Crime scene: blood writing
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Blood writing |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
MDR |
| length | 89 minutes |
| classification | Episode 634 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | June 5, 2006 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hajo Gies |
| script | Holger Jancke |
| production | Jan Kruse |
| music | Günther Illi |
| camera | Thomas Etzold |
| cut | Gabriele Hagen |
| occupation | |
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Blood script is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD , ORF and SRF . The film was produced by MDR under the direction of Hajo Gies and first broadcast on June 5, 2006. It is the crime scene episode 634. For detective chief Bruno Ehrlicher and his colleague Kain it is the twentieth case in which they are investigating in Leipzig .
action
Maximiliane Schlösser is a passionate collector of historical and antiquarian items and books. One evening she received a copy of the previously lost "blood script" from a stranger. According to legend, there is a curse on this font. To whoever appropriates it, it brings death and ruin.
The next morning Maximiliane Schlösser is found dead. Ehrlicher and Cain investigate and they notice the copy of the ancient script. Obviously the victim held it in his hands to the end. To find out more about the document, the investigators go to the renowned antiquarian Günter Weinrich. This Ehrlicher refers to Professor Berg, the chief librarian of the German library, who would be well versed in such occult writings. When Berg sees the copy of the writing, he is thrilled that the "blood writing" is actually supposed to have reappeared.
There is no real motive for Ehrlicher, as nothing is missing in the villa. So a suspicion falls on Dr. Ursula Hertel, the victim's cousin, who is obviously very concerned about the “purity of man and his soul” and indulges in occultism . However, she has an alibi for the time of the crime.
After analyzing the last phone calls, a trace leads to the book restorer Jens Tegner, who may have come into possession of the book believed to be lost and wanted to sell it to the old lady. During a house search, more copied pages of the "blood script" are found, but he himself has disappeared. Since a mummified body was recently found, it is reasonable to assume that this is the young man. This suspicion is confirmed after the investigators accidentally learn that a vacuum freeze dryer is used in the “Bucherklinik” where Tegner worked . Only in this way could this mummification come about in such a short time. The reconstruction at the time of death now showed that Maximiliane Schlösser could not have spoken to Tegner because he was already dead at that time. So the killer must have been on the phone himself when he put the body in the freeze dryer.
Ehrlicher and Kain want to question Professor Berg, as he can be shown to have had an argument with Tegner and is also in love with his girlfriend. When they visit him, he wants to flee without further ado and the real "blood writing" can be found in his car. Berg states that someone sent him this book. After forensic technician Walter examines the handwriting on the envelope in which it was sent, this leads to Silke Weinrich, Tegner's friend. She is arrested and interrogated. Silke Weinrich explains that she had the book from Tegner, who would have received it for restoration. Since this book only brings bad luck, she wanted to get rid of it.
In the meantime, Kain finds out through Günter Weinrich that he used to work for the GDR with the help of his assistant at the time, Dr. Hertel sold books to the West. His business partner at the time was Maximiliane Schlösser. After traces of mummified human tissue were found in the Weinrichs' transporter, the investigators sought out Silke's father. He is just about to write a farewell letter and hang himself. When the commissioners arrive, they can save his life and he confesses to Tegner's murder. Weinrich discovered the “blood writing” by chance at the time and did not sell it to Maximiliane Schlösser, but kept it. He wanted to sell it later and had entrusted it to Tegner for restoration. But Tegner wanted to monetize the valuable piece himself and had offered it to Maximiliane Schlösser, whom he now also had to kill so that she could not betray him.
reception
Audience ratings
When it first aired on June 5, 2006, the episode Blutschrift was seen by 7.73 million viewers in Germany, corresponding to a market share of 23.60 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said this thriller is a: “Weird occult genre fun with bizarre characters.” “Honest [shows] this time especially noticeably dumb. In addition, Peter Sodann is physiognomically approaching the appearance of Stan Laurel. [...] In addition to the irony, 'Blutschrift' also has a higher tempo by Leipzig standards. The commissioners in particular are shown less statically than usual. The camera seeks movement, the scenes the montage. Right at the beginning, three storylines told in parallel are put into the picture. The film also needs this dynamic in detail because the plot, a classic who-is-the-killer story, moves from scene to scene. One suspect after the other comes into the game, which is no longer so occult in the end. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm only gave this crime scene a medium rating and wrote: "Something 'Da Vinci Code' in Saxony - well ..."
Web links
- Crime scene: Blutschrift in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of blood writing on the ARD website
- Blood writing in the crime scene fund
- Blood writing at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on December 20, 2015.
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: Blood, greed and two ironic inspectors: successful genre fun from Hajo Gie's film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on December 20, 2015.
- ↑ Ehrlicher and Cain follow the trail of a deadly book. Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 20, 2015.
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