Crime scene: the passenger
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The passenger |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Studio Hamburg film production |
| length | 89 minutes |
| classification | Episode 501 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | June 2, 2002 on First German Television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thomas Bohn |
| script | Thomas Bohn |
| production | Kerstin Ramcke |
| music | Hans Franek |
| camera | Rainer Gutjahr |
| cut |
Inge Bohmann Andrea Schröder-Jahn |
| occupation | |
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The Passenger is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk under the direction of Thomas Bohn and first broadcast on June 2, 2002 in the Das Erste program. In his third case, Kriminalhauptkommissar Casstorff ( Robert Atzorn ) is confronted with an airplane hijacking, which has a very special meaning for him personally, since his son Daniel is among the hostages.
action
Inspector Casstorff brings his son to the airport, from where Daniel wants to fly on vacation alone. As soon as he is back at the station, the inspector has to find out that three men have taken control of the plane in which his son is also sitting.
The LKA immediately set up a crisis management team headed by Chief Detective Müchler and called in the experienced police psychologist Caroline Sever, who was supposed to negotiate with the kidnappers. Casstorff is also drawn to the airport with his partner Holicek. He hopes to be able to support Müchler and his officials. The kidnappers are demanding the release of their father from custody and $ 5 million or they would blow up the plane. These are the brothers Markus and Jens Dernedde and the explosives expert Volker Sprengler, who recently broke out of prison .
The police psychologist fears that the plane will be stormed because she is unable to establish a conversation with the hijackers. However, Casstorff manages to send Daniel an SMS, which means that his son can send him important information about what is happening on the plane. In addition, he can finally get the brothers to communicate with quite provocative remarks. The connection to Daniel, on the other hand, is broken, which could mean that the hostage-taking cannot be ended peacefully and the GSG 9 will still be used.
At the same time, Casstorff had his colleagues Holicek and Graf research the kidnappers. They find out that Volker Spengler's wife Adriane Herzberg works for the airport security service. Through them they could have succeeded in getting the explosives on board the aircraft. Holicek can track her down and Graf tries to talk to her. But she also refuses to talk.
Manfred Dernedde has now arrived at the airport. Casstorff has him given a cell phone so that he can call his sons directly and calm them down. So they are distracted and do not notice how the GSG 9 is approaching the aircraft and accesses it in a targeted and successful manner at lightning speed. All passengers remain unharmed after the three hijackers have been eliminated by snipers. Despite thorough investigation, no explosives were found in the aircraft. Ultimately, the bomb is discovered in a teddy bear that Adriane Herzberg gave to a girl before departure, who later sat next to Daniel. Fortunately, the cuddly toy can be ignited relatively safely.
production
The film was produced by Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion for Norddeutscher Rundfunk . The aircraft was created on the computer, an exhibition hall served as the airport area, since after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, no more airport issued a license to rotate on site.
reception
Audience rating
The first broadcast of Der Passenger on June 2, 2002 was seen by a total of 7.41 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 26.10 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm pointed with their thumbs up, gave one point for humor and action and two out of three for suspense and came to the conclusion: "Clever kidnapper crime thriller with a lot of calculation."
Prisma spoke of a "well-cast and exciting episode in which Atzorn alias Casstorff was also personally affected by the criminal case", which, as so often, was written by "Tatort veteran Thomas Bohn" based on his own script .
Web links
- Crime scene: The passenger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Passenger on the ARD website
- The passenger at the crime scene fund
- The passenger at Tatort-Fans.de
- Casstorff & Holiczek - The passenger information adS diethelm-glaser.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The passenger production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on April 7, 2015.
- ↑ a b The passenger short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on April 7, 2015.
- ↑ crime scene - The passenger adS prisma.de. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
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