Crime scene: Bienzle and the blind rage

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	Bienzle and the blind rage
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	SWR
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 427 ( List )
First broadcast	November 14, 1999 on First German Television
Rod
Director	Hartmut Griesmayr
script	Felix Huby
production	Carl Bergengruen Brigitte Dithard
music	Joe Mubare
camera	Hans-Jörg Allgeier
cut	Bernd Lorbiecki
occupation
Dietz-Werner Steck : Ernst Bienzle Rüdiger Wandel : Günter Gächter Simone Thomalla : Claudia Kranzmeier Rita Russek : Hannelore Schmiedinger Paul Faßnacht : Albert Horrenried Thomas Goritzki : Martin Horrenried Bernd Gnann : Uli Horrenried Christof Wackernagel : Hajo Schmied Matthias Ponnier : Dr. Stefan Brink Walter Renneisen : Country doctor Buddy Elias : Hotel porter Klaus Spürkel : Dr. Bernhard Kocher, coroner Reinhold Ohngemach : POM hammer Monika Hirschle : Mrs. Schmid Axel Ganz : Receptionist Boris Burgstaller : Worker in the sawmill Bernd Tauber : Peter Schäfer

Bienzle and the Blind Anger is an episode of the crime series Tatort . The first broadcast of the contribution produced by Südwestrundfunk under the direction of Hartmut Griesmayr took place on November 14, 1999 on the first German television . It is the 427th episode of the film series and the tenth with the Stuttgart inspector Ernst Bienzle.

action

For private reasons, Commissioner Bienzle ends up in the Esslingen district in the Swabian Alb . He happened to witness how the arrogant sawmill owner Albert Horrenried threatened his brother Martin with a weapon. Without further ado he confiscates the rifle and reports the incident to the local police office, with District Chief Hammer.

Albert Horrenried, however, does not come to rest either. On the way home, he discovers his young friend Claudia having fun with his nephew in the forest. When she comes home, he holds her accountable. He humiliates and chastises them physically and sexually. In anger, he even plans to change his will in favor of the hunting club so that his unfaithful girlfriend and his brother are punished additionally. While he was making initial preparations, he heard suspicious noises from the sawmill and looked to see who was tampering with the equipment. The next morning the workers found him dead under a pile of sawdust.

Unscheduled, Commissioner Bienzle takes on the clarification of the case, as Police Chief Master Hammer immediately submitted a request for administrative assistance. That is why Bienzel's colleague Gächter arrives a short time later. The first suspicion falls on the victim's brother, who was cheated out of his inheritance by Albert Horrenried years ago, which is why they had argued again and again to this day. Martin Horrenried assures Bienzle that despite his anger at him, he did not kill his brother. However, he admits that he had used the machines in the sawmill during the night and that he defended himself against his brother with an iron bar when he discovered him. According to the autopsy, however, the actual cause of death was not the blow, but the sawdust in which the victim suffocated. Another person after Martin Horrenried may well have been in the sawmill.

Bienzle finds out that Claudia Kranzmeier is friends with Albert and his nephew Uli Horrenried. However, in view of the imminent inheritance, he makes new plans and separates from Claudia. When he spontaneously informs her of this, she threatens to tell the police that she had burned the last will on his advice. Gächter overhears this conversation and when he tells Bienzle about it, it is clear to him that Uli Horrenried went to the sawmill after his father and took advantage of the situation. The inspector can persuade Claudia Kranzmeier to help him set a trap for Uli Horrenried to convict him of his uncle's murder. Claudia is equipped with a listening system in the car and Bienzle can eavesdrop on the conversation between the two of them with Gächter, in which Horrenried admits the murder. Since he realizes that Claudia wants to betray him, he plans to throw her down a slope with the car. Bienzle and Gächter are able to prevent this at the last moment and Uli Horrenried is arrested.

background

The crime scene episode Bienzle and the blind Wut was filmed under the working title Bienzle and the long Wut in Kirchheim unter Teck and in Ochsenwang . The sawmill is in the municipality of Ottenhöfen in the Ortenau district. The restaurant is the Hotel Pflug at the same location.

reception

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on November 14, 1999, 9.92 million viewers followed the program, which corresponds to a market share of 28.1 percent.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best possible rating (thumbs up) and my Bienzle determined "calm, with a sense of proportion and humanity." And he proves: "You can do without a riot."

Web links

• Crime scene: Bienzle and blind rage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot by Bienzle and the blind rage on the ARD website
• Bienzle and the blind rage in the crime scene fund
• Bienzle and the blind rage at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: Bienzle and the blind anger . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 177750 / V).
2. ↑ Audience rating at tatort-blog.de, accessed on March 4, 2016.
3. ↑ 1999 TV crime thriller with the Swabian cop. Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 4, 2016.

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