Crime scene: the last race
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The last race |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
MR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 644 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | October 29, 2006 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Edward Berger |
| script |
Judith Angerbauer , Lars Kraume |
| production | Jörg Himstedt |
| music |
Tobi Neumann , Martin Probst |
| camera |
Armin Alker , Dominik Schunk |
| cut | Stefan Blue |
| occupation | |
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The last race is a television film in the crime scene crime series. The contribution produced by Hessischer Rundfunk under the direction of Edward Berger was broadcast for the first time on October 29, 2006 in the first program of ARD . It is the 8th case of the investigative duo Dellwo and Singer and the 644th crime scene episode.
action
Fritz Dellwo from the Frankfurt homicide squad has set himself the ambitious goal of running the Messe Frankfurt marathon and has been training for it for months. Together with the experienced trainer Henry Danquardt, he wants to achieve a time under four hours. The evening before the big event, he learns that the felon Petar Gricic has escaped from prison. When he was convicted, Dellwo had sworn eternal vengeance for convicting him and taking him to prison. Therefore, for his own safety, colleagues absolutely want to prevent the commissioner from taking part in the marathon, but Dellwo will not be put off.
During the mass start the next morning, a Swedish runner was fatally shot near Dellwos. Dellwo wants to keep running. His colleague Charlotte Sänger believes that the fatal shot came from the nearby steeple of St. Matthew's Church. The resident pastor says, however, that apart from the cleaning lady, he saw no one and heard nothing suspicious. The police then begin a search for the fugitive Gricic. The SEK later succeeds in tracking him down and arresting him, who suffered a leg injury when he escaped. This made it clear that he could not be on a campaign of revenge himself.
Meanwhile, the new homicide squad member Jan Gröner tries to find Dellwo and take him out of the running, but he misses him several times. According to the organizer, it is not technically possible to cancel the entire marathon, and prosecutor Dr. Scheer speaks out against it. In the meantime, the assistant Ina Springhub identifies all the churches along the route that could be a possible location for the sniper and another attack. These are then searched by SEK officials, but this remains unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, Charlotte Sänger appears to be calm. In all the hectic pace of marathon running and police maneuvers, she follows a trail with her usual intuition . The cleaning lady Irene Ferber was named as a possible witness by the pastor of the Matthäuskirche and so she tries to find her. In her apartment she only meets Ferber's partner, Bergmeister, who willingly allows the singer to question her. The apartment bears witness to the owner's active sports career as a biathlete , so that singer immediately continues to look for her. When the Commissioner locates Irene Ferber, she is knocked down and brought into her power. She has to watch tied up as the assassin tries to carry out her project. She threatens to shoot innocent people if someone should give up the race. While looking for her goal in the crowd of runners, Gröner finally manages to track down Dellwo and convince him to abandon the race. Gröner informs him that Singer had called and is looking for an Irene Ferber. Dellwo is puzzled by the name and lets research. It comes to light that Ferber was doped by her trainer when she was a child in the GDR and suffered serious health damage as a result. But she could not win a lawsuit that brought her justice and reparation, so she is now on a campaign of revenge. Dellwo concludes that it is not he who is the target, but her coach at the time, Henry Dankquardt, who always ran next to him in the race. During the interview with Gröner, however, he lost sight of him and now tried to intercept him when he crossed the finish line in the stadium.
After Ferber left her alone, the singer managed to free herself and tried to catch the assassin at the location of her next attack, which she also suspected when she crossed the finish line. When Henry Dankquardt shows up there in a group of runners, Dellwo immediately takes him into his care and takes him away from the racing action. Dellwo leaves him alone for a moment to get help. This allows Ferber to get to her former coach alone. His justification for his actions: "Your body has never belonged to you, it has only ever belonged to the thing". Ferber fires a shot and falls to their deaths together with Dankquardt from the upper floor of the target building.
background
The Hessischer Rundfunk started an experiment for the scene of the crime, the last race . During the Messe Frankfurt Marathon in October 2005, the station placed a total of nine filming teams at various locations along the route. Commissioner Fritz Dellwo subsequently took part in the run. The course of the event was not allowed to be disturbed or interrupted, so that the teams only had one opportunity to record the relevant scene - real live conditions for the crime thriller filming. In this way, around 20 minutes of film were made in a single day. Usually only three minutes are realized per day of shooting.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on October 29, 2006, the episode The Last Race in Germany was seen by 7.30 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 20.10 percent.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says: “The 'Tatort' from Frankfurt lives up to its reputation. […] The major sporting event, which was accompanied by nine camera teams for this film in 2005, sets the pace of the action, determines the rhythm of the 90 minutes. People, cameras, pictures - everything is in motion. Whether in optics or when narrating - the perspectives are constantly changing. Flexibility is the order of the day in this film, which for older viewers certainly takes some getting used to, where your eyes sometimes flicker. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff from Kino.de , on the other hand, praises the crime scene and writes: “In view of the drama, Berger doesn't need to force the staging any further. The authentic images, accompanied by suitable techno music, combined with the knowledge that a precision shooter is lurking somewhere, are completely sufficient to drive the tension to the extreme. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm think: “The handheld camera shows its hectic pace in real time - an idea that works. [Conclusion:] Exciting, fast, with surprises. "
Web links
- Crime scene: The final race in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Last Race on the ARD website
- The last race at the crime scene fund
- The last race at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production note at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on November 20, 2014.
- ↑ Audience rating , at tatort-blog.de, accessed on November 20, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on November 20, 2014.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Film review at kino.de, accessed on November 20, 2014.
- ↑ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on November 20, 2014.
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