Crime scene: Borowski and the burning man
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Borowski and the burning man |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
NDR , Studio Hamburg |
| length | 86 minutes |
| classification | Episode 873 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | May 12, 2013 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lars Kraume |
| script | Daniel Nocke |
| production |
Holger Ellermann , Kerstin Ramcke |
| music |
Julian Maas , Christoph M. Kaiser |
| camera | Jens Harant |
| cut | Benjamin Hembus |
| occupation | |
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Borowski and the Burning Man is a television film from the crime series Tatort and was first broadcast on May 12, 2013 in Erste . It is the 873rd episode and the 21st case of the Kiel investigator Klaus Borowski . The film was produced by Studio Hamburg Produktion Kiel GmbH on behalf of NDR for ARD .
Borowski investigates a case that stems from the past, which was marked by envy and resentment towards everything foreign in post-war Germany, which became the breeding ground for a crime that has remained unpunished to this day.
action
During a Julklapp celebration in the Kiel police headquarters, Kriminalrat Schladitz leaves his workplace nervously to attend a Lucia festival at a Danish school in Schleswig . At this festival, Schladitz witnessed how a person on fire suddenly fell out of the school building and died on site. In order to support the young Flensburg inspector Einigsen - who is herself a Danish native of southern Schleswig and who is responsible for the city of Schleswig - in her first case, inspector Borowski and his assistant Sarah Brandt from Kiel arrive at the scene of the crime that same evening and begin the investigation .
It quickly becomes clear that Borowski's superior Schladitz has a connection to the events: the deceased Michael Eckart is not only the headmaster, but also a childhood friend of his. That Borowski is investigating here is initially not right for Schladitz and he gives Sarah Brandt a private research to find old school friends, of whom he presents an old photo.
Due to a car accident, Schladitz cannot be contacted for a few days and Klaus Borowski and Sarah Brandt have to investigate based on the last information that Kriminalrat Brandt gave shortly before the accident. So they want to visit the Bent family, who are Schladitz's old school friends, but when they get there they only find two bodies. Helene Bent sits as a charred corpse in the summer house, Stephan Bent was shot with a shotgun and lies dead on the property. The same child's photo can be found in the house as Schladitz had.
The research shows that 50 years ago a group of children had arson attacked the house of Pomeranian displaced persons. Schladitz was very likely there and could now be in danger if someone should take revenge for this act today. Anja Jürgensen, the last one in the children's photo, should also be protected, but she cannot be found. The last clue is a psychiatric clinic, which has now been closed and so no information is available. But suddenly Anja Jürgensen shows up at the police station, because she found out that they were looking for her. The investigators speak to her about the fire 50 years ago and it is clearly difficult for her to talk about it. Michael had set the house on fire and the others watched. She would still have tried to help and saved a boy from the house. This child was three years old at the time and was adopted by a Danish farm owner.
The trail leads to Kviesgaard, who owns a company in Denmark that is planning a marina in the immediate vicinity of the Danish school, which Michael Eckart disliked. Borowski is sure that he is the one who has now started a campaign of revenge. Since there are concerns about the safety of Roland Schladitz, Borowski has him moved to another room in the hospital. To set a trap for the murderer, an armed officer is posted as a decoy in Schladitz's old room. As expected, Kviesgaard arrives on the hospital grounds in the evening, where the SEK is already on hold. But it turns out that someone had called him here with a letter. And he is only now finding out that he was adopted and that his birth parents were burned. Which finally explains his tormenting nightmares to him.
In the meantime, Anja Jürgensen uses the opportunity. Since she has noticed that Schladitz has been moved to another room, she can get to him undisturbed. Because of his injuries, he lies defenseless in bed. Jürgensen rubs it all over with a fuel paste. She talks about her psychological problems and nightmares that she has had since the event from her childhood. Before Jürgensen can light a match, Borowski succeeds in preventing her and she can be arrested.
background
The film deals with the history of expellees from Pomerania after the Second World War and the situation of the Danish minority in southern Schleswig . After the referendum in Schleswig , the former Duchy of Schleswig was divided into a Danish (North Schleswig) and a German part (South Schleswig) in 1920 . However, there are still minorities from the other side on both sides of the border. There is a German minority in North Schleswig, a Danish and a Frisian minority in South Schleswig. Tensions still existed between the Germans and Danes in the post-war period. In addition, after the Second World War, there was a demarcation from the newly arrived displaced persons. As shown in the film, German and Danish people from Schleswig were mostly in agreement in their skepticism towards the expellees.
The shooting of Borowski and the Burning Man took place under the working title Borowski and the Danes from December 4, 2012 to January 31, 2013 in Kiel, in Schleswig at the AP Møller-Skolen and the surrounding area.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Borowski and the Burning Man on May 12, 2013 was seen by a total of 9.31 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 27.0% for Das Erste ; In the group of 14- to 49-year-old viewers , 2.96 million viewers and a market share of 21.8% were achieved.
572,000 viewers and a 20% market share were achieved in Austria.
Reviews
The TV Spielfilm found: "So much Mankell has not been at the scene for a long time".
“Guilt and atonement and the dwindling trust between the investigators are the themes of 'Borowski and the Burning Man'. It's about the Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein, an unpunished crime and xenophobia in a historically but also psychologically unusual case. Aesthetically, Lars Kraume's film is based on the dense screenplay by Daniel Nocke on the Scandinavian crime novels. Lots of atmosphere, good investigator psychology, pleasant narrative flow, lovable investigators! "
“In the failed piece with Barschel at the time, Axel Milberg spoke French as Borowski and found out in Geneva that he is back, almost like an old acquaintance who has come home unscathed from a self-discovery trip. The case that he has to clarify does not get lost in the thick of stories - as was the case recently with a few episodes of the crime scene. "
Web links
- Crime scene: Borowski and the burning man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Borowski and the Burning Man in the online film database
- Borowski and the burning man at the crime scene fund
- Borowski and the burning man at Tatort-Fans.de
- Crime scene: Borowski and the burning man (PDF; 999 kB) - press kit
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Holtgreve “Small murders among neighbors” on ndr.de, accessed on February 17, 2014.
- ↑ Martin Klatt: "Flygtningene og Sydslesvigs danske bevægelse 1945-1955", Flensburg 2001: ved Studieafdelingen Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig.
- ↑ Location and working title on fundus.de, accessed on February 17, 2014.
- ^ Scene of the crime: Borowski and the burning man at crew united
- ↑ quotemeter.de : Kiel “Tatort” in great demand , accessed on May 13, 2013.
- ↑ Medienforschung ORF , data from Sunday, May 12, 2013.
- ↑ Crime scene: Borowski and the burning man on TV Spielfilm (with pictures of the film)
- ↑ tittelbach.tv: Series “Tatort - Borowski and the Burning Man” , accessed on May 13, 2013.
- ↑ Holger Gertz: Touching journey into yesterday. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 12, 2013, accessed on July 10, 2013 .
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