Crime scene: the black knight
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The black knight |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR |
| length | 85 minutes |
| classification | Episode 443 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | May 21, 2000 on First German Television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Didi Danquart |
| script | Dorothee Schön |
| production | Ulrich Herrmann |
| music | Cornelius Schwehr |
| camera | Johann Feindt |
| cut | Cornelia Hülsebus |
| occupation | |
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The Black Knight is a TV film from the crime series Tatort and a SWR production . This 443rd episode in the series was broadcast for the first time on May 21, 2000 on First German Television .
The Ludwigshafen investigator duo Lena Odenthal ( Ulrike Folkerts ) and Mario Kopper ( Andreas Hoppe ) has to solve the death of the main attraction of an amusement park .
action
The black knight starts with rapid roller coaster rides, crazy fantasy characters and accordion sounds . He is the main attraction in the "Lunapark" and makes plans for the future in Paris with magician Magnus' assistant Zora, which Magnus should not know about. And of all people, Louis Mercier, “The Black Knight”, is found dead by the pirate ship. Zora has disappeared without a trace.
Thierry, the dead man's brother, is not very helpful with the clarification, but points out the financial dependence on Ms. Reiche, the producer. She, in turn, blackens Thierry in her vulgar way, because he has to fear that Louis is planning his own show without him.
Odenthal places Kopper as an undercover agent because the artists are very closed. He can first muck out the stables. At night he watches how Magnus puts the silent clown Charly under pressure. The latter had written down a note that Magnus burned, but Kopper took care of the print, which indicated extortion.
Zora Jeschke can be found on the German-French border. She leads Odenthal to the alleged murder weapon in the tiger enclosure. When Magnus sees Zora, he freaks out, shakes and chokes her and accuses her of cheating with Louis. But he only found out later. The amateur videos of the park visitors, organized by park manager Bausch, indicate that Louis Mercier was not in a costume when he last appeared as the Black Knight, as it must be torn. After Louis informed Zora that he was not going to Paris, the former horse rider Zora put on the knight's costume and then stabbed Louis with the dagger. But she only tells Thierry this. With a trick, Odenthal and Kopper are able to convict the murderer.
background
The Black Knight was the first crime scene of the director Didi Danquart from Freiburg im Breisgau . He had already worked with Bruno Cathomas and Eva Mattes in his film Viehjud Levi in 1998 . Mattes' appearance in this crime scene was one of the reasons why she became a crime scene commissioner herself as Klara Blum .
The shooting for the scenes in the Lunapark took place near Freiburg in Europa-Park , whose managing director Roland Mack has a cameo appearance.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of The Black Knight on May 21, 2000 was seen by a total of 7 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 21.04 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm point their thumbs to the side and judge: “Poor knight! The thriller lacks flair. "
Web links
- The Black Knight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Black Knight on the ARD website
- The black knight at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eva Mattes: "We cannot all be like Berta". Memories. Ullstein , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-37468-0 , p. 385 ff.
- ^ The black knight - Lena-Odenthal investigates in Europa-Park. SWR press release of May 3, 2000, accessed on June 12, 2016
- ↑ Quotation from the Tatort fund, accessed on June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on June 10, 2016.
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