Crime scene: the apocalyptic horsemen
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | The Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Radio Bremen (RB) |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 425 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | October 24, 1999 on First German Television |
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| Director | Martin Gies |
| script | Bernd Schwamm based on an idea by Urs Aebersold |
| production | Annette Strelow |
| music | Joe Mubare |
| camera | Thomas Etzold |
| cut | Elke Schloo |
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Die apokalyptischen Reiter is a television film from the crime series Tatort of the ARD and the ORF . The film was produced by Radio Bremen under the direction of Martin Gies and broadcast for the first time on October 24, 1999 in the program Das Erste . For Chief Detective Inga Lürsen ( Sabine Postel ) it is the 4th case in which she is investigating.
action
A religious fanatic keeps the Hanseatic city of Bremen in suspense. He shoots indiscriminately from an industrial plant and threatens to blow it up. Commissioner Inga Lürsen met him skilfully and was able to disarm him. At the same time, an unknown caller with a technically distorted computer voice threatens a murder on a TV show. The very next day, Karl Hinrichs actually fell victim to this man. Hinrichs was slain by a falling scale, which is supposed to allude to his past. As CEO, he was to blame for the fact that the “Nordstahl” plant went bankrupt and that over a thousand employees lost their jobs as a result. Even during the investigation, the stranger explains that he wants to play with Commissioner Lürsen on the TV show. In order to possibly prevent another murder, Lürsen responds to the request and goes to the live show. The strange caller answers and speaks of justice that he wants to prevail, and it is time for the guilty to be punished.
A hint leads Lürsen to the metal artist Benno Lorenz, who verifiably made the scales that killed Hinrichs. In their search for him, the police come across a second dead person: Rainer Uerding, the artist of a current work that is exhibited in an art association of which Hinrichs was also a member. He is found in a similarly dramatic way as the first victim, pierced by arrows, tied to a tree. For Lürsen, all of this is more than mysterious. The unknown caller later said that Uerding had offended the world with his picture. She then takes a closer look around the art association and comes across a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer : "The Apocalyptic Horsemen", which is very likely to have been recreated from the murders that have just occurred. A short time later, the director of the Kunstverein, Professor Kubitzky, was pierced with a sword and found with his head severed. This scenario can also be found in the woodcut. The fourth apocalyptic horseman kills his victim there with a pitchfork. Lürsen has no concrete trace of any evidence. Anton Müller, who was arrested at the beginning, is mentally confused and has nothing to do with current events. After the unknown caller answers again and announces the finale, it looks as if Inga Lürsen is going to be this fourth victim herself. By chance, the Commissioner came across a case from her past. Years ago she had put an art forger behind bars who hanged himself in his cell after a few months. Everything indicates that now his son wants to take revenge for it in a macabre way. Lürsen creeps up a vague idea and meets with Michael Vogler, who is also an artist and member of the art association. She has been ensnared by the charming young man for some time and without much warning he is now showing his true colors. He was jealous of Rainer Uerding because the professor preferred him and gave him a prize that, in his opinion, should have been his. Since Lürsen is traveling alone with him, she tries to get a message to her colleague Tobias von Sachsen. He goes immediately to the place mentioned by Lürsen and can save her before Vogler, who is increasingly revealing his insane side, can kill her as his fourth victim. Michael Vogler is then arrested and taken away.
background
The film was produced by Radio Bremen and shot in Bremen, Worpswede and the area around Bremen. The story was chosen to match the turn of the millennium and picks up on the doomsday theme. The episode title refers to an Albrecht Dürer woodcut with a scene from the biblical Revelation of John . Thomas Koschwitz can be seen in a guest role as the presenter of a television show.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Die apokalyptischen Reiter on October 24, 1999 was seen by a total of 7.24 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.06 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm judge this crime scene with the thumbs up and say: "Partly played clumsily, but definitely captivating."
Web links
- Crime scene: The apocalyptic riders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Die apokalyptischen Reiter on the ARD website
- The apocalyptic riders in the crime scene fund
- The apocalyptic riders at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Die apokalyptischen Reiter Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 7, 2015.
- ^ Tatort: Die apokalyptischen Reiter Short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on March 7, 2015.
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