Crime scene: blind man's cow

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Blindman's Buff
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 NDR
length 92 minutes
classification Episode 256 ( List )
First broadcast April 20, 1992 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Werner masts
script Ulrich Kressin
production Studio Hamburg film production
music Klaus Doldinger
camera Klaus Eichhammer ,
Peter Steuger
cut Irene Brunhöver ,
Alexandra Freisler
occupation

Blindekuh is a television film from the crime series Tatort of ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk under the direction of Werner Masten and first broadcast on April 20, 1992. It is the crime scene episode 256. It is the 16th case for Chief Detective Paul Stoever ( Manfred Krug ). For his colleague Peter Brockmöller ( Charles Brauer ) it is the 13th case in which he is investigating.

action

The body of sixteen-year-old Irene Frevert is found during forest work. Jakov Samow is quickly targeted by the investigators Stoever and Brockmöller . Irene Frevert was employed by the suspect as a babysitter and outsiders could not hide the fact that he liked the girl very much. When the commissioners question him, he blames himself for not driving Irene to the front door when he was bringing her home from his little daughter's birthday party. A construction site prevented her from continuing, so she went on alone. To say goodbye, he had given her money for a trip to Greece, which she planned to do shortly. Samov remembers a cyclist coming towards them in the dark. Since Samov is clear that he belongs to the circle of suspects, he really wants to find the cyclist so that he can relieve him.

Stoever finds out that Irene had changed for two or three years. According to the teacher and a schoolmate, she withdrew more and more into herself. The investigator notices that at this time Irene's mother was in the hospital for a long time, and thus the father was alone with his daughter. Stoever therefore considers it possible that Irene's father could have wronged his daughter. The “escape” to Greece, which she wanted to undertake with her sister, would speak for this. When Stoever questions Irene's sister Ruth, she says that she can't imagine that her father could have molested Irene. She also doesn't know anything about a relationship with Samov and is sure that her sister would have told her about it.

Samov now manages to find the cyclist with the help of a detective. However, he does not want to know anything from the police and under no circumstances wants to testify. Samov offers him money because his testimony would be the quickest way to relieve him. After all, the press already thinks he is the murderer and his wife also doubts him. He manages to persuade the man to sign a statement that he accidentally hit the girl and that she would have fallen. This false statement that was bought is quickly uncovered, because when the police pick up the cyclist it turns out that he stole the bike and that it was not in his possession at the time of the crime.

Forensics can secure a piece of cloth at the crime scene that may have come from the perpetrator's clothing. In search of the wearer, Stoever looks around Frevert's house and finds a series of “family videos”. When he secretly takes one of them with him, he discovers that Irene's father filmed himself with his daughter, which confirms his hypothesis of abuse. Since he took the video without permission, it is not valid as evidence in court and it is questionable whether Frevert can be prosecuted.

Stoever thinks it is possible that Irene's father might have killed the girl for fear of losing his daughter. However, he lacks concrete evidence of this. For Brockmöller, Samov is still the main suspect and in order to lure him out of the reserve, Stoever tells him about the abuse. The plan seems to be working as Frevert and Samov meet and get into an argument. At the same time, Samov made a confession. He would have wanted to say goodbye to Irene that evening and had no idea that she would defend herself like that. He only wanted to hold her once more in his arms, and she would have torn loose, fell and hit her head.

reception

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on April 20, 1992, Blindekuh had 12.33 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 37.90 percent.

Reviews

TV feature film called Blindekuh “one of the most profound Stoever episodes”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data on the crime scene: Blind man's cow at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on October 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Tatort: ​​Blindekuh short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on October 1, 2014.
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