Crime scene: burns
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Burns |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Radio Bremen (RB) Degeto |
| length | 87 minutes |
| classification | Episode 384 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | April 26, 1998 on First German Television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Detlef Rönfeldt |
| script | Thommie Bayer |
| production | Annette Strelow |
| music | Mick Builder |
| camera | James Jacobs |
| cut | Dietlind Frank |
| occupation | |
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Burns is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Radio Bremen under the direction of Detlef Rönfeldt and broadcast for the first time on April 26, 1998 in the program Das Erste . For Chief Detective Inga Lürsen ( Sabine Postel ) it is the second case in which she has to investigate and solve an arson case in which two people accidentally died.
action
Chief Inspector Lürsen is called to a house fire in which a young couple has died.
The house owner is the Turk Mehmet Kazim, who is currently on vacation with his family and has to be contacted first. It turns out that the two dead were friends of his son Erkan who had used the house for a secret meeting.
Mehmet Kazim returns immediately from vacation and cannot imagine who was trying to harm him with the arson attack. He has lived in Bremen for many years and has a good relationship with those around him. Professionally, he is the owner of two vegetable shops and has integrated well into German society.
Lürsen asks the neighbor, Walter Kruse, who first noticed the fire and receives information about a car with a Bremen license plate , which leads to an Erno Lassker, who is already on record with the police as a neo-Nazi and agitator. He is arrested and interrogated, but denies anything to do with the fire. He would have lent his car and refused to reveal his friends. Lürsen found the names on his own with criminal skills and had Rainer Czech and Martin Spengler arrested. At the same time, Erkan Kazim also tries to find the murderers of his young friends and locks Daniel Viersen, who is suspected for him and whom the police are looking for as the fourth person involved, but cannot find, in a cellar. As a result, they consider him to be an urgent suspect and write him out for a search.
In addition to the suspicious right-wing radicals, Lürsen also checks Altan, the father of the girl who died in the fire. He was against the association with the young man and could have punished his daughter for her "sin". When Walter Kruse was questioned again, Lürsen received a reference to young perpetrators, which relieved Altan and burdened Erno Lassker. However, when Kruse identified a definitely innocent person as a possible perpetrator during a confrontation, Lürsen had doubts about the credibility of her main witness. It is becoming more and more clear that arson was supposed to be foisted on the neo-Nazis.
Lürsen's assistant Stefan Stoll leads his colleague on the trail of possible insurance fraud. Kazim and Kruse could have planned and orchestrated anything to raise money for tax debts. But that also seems to be wrong, because Kazim was obviously underinsured.
Volker Kruse, the neighbor's son, finds an empty petrol can in his father's garage that he recently filled. With a premonition, he speaks to his father about it and learns that he set Kazim's house on fire. He was angry that his previous friend supposedly wanted to sell him his house. Kruse had misunderstood an offer of help and took advantage of the neighbour's vacation and the hatred of the neo-Nazis to set fire to the house and leave the wrong track. Inga Lürsen also finds out that Kruse obviously didn't tell the truth. When she wants to question him again, she finds him hanged in the attic of his house.
background
The film was produced by Radio Bremen and shot in Bremen, Bremerhaven and the area around Bremen.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of burns on April 26, 1998 was seen by a total of 7.04 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.03 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
Kino.de writes about this crime scene: “If the suspicious father's religious motivation is also exaggerated, the overall issue can be dealt with well. It is remarkable that the general public assumes a hesitant investigation against neo-Nazis here. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm rate this crime scene as mediocre: “A hot topic. A pale 'crime scene'. "
Web links
- Crime scene: burns in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of burns on the ARD website
- Burns in the crime scene fundus
- Burns at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Burns Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 5, 2015.
- ^ Tatort - Brandwunden Filmkritik at Kino.de , accessed on March 6, 2015.
- ^ Tatort: Brandwunden Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 6, 2015.
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