Crime scene: Scrooge's grandson
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Scrooge's grandson |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SFB |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 417 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | July 25, 1999 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hajo Gies |
| script | Horst Freund , Thomas Wittenburg |
| production | Hans-Werner Honert |
| camera | Axel Block |
| cut | Kerstin Kexel |
| occupation | |
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Dagobert's grandchildren is a television film from the crime series Tatort on ARD and ORF . The film was produced by the SFB and first broadcast on July 25, 1999. It is the first case of the investigative duo Hellmann and Ritter and the 417th crime scene episode. Hellmann and Ritter have to clear up blackmail and a related bomb attack in which a young woman was killed.
action
Blackmailers who call themselves "Dagobert's grandchildren" blackmail the post by threatening to bomb post offices . A money handover in which the police tried to set a trap for the blackmailers fails. A few days later, Chief Inspector Robert Hellmann went to a post office to post a registered letter while he waited in line, an explosive device exploded, killing young Katja Roland, with whom Hellmann had flirted a short time before. The businessman Jens Treptov meets with his business partner Hans Kantrup and his nephew Sven, the three of them are dismayed because their bomb was supposed to detonate in the empty branch during the night using a time fuse. Sven, who placed the bomb, wants to get out, but his uncle and Treptov appease him because they still need him to exchange the registered notes. Treptov, whose carpentry is in massive financial difficulties, wants to use the incident for further blackmail, because they would finally be taken seriously. After some hesitation, Hans Kantrup agrees to continue. Because of the death, Hellmann and Ritter get involved in the investigation against "Dagobert's grandson", which was previously headed by their colleague Gautsch. Hellmann went through the files overnight, noticing that the blackmailer had only carried out attacks at night and obviously needed the money urgently.
Hellmann and Ritter return to the scene of the crime, both remembering Sven Kantrup, who brought a package to the post office shortly before the explosion , Ritter saw him running out, while Kantrup collided with someone and lost a ballpoint pen and change. The officers find two homeless people who had collected the money and receive the ballpoint pen with the company logo "Treptov and Partners" from them. Meanwhile, the post office is again providing money for the handover, this time Ritter is supposed to deliver the money, the officials are waiting for the handover conditions. Hellmann drives to the Treptov und Partner joinery, where he meets Sven Kantrup, whom he quickly recognizes as the young man from the post office. Kantrup claims that he bought postage stamps and that he ran away in such a hurry because the bicycle courier he bumped into outside the branch was quite aggressive. Meanwhile, Ritter is instructed to deposit the money in a locker at the train station. There he only finds a dummy bomb, however, the blackmailer then directs Ritter back and forth across the city and forces him to throw away the tracking device, finally Ritter is forced to put the money in a basket in a factory building, which the blackmailers use with a pulley system is pulled up. Ritter has to chain himself down below so that he cannot follow the blackmailers, who later call the presidium so that Hellmann frees his colleague. Hellmann tells Ritter about his encounter with Sven Kantrup, but considers him innocent because at the same time Ritter was already being conducted through Berlin by the blackmailer.
Treptov, Hans and Sven Kantrup are celebrating their triumph, but Sven just wants to get out of Germany as soon as possible. Treptov reassures him that Hellmann's visit gave him a perfect alibi that he should launder the money before he could disappear. While Treptov exchanged the extorted money for unregistered notes thanks to Sven's contacts, Hellmann got the flash of inspiration after a night of drinking with Ritter that Sven Kastrup had wished him to get the perpetrators quickly, but the extortion letters were written in the singular. The two officers drive to Sven, who lives with his uncle, when Sven sees the officers, he takes his uncle hostage, Ritter's weapon, and flees, losing his share of the booty and being shot by Hellmann. Sven Kantrup manages to hijack a car and escape despite his leg injury. While Sven is hiding in an allotment arbor and calling Treptov, Hellmann and the knight hear Hans Kantrup, of whose perpetration they have no idea. Nevertheless, the officers cling to Kantrup's heels when he leaves the house. Meanwhile, Treptov shoots Sven in cold blood with Ritter's weapon, as he now sees him as a danger to himself and the success of his plan. Kantrup drives to the gazebo and finds Sven's corpse there, at first glance everything looks like suicide, but Hellmann notices that the gun was not attached during the shot, but was shot from at least a meter away, so Ritter's weapon was the dead man postmortem must have been placed in his hand. The officials conclude that Sven Treptov, who was the mastermind because of his financial problems, had called, but the latter killed him instead of helping him.
When Kantrup rejects the thesis, he makes himself suspicious and finally confesses that he and Treptov and Sven blackmailed the post and carried out the attacks. When Hellmann and Ritter order a large number of Treptov's carpenters, Treptov holed up with his family and threatened to blow themselves up with them. He wanted to celebrate his little son's birthday first. When Kantrup informed the officers that the entire area could blow up if Treptov pulls the trigger, the head of operations pulls the officers back. With a trick, Ritter manages to lure Treptov's son out of the house and to bring him to safety, Mrs. Treptov also manages to flee the house with the daughter. Now Treptov comes out with the detonator in his hand, Ritter promises him that his children will not notice if he gives up and is led away. Treptov finally gives up and Ritter gives him the opportunity to play with his son one last time.
production
The crime scene Dagoberts grandson is a production on behalf of the SFB for Das Erste . The film was shot in Berlin . When it was first broadcast on July 25, 1999, Dagobert's grandson had 5.19 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 20.08%.
criticism
TV Spielfilm rated the film positively and commented "Solid debut of the Berlin short-term duo".
Name suggestion
The department store blackmailer Arno Funke called himself Dagobert.
Web links
- Scrooge's grandson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Scrooge's grandson in the online film database
- Dagobert's grandson in the crime scene fund
- Scrooge's grandson at Tatort-Fans.de
- Summary of the plot of Dagobert's grandson on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ^ Tatort: Dagobert's grandson at tatort-fundus.de
- ^ Dagobert's grandson tv feature film
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