Crime scene: The lawyer
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The lawyer |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
MDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 661 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | April 1, 2007 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dieter Berner |
| script |
Raimund Weber Fred Breinersdorfer |
| production | Jan Kruse |
| music | Julian Boyd |
| camera | Carl Finkbeiner |
| cut | Robert Hentschel |
| occupation | |
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The lawyer is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD , ORF and SRF . The film was produced by MDR under the direction of Dieter Berner and was first broadcast on April 1, 2007. It is the crime scene episode 661. For the detective chief inspector Bruno Ehrlicher and his colleague Kain it is the twenty-second case that they investigate in Leipzig .
action
The construction investor Peter Ludwig has won a lawsuit according to which he does not have to pay Werner Mühl almost half a million euros because of alleged construction defects. He celebrates his questionable victory with his lawyer Corinna Becker. The next morning, Ludwig is found shot dead in his villa. Ehrlicher and Kain determine and learn from the cleaning lady, who also found the dead person, that in their opinion three valuable pictures are missing. Later, the lack of a watch collection is also discovered, which amounts to a total of around 500,000 euros.
The first suspect appears to the investigators to be the cleaning woman's husband, as he knew his way around Ludwig's house and recently had to be fired because his boss, Werner Mühl, had to file for bankruptcy. On the other hand, the construction investor has made many enemies through his business conduct. Together with his lawyer, who may even have been guilty of fraudulent proceedings on behalf of her client, he often succeeded in depriving craftsmen of their claims.
When Werner Mühl's house was searched, the stolen valuables were found, whereupon he was arrested. He admits to having stolen the pictures, but he would not have killed Ludwig. Since no traces of smoke were found on Mühl's clothes, Ehrlicher also has doubts about who was responsible for the murder.
Meanwhile, public prosecutor Mitterer deals with Ludwig's machinations and she finds various bogus companies through which he made bogus accounts and so must have amassed millions of dollars over the years. The loan officer Dr. Stefan Bischof, who last called Ludwig, helped. Because of these allegations, Bishop has now been suspended from his bank and Ehrlicher has him monitored. He comes on the track of blackmail. Andreas Becker, the lawyer’s husband, has demanded money from Bishop because he had come into possession of a power of attorney that authorized Bishop to have Ludwig's accounts in Switzerland. Bishop denies having killed his business partner. Since no DNA traces of the suspect are found at the crime scene, Ehrlicher remains skeptical. On the other hand, he asks himself how a lawyer is doing when she has to recognize that with her knowledge and skills she supports injustice more than the law. In addition, Corinna Becker had found out that Ludwig wanted to move abroad and that she would then have been left with the debts of the insolvent front company. Confronted with these facts, she admits that she was angry and shot Ludwig with his own revolver.
After the forensic medicine found out that Ludwig did not die from the shot but was suffocated while lying on the ground, there must be a second perpetrator. In order to find this, the lawyer is not kept in police custody, but under observation. The officers follow her to a trailer where she meets her husband. He admits to her that he followed her that evening and that Ludwig suffocated. Ehrlicher and Kain go to the campsite themselves and watch the caravan suddenly explode. Depressed, they drive back to Leipzig, but see two connected bicycles on Landstrasse. As they wait there for a while, Corinna and Andreas Becker appear, who are now being arrested.
background
The lawyer was produced by Saxonia Media Filmproduktion GmbH on behalf of MDR and filmed in Leipzig.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on April 1, 2007, the episode Die Anwältin was seen by 7.96 million viewers in Germany, corresponding to a market share of 22.4 percent.
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv says about this crime scene: “After Ernst Bienzle's abdication, Bruno Ehrlicher is the last television commissioner at the old school, and he won't be doing it for long either. At some point you will probably miss it when he looks a suspect in the eye and asks: 'Between us: Did you kill Ludwig?' Compared to the unevenly fast-paced thrillers from Münster, Munich or Cologne, the stories from Leipzig seem rather dusty. They still have their fan base, and in fact Dieter Berner's inconspicuous but solidly staged film is never boring. Just sedate. "
Franz Solms-Laubach criticized for welt.de and came to the conclusion: “Despite its weaknesses, the film is not a bad crime scene. Above all, it has a good ending, which is almost Hollywood worthy. You have to like Ehrlicher and Kain as commissioners to make it through the film, because their 'stay on the carpet' mentality can get on your nerves. But Doreen Jacobi is well worth seeing and plays her role as a good girl who gets on the wrong track. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm call this crime scene “sedate and conventional” and “standard crime thriller with pale staff.” They only gave it a medium rating.
Web links
- Crime scene: The lawyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the action by Die Anwältin on the ARD website
- The lawyer at the crime scene fund
- The lawyer at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on December 30, 2015.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Peter Sodann, Bernd Michael Lade, Doreen Jacobi. Hot lawyer, dusty crime film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on December 30, 2015.
- ^ Franz Solms-Laubach: Korrupte Baulöwen and the weapons of women at welt.de, accessed on December 30, 2015.
- ↑ One of the last cases in Leipzig that stopped in 2007. Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 30, 2015.
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