Crime scene: a murderous fairy tale

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title A murderous fairy tale
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company
Bavarian radio
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 464 ( list )
First broadcast March 4, 2001 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Manuel Siebenmann
script Daniel Martin Eckhart
production Joachim von Vietinghoff
Silvia Koller
music Andreas Hoge
camera Peter Döttling
cut Silva Lainova-Binder
occupation

A Murderous Fairy Tale is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The report produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk was first broadcast on March 4, 2001 in the ARD's first program. It is the crime scene episode 464. For detective chief inspectors Batic and Leitmayr it is the 28th case in which they are investigating, and they have to deal with a murderer who is not only popular with children as a "fairy tale uncle", but also kidnapped one of the girls. A race against time begins to save the child.

action

In Munich, Klara Werdin observes a man burying a long wooden box. She informs the police and they find Werner Klett's body with a bunch of keys in her hand. Ludwig Gruber comes under suspicion because Klara Werdin clearly recognized him when unloading the box. Batic and Leitmayr seek out Gruber and arrest him, which he does not accept without resistance. He is known and loved by the children in the neighborhood as a “fairy tale uncle”. Accordingly, he speaks confused at times and in quotes from fairy tales. Leitmayr can't get them out of his head and he ponders their meaning. So he realized that Gruber could possibly have buried another corpse.

Carlo finds out that Gruber has an incurable brain tumor and probably won't have much longer to live. Correspondingly cautious they conduct further interrogations of the suspect, who continues to speak in fairy tale language, but also makes puzzling hints. He was well aware that he would be seen disposing of the corpse, because Klara Werdin goes on her walk at the same time every day. Leitmayr's suspicion is confirmed when another body is found who is identified as Klara Werdin's husband. In Gruber's house, Batic now finds newspaper clippings from him and Leitmayr, so that it can be assumed that Gruber staged everything for them. Possibly they should solve his murders, since he does not have much longer to live and his deeds should be noticed. It is also to be feared that it has something to do with the disappearance of Anna, the daughter of Batic's caretaker. When asked, he reacts with further quotes from fairy tales and says: "Everyone gets what he deserves".

Investigators find out that Gruber grew up in an orphanage after his father mistreated and tortured him. He often locked him in a well hole. So it can be assumed that little Anna can be found in Gruber's old home. While searching for the child, Batic ends up in an old well with a skeleton in it: a key in his hand. But there is no trace of the girl. Gruber is interviewed again, who has meanwhile had to be admitted to the clinic, but gives no indication of the possible whereabouts. Since it has been raining since the day before and the child could sit in a hole, time is of the essence. With a lot of talent for combination, Batic and Leitmayr manage to find little Anna in the end.

A psychological consideration makes it clear: Gruber's victims had evoked the old resentment against his unloved father. The postman had been extremely rude to him and had blown cigar smoke in his face, just as his father had always done. Karl Werdin was fatal because he looked very similar to Gruber's father.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of A Murderous Fairy Tale on March 4, 2001 was seen in Germany by 8.18 million viewers and achieved a market share of 22.05% for Das Erste .

Reviews

The reviews of this crime scene are mostly positive. Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv praises this Munich crime scene and writes: “The complex script by Daniel Martin Eckhart makes fun of shaking Grimm's fairy tales all over the place and putting them in the mouth of the 'fairy tale uncle' as quotations. Hilmar Thate works wonderfully in puzzles. Camera & sound design are great. [...] With the moderate but effective use of the usual thriller substitutes (for example various effects from the soundtrack) and thanks to the excellent camera work by Peter Döttling, director Manuel Siebenmann has succeeded in creating a crime thriller that even out of the already above-average 'Tatort' - Posts stands out. "

Klaudia Brunst at the Berliner Zeitung says: “The new film also acts confidently apart from the usual crime rituals: Because the case, which is solved so quickly, turns out to be a psychoanalytic lesson with which a tortured soul wants to free itself from earlier guilt - and at the same time more and more guilt loads on itself. This is different than usual and immensely captivating. Especially because Hilmar Thate is a congenial partner for the main actors Udo Wachtveitl and Miroslav Nemec. The brilliant stage actor allows himself a number of motionless moments, and Wachtveitl and Nemec endure it unusually well. "

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm rate this episode as absolutely "not a fairy tale, [but] extremely captivating [and] played well"

Film bug

For the word “Amtstube” seen in minutes 62 and 64, the spelling in the Fraktur used would be correct with an ending s (also round s) at the end of the syllable “Amt”, ie “Amtſtube”, where s and t become one st- ligature (typography) . However, a long s is used incorrectly .

Awards

A murderous fairy tale was nominated for the 38th Adolf Grimme Prize in 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Release certificate for Tatort: ​​A murderous fairy tale . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 562 V).
  2. A murderous fairy tale. Crime scene fund, accessed on December 24, 2013 .
  3. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 17, 2014.
  4. Klaudia Brunst Creepy as with the Brothers Grimm on berliner-zeitung.de, accessed on February 17, 2014.
  5. Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on February 17, 2014.
  6. Complete list of nominations for the 38th Adolf Grimme Prize. Die Welt, January 30, 2002, accessed December 27, 2013 .