Crime scene: Sleeping Beauty's revenge
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Sleeping Beauty's revenge |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
RBB |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 660 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | March 25, 2007 on Das Erste |
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| Director | Christine Hartmann |
| script | Frauke Hunfeld |
| production | Torsten Klein |
| music | Fabian Römer |
| camera | Peter Nix |
| cut | Bettina Staudinger |
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Sleeping Beauty Revenge is a television film from the crime series Tatort on ARD and ORF . It is the sixteenth joint case by the Berlin investigator duo Ritter and Stark . The television film produced by RBB and directed by Christine Hartmann was broadcast for the first time on March 25, 2007 in Das Erste .
action
After visiting his dying brother Friedrich in the hospital with a message whispered in his ear and handing it over to nephew Klaus, Richard Merten says goodbye: to the sound of a historical sound recording, he writes a letter to his daughter Paula Merten. Then he goes to the garbage and gives the letter to his neighbor. He wraps a carpet, arranges documents, drinks his best red wine and dresses in his Sunday suit. Then the doorbell rings as expected, he opens and a shot is fired. The neighbor thinks of the letter she should have posted ...
During the forensic investigation, daughter Paula Merten appears out of nowhere - visibly moved. She had little contact with her father, even though they both lived in Berlin. According to her statement, a house in Wieditz / Brandenburg is the only asset. She quits her job in the hardware store as a warehouse worker and moves into her parents' house in Wieditz.
During another inspection of the dead man's apartment, Chief Detective Ritter discovered the carpet and documents that had been put aside about a golf hotel in Wieditz. He takes a call and learns that Merten has given notice of the apartment at the end of the month. Ritter and colleague Stark, like Klaus Merten, arrive just in time for Richard Merten's funeral in Wieditz. At the funeral feast, the two investigators happened to find out about the rumor that Richard Merten's wife Emma was also supposed to have been murdered. The case remained unresolved and the police files, of all things, cannot be found. The two commissioners are not spared from continuing their investigations in the Brandenburg province.
As expected, the townspeople Ritter and Stark find it difficult to access the eccentric villagers. But Paula Merten's move into her parents' house alone opens wounds that have not healed and on the other hand raises new expectations: will she sell the house to the golf project? Does it renew childlike friendships? This is also the approach to lure the perpetrator out of the reserve: she should promise her country to those who can give her clues for the crimes. Close by, where Emma Merten was found dead about 20 years ago, her daughter Paula's dog is shot. She was lured there and warned accordingly by shooting the dog.
After Ritter and Stark sum up that the Ravens must be the key to the solution, since they received money and Klaus Merten was keen on Sabine Raven at the time, Ritter learns from the dissolved Paula Merten that "the good old" Erika is Sabine Raven after the accident. She knows that Sabine had choking marks and was taken to the hospital by Emma Merten. Finally the inspectors see more clearly: Klaus Merten had lured Sabine Raven into the forest under a pretext and was laughed at by her, whereupon he was violent and Sabine fell unhappy on a stone. Emma Merten had observed all of this.
Paula Merten goes back to Berlin and finally reads her father's letter. Thereupon she constantly returns to Wieditz and goes to Manfred's restaurant, where Klaus Merten holds an information event on "Golfland Wieditz". In front of the assembled team, she confronts Klaus Merten with the contents of the letter that he had killed her parents. At the same moment Ritter and Stark join them and confirm this. Friedrich Merten wanted to ease his conscience shortly before his death and told his brother everything.
background
Sleeping Beauty's Revenge was filmed in Berlin and Niederwerbig , with the village representing Wieditz. They were looking for a place that, even 19 years after the fall of the Wall, authentically reflects the sadness and charm of the old GDR.
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on March 25, 2007, the episode Sleeping Beauty Revenge was seen in Germany by 7.586 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 21.10 percent.
Reviews
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm saw "a calm but engaging case with" real characters "."
The world asks - analogous to Hamlet - the question: “To see or not to see? No question about it: definitely see, because the crime scene is an extraordinary film. With calm, almost silent film-like images, life and death are traced in a small village that wants to hide a dirty secret. The movie is fun to watch and it's a shame it only lasts ninety minutes. Rating: Absolutely worth seeing. Atmospherically dense and oppressive top thriller. "
Web links
- Sleeping Beauty's Revenge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sleeping Beauty's revenge in the online film database
- Summary of the plot of Sleeping Beauty's revenge on the ARD website
- Sleeping Beauty's revenge on the crime scene fund
- Sleeping Beauty's revenge at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production note at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on July 2, 2016.
- ↑ Quote at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Tatort: Sleeping Beauty Revenge Short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on July 2, 2016.
- ↑ Dossier crime scene criticism at www.welt.de, accessed on July 2, 2016.
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