Crime scene: Cold Angel

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Cold angel
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Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 MDR
length 87 minutes
classification Episode 885 ( List )
First broadcast November 3, 2013 on First German Television
Rod
Director Thomas Bohn
script Thomas Bohn
production Judith Smeaton
music Matthias Lindblom
Anders Wollbeck
Michael Zlanabitnig
camera Martin Bad
cut Hans Funck
occupation

Kalter Engel is a television film from the crime series Tatort and the first case of the investigative team Funck, Schaffert and Grewel from Erfurt . The contribution produced by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk is the 885th Tatort episode and was broadcast for the first time on November 3, 2013 in Das Erste .

The investigators are investigating the murder of a student in which a known sex offender is initially suspected, but which turns out to be an act of jealousy by a fellow student.

action

The young detective inspectors Henry Funck and Maik Schaffert manage to arrest Roman Darschner after a rapid pursuit. But instead of the expected recognition that they have finally caught the alleged serial murderer of women, criminal director Petra Fritzenberger gives them an almost suspension for going it alone . According to the ideas of their boss, they should have waited for the SEK .

The new police intern Johanna Grewel is now waiting for her new assignment at the police headquarters. First of all, together with Funck and Schaffert, she examines the latest fatality that was found on the banks of the Gera . Schaffert notices that the corpse looks different from the victims Darschner had left behind. The first research shows that it is the student Anna Siebert. So far she has lived in a shared apartment with Lisa Kranz, but was looking for a larger apartment. Forensics also find a large amount of cash and very expensive clothes in the student's closet. Grewel suspects that Anna Siebert traded drugs, prostituted herself or had a rich friend who financed her lifestyle. Her fellow student Valerie Bultmann reports on an escort service for which she and Anna Siebert occasionally worked. As part of this work, she knows that Anna will work with a Prof. Dr. Rolf Petkus had frequent contact, who was always very generous.

The investigators approach Petkus about Anna Siebert, whereupon he initially denies knowing her, but then admits to having spent a lot of time with her. Anna was an educated and ideal companion for him. His wife confirmed that she was home at the time of the crime. Johanna Grewel looks around the university and notices tensions between Lisa Kranz and her boyfriend Michael Danckert. She is tailing him and observing a drug deal. Danckert obviously deals in prescription drugs, which he gets from the pharmacy on a prescription. Checking the prescriptions shows that the medic Petkus had issued them.

Danckert is arrested and admitted during interrogation that he ran the stimulant business with Anna . Anna obtained the prescriptions through Petkus by pressuring him, and he redeemed them and sold the pills to student buyers. Danckert admits that he was secretly also intimate friends with Anna. His actual girlfriend Lisa Kranz did not notice anything. But she has been trying to reach Danckert all day and asks the presidium. Then Johanna Grewel goes to her alone, because her two colleagues don't want to be disturbed by Danckert during the interrogation. Lisa confesses to her that she killed Anna out of jealousy. She followed her boyfriend that evening and after he left she confronted Anna. When she only mocked her, she took the next stone and slammed it. Since she knew about the sex offender, she tried to prepare the corpse as if he had committed the crime. When she has finished her confession, she wants to throw herself from the balcony. But Funck and Schaffert, who have meanwhile followed their intern, manage to use a coordinated trick to prevent them from doing so.

background

The film was shot by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and the production company "ffpnewmedia" under the working title Speed in Erfurt and the area around Erfurt.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Kalter Engel on November 3, 2013 was seen by a total of 10.32 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 27.90 percent for Das Erste .

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv writes: “A bit of a shame that the young team and the fresh actors are slowed down by conventional staging. A little action in the production doesn't make a modern film. [...] No question: the three from Erfurt will need experienced, but dramaturgically visionary scriptwriters and young directors who work like their main actors and who give the whole thing a 'new look'! "

Tilmann P. Gangloff states: “The MDR is sending a very promising junior team to the 'Tatort' race. The conventional staging leaves a lot of room for improvement. […] At the beginning the trio has a charming story waiting for them, but of all people Thomas Bohn, who is experienced in the crime scene, has implemented his own script for 'Kalter Engel' in a very conventional way, sometimes even without tension. After the breathtaking start, the film is increasingly losing its pace. [But] thanks to the leading actors, one looks forward to the next case [...] with hope. "

Holger Gertz from Süddeutschen.de gives the following verdict: “A very thin 'crime scene' that the actors cannot save. The great Alina Levshin plays the police intern: a character that grows over the course of the episode. The rest is unfortunately not silence, the rest are a few pennants from Rot-Weiß Erfurt and: film music. [...] Anyone who feels reminded of dream ships and mountain doctors and Rosenheim cops is exactly right. "

At Spiegel.de , Christian Buß states: “Has someone been crazy about energy drinks? The scandal-ridden MDR wanted to create the most youthful 'crime scene' ever, but is only cynical with the younger target group with the new Erfurt TV area - and is producing the next affair in the process. [...] We wouldn't have believed that we would demand that one day: We want the old gentlemen Schmücke and Schneider back. "

Lars Schmidt at T-online.de judges the crime scene: “The fresh wind that blows through the 'Kalter Engel' every now and then is more of a mild breeze. When it comes to a gust, it's thanks to the three main actors. Because with Friedrich Mücke (32), Benjamin Kramme (31) and Alina Levshin (29) there are three unspent faces in front of the cameras, where you can see the joy of playing. However, they have to torture themselves through a case that does not go beyond the usual 'crime scene' scheme and tortures itself with the known motives: love, jealousy and blackmail. "

Jochen Hieber at faz.net sees it similarly and writes: “The MDR proudly announces 'the youngest team of investigators' of all 'Tatort' times. What the three then deliver is rock solid crime thriller. However, the glamorous Alina Levshin is not challenged. "

The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm judge: “Yes, the actors are personable and talented, but the action intro (a parkour-style escape with senseless somersaults), the slang of the investigators and student pressure to perform as a topic seem less modern than curious. The film is purring, but rather carelessly and honestly staged than closely told. Despite nice approaches and types with potential, the end product is never original. The location of Erfurt hardly plays a role. [Conclusion:] Just being nice and young was never enough. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Critique of the film on Kino.de , accessed on March 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Holger Gertz : As with the Rosenheimcops. on sueddeutsche.de, accessed on March 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Christian Buß : Young "Tatort" from Erfurt: Krass, we are now inspectors. at spiegel.de, accessed on March 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Lars Schmidt: Erfurt's “Tatort” debut lacks orientation. at t-online.de, accessed on March 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Jochen Hieber: In Erfurt there is a rascal gang. on faz.net, accessed March 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 27, 2014.
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