Crime scene: Borowski and the sea
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Borowski and the sea |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
NDR |
| length | 86 minutes |
| classification | Episode 906 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | March 30, 2014 on First German Television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sabine Derflinger |
| script | Christian Jeltsch |
| production |
Kerstin Ramcke Holger Ellermann |
| music | Stefan Schrupp |
| camera | Christine A. Maier |
| cut | Niki Mossböck |
| occupation | |
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Borowski and the Sea is a television film from the crime series Tatort and was first broadcast on March 30, 2014 on Das Erste . For the Kiel investigator Klaus Borowski it is the 23rd case.
Borowski's investigation leads him down to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in this 906th crime scene episode.
action
The company "Marex" organizes a boat trip. Late in the evening, the lawyer Jens Adam was shot there in front of witnesses and fell into the sea. Borowski is charged with the investigation and first asks the company's boss Sylvana Vegener. He learns from her that her company extracts rare earths from the deep sea worldwide , which are needed for the production of cell phones and computers, among other things. The man shot worked as a lawyer for the company to regulate the mining rights. Vegener leaves no doubt that Adam had a problem with her and the company. This is confirmed when Sarah Brandt is able to secure a video message on Adam's computer in which he accuses the Marex company of being responsible for the death of a New Zealand environmentalist who protested against the destruction of the seabed. Accordingly, Sylvana Vegener and her security officer, Fred Pollack, are the focus of the investigation. Pollack had also verifiably tampered with Adam's car and stole a large envelope from it, as recorded by a surveillance camera. Adam's wife's statement that she recently had the impression that her husband was terrified of something also fits this investigation.
Adam's corpse was washed ashore after a few days. Since the face is disfigured by a ship's propeller, it can only be determined by means of a DNA analysis that it is Adam. However, Borowski noticed inconsistencies. This way, Adam's widow does not appear overly mournful and the dead man was without shoes. This prompts the investigator to take a dive boat to the bottom of the Baltic Sea, where he actually finds Adam's shoes. These were specially weighted with lead so that they should have detached themselves from the body of the dead. So Adam wanted him to sink quickly into the depths.
Meanwhile, Marte Adam unexpectedly makes a confession and also brings the murder weapon to the presidium. Her marriage was not going well and her husband was constantly cheating on her. So she shot him after seeing that he had flirted with a woman again on the trip. Borowski is skeptical, however, whether Adam is really dead. But he accepts the confession and lets the press appear to have solved the case.
Jens Adam, who is actually still alive, calls his current girlfriend Amali Saunders. He doesn't want her to continue believing that he is dead. He explains to her that they can start all over now, all he has to do is settle one matter. He has recordings from a surveillance camera that show how Pollack pushes the uncomfortable environmental activist underwater in the swimming pool and then disguises it as a swimming accident. With this photo, he has been putting pressure on Sylvana Vegener for some time and demanding a hush-money.
Borowski manages to find Adam's hiding place in a hut by the water. There Adam admits that he is not a hero. For fear of being killed by Marex's people, he would have staged his own death and his wife would have helped him. The body that was found in his place comes from the hospital where his wife works. Without further ado, she had chosen someone who had recently drowned and who suited him physically and in terms of age. With his knowledge of the machinations of Marex he wanted to blackmail Vegener. Unexpectedly, Pollack also finds Adam's hiding place and shoots him without Borowski being able to prevent it. However, Pollack is arrested immediately, as is Vegener, when she is confronted with evidence that Adams had collected showing that the environmental activist was killed on her instigation.
background
The film was produced by Nordfilm Kiel GmbH and Norddeutscher Rundfunk and shot in and around Kiel. The deep-sea recordings were made with the support of GEOMAR - Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel . From there the submersible Jago was made available for filming.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Borowski und das Meer barely missed the ten million mark and was seen as the winner of the day on March 30, 2014 in Germany by a total of 9.99 million viewers and achieved a market share of 28.4% for Das Erste ; In the group of 14- to 49-year-old viewers , 3.1 million viewers and a market share of 23.1% were achieved.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says: “Top cast, exciting topic, but not very exciting implementation. [...] Christian Jeltsch works on the genre in this 'eco-thriller with a real background' (NDR). The result is a coherent construct that neither jams nor squeaks at the hinge points afterwards. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff comments on this film: “The 'Tatort' contributions from Kiel are without exception special films, which not only, but to a large extent, has to do with Axel Milberg. [...] Two short appearances by bestselling author Frank Schätzing as an undefined marine specialist are superfluous, but they don't bother us either. "
Holger Gertz at Süddeutschen.de says: “Ambitious irony and unaccustomed looseness: In the new 'crime scene' in Kiel, Commissioner Borowski is given unusual facets. Unfortunately, the Whodunit plot revolving around deep-sea research is a bit bulky. "
On Spiegel Online , Christian Buß comes to the conclusion: “Despite this concentrated competence in the field of journalistic crime thrillers, 'Borowski und das Meer' is not much more than a 'What is what' issue with a murder case. Most of the characters in the film are actually complex [...] but in the end they are only there to report the many oceanographic facts and the complicated current state of research on the exploitation of the oceans. "Buß thinks this is a shame," because he The occasional stalled Borowsky 'Tatort' actually just had a good run. Like in no other TV area, Kiel had come into close contact with schizophrenics, psychopaths and borderliners, had developed a consistent, unique style in which the strangest tone and the most bizarre twist in the plot came up. "
Annette Berger at Stern.de says somewhat cautiously: “You can flood the 90 minutes of 'Tatort' with as much sea water as you want: the crime story and the environmental issue run strangely side by side without really touching each other. […] 'Borowski and the Sea' is certainly not the best episode with the popular investigator duo, but it does contain a few good moments. The thriller also has a lot of atmosphere. That is probably due to the fresh sea air. "
T-online.de rated sobering: “Promising title, promising pictures, promising actors, but unfortunately only a mediocre 'crime scene' in Kiel: In his latest case 'Borowski and the Sea', Axel Milberg dived into the depths of the Baltic Sea. Otherwise, however, this eco-thriller was unfortunately lacking in depth and also in terms of voltage it left a lot to be desired. "
rp-online.de judges as follows: This “crime scene” from Kiel could have been better. The great underwater shots that were shown at the beginning of the film were really impressive. He had weaknesses especially in the build-up of tension and in the dialogues - in short, in the script. Sibel Kekili is actually a good actress, she just doesn't seem to enjoy the 'crime scene'. And: Even if the topic of the eco-thriller was an important one, he could not have presented himself as a moral apostle. "
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm believe that this crime scene offers “a heavily constructed story that cannot make its way into an unambiguous eco-thriller and that unfortunately lacks the depth that is otherwise valued at the Kiel crime scenes.” Conclusion: “ Today it's a bit flat on the Baltic Sea. "
Web links
- Crime scene: Borowski and the sea in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Borowski and the Sea on the ARD website
- Borowski and the sea at the crime scene fund
- Borowski and the sea at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production details on tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 15, 2014.
- ↑ a b Rating and criticism on RP Online , accessed on April 18, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on April 18, 2014.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Critique of the film on Kino.de , accessed on April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Holger Gertz : There is only one 'Rudi Völler . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . March 29, 2014, accessed April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Christian Buß : Deep-sea "Tatort" with Borowski: Heavy lead on the sea floor . In: Der Spiegel (online) . March 28, 2014, accessed April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Annette Berger: A crab doesn't make an eco-thriller . In: stern.de . August 16, 2020, accessed April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Sabine Gültekin: Borowski is drinking - eco-thriller leaves a lot to be desired . In: t-online.de . March 31, 2014, accessed April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Brief review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on April 19, 2014.
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