Crime scene: Manila

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Manila
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 WDR
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 383 ( List )
First broadcast April 19, 1998 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Niki Stein
script Niki Stein
production Jan Hinter
music Jacki Engelken
Ulrik Spies
camera Arthur W. Ahrweiler
cut Corina Dietz
occupation

Manila is a television film from the crime series Tatort on ARD and ORF . The report produced by WDR was broadcast for the first time on April 19, 1998 and is the 383rd episode of the crime scene and the third case by the investigators Ballauf and Schenk .

action

After some Cologne gas stations were made unsafe by a gangster couple, a special commission was set up at the Cologne police force, which also included commissioners Ballauf and Schenk. The line is held by Kriminalräger Berger from the LKA in Düsseldorf. In the hope of catching the criminals, the police conduct a large-scale manhunt. When prosecutor Wehling's car happened to get under control and had to stop, an Asian boy escaped from the car and was picked up by the police the next day and handed over to an appropriate facility. There, the doctor noticed traces of abuse that point to sexual abuse.

Prosecutor Wehling explains that he was distraught and picked up the boy at a motorway service station and took him away. Ballauf doubts it and also finds contradictions in the information, but since the boy doesn't speak much, he can't prove anything to Wehling. Before he can really pursue this, a Filippina appears who claims to be the boy's mother, but inconsistencies also arise and Ballauf notices how the child is becoming more and more closed. Since he confirms with a nod that the woman is his mother, he is entrusted to her and she can leave the country unhindered with the child. Although Ballauf is actually supposed to catch the petrol station gangsters as the current case, March's fate touches him and he is investigating child abuse at the same time. He comes across Ernst Swoboda from Cologne, who is on file with the police because he “rented” children to tourists in Manila. Ballauf, however, can no longer ask him about the current events, as he has since been found dead in his car. When the investigators look around in his apartment, they find a reference to the public prosecutor Wehling and Ballauf is certain that the public servant is involved in the child abuse and may have silenced Swoboda.

Detective Berger can now free another kidnapped Filipino child from the violence of alleged child molesters. As it turns out, she is March's sister, who may have been secretive enough not to endanger her. Ballauf therefore wants to travel to the Philippines to find the boy so that he can now testify against his tormentor without fear. Once there, he immediately goes in search of the boy and gets caught in a trap. He was beaten down and surprised by the police in a room with a seven-year-old boy, who then arrested him and threatened him with the death penalty. When Schenk learns of Ballauf's predicament, he too travels to Manila to help his colleague. He gets him out of jail on bail and they go to find March together. Schenk had researched in advance and found a father who looks after street children in Manila. So they actually manage to find March and in the process blow up one of the seedy hotels that regularly rent children to sex tourists.

Mysteriously, prosecutor Wehling also appears in Manila and tries to do everything possible to destroy all possible evidence against him. When he sees himself caught, however, he is run over by a bus.

background

The shooting of Manila took place in Cologne , Rasthof Ville-Ost, motorway section near Düsseldorf, Manila , Pagsanjan and Santa Cruz . The director and screenwriter Niki Stein plays the criminal Ernst Swoboda in a mini-role in this crime scene and the producer Jan Hinter also appears in front of the camera for the role of a priest in Manila.

reception

Audience rating

The first broadcast of Manila on April 19, 1998 was seen by a total of 8.61 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 25.02 percent for Das Erste .

criticism

TV Spielfilm showed the thumb straight and said: “A hot topic. The Cologne TV cops turn it into hot air. ”Conclusion:“ Elevated on the subject - just average ”.

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says about Manila : "Niki Stein went too bold and speculative [with his work]!" "Nevertheless, this project shows, despite all its weaknesses, what is possible with a popular format like 'Tatort'."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for crime scene: Manila . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ a b Tatort - Manila Filming locations and audience ratings from the Internet Movie Database , accessed on June 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ballauf and Schenk corner child sex gangsters. Short review by TV Spielfilm at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on June 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Behrendt, Bär, Mathieu Carrière, Niki Stein and the suffering of the boy from Manila, film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on June 25, 2015.
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