Crime scene: Kressin and the dead man in the canal
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Kressin and the dead man in the canal |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
WDR |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| classification | Episode 3 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | January 10, 1971 on German television |
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| Director | Peter Beauvais |
| script | Wolfgang crowd |
| production | Gunther Witte |
| music | Klaus Doldinger |
| camera | Jost Vacano |
| cut | Alexandra Anatra |
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Kressin and the Dead Man in the Fleet is the third TV film in the crime series Tatort . It was produced by WDR and introduced Sieghardt Rupp to the ranks of crime scene inspectors in the role of customs investigator Kressin . The German first broadcast took place on January 10, 1971.
action
The customs investigator Kressin is on a ship on his way back from his vacation from the Bosporus and is talking to his two young friends Tatjana and Ulrike. He sees tour guide Ben Canitz throw orange handballs into the water. When Kressin discovers a motorboat that is collecting these balls again, he becomes aware and can even make out the ID (Judith 3) of the boat. He visits Canitz in his cabin and confronts him, but then leaves him alone again because he is still on vacation and actually not on duty. As the passengers disembark and get on a bus, Kressin looks around and sees two men entering the ship. They pick up Canitz and drive him to their client, the businessman Aram, who pretends to Canitz that he is entrusting him with further drug deliveries. In truth, however, Aram Canitz - on the pretext of wanting to give him more drugs - lured his people to the port area, where they murder him.
The next morning, Kressin has breakfast with the two ladies from the ship in the hotel room and sees a picture in the newspaper of an “unknown dead person” who was found in a canal . He recognizes Canitz and gets in touch with the criminal police. In the presidium he meets Inspector Trimmel , and the two of them drive to the hygiene institute , as Trimmel has been following a lead on drug smugglers for a long time and leads to clues that lead to the dead Canitz. The coroner insists on keeping the dead man's fingerprints and explains in detail how this is done. However, the actual cause of death has not been clearly established. Since Kressin does not want to work with the police and is still on vacation, he single-handedly searches for the boat Judith 3 , which he quickly finds and secretly searches at night. Boat watchman Brodersen, who is sitting with two men from the harbor in his dwelling there, hears suspicious noises from the Judith 3 . The three of them manage to overpower Kressin. In a subsequent report to Aram, the latter accuses them of possibly having finished off an officer.
Kressin is in the process of being treated by his two friends Tatjana and Ulrike in the hotel room, when Inspector Trimmel shows up and tells him that Canitz was clearly a smuggler , which gives Kressin official responsibility. Thereupon Kressin visits Sievers, the owner of the motor boat Judith 3 , in his villa. He asks him questions about the boat and smuggling, asks what he knows about Canitz, and asks other questions. However, Sievers gives the impression that none of this interests him. He just says he can't say anything about it. In the travel agency, Kressin researched Canitz's activities and already booked trips to Greece or Lebanon and discovered inconsistencies with regard to appointments. Then he visits Canitz's fiancée and learns from her that Canitz has still earned some extra money with "Mara-Export" while traveling. Back at her apartment, the woman finds out that she has been broken into and everything has been ransacked.
Kressin and Trimmel's assistant Höffgen go to the company "Mara-Export" and look around. Obviously unwelcome, one tries to get rid of the men quickly. On a tractor with rubbish, however, they can discover the remains of the cut orange balls. Aram has now become suspicious and is certain that the customs investigation did not show up for a routine check. Kressin harnesses his two friends and sends them to “Mara-Export” at night as a distraction while he looks around the premises. But he doesn't find anything suspicious. Trimmel also wants to discard the case as a fatal accident. Kressin has booked his return trip to Cologne and says goodbye to his two friends with a meal at Willkomm-Höft when he realizes that it is the 17th today and that a ship from Lebanon on which Canitz had booked his next trip would have to arrive. He immediately informs Trimmel, who immediately goes to the port.
The ship actually arrives, but remains at anchor in the free port so that customs have no access. While Aram's buddies have to take care of something in the customs office, Kressin and Trimmel examine the boxes on the ship that are addressed to the company "Mara-Export". But you won't find anything, because the smugglers hid the drug in an old returned steamroller . When they find out, the investigators drive to “Mara-Export” with a blue light and examine the roller, which has already been cleared. Meanwhile, Aram's accomplices are trying to get rid of drugs by sea. Kressin, however, immediately went to Sievers villa from the harbor, because the man, who appeared so calm, appeared suspicious to him from the start. Meanwhile, the men who took the drug are approaching Siever's villa, which is right on the water, by boat. When they enter the building with the drug, they are already met by Kressin. There is a scuffle and a mess that Sievers uses to escape. He drives his car to a waiting helicopter and disappears.
Trimmel says goodbye at the train station from Kressin, who is now driving back to Cologne. His two companions Tatjana and Ulrike are already waiting for him in the sleeping car compartment.
background
The actor Walter Richter has a guest appearance as Commissioner Trimmel in the film . The music for the film comes from Klaus Doldinger . When it was first broadcast, the film had a market share of 50%.
The hiding place of the gangsters (Mara-Export) is in the street "Bei der Grüne Brücke" in Hamburg (on the river Bille) and is now used by the State Office for Roads, Bridges and Waters. The building into which Canitz is led in order to rush him out of the window is in the street "Bei St. Annen 1" and houses the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. The fall out of the window into the Holländischebrookfleet was filmed from another building ("Block V").
The boathouse in which the motor yacht was hidden is located directly east of the Blankenese ferry terminal on Strandweg on the Elbe.
Web links
- Kressin and the dead man in the Fleet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Kressin and the dead man in the fleet on the ARD website
- Kressin and the dead man in the fleet in the online film database
- Kressin and the dead man in the fleet at the crime scene fund
- Kressin and the dead man in the fleet at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the crime scene: Kressin and the dead man in the fleet . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 082 V).
- ↑ Kressin and the Dead Man in the Fleet , accessed September 9, 2015.
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