Crime scene: Bienzle and the dream of happiness

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	Bienzle and the dream of happiness
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production ; company	SDR
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 342 ( List )
First broadcast	September 29, 1996 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Dieter Schlotterbeck
script	Felix Huby
music	Büdi Siebert
camera	Heribert Schuster
cut	Christa Blödow
occupation
	Dietz-Werner Steck : Chief Detective Ernst Bienzle ; Veronika Fitz : Klara Grossmann; Rita Russek : Hannelore Schmiedinger; Tatjana Blacher : Regine Schweikhardt; Karoline Eichhorn : Inca Brahms; Dieter Eppler : Wilhelm Zanker; Friedrich-Karl Praetorius : Hermann Schweikhardt; Matthias Ponnier : Edward; Rüdiger Wandel : Commissioner Günter Gächter; Hubertus Gertzen : Wieland Schorf; Klaus Spürkel : Dr. Bernhard Kocher, coroner; Bernd Gnann : Roland Kästle; Tobias Altemüller : Workers; James Heffernan : English Worker;

Bienzle and the Dream of Happiness is the 342nd episode of the Tatort television series . By the South German Radio under the direction of Dieter Schlotterbeck result produced for the first time on 29 September 1996 in the first program of the ARD broadcast. It is the sixth case for chief detective Ernst Bienzle ( Dietz-Werner Steck ). Bienzle is dealing with the alleged accidental death of a worker in a quarry and a toxic waste scandal.

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An English worker was killed in a blast in Wilhelm Zanker's quarry. Zanker was shocked to find out about the incident and wanted to speak to his son-in-law Hermann Schweikardt. However, he is plagued by other worries as he is being blackmailed; his friend and business partner Wieland Schorf, on the other hand, is calm. Bienzle and Gächter arrived at the alleged accident site and witnessed the considerable tension between local workers and English low-wage workers; the latter assume intent, foreman Kästle asserts, however, that all safety regulations have been observed. Zanker tells Bienzle that his son-in-law hired the English workers as bogus self-employed in order to save costs. Gächter learns from the demolition engineer that the amount of blasting was not properly recorded, but there were no other irregularities. In the evening, Bienzle and Gächter can just prevent a physical argument between their German and English colleagues. The English worker Edward tells his girlfriend, the landlady Klara Grossmann, with whom he dreams of a life in England, that it could have happened to him too. In the evening Zanker informed his son-in-law Schweikardt of the incident; he calls Schorf, who instructs him to make all evidence disappear overnight. The English workers are called at night to use Schweikardt to transport poison barrels illegally stored in the quarry.

The next morning, Bienzle found out from forensic specialist Dr. Kocher that the dead must have come into contact with poison more often lately; the contamination was so severe that sooner or later he would have died from it. Bienzle visits Zanker and Schweikardt and asks them whether they have anything to do with chemicals, which Schweikardt vehemently denies. Dr. However, Kocher later tells Bienzle that the worker must have contracted the poisoning recently in Germany. In the evening, Schorf's colleague Inka Brahms meets with Schweikardt and reveals herself as the blackmailer; she shows him footage of the illegal storage of toxic waste and demands DM 250,000 for her silence; it indicates that she is working with Kästle. While Bienzle and his team are searching the British accommodation for traces of poison, Schweikardt looks for Schorf. He reproaches him for being blackmailed by Schorf's employee for disposing of his poison barrels; Schorf reassures him that he will take care of Inka. Dr. Kocher discovers traces of asbestos and other poisons in high concentrations in the clothes of the English workers, apparently all workers are contaminated. Bienzle visits Klara’s workers' pub and witnesses one of the English workers bragging about a large amount of money that he has mysteriously earned. Edward, meanwhile, collapses in the pub and is hospitalized. Zanker, who learned from Bienzle that he is also investigating illegal toxic waste trafficking, confronts his son-in-law; he denies the allegations, Zanker's daughter Regine sticks to her husband.

Meanwhile, Schorf visits Inka and Kästle and settles them with DM 50,000; they should leave town or his lawyers would kill them. Gächter notices how Schorf visits Schweikardt and tells him about it, he also terminates Schweikardt's friendship and business relationship. Meanwhile, Bienzle tries in vain to get the truth out of the dying Edward; Edward later tells Klara that Schweikardt had always assured him that the substances were not dangerous, and he died shortly afterwards. Klara seeks revenge, takes a weapon and goes to Schweikardt. Before that, however, she contacts Biencel's friend Hannelore, with whom she has built a relationship of trust, and tells her where Edward hid the poison barrels for Schweickardt. The police and fire brigade can recover the barrels from the Neckar, Zanker confronts his son-in-law. After Zanker leaves, Klara appears at Schweikardt's, but does not manage to shoot him. Schweikardt visits his father-in-law on a construction site and asks him for another chance. When Zanker does not want to give him this and advises him to face the police, Schweikardt throws himself to his death.