Crime scene: The Baryschna affair
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | The Baryschna affair |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SFB |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 287 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | February 6, 1994 on German television |
| Rod | |
| Director | Matti Geschonneck |
| script | Andreas Pflüger |
| production | Uwe Otto |
| music | Ulrich Gumpert |
| camera | Wolfram Beyer |
| cut | Barbara Herrmann |
| occupation | |
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The Baryschna case is a consequence of the ARD crime series Tatort . The episode produced by the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) was first broadcast on February 6, 1994 on ARD. It is the sixth crime scene with chief detective Franz Markowitz, who this time wants to put an end to a gang of smugglers.
action
A group of Lebanese refugees is to be smuggled by a smuggler organization via Prague through Germany to Scandinavia . During an unplanned stopover in Berlin, there is a scuffle and two of the refugees die. Everyone else runs away and so the driver and his brother also leave the scene. Sanieba can be picked up by the police, but they are silent about what they experienced.
Commissioner Franz Markowitz first asked the managing director Gehlmann in the closest refugee home whether the refugees had reported there. He not only wants to track down the murderers, but also the people behind the organization. He apparently finds a helper in Manfred Buetow, the operator of a travel agency and the refugee home, who Markowitz willingly makes himself available as an interpreter. Sanieba, the only witness and daughter of the two dead, remains silent because she knows that she is threatened with deportation. Although Markowitz stands up for her, she tries to escape the police. Since the inspector is expecting it, he monitors her in the hope that she will lead him to the people behind it. The plan succeeds and he follows her to the hiding place of her compatriots, but they have just been picked up by the brothers Martin and Ronny Fila and are already on their way abroad. While Ronny drives the truck alone, his older brother Martin stays in Berlin. On behalf of Gehlmann, who is the actual mastermind behind the smuggling group together with Manfred Buetow, it is supposed to silence Sanieba, as she is currently the only one who could still betray her small organization. When trying to get to the girl, Beate Berger is able to locate and arrest Fila. During interrogation, he denied any involvement in the human trafficking, even when Markowitz informed him that an explosive device had detonated in the truck carrying the refugees shortly after the border and that the driver was also killed in the process, he says nothing. Markowitz even has to release him after a lawyer intervenes.
Sanieba manages to escape from police custody one more time and runs straight into the arms of the smuggler Gehlmann. He immediately gets her a false passport and takes her to the next plane to Canada. However, Sanieba changes its mind and does not fly.
Markowitz now noticed inconsistencies in Manfred Buetow's refugee home. He drives to his house with Pohl and arrives just as Martin Fila is about to leave his apartment. Markowitz knocks him down and Pohl handcuffs him as he immediately wants to pull his weapon when he sees the police officers. When they look in the villa, they find Gehlmann dead on the floor and Manfred Buetow sitting in the armchair in shock. Markowitz saw through him, too, but he lacks solid evidence against him. Unexpectedly, Sanieba appears on the presidium and is finally ready to testify against Buetow.
background
The shooting took place in Berlin.
reception
Audience ratings
The Baryschna affair reached a total of 8.57 million viewers when it was first broadcast on February 6, 1994, corresponding to a market share of 24.3 percent.
Reviews
TV Spielfilm says appreciatively: "Günter Lamprecht gives the case a sympathetic human touch." This crime scene is a "human tragedy in crime costume".
Web links
- Crime scene: The thing Baryschna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Baryschna Case on the ARD website
- The Baryschna case at Tatort-Fans.de
- The Baryschna affair in the crime scene fund
Individual evidence
- ^ Crime scene: The Baryschna case at Internet Movie Database , accessed on April 8, 2015.
- ^ Tatort: The Baryschna case at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on April 8, 2015.
- ↑ TV thriller. Inspector Frank Markowitz hunts down unscrupulous smugglers. at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on April 8, 2015.
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