Crime scene: the invisible one
The Invisible is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The contribution was produced by Maran Film on behalf of Südwestrundfunk and premiered on October 5, 2010 at the Hamburg Film Festival. The first broadcast on German television took place on November 14, 2010 in the first . It is the 779th episode in the series and the 7th case of the Stuttgart investigative team Lannert and Bootz .
action
A female corpse is found on the shores of Bear Lake. The identity cannot be determined at first, but the forensic doctor finds an artificial hip joint that is believed to have come from the Ukraine. Lannert and Bootz consult Jürgen Stiller from the immigration authorities. He claims that he did not know the dead woman, but the investigators get the opposite impression.
A first lead leads Lannert into the Piranha Bar. When he shows the photo of the dead to the bartender, a woman fled to the bar. Lannert follows her and can talk to her. So he learns that her name is Nadja Bilanow and that she is illegal in Germany. The woman in the photo is her friend Taya, who has two children who are now allowed to be alone. She knows about a Jochen who came to Taya more often. This Jochen Winterberg can be determined and is asked about Taya. He admits that he knew her and that he spent time with her now and then. He knows of an address to which he had him take her the previous week. There the investigators look around and discover Jürgen Stiller's house. They want to confront him immediately, but only their son Fabian is present.
Deniz and Ella have been on their own for days. Since their mother worked illegally in Germany, they know about the danger of deportation and behave as inconspicuously as possible. Deniz sees the photo of his dead mother in the newspaper and is now afraid of being discovered. So he packs up some things and escapes from the apartment with his sister. When Lannert and Bootz find Taya's address, the children are already gone. Bootz finds a box of heart medication and a large amount of cash in a hiding place that the children very likely did not know about. In the meantime, the two of them are trying to find accommodation for the night and ask Nadja, which she has to send on. She gives Lannert's phone number to Deniz, who finds a reference to Ella's father in his mother's belongings. Since she has a serious heart condition and urgently needs new medication, Deniz wants to see him. When looking for a new hiding place, the children fall into a trap. Someone locks the heavy iron door of the bunker behind them.
A trail leads Lannert and Bootz to a major cleaning facility in Zuffenhausen, where Taya wanted to start working. Nadja also sent the children there to spend the night. The owner Alexis Zaridis accommodates a large number of illegal immigrants and employs them at low wages. But when the investigators turn up there at night, the children are already gone. Nadja Lannert brings the children's suitcase over and thanks him for not delivering them to the authorities.
Lannert and Bootz confront Jürgen Stiller. At first he denies knowing Taya Davidenko, but then breaks in and admits to be Ella's father. Since his wife was dying, he looked to Taya for support. He did not want to expose his son, who was very attached to his mother, to all of this and has therefore denied Taya and his daughter. Stiller explains that he even gave Taya money to have Ella operated on. In the meantime, Fabian Stiller comes into the house and hears his father's confession. Bootz speaks to Fabian about the situation and can get him to admit that he had known about his father's relationship for a long time. He also admits that he couldn't bear that his father had betrayed his mother and when Taya showed up one day, he would have lured her to the lake and killed her. Bootz learns that Fabian also knows where the children are. He admits that he wanted them to go and when they recently stood at the door, hoping that his father could help them, he lured them into a bunker.
The police can find the children and Ella, who is already unconscious, is taken to the clinic. The doctor can announce to Deniz and Ella's father that the child has survived the worst.
background
The shooting took place under the working title The Invisible Woman in Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe .
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Die Insichtbare on November 14, 2010 was seen by 9.61 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.50 percent for Das Erste . The episode reached 129th place out of a possible 916 on the Tatortblog.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv praises this seventh crime scene by the Stuttgart team with the words: “'The invisible one' is based on thorough research and a highly effective dramaturgy that cleverly short-circuits the classic Whodunit with subject, thrill and great emotions. It is not only a film of quiet humanity and good deeds, it is also a thriller with a coherent narrative rhythm that is largely supported by its two main actors. "
At Moviesection.de, Melanie Frommholz awards four out of five possible stars and says: “[An] emotional story mixed with a gripping crime drama. "The Invisible" draws its dynamism once again from the great Tatort team Lannert and Bootz alias Richy Müller and Felix Klare, who once again carry the plot in their roles with confidence and conviction. Due to the small group of suspects, however, the case reveals the perpetrator to the attentive observer early on. "
Barnabas Szöcs at Merkur-online.de praises the episode as an “exciting, multi-layered” attempt to “illuminate a social imbalance.” She continues: “The entertainingly balanced commissioner duo is constantly moving in gray areas, making decisions based on conscience instead of service regulations subtly shows the viewer what a great luxury democracy and a free social order are. [...] The living conditions of the children of the murdered Taya make it clear that the weakest pay the most dearly for their longing for a promised land that they do not want. "
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm said of the crime thriller: "Honorable, but also pathetic attempt to draw attention to the needs and fears of people living illegally in Germany. [The crime scene] dares to tackle an almost too big topic."
Web links
- The Invisible in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of The Invisible on the ARD website
- The invisible one in the crime scene fund
- The invisible at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Working title and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Ranking list on tatort-blog.de, accessed on February 6, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Melanie Frommholz: Tatort - The Invisible (TV). In: Moviesection. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012 ; accessed on August 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Barnabas Szöc's decision after conscience on merkur-online.de, accessed on February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on February 6, 2014.
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