Crime scene: blind faith
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Blind faith |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| length | 87 minutes |
| classification | Episode 703 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | August 31, 2008 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jürgen Bretzinger |
| script | Andreas Pflüger |
| production | Mario Melzer |
| music | Curt Cress , Chris Weller |
| camera | Wolf Siegelmann |
| cut | Claudia Fröhlich |
| occupation | |
| |
Blind Faith is a television film from the crime series Tatort , which first aired on August 31, 2008. It is the 703rd episode in the series and the 25th case of the Berlin team of investigators Ritter and Stark .
action
Till Ritter opens a champagne bottle so clumsily that the cork shoots right in the eye of his colleague Felix Stark. In the emergency room of the eye clinic, they meet the blind Kerstin Vonk. The prototype of a completely newly developed chip is about to be used for her, which should restore her eyesight. Strangely enough, the doctor in charge does not appear at the surgery appointment, so that Dr. Mareike Andresen performs the procedure.
Meanwhile, the body of Dr. Manteuffel found in the trunk of her car. Ritter and Stark take care of the case and learn from Kerstin Vonk that Dr. Mareike Andresen recently Massiv with Dr. Manteuffel had quarreled. For Felix Stark, Andresen definitely had a motive. In the end, both had applied for the vacant head physician position, which in the end would be Dr. Manteuffel received. Stark also suspects that Manteuffel may have allowed herself to be bribed because she decided surprisingly quickly in favor of the top-secret project, which was developed by Cornea AG under the code name "Phydra".
Till Ritter, however, suspects Prof. Dr. Lutz Manteuffel, the victim's husband, who admits that his wife was just about to separate from him. Miss Dr. Manteuffel had an affair with Dr. Tim Nicolai, the head of the "Phydra" project, who actually worked with Dr. Mareike Andresen is in a relationship.
After the apparently groundbreaking first, televised eye tests with Kerstin Vonk and the resulting jump in Cornea shares, Stark found out by chance that Kerstin still can't see anything. She admits this to the two commissioners, as she fears that she will be replaced as a test person. After Prof. Manteuffel learns with great surprise that Kerstin Vonk is still blind, he explains to the two investigators that Mareike Andresen only withdrew her application for chief physician because she was compromised. The research association of Cornea AG with the eye clinic would never have been approved by the ministry if father and daughter Andresen had chaired it. Nicolai had cleverly arranged it. He had also bribed Wenger, who selects the appraisers, with diverted funds and promised her a job at Cornea AG. Wenger was much more helpful to him at the Ministry.
Since everything speaks against Nicolai, the commissioners want to shake his alibi for the night of the crime and so Nicolai rejects all guilt and in turn accuses Manfred Andresen, who can hardly convince himself of an accident in view of the facts.
background
Blind Faith was produced by “Askania Media Filmproduktion GmbH” on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburg broadcasting company. The shooting took place in Berlin. Screenwriter Andreas Pflüger has consulted Reto Weiler and Michael H. Förster on his work.
reception
Audience ratings
6.72 million viewers saw the episode Blind Faith in Germany when it was first broadcast on August 31, 2008, which corresponded to a market share of 22.8 percent.
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv says: "Thanks to its many surprising twists and turns, the crime thriller [is] worth seeing at any time, especially since Raacke and Aljinovic are now as well established as their 'Tatort' colleagues from Cologne and Munich." But he writes critically: “In emotional moments, the director promptly lets his cameraman show close-ups of the faces. You know this 'tear zoom' from documentary soaps: Whenever eyes could get wet there, it goes into a close-up; that is speculative and has no place in a television film. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm think that this crime scene is a: “Less would have been more, and the cramped 'funny' ideas would not have needed the interesting basic idea. [Conclusion:] Interesting topic, bogus story. "
Web links
- Blind faith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Blind Faith on the ARD website
- Blind faith in the crime scene fund
- Blind faith at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Blind Faith filming locations and audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on September 19, 2016.
- ↑ Tilmann P. Gangloff : [Interesting topic, bogus story Raacke, Aljinovic, von Dohnanyi, Mattausch & the intrigues in high-tech medicine ] Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 11, 2018.
- ↑ TV thriller. Business and jealousy thriller with the Berlin duo. Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 11, 2018.
|
previous episode August 17, 2008: On our own behalf |
Crime scene follow |
next episode September 14, 2008: The Black Grave |