Crime scene: helpless
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Helpless |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
ProSaar media production GmbH; SR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 754 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | January 24, 2010 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hannu Salonen |
| script | Stefan Schaller and Sabine Radebold |
| production | Martin Hofmann |
| music | Andreas Lonardoni , Michael Klaukien |
| camera | Andreas Doub |
| cut | Julia Oehring |
| occupation | |
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The title of the fifth crime scene crime novel with Maximilian Brückner and Gregor Weber in the leading roles is helpless . The report produced by ProSaar Medienproduktion for Degeto Film and Saarländischer Rundfunk was first broadcast on January 24, 2010.
action
Tobias Rothgerber, a student at a comprehensive school , appears to the police and claims to be worried about his best friend David Kullmann. He fears that something might have happened to him, but disappears again without giving any details. Shortly afterwards, an anonymous caller answers that he has found the body of a boy in an old parking garage . As it turns out, it's actually David. Investigators Kappl and Deininger question David's classmates, but nobody seems to be affected by the death of their classmate. Tobias is taken for interrogation . During the interrogation, the young person is extremely silent. However, the evidence speaks against him. For example, his shoe prints are found on the corpse and he is identified as the anonymous caller. Tobias is therefore temporarily taken into custody , at the same time his PC is confiscated to search him for clues.
The inspectors received their first useful clues from Tobias' classmate Anna Lena. She claims David was a loner and was bullied all the time, mainly by his classmate Jonathan Seibert. During the interrogation, Jonathan is initially unmoved, but obviously he has something to hide as well. Tobias is released after two days and visits Jonathan several times. Jonathan doesn't want to tell his mother what they are doing in his room. During the analysis of the hard drive of his confiscated computer, videos were found showing Jonathan and David arguing on a parking deck and David being pushed over a railing by Jonathan. He confesses the act, but asserts that it was an accident. Tobias, on the other hand, who was also bullied by Jonathan, accidentally saw and filmed the scene, but without helping his friend. Instead of reporting the crime, he used it to blackmail Jonathan. In the opinion of Commissioner Kappl, he wanted to exercise power over him one day. After Jonathan has been arrested , Tobias is released and hit by a truck as he leaves the police station . It was probably suicide .
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of helpless on January 24, 2010 was seen by a total of 8.62 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 22.6% for Das Erste ; 3.16 million viewers and a market share of 19.5% were achieved in the group of 14 to 49 year old viewers .
Reviews
“In 'Helpless', the two Saarbrücken inspectors are thrown back on their intuition, their feelings, their humanity. It's about young people and their brutal rituals, it's about the business. Kappl and Deininger have to show their colors. 'Helpless' is a coolly staged, concentrated conversation film that doesn't even use that many words. "
“But this episode is a final exam for the commissioners. 'Helpless' unfolds a force that is disturbing, that one stands in amazement and actually helpless. The story of a murdered schoolchildren who is found brutally beaten up in a parking garage tells of leaders, fellow travelers, outcasts and the war in the classroom, as it could happen every day in Germany's schools. She tells of teachers who act resignedly and impassively, and of parents who cannot find access to the hustle and bustle in the youth room. […] This 'crime scene' raises questions that cannot be answered, that no one has yet answered. It shows the confused souls of some teenagers under the magnifying glass, who look like vampires in the currently popular Hollywood films and who display a frightening propensity for violence. "
Web links
- Crime scene: Helpless in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crime scene: helpless at filmportal.de
- Summary of the plot of helpless on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ quotemeter.de : Primetime-Check: Sunday, January 24th, 2010 , accessed on February 29th, 2012.
- ↑ tittelbach.tv: "Tatort - Helpless" series , accessed on February 29, 2012.
- ↑ stern.de: "Tatort" criticism: Youth without God , accessed on February 29, 2012.
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From the dream… (2006) | The Dead by the Roadside (2007) | The Black Grave (2008) | Bitter Grapes (2009) | Helpless (2010) | Home Front (2011) | Abducted (2012)