Crime scene: The Millennium Killer
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | The millennial killer |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
ORF in cooperation with Swiss television |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 435 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | January 30, 2000 on Das Erste |
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| Director | Thomas Roth |
| script | Peter Moser |
| production | Ulrike Messer-Krol and Günther Wilding |
| music | Lothar Scherpe |
| camera | Helmut Pirnat |
| cut | Gerda Ghanim |
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The Millennium Murderer is a television film from the Tatort crime series . It is the third case of the Vienna chief inspector Moritz Eisner , alias Harald Krassnitzer . The by ORF contribution was produced on 30 January 2000 at the First sent for the first time.
In this case, Eisner and his team must investigate a series of murders. A madman believes in the approaching end of the world and tries to fight evil with ritual murders and to save mankind from the allegedly impending millennial catastrophe.
action
Eisner and his team members, Norbert Dobos and Suza Binder, are called to a mission. A car burns down in an open field with a dead man in it. A sign has been dug into the earth around the car. The colleagues u. a. the fire brigade on site asked for discretion with regard to the strange signs. To interpret this, Eisner asks Arno Berger, a Nostradamus expert who has just published a corresponding book. He is of the opinion that it could be a ritual-like staging to counteract the supposedly imminent end of the world.
The dead man was the owner of a large peep show in Vienna. During the autopsy , the forensic doctor finds traces of an antidepressant that is fatal if overdosed. So it can be a suicide, the act of a psychopath, but also a murderer from the Viennese porn scene who uses this scenario to distract from his real motive. The dead man owed his business partner Peter Leubner, who is already on file with the police, but also had trouble with his video supplier Steiner. When Leubner is seen at an end times event and runs away when he sees Eisner, he makes himself suspicious and is arrested. According to his information, he only sells weapons that are not entirely legal to the apocalypses .
Suddenly a photo appears on TV and in the newspaper that was obviously taken by the killer himself. He announced further signs and shortly afterwards the company owner Fritz Malik was found dead. Although he drowned, there is also a Nostradamus sign nearby, which feeds Eisner's theory of ritual murder. The elements fire and water are thus served, which possibly indicates two murders to be expected. Norbert Dobos goes on a search for information on a prostitute who has been reported missing for some time. He learns from her colleagues that recently a young man has tried to warn her of the impending end of the world. Suza Binder therefore goes to the city's psychiatric clinic with Eisner to ask about patients who have to do with end-time anxiety. In doing so, she comes across Michael Novotny, who is being treated with corresponding delusions. The police storm the residence of the young man who is hiding in a bunker and shoots himself when Eisner approaches him.
The last victim can be found in Steiner's customer database, who is now in the hospital. He apparently escaped an attack and was hit by a car while trying to escape. During the research it turns out that Michael Novotny is the son of a former Steiner employee. Eisner suspects that the father is trying to eradicate evil in the world with his deeds: In this case, commercial sex and the people who have to do with it. Ernst Novotny appears unexpectedly in the pathology department and kidnaps Renata. He calls Eisner with her cell phone and announces his fourth act, which, now that Steiner has escaped him, will turn out a little differently than he had actually planned. Eisner should also feel what it is like to lose a loved one. But Eisner manages to save Renata before she is completely buried in a hole in the ground. Looking for her, he finds the third corpse in the forest that Novotny had suffocated with a plastic bag. Ultimately, he can also arrest and arrest the insane Novotny.
background
The production took place in cooperation with Swiss television.
reception
Audience ratings
7.67 million viewers saw the episode The Millennium Murderer in Germany when it was first broadcast on January 30, 2000, which corresponded to a market share of 20.05%. In the tatort-blog.de ranking list, the episode reached 487th place out of 905.
Reviews
Tv-Spielfilm rated this crime scene episode as: "A bit disappointing for this criminal investigation team"
Web links
- The Millennium killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Millennium Murderer on the ARD website
- The millennial killer in the crime scene fund
- The millennium killer at crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Background and audience rating at fundus.de, accessed on December 9, 2013.
- ↑ Tatort ranking list on tatort-blog.de, accessed on December 9, 2013.
- ^ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 9, 2013.
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