Crime scene: Münchner Kindl

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Munich child
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 77 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 14 ( list )
First broadcast January 9, 1972 on German television
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Director Michael Kehlmann
script Michael Kehlmann ,
Carl Merz
production Peter Hoheisel
music David Kamien
camera Manfred Ensinger
cut Engelbert Kraus
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The Münchner Kindl case is the 14th TV film in the crime series Tatort . Produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk, the episode was broadcast for the first time on January 9, 1972 on ARD's first program. It is the first case of Commissioner Veigl, portrayed by Gustl Bayrhammer .

action

The mentally ill Martha Hobiehler has escaped from the sanatorium. After being in an unhappy relationship and having had an abortion , she had suffered from severe guilt complexes and had abducted a child twice in order to raise it as her own. One of the children had a fatal accident, for which she also blamed herself.

When little Ulrike Benssen disappears from a playground a short time after Hobiehler's escape, the chief investigative inspector Veigl suspects that the child was kidnapped by the mentally ill woman , and he is right.

Hobiehler has since found shelter with her friend Frieda, a prostitute who lives in an apartment with her friend and pimp Franz Ziehsl. Since Martha Hobiehler is wanted and has to camouflage herself, she thinks about how she can get into the hairdressing salon where she worked before going to the clinic to steal material for wigs. The unscrupulous Ziehsl takes the opportunity to persuade Martha to break in. In fact, with the help of Martha's local knowledge, the two manage to break into the salon and steal material there. Ziehsl also looted the salon's weekly income of over DM 12,000 . Martha wants to flee abroad with little Ulrike, but needs money beforehand. Ziehsl suggests that she go on the street for him.

When the Benssen couple lost their trust in the work of the police and voluntarily offered a reward of 5,000 DM to get their daughter back, Ziehsl had the idea of ​​blackmailing the wealthy couple for 100,000 DM. The Benssens get involved in Ziehsl's telephone blackmail without hesitation.

Veigl's superior is then convinced that the kidnapping is not related to the Hobiehler case, Veigl, however, disagrees and continues to be convinced of a connection and continues his investigation in this direction.

When Ziehsl informs Martha about his plan, she is appalled and refuses to give the girl back. To prevent Ziehsl from bringing the child back, Martha Ulrike injects information about Ziehsl so that the little one can no longer be brought back to her parents without Ziehsl being discovered. He then plans to kill the child after the money has been handed over. He instructs Frieda to give Martha knockout drops so that he can carry out the deed. At this point, however, Frieda's free thin fawn comes by as a surprise. When Ziehsl has an argument with him, Frieda manages to give Ziehsl the knockout drops. Frieda lets Martha out of the apartment, whereupon she decides to bring Ulrike back to her parents.

When Martha Hobiehler then tried to hitchhike abroad, the driver who took the woman with her heard a description of Martha that was correct on the radio and stopped at the nearest petrol station to alert the police. When he comes back to his car, Martha has already fled to the nearby forest. Since this is right on the border, it can be assumed that she managed to escape.

Special features and production

"Münchner Kindl" (named after the official coat of arms of Munich) is one of the few Tatort episodes in which there is not a single death. Furthermore, this episode doesn’t start with the typical Tatort opening credits, but with a film opening scene; only after this is the opening credits. Werner Veigel plays himself as a Tagesschau spokesperson and reports on the escaped Martha Hobiehler.

The shooting locations in Munich were the police headquarters in Ettstrasse and other prominent points in the city. The quota when Münchner Kindl was first broadcast had a market share of 64%. This case took 29th place among all crime scenes and 4th place among the crime scenes from Munich.

criticism

TV Spielfilm gave two out of three possible points for humor and tension and judged: “Historical TV from another country. [...] A surprisingly frank film that not only comes from another time in terms of gender roles. Gustl Bayrhammer does little in the sedate 14th case of the 'Tatort' series, there is also no corpse - but instead a sociogram of subjects on the wrong track. Michael Kehlmann, the father of author Daniel, directed, Walter Sedlmayr appears as a suitor, and some dialogues are pure gold. "

The television magazine Gong found "Bayrhammer's debut a little too leisurely for a thriller."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: Münchner Kindl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ^ Tatort: ​​Münchner Kindl at tatort-blog.de. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Crime scene: Münchner Kindl TV crime thriller. The BR is celebrating its fiftieth by digging its first “crime scene” from the archive. In: TV feature film. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Tatort: ​​Münchner Kindl In: Fernsehmagazin Gong No. 40 of September 26, 2014, p. 38
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