Crime scene: fairytale forest
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Fairytale forest |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
NDR |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 576 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | October 24, 2004 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christiane Balthasar |
| script |
Martina Mouchot Orkun Ertener |
| production | Studio Hamburg film production |
| music | Johannes Kobilke |
| camera | Markus Hausen |
| cut | Claudia Wontorra |
| occupation | |
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Märchenwald is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . The film was produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast for the first time on October 24, 2004. It is the crime scene episode 576. For Chief Detective Charlotte Lindholm ( Maria Furtwängler ) it is her 5th case.
action
Chief Inspector Charlotte Lindholm from the LKA Hannover is expected by Chief Police Officer Karl Mertens when she arrives in a privately owned forest area near Lengsfeld. A fatal shot was fired at a younger man. He was found by Herbert Kupka, forester and manager of Werner Freden, who owns the forest and a property at the end of the village. Mertens expresses the suspicion to Lindholm that the unknown dead person would fit the description of one of the perpetrators who were wanted in a robbery and murder case in Hameln . To speak to Kupka, the inspector follows him into his house, where she meets his daughter Marie and his mother Babett and learns that Kupka's wife recently died in a car accident. Marie and Kupka themselves sat in the car. Lindholm still wants to know what is so dangerous on Hohenstein . She had overheard Kupka's mother telling her son that Marie had already been back to Hohenstein. The accident happened on Hohenstein, where it goes down steeply into a ravine.
All of the villagers' rifles are collected. The commissioner first moves into quarters in the “Dorfkrug”. When she showed the owner Josef Brake a Polaroid photo of the deceased, he answered no when asked whether he knew the man in the photo. Lindholm also registers from various scraps of conversation that Werner Freden is extremely unpopular in the place. She later learned from Karl Mertens that Freden was a newcomer and, in addition, as he puts it, “an Ossi” who came to the village and changed the rules, bought the forest and laid people off, such as Walter Gramisch.
Lindholm learns from Mrs. Behrendt, the owner of the “Pension Erika”, that the man on the Polaroid photo shown to her looks like her guest last night. He had come to her from the village mug on Isabelle's recommendation. She does not know his name, but shows Charlotte the registration, which is difficult for her to decipher and which begins with the first letter "Moli ...". He left just after ten this morning. When she was jogging in the early morning, Walter Gramisch met her with a rifle on his shoulder at the edge of the forest. Isabelle said in a later questioning that she did not recognize the man in the photo. The brothers Gerd and Walter Gramisch also deny their question as to whether they know the dead person in the photo. It is stated that Gramisch's weapon would fit the caliber. The Commissioner then orders a search of the Gramischs. Police chief inspector Mertens and police chief inspector Hansen wait in the morning in front of the Dorfkrug Lindholm, who is leaving the Dorfkrug after their night together with Tobias. After Mertens introduced his colleague Hansen to the Commissioner, the three set off to search the Gramisch Hof's house. At this, Hansen actually came across the presumed murder weapon and presented it to the commissioners and the Gramisch brothers. Walter Gramisch is horrified and claims that it is not his rifle, that it was "hyped" on him. Mertens takes him with the words "We'll clarify everything at the office".
Renate Kohler, Fredens housekeeper, is positive about the landlord. Together with Kupka, he was a professional soldier in the former GDR. He inherited his fortune. She adds a little pointedly that he prefers to eat out since the pretty new waitress started working in the village mug. As the further investigation shows, the dead man is Hans Cuvillier, a former police officer who was sentenced to two years in prison for setting fire to a house with a high proportion of foreigners. Since Gramisch has no right-wing radical background, it is more than unlikely that he had anything to do with Cuvillier. According to the KTU , however, it is certain that Cuvillier was shot with the weapon that had been seized from Gramisch. In their interrogation, Lindholm confronts Gramisch with the fact that he had caught the wrong person, someone who could have been mistaken for Freden from behind. Gramisch admits that he hated Freden, but only wanted to shoot a roebuck and in no way at the hated landowner. Since he first saw Marie and then her father, he retreated from the forest and heard the shot when he had already reached the edge of the forest.
In the meantime, Kupka excitedly tells Freden that Gramisch had been arrested even though he was innocent. He accuses Freden of using grim. Again, Freden wants to put Kupka under pressure by pointing out that he once saved his life. Kupka replies that they had done their duty at the time and that he was only 18 years old and believed in him. Freden accuses him that he still needs a guardian because he just doesn't want to take responsibility for his life. He needs him and can always rely on him. However, Kupka insists that he will ensure that Gramisch does not have to go to prison. He'll prevent that. Freden replies that he should think twice about it, it could have bitter consequences for him.
When Lindholm speaks to Hans Cuvillier's parents, she learns from the pastor couple that Hans and his sister Karin had been adopted by them after the fall of the Wall. Hans' real surname is Molitur. Freden took great care of Hans and Karin's mother after their father Winfried Molitur was shot while trying to escape across the border. Two weeks later, the children's mother hanged herself. After her husband's attempt to escape, she was interrogated non-stop and no longer withstanding the pressure. Hans and Karin remained silent and closed, they had no access to them. The shooter was acquitted at the time with the reference to an imperative to order and excessive demands due to his very young age. At some point Karin let go completely and traveled the world. When Hans lost his job with the police, he completely lost his footing.
In another conversation the inspector had with Kupka, whom she followed into the forest, he confirmed that he had shot Hans' father, but that he was not to blame for his death. At that moment a shot is fired and hits Kupka in the back. Help arrives and Lindholm asks Mertens whether this damn forest swallows everything.
Later on, the inspector asked Kupka's mother to answer a few questions. The woman tells of her son and Fredens serving together on the border and that her son shot a refugee from the Republic . This man called Werner Fredens' name before the shot was fired. Immediately after the incident, Freden had disappeared for a long time, so he took care of the victim's widow. After the woman hanged himself, he then reappeared with her and her son in a sorry state. They believe that he consciously accepted the death of the refugee because he wanted his wife.
Meanwhile, Marie is talking to Isabelle in the forest, who she thinks is an angel. However, the child reproaches her and says she is an evil angel, she has already fetched her mom and the man in the forest and now she wants to get her dad too. When Lindholm later talks to the little girl, it dawns on her, she thinks she knows who this angel is. Back in the village pitcher, she searches Isabelle's room. There she finds a photo and a book with the entry Karin Cuvillier , which confirms her suspicion.
In the meantime, the wrong Isabelle has persuaded Freden to take a walk in the woods. When she arrives at Hohenstein, she asks him: “Did you know that I'm cut out of my mother's face; Is that why you always looked at me like that? ”and continues:“ You loved my mother, that's why you wanted my father out of the way, and that's why you shot my brother now. You used Kupka. ”Then she points a pistol she brought with her at him, but refrains from it because he has the stronger nerves. He takes the gun from her and points it at her. Then Lindholm arrives and arrests Freden. When the Commissioner confronts Freden with the statement that he literally executed Hans Molitur, Isabelle throws herself in awe of Freden, who loses his balance and slips over the ledge, but can just hold on to. Lindholm offers him his hand, but is drawn more and more towards the abyss by his weight. One last look from Freden at Isabelle / Karin, and then he lets go of Lindholms hand.
production
Background notes, filming
The shooting of the film took place from March 2nd to April 1st 2004 in Hanover and in the Weserbergland between Bad Pyrmont and Hameln as well as on the Hohenstein Plateau des Süntel in the Calenberger Bergland .
Private matters of the commissioners
In this episode, Martin is in China and, when he comes back expectantly, has to discover that Charlotte has turned to another man again, namely the Secretary of State Tobias Endres, with whom she enters into a connection over several episodes. When she moves into quarters in the Dorfkrug, she meets Tobias Endres, without knowing his name at the time. When she asked if he had noticed anything, he replied charmingly, except for her, he hadn't noticed anything in town.
When she later stands in the little dressy pajamas in the village mug on her balcony, she is approached by the attractive guest from the balcony next to her, who she had already noticed. Without thinking too much, she throws him on his “compliment” that he is definitely Aries, Gemini ascendant, this natural charm, coupled with arrogance. When he replied that she was right, that he actually had that zodiac sign, Lindholm could hardly believe it. When he wants to come over to her for a sip of wine, she asks to give her 30 seconds to come to him. She then frantically searches her bag for suitable clothes, but repeatedly discards them in front of the mirror. When she finally knocks on his door, he does not open the door, so the Commissioner chooses the path over the balcony. Endres has now fallen asleep. Charlotte can't resist and looks at his ID. “Tobias Endres”, she mumbles when a voice behind her says: “Still on duty?” A kiss follows, and towards morning the inspector sneaks out of Endres' room.
You can also see Lindholm's disappointment when, after the first night together, she waits in vain for a call from Endres and then also learns that he has checked out at the Dorfkrug as well as her joy when he is back. At the end of the film he confesses to her that he had cheated, was not an “Aries” but “Cancer”, and that he didn't even know his “ascendant”.
Police chief Merten's hobby is astrology and so he characterizes Lindholm as follows: Virgo, Scorpio ascendant. Thoroughness is her own as well as analytical intelligence, combined with external coolness and aloofness. She is sociable, discreet and ambitious.
publication
The film will be broadcast for the first time on October 24, 2004 in the ARD Das Erste program .
This Tatort episode is included on the DVD "Tatort: The 2000s, Vol. 2" along with the episodes Die kleine Zeugin (452, Odenthal and Kopper) and Oskar (498, with singer and Dellwo).
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast, the film reached 9.32 million viewers, corresponding to a market share of 29.9%.
criticism
TV Spielfilm put it: "In this fifth case, the cool blonde got a love life (with Hannes Jaenicke as Tobias)." One of three points was given for humor, claim and eroticism, and two for tension. The criticism was summarized in the sentence: “A fine case: puzzling and humorous.” Tittelbach.tv judged: “A real man for Lindholm. The crime version of the forest dying: Charlotte Lindholm meets strange creatures - and falls in love (again with Hannes Jaenicke). “Tatort - Märchenwald” [...] contrasts the cool charm of the heroes with a mysterious ambience. A welcome change from the where-you-were-yesterday-evening routine. "
Web links
- Crime scene: enchanted forest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crime scene: fairytale forest at tatort-fundus
- Crime scene: Märchenwald at daserste.de
- Scene of the crime: Märchenwald at tatort-fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b crime scene: fairytale forest at filme-schauspieler.de. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ↑ scene: fairytale forest at hoefingen.net. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ^ Tatort: Märchenwald at tatort-fundus.de
- ^ Tatort: Märchenwald In: tvspielfilm.de TV crime thriller. Lindholm is investigating a blatant forest death case. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
- ^ Tatort: Märchenwald In: tittelbach.tv. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
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