear signs of abuse. This is how the commissioners discover that Kulle and his rocker friends got hold of Vaupel in front of them. Kulle admits to have kept the man in hiding, but he would not have killed him. He would only have disposed of the corpse after finding Vaupel dead.
Ballauf and Schenk receive a confession from Ricky's mother at the end that she has strangled Vaupel who was tied up. Since they feel sorry for the woman, the commissioners burn the instrument so that Carla Hain cannot be accused of murder, but gets away with manslaughter.
background
Beasts was produced by Colonia Media on behalf of the WDR . The shooting took place from April 26th to May 30th 2001 in Cologne, Lohmar and Pulheim under the working title Almeidaweg, St. Martin .
The music title “Blood is thicker than water” was sung by the Cologne cult band LSE .
This crime scene episode hit the headlines because of the use of an official mug shot. According to the prop master at the time, a trainee had to create fictitious wanted files for the crime scene episode and the photo of Uwe Mundlos got there. Those responsible were amazed, especially since the NSU investigations against Mundlos were not up to date at this time. In her opinion, the young employee assumed that it was a photo of an employee, since the props are usually made from this material. So this mishap remains a remarkable coincidence.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on November 25, 2001, the episode Bestien in Germany was seen by 9.33 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 26.00 percent.
Reviews
Tilmann P. Gangloff criticizes Kino.de and says: “Not only the commissioner, the film itself walks a fine line despite the distant title ('Beasts'), because the popular Schenk naturally invites the viewer to the alleged vigilante justice also to apologize. Again, Ballauf is an alternative, whose uncompromising moral stance is, however, called into question again by the end. But the thriller from Cologne is definitely worth seeing. The joint scenes of Bär and Rohde are particularly intense. And the film is also worth listening to: The music, often more a sound collage with thriller elements than melodic sequence of sounds, comes from Arno Steffen, and his buddies from the Cologne cult band LSE also contributed a song. "
The critics of TV Spielfilm think: "Smart, somewhat talkative vigilante crime."
Web links
- Crime scene: Beasts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the action of beasts on the ARD website
- Beasts in the crime scene fund
- Beasts at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Location and audience rating at fundus.de, accessed on March 30, 2016.
- ↑ NSU man in the ARD crime thriller: How a photo of Uwe Mundlos got into the "crime scene" at spiegel.de, accessed on March 30, 2016.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Film review on kino.de , accessed on March 30, 2016.
- ^ Behrendt, Bär, Rohde, Norbert Ehry, Kaspar Heidelbach. Sympathy with the devil film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 30, 2018.
- ↑ TV thriller. A rock band plays Richter. Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 30, 2016.
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