Crime scene: Bienzle and the fire devil
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bienzle and the fire devil |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 584 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | January 2, 2005 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arend Agthe |
| script |
Felix Huby Dieter de Lazzer |
| production | Brigitte Dithard |
| music |
Martin Cyrus Matthias Raue |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut | Carola Hülsebus |
| occupation | |
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Bienzle and the Fire Devil is an episode of the crime series Tatort . The first broadcast of the contribution produced by Südwestrundfunk under the direction of Arend Agthe took place on January 2, 2005 on First German Television . It is the 584th episode in the film series and the twentieth with the Stuttgart inspector Ernst Bienzle.
action
The Stuttgart fire brigade has been dealing with a "fire devil" in recent months. However, there was one fatality in the last fire. The inspectors Bienzle and Gächter are called and start the investigation. The burned building belongs to the building yard of the entrepreneur Hohlbein, who identifies the victim as his tenant. Meanwhile, Gächter discovers the journalist Rosita Ianescu near the fire, who pretends to be working on research.
After the forensic technicians have carefully examined the source of the fire, it turns out that, as in the last fires, the perpetrator “built in” a so-called double deflagration . This suggests that this time it is the same perpetrator who worked very professionally. Bienzle thinks it is possible that it could even have been a firefighter. He then has the people from the fire station south checked, which goes against the manager Klaus Stöckle very much.
The coroner found that the dead did not die from the burn injuries, but had previously suffered a broken neck. The victim can be identified as a former member of the Romanian secret police Securitate via a conspicuous tattoo . This is also confirmed by the journalist Ianescu. She knows that this Josef Popescu worked here in Germany as a debt collector. In this way, Bienzle finds a trace of the fireman Frank Sobor, who verifiably knew Popescu and had an argument with him. Just as Bienzle is about to question Sobor, a fire alarm is triggered and the crew of the entire fire station has to go out to extinguish the fire. Sobor is slightly injured and has to be taken to the clinic. Therefore, Bienzle Sobor's colleague and best friend Paul Henzler, who reacts noticeably nervous to the inspector's questions. He learns that Henzler owes the building contractor Hotterbach and that Popescu was employed as a debt collector for him. Since he was not squeamish in his choice of means, he had massively threatened Henzler's family, whereupon Henzler's wife and their two children moved to their parents.
It is clear from photos that the journalist took while monitoring Popescu that Sobor and Henzler were at Popescu's shortly before the fire. Henzler then confesses to having defended himself against the man when he again asked for the money and now threatened him with a knife. Popescu fell out of the window and together with Sobor he brought him to his apartment and set it on fire. Sobor had the idea to disguise the dead as a burnt offering and so it turns out that he is the "fire devil". As a fire expert, he was attracted by the challenge and the search for the "perfect fire" that he could "control alone because he knew how it worked."
background
The shooting of Bienzle and the Fire Devil took place from November 11th to December 12th, 2003 in Stuttgart , Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden .
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on January 2, 2005, 7.67 million viewers followed the program, which corresponded to a market share of 20.8 percent.
criticism
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm consider this crime scene to be one of the "brisker Bienzle missions" and say: "At least the pace is picking up a bit here, and the story is very interesting."
Web links
- Crime scene: Bienzle and firebug in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot by Bienzle and the fire devil on the ARD website
- Bienzle and the fire devil at the crime scene fund
- Bienzle and the fire devil at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations at the Internet Movie Database , accessed on March 13, 2016.
- ↑ Audience rating at tatort-blog.de, accessed on March 13, 2016.
- ^ TV thriller from Stuttgart. Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 13, 2016.
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next episode January 9, 2005: The Players |
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