Crime scene: The Madonna's smile
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Madonna's smile |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR , Maran Film |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 618 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | December 25, 2005 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christoph Stark |
| script | Kai-Uwe Hasenheit |
| production |
Ulrich Herrmann , Mark Horyna |
| music | Thomas Osterhoff |
| camera | Ralf Nowak |
| cut | Olga Barthel |
| occupation | |
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The Madonna's Smile is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The film with Eva Mattes as chief detective Klara Blum was produced by SWR and Maran Film and was broadcast for the first time in Germany on December 25, 2005. This 618th episode in the crime scene series is the 8th case by Klara Blum and the 4th case by Kai Perlmann . They are investigating the murder of a restorer who was undoed by his knowledge and the associated blackmail attempt.
action
Jan Reuter is an assistant at the Kunstmuseum Konstanz and secretly cuts an old masterpiece out of its frame in the workshop of the restorer Alexander Scheer. But the latter notices that someone is there and a scuffle ensues. Shortly afterwards the alarm system sounds and Perlmann, who is currently present in the gallery, rushes over. Reuter locks the picture in a locker in the gallery and wants to leave the area. A security guard tells him to stop, but he escapes, so that Perlmann becomes aware of him and takes up the chase, but Reuter escapes. A small car comes towards him on the street, and he deliberately walks into it. The driver stops and takes the slightly injured Reuter with her because he asks her for help and is very charming.
Meanwhile, the museum director Doris Koch finds her restorer lying on the floor, stabbed to death. Blum, who is also currently in the museum, immediately takes over the investigation. She initiates the manhunt for Reuter, who is now being treated by Birgit Winkler, his involuntary helper. He confesses to her that he is wanted for stealing a picture from the museum. So he asks her to stay in her apartment for a while and pays her generously for it.
In the museum you can see that the computer hard drive was formatted in the restoration workshop. So Perlmann comes to the conclusion that they now not only know the weapon and the perpetrator, but also the motive. Since traces of an accident were found on the street and the police noticed a red Polo, they are looking for it. Everything indicates that Reuter explicitly planned his theft, especially since he started at the museum exactly six months ago, shortly before the valuable painting came into the museum's possession.
Blum finds out that Scheer has received a five-digit sum from Doris Koch and suspects that he blackmailed her. Possibly because he knew that Koch had a relationship with Reuter. The red Polo is now being found in a workshop. Blum goes to the owner and asks her about Jan Reuter. Birgit Winkler states that she only drove him to the hospital. Blum shows that she doesn't believe her, but there is nothing more she can do and leaves the apartment. Reuter, who was hiding in the house, asks Birgit to pick up a suitcase for him from his study in Zurich. Since she has high debts and he wants to pay her well for it, she accepts his offer. Blum is convinced that Birgit Winkler knows where Reuter is and will lead her to him at some point. Therefore she instructs Perlmann to wait in front of the apartment and to shadow it. However, Winkler manages to leave the house unnoticed and take a taxi to Zurich.
While Annika Beck is supposed to check the museum director's accounts and also commission an investigation into the remaining frame of the stolen masterpiece, Blum sets off for Switzerland, because Beck's research has shown that Reuter comes from Zurich. In the presence of his Swiss colleague Strasser, Blum looks around Reuter's apartment. Birgit Winkler, who is already there, manages to escape again. When she arrived in Germany with her suitcase, she and Reuter hid on a friend's boat because she suspects that her apartment is under surveillance.
Blum suspects that the stolen picture is a fake. The restorer could have found this out and blackmailed Koch with it. When she wants to inform the museum director of her suspicion, she meets Birgit Winkler, who is working with Reuter to get the picture from the locker. Unlike Reuter, she cannot escape and is arrested. She admits that she worked for Reuter for a fee and, after long interrogation, reveals his hiding place.
Reuter, who is now in possession of the picture, finds out for his part that it is not real and goes to see Doris Koch. While he is confronting them with his knowledge, Siegfried Wagner appears, who works in the museum as an art historical advisor. Pistol in hand, he admits that he stabbed the restorer so he couldn't tell anyone that the painting wasn't by Cranach , but only by one of his students. After all, just a real Cranach would have been effective enough to attract many visitors to the museum. Without warning, he shoots Doris Koch and takes Reuter hostage. He asks him to hand over the picture and has him show him the hiding place on the boat. Shortly afterwards, the investigators appear and arrest Wagner and Reuter. Birgit Winkler will also have to answer legally, but does not have to be taken into custody.
background
The shooting of this crime scene crime thriller, produced by Südwestrundfunk in cooperation with Maran Film, took place in Konstanz , Baden-Baden , Zurich and Werderplatz in Karlsruhe under the working title Das Versteck . Since there is no art museum in Konstanz, the corresponding scenes were filmed in and at the cultural center at the Minster of Konstanz. During the shooting, the crime scene crew was robbed themselves, because unknown young people stole a notebook and an infrared camera while shooting. The smile of the Madonna was not broadcast on ORF, as the ARD set the broadcast date on Christmas Day, while the planned holiday program was broadcast on ORF.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of the crime scene The Madonna's Smile on December 25, 2005 was seen by a total of 4.89 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 16.00 percent.
Reviews
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv praises this film as: “Finally a Lake Constance“ crime scene ”that can convince. [...] The story of Kai-Uwe Hasenheit alternates between art history and Stockholm Syndrome, who is charismatically brought to life by Harald Schrott and Brigitte Hobmeier. [...] At the beginning the film skilfully lined up one mosaic tile next to the other, without, however, providing any indication of the finished image; a clever way to arouse curiosity. The restrained, at the same time enormously present music by Thomas Osterhoff has a large part in the growing tension. "Nevertheless, there are" various blunders. The spark between the quasi-hostage and her quasi-kidnapper is a bit too fast, Ms. Blum never has to show her ID, Perlmann shoots at a locked door lock as if he has seen too many thrillers, and a trip to Zurich is the simplest of robbers and gendarmes . "
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm judge: “After an exciting start, the Constance cops run out of air a little. The joke also comes across as a bit strained. Otherwise there is nothing to complain about. (Conclusion): Despite the art breaks, still quite decent. "
Web links
- The smile of the Madonna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Smile of the Madonna on the ARD website
- The smile of the Madonna at the crime scene fund
- The smile of the Madonna at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations at Internet Movie Database , accessed January 14, 2014.
- ↑ a b Working title and audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 14, 2014.
- ↑ Annette Gilcher / SWR Impressive building at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 14, 2014.
- ↑ Tobias Goltz The Christmas TATORT at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 14, 2014.
- ^ Francois Werner background facts at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on January 14, 2014.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on January 14, 2014.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on January 14, 2014.
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