Crime scene: evidence

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Evidence
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company
SFB
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 122 ( List )
First broadcast March 8, 1981 on German television
Rod
Director Peter Keglevic
script Herbert Lichtenfeld
production Horst Borasch
music Peer ravens
camera Gérard Vandenberg
cut Barbara Herrmann
occupation

The taking of evidence is a consequence of the ARD crime series Tatort . The episode produced by the broadcaster Freie Berlin (SFB) was first broadcast on March 8, 1981 on ARD. It is the first crime scene with Inspector Walther, who has to solve a case of sexual assault, false testimony and ultimately a related death.

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The young Gunnar Melz, coming from a well-to-do family, chases after a young woman in broad daylight in front of the Neue Nationalgalerie and is about to rape her. The two young men Hannes Lehm and Klaus Hößler happened to come by and hurry to the crime scene after hearing the young woman's cries for help. Shortly thereafter, a caller reported a serious fight in front of the National Museum. Walther, who has just completed running training, is called to the crime scene with his assistant Hassert. The older witness is nearsighted and therefore could not see much. Walther finds Lehm and Hößler as well as the girl and the beaten up Gunnar Melz. However, the girl downplays the whole thing and claims that Melz only wanted to kiss her, while Lehm and Hößler speak of attempted rape. The young woman, Susanne Roth, wants to go home as soon as possible. A button from Roth's dress is found in Melz's hand. Melz is admitted to the hospital and his parents notified. He speaks to his mother in the hospital that he met a girl and she invited him to her home. Then suddenly the other two young men attacked him for no reason.

A few days later, Hößler and Lehm received a criminal complaint for dangerous bodily harm. Hößler seeks out Susanne Roth, who suddenly claims that Gunnar Melz is an acquaintance of hers and that they just went for a walk. Lehm and Hößler had hit Melz for no reason. Hößler suspects that Melz bribed Susanne Roth. Hößler and Lehm match Susanne Roth with how she pays 5,000 DM in cash to the bank. The two then contact Walther and ask him for help. He initially weighs in that he is not a witness, but finally declares that he is ready to inquire. Walther inquires with the responsible colleague and expresses his doubts about the guilt of the two young men, but his colleague has the opposite opinion and does not want Walther to interfere in his case. Walther and Hassert talk about the case, Walther says how illogical it was that the two calmly waited for the police when they were guilty.

Hößler and Lehm pursue Melz's father and confront him, whereupon Melz threatens them with legal consequences if they don't leave him alone. Nonetheless, Erich Melz has doubts about his son's innocence, but his wife cools it off. Hößler and Lehm go to Melz's office, but the lawyer is not there. In the office they find out that the hospital costs and the compensation for pain and suffering that the two young men were supposed to pay have already been paid. Since they refuse to leave the office before they have an explanation of what has happened, they are arrested for trespassing. In police custody they insist on talking to Walther. Walther finds out that Gunnar Melz had been molesting one of his parents' maids a year and a half ago, but the proceedings were discontinued because the girl withdrew her complaint. Walther wants the presiding judge to clarify who paid the costs at Melz Rechtsanwalt, but the judge explains that this is not his job. The judge advises Walther to stick to his cases with which he was officially entrusted; in this case he should bring his suspicions and thoughts as a witness in court, but not investigate further.

Lehm and Hößler recreate Gunnar Melz. He tries to flee from you, but takes refuge in the clay taxi. There the two want to get him to tell the truth in court in order to exonerate them. Klaus Hößler will initially lose his internship until the process has ended. Walther visits the two young men, he has found out that the lawyer received the money by postal transfer from the two young men. The two deny having initiated the transfer. Walther believes them and advises that in the main hearing the next day because of dangerous bodily harm they should focus on the fact that they would not have waited for the police if it had really happened according to the version of Gunnar Melz and Susanne Roth. However, the boys have almost given up.

In the main hearing, Susanne Roth stuck to her statement that she knew Gunnar Melz and that there was no attempted rape. An expert psychiatrist says that Gunnar Melz is incapable of sexual violence. This is Dr. Pechelt, a friend of the Melz family. The two were then sentenced to four months in prison. In addition, they are sentenced to fines of 100 DM each for improper behavior in court. The next morning, Hößler told his friend Lehm that he believed he would be "as" "they" wanted him. Walther visits the two of them and reproaches them for not following his advice from the day before the trial. Walther advises the two of them to submit a petition to the Interior Senator. The Melz family meets on the fringes of a congress with the Pechelt family, Dr. Pechelt remarks that they are now in debt to them. Meanwhile, Walther worries about how he can stop the Hößler and Lehm from doing something stupid out of frustration at the injustice they have suffered. Walther keeps an eye on both of them. Meanwhile, Gunnar Melz is looking for his next victim, again he sees a girl he likes in a museum. However, this woman's companion arrives before Melz can approach her. Lehm and Hößler observe this scene.

Walther wants to get the two of them to apply for suspension of execution because Lehm's girlfriend is pregnant. Hößler only sarcastically remarks that he and his friend are ultimately a danger to the general public and therefore need to be enforced. Walther leaves the young people a little money there. The Melz and Pechelt families spend a few nice days together. Gunnar Melz and Dr. Pechelt's daughter Evi get closer and take a jaunt on Gunnar's motorcycle. Lehm and Hößler observe this. Meanwhile, Melz's father Erich has concerns about Evi Pechelt's safety in the presence of his son, but Dr. Pechelt thinks that his report would be correct in any case. On the motorcycle there are sexual advances on the part of Gunnar, Evi tries to fend off them. Lehm prevents Hößler from helping the girl and refers her to her experiences in the matter with Susanne Roth and to the fact that the girl's father certified Gunnar Melz to be free from aggression. When they want to drive away, but hear the girl scream, they finally intervene. When Erich Melz shows up there, Lehm and Hößler run past him. He finds his son fell dead in an empty well basin.

In the meantime, Hößler and Lehm report to Lehm's friend what happened and that they found Gunnar Melz already dead. There was no trace of the girl. Walther shows up with colleagues at the young people to arrest Hößler and Lehm, which they only comment with sarcastic statements. In the scramble during the arrest, one of the officers loses his weapon. Lehm's friend picks them up. In the confusion among the officers, Lehm reacts quickest and takes the gun from his girlfriend's hands. Clay is threatening the officials with it, it is unclear how seriously he means it. His friend Hößler took the weapon out of his hand without resistance and handed it to Walther with the remark that they were ready to be arrested. Walther reports to the Melz and Pechelt families that there is still no trace of Evi. He frankly explains to the outraged couple that he does not believe in the guilt of the two young men. Walther asks Erich Melz whether he would have come to the aid of his friend's daughter. Melz is outraged that he is suspected of killing his own son. After Walther left, Drunk Mrs. Pechelt accused her husband of having handed over her daughter Gunnar Melz. Walther and Hassert interrogate the two young men and accuse them of having watched Evi being sexually assaulted after they had been stalking Gunnar Melz for weeks. The two remark sarcastically that they have learned not to help. When Walther asked them, they said that Melz was already dead and Evi had disappeared, and that they did not know who killed Gunnar.

The autopsy shows that Gunnar Melz died of a cervical spine fracture, but otherwise had no injuries. Susanne Roth comes to Lehm's girlfriend with a bouquet of flowers to apologize, but she angrily throws the flowers away. Meanwhile, Walther is abandoned by his partner because he cares too much about his job and too little about his private life. Pechelt receives a call from his missing daughter and makes an appointment with her. The Pechelts and Frau Melz persuade Evi to lie that she was with her cousin at the time of the crime and that she also stayed with her. In front of Walther, she denies having been with Gunnar. Mrs. Melz accused Hößler and Lehm before Walther. Evi gets caught up in contradictions about her clothes. When she admits that she wore a blue suit for the opera, Walther asks her how the two young men could have known that if they hadn't seen her. Evi tries to hide the grazes on her hands from falling off the motorcycle from Walther. When he discovers this, she collapses and confesses. She had tried to fight back against his advances. During this attempt, both fell into the well basin, so that Gunnar Melz fell fatally on the back of his head. The girl then hid from the arrival of Hößler and Lehm. Erich Melz didn't notice her either. Then she wandered aimlessly through the area for a day. The two young men are released, Walther explains to them that Gunnar Melz was killed in an accident because he did not let go of the girl.

Walther invites the two of them for a beer, but they refuse.

Audience rating

When it was first broadcast, this episode was able to reach 20.65 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 55%.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm rate this crime scene as mediocre and comment: “From the moth box of the crime series”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for crime scene: taking evidence . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2010 (PDF; test number: 123 553 V).
  2. Crime scene: Evidence for the 122nd crime scene at tatort-fundus.de
  3. Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on November 23, 2014.