Crime scene: the truth dies first

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title The truth dies first
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 MDR
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 877 ( list )
First broadcast June 16, 2013 on Das Erste
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Director Miguel Alexandre
script Miguel Alexandre
André Georgi
Harald Göckeritz
production Jan Kruse
music Dominic Roth
camera Miguel Alexandre
cut Tobias Forth
occupation

The truth dies first is an episode of the German crime series Tatort from 2013. The film of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk with the chief detective Eva Saalfeld ( Simone Thomalla ) and Andreas Keppler ( Martin Wuttke ) as a Leipzig investigator was on Sunday, June 16, 2013, for the first time broadcast in the first . It's about the crime scene episode 877. In their 17th joint case, Saalfeld and Keppler deal with the murder of a child.

action

The body of seven-year-old Amelie Albrecht is found in a boat on the bank of a lake, laid out as if at a funeral. Her father Peter is considered the first suspect. Both were supposed to return to Leipzig the day before from a multi-day vacation trip to the Baltic Sea. Amelie's mother Paula, who lives separately from her husband and therefore stayed at home, had the last telephone contact with them. The girl who suffered from asthma attacks had one during the conversation.

Keppler and Saalfeld have the current location of the father's cell phone determined by radio. They discover him, not too far from the lake, lying dying because he had cut his wrists. In a dramatic action in which Saalfeld donates blood while he is being transported to the clinic, Albrecht is saved and soon regains his strength.

In the meantime, forensic doctor Reichau delivers the results of the autopsy: The girl was weakened by the asthma attack, but she died because she was suffocated. Black fleece material , such as that used for a sweater or scarf, is to be assumed as the weapon of the crime . Remnants of asthma spray can be found in the lungs, but above all in the throat, which means that it must have been administered to the girl after her death.

During an on-site visit at the father's apartment, he explained that he had not taken enough asthma spray for his daughter on the trip and was therefore unable to intervene when she suffered an attack of suffocation shortly before arriving in Leipzig. When he got home, he left the girl, weakened but still alive, in the car and ran to his apartment to get a full bottle of spray. When he came back, he saw that Amelie was dead. He brought her to the lake because he met his wife in the nearby restaurant. He committed the suicide attempt because he felt responsible for the death of his daughter.

Albrecht lives in a house on Johannes Bittner's factory premises, where he manufactures and sells navigation devices. Bittner is Albrecht's wife's new partner and he has also found him a job as a porter in the company. Keppler takes the opportunity to take a detour to the factory hall and comes across Amelie's cell phone there. The confronted Bittner cannot explain the find. He admits, however, that he was in the hall on the corresponding evening to prepare a delivery of goods to Egypt for dispatch. He himself also has to fly there to receive the goods.

Meanwhile, the activities of the inspectors are disrupting the investigation of Linda Groner and her technician David Roth from the Federal Criminal Police Office . Groner and Keppler know each other from the time when he was also at the BKA. Both have a relationship that, at least at the time, went beyond the official sphere. Groner tried unsuccessfully to contact Keppler privately and then took official channels.

Groner and Roth conduct an investigation against Bittner, in the course of which his house and company were secretly equipped with video equipment. According to Groner, Bittner is suspected of upgrading navigation devices so that they can also be used in war missiles. They are said to be brought to Sudan via Egypt , which violates export regulations. Although there is a video that shows that Bittner wore a black fleece sweater that night, Bittner's arrest because of the risk of fleeing is out of the question, as his own investigations should not be disrupted. After his return from Cairo, Bittner could then be arrested, but until then Saalfeld and Keppler would have to stop further activities in the case. The father, who has meanwhile been placed in custody, must remain there for the time being.

Keppler and Saalfeld do not agree with the procedure, but bow to Groner's instructions. But after Albrecht made another suicide attempt in his cell, they are no longer willing to take part in the game. They find Bittner in his house immediately before he leaves for the airport and take him to the police station for interrogation. At first he denies having anything to do with the matter. However, after forensic technician Menzel can prove that on a chain of mussels that Amelie had brought as a souvenir from the Baltic Sea, in addition to her own and that of her father, Bittner's DNA is also present, the latter admits that he left the girl dead in his hall found a container. Then he put them in Albrecht's car that was in front of the hall. But he didn't wear a fleece sweater.

A further questioning is prevented by the added Groner and public prosecutor Diekmann. The two commissioners are suspended from duty due to their unauthorized actions. They realize that without the ominous surveillance video they are stuck. Together with Menzel, they take Roth, who is posted in his van in front of Bittner's house, by surprise. Instead of the video, however, Keppler picks up a black fleece sweater. Confronted with this, Roth threatens the other three with his pistol, but at the same time explains the actual process. The surveillance technology failed that evening. However, in order to ensure complete monitoring, he personally hid in the hall. When Amelie showed up, she saw him, but started coughing at the same time. In order not to be discovered, he then closed her mouth and she choked on it.

The Groner, who has meanwhile also arrived, disarms Roth. She admits that she invented the video. They relied on Roth's statement that Bittner probably murdered the girl.

background

The shooting of this Tatort episode had to be interrupted in October 2012 after Martin Wuttke broke his fibula during a theater performance. They were resumed in February 2013. Therefore, winter weather conditions prevail in many scenes of the film, which was broadcast in summer.

reception

Reviews

“The 'Tatort' from Leipzig begins like a family tragedy, but then leaves the area of ​​the manageable. But that's not the only thing that the episode suffers from: The story seems constructed and the plot is not pushed forward subtly. "

- Holger Gertz : Süddeutsche Zeitung

“'Tatort: ​​The Truth Dies First' by Miguel Alexandre begins as an oppressive family drama and quickly casts a spell over you, but with increasing duration it loses density and gets lost in the usual confusion of topics about legal-illegal technology transfer in war zones and in the skirmish between the BKA and the commissioners on site. Top cast, atmospheric filmed - decisive weak point: the script! "

- Rainer Tittelbach : Tittelbach.tv

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of The Truth dies first on June 16, 2013 was seen by 8.11 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 26.0% for Das Erste .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Second attempt for "Tatort" shoot in Leipzig. In: Welt.de of February 13, 2013
  2. ↑ Holger Gertz: A little too much of everything. In: Tatort column. Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 16, 2013, accessed on June 16, 2013 .
  3. ↑ tittelbach.tv: "Tatort - The truth dies first" series , accessed on June 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ Timo Nöthling: Primetime check: Sunday, June 16, 2013.quotemeter.de , June 17, 2013, accessed on June 18, 2013 : “As befits a new 'Tatort' episode, the Leipzig investigator Team won the day with 8.11 million viewers, of which 2.42 million were between the ages of 14 and 49. "
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