Crime scene: Friday murderer

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Friday murderer
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 MR
length 81 minutes
classification Episode 325 ( List )
First broadcast January 21, 1996 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Heinz Schirk
script Heinz Schirk
music Axel Donner
camera Werner Hoffmann
cut Carmen Vieten
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Friday Murderer is a television film from the crime series Tatort produced by Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) under the direction of Heinz Schirk and broadcast for the first time on January 21, 1996 in the program Das Erste . It is the 325th crime scene episode and the thirteenth case of the Frankfurt chief detective Edgar Brinkmann .

A serial killer is up to mischief in Frankfurt. After a free rider strikes, Brinkmann not only succeeds in catching him, but also the “Friday murderer”.

action

Helmut Seiff has been suffering from his dominant mother for years, who always lets him feel how much her life would have been different if she hadn't had to look after him. In order to relieve his frustration, he ambushes blond young women whom he always kills on Friday nights with a hammer and a single blow. For a few weeks now he has been keeping the police and the press in suspense as a so-called “Friday murderer”. His latest victim is a nurse whom he ambushed at the end of work. In the newspaper editorial office, the colleagues are already unaware that the next time their colleague Lisa Droste would be the next victim, after all, she is also blonde and goes to training in a dance club every Friday. As luck would have it, her car went on strike when she wanted to drive home. Her trainer is Helmut Seiff, of all people, and offers herself to accompany her so that she can get home safely.

The next day Lisa Droste was found dead in front of her patio door. The traces deviate a little from the rest of the murder pattern of the “Friday murderer”, so Inspector Brinkmann is looking for clues to a motive. The subtenant, Konrad Biber, reports that the victim is suicidal. He openly admits that he had a relationship with Lisa Droste some time ago. Brinkmann also visits Helmut Seiff because the victim was last seen alive at the dance evening. Seiff is surprised and Brinkmann is not suspicious.

Next Friday, Seiff goes on a murder spree again, but this time things go wrong. The potential victim notices him and he has to flee. He loses his hammer and the police get usable fingerprints. The young woman also remembers the aftershave and says that she would definitely recognize it. Seiff immediately looks for a new victim. The choice falls on Sabine Trautmann, who caught his eye in his music business and from whom he can elicit address and telephone number. He meticulously plans his next murder, which has become complicated. He gets a new hammer and good gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints. By chance he meets his last victim in the department store and the woman immediately notices his aftershave and she notifies Brinkmann. He went to see him accompanied by the police, but Seiff could not be found either at home or in his business. Assistant Wegener secures the aftershave and since the fingerprints match after the forensic examination , the identity of the "Friday murderer" is certain. Brinkmann and Wegener try to find him and force the search. Profiles are being printed and distributed throughout the city, mobilizing the press and television.

Helmut Seiff is meanwhile on his way to see Sabine Trautmann, who is still late at work in the museum where she works. While handing out the handouts, a police officer noticed Seiff's car in the museum parking lot because the car number was on the wanted list. With a large police effort, Seiff can be arrested and the media announce the success of the search. During interrogation, Seiffs admits his murderous acts and explains how it started. Actually he would have wanted to kill his mother, but he couldn't have done that. With his confession it becomes clear that he did not kill Lisa Droste.

Axel Droste and Erni Sicarius feel safe because they killed their rival and made it look as if it was the “Friday murderer”. After reading in the newspaper that Seiff has only confessed to four murders, they are restless and surprised by Brinkmann when they are about to bury the murder weapon in the garden. Axel Droste is accused of killing his wife. After his lover Erni Sicarius incriminates him, the suspicion remains with Axel Droste.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Friday Murderer on January 21, 1996, Das Erste had a market share of 25.06 percent and was seen by 9.20 million viewers in Germany.

Reviews

The TV feature film television newspaper says about this only moderately exciting crime scene: "The murder search can be so boring."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on December 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ A blonde killer is around. short review at TV-Spielfilm, accessed on December 9, 2015.
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