Crime scene: man overboard
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Man overboard |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , Swedish |
| Production company |
NDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 639 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | September 10, 2006 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lars Becker |
| script | Dorothee Schön |
| production |
Martina Mouchot Doris J. Heinze |
| music |
Frank Wulff Stefan Wulff Hinrich Dageför |
| camera | Martin Kukula |
| cut | Angelika Strelczyk |
| occupation | |
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Mann über Bord is a television film from the crime series Tatort and first aired on September 10, 2006 on Das Erste . For the Kiel investigator Klaus Borowski it is the 7th case.
Borowski's fishing vacation in Sweden ends with the disappearance of the ferry's captain. When investigating whether it is murder, suicide or insurance fraud, the investigator discovers the victim's double life and has to convict one of the two wives.
action
Borowski is on the ferry "Scandinavica" on the way home from his Swedish fishing vacation and observes an argument on board between the captain and his first officer Björndahl.
At night there is an alarm because the pilot door is not properly closed. When the incident was supposed to be reported to the captain, he disappeared. The Kiel police are then informed and Borowski is officially assigned to deal with the case. He immediately spoke to Björndahl about the dispute he had observed. But he says that it was only an official problem because he had made the master aware that he had exceeded the maximum speed limit.
As soon as the ferry has arrived in Kiel, the forensic technician looks around the pilot door and finds hair and blood there, so it can be assumed that someone threw the captain overboard and he did not voluntarily jump. Borowski informs Annemarie Venske, the captain's wife, of the disappearance of her husband, but that does not help him with the investigation. He wants to take the "Scandinavica" back to Gothenburg and talk to the crew again. He finds out that the captain received a call late in the evening and went into his cabin with two champagne glasses. However, his wife had stated that she had been on duty in the hospital all weekend.
In Gothenburg Borowski meets a Swedish colleague Eveline Wallstöm who is supposed to support him in his investigation. When looking through Venske's locker, there are documents about life insurance in favor of a Greta Karlsson. Borowski and Wallström question her and learn that the captain is married to her. So he has a wife in both Germany and Sweden.
In the meantime, Captain Venske has been rescued from the Baltic Sea in Kiel, and so Greta Karlsson goes to Kiel to identify her husband. There she meets Annemarie Venske unprepared. Bigamy is a strong motive for Borowski and Venske's German wife seems to have suspected nothing of her husband's double life. Frieda Jung also has the impression that both are authentic and didn't know anything about each other.
Greta Karlsson seems to benefit most from her husband's death, as she would benefit from the high insurance sum. The fact that she knew how to get on board and disappear unnoticed also speak against her. Borowski goes to Gothenburg a second time, this time together with Frieda Jung, who is supposed to give him psychological support during the interrogation. Borowski can find out from Greta Karlsson's daughter that she spent the weekend with her grandparents, which means that her mother was alone and therefore has no alibi for the night of the crime.
The coroner surprisingly finds the real cause of death of the captain. He didn't drown like that, but was killed with fentanyl . A strong narcotic drug used in hospitals. Annemarie Venske works in a hospital. It also turns out that she knew about life insurance and thus also of the existence of her competitor. This confirms Borowski's assumption that jealousy is probably the motive for the crime.
Greta Karlsson goes to Annemarie Venske to talk to her. Shortly afterwards they both disappeared. Borowski locates her on the “Scandinavica” and suspects that Annemarie Venske wants to kill her competitor. To catch her in the act, Frieda Jung disguises herself as Greta Karlsson. The trick succeeds and Annemarie Venske can be arrested.
background
The film was produced by Studio Hamburg Produktion Kiel GmbH and Norddeutscher Rundfunk and shot in Kiel and Gothenburg . This crime scene was first broadcast in Sweden on October 25, 2008 and in Finland on October 13, 2011. From this point onwards, psychologist Frieda Jung has a role to play. So far she was only responsible for the inspector's psyche and now she is also involved in the interrogations.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Mann über Bord was seen on September 10, 2006 in Germany by a total of 7.32 million viewers and achieved a market share of 22.20 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff comments on this film: “No question about it, the story (book: Dorothee Schön) has its charm, but also sometimes gaping logic gaps. Even director Lars Becker was apparently not very satisfied and was still working on the final version until shortly before it was broadcast. […] Those who can ignore that will still get their money's worth: The ferry scene is something different; and Milberg is always good anyway. "
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm think that this crime scene offers very “attractive locations, [but the] weird [] case [...] is not always entirely logical. [Conclusion:] Nordic by nature: Milberg is convincing. "
Web links
- Crime scene: man overboard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of man overboard on the ARD website
- Man overboard at the crime scene fund
- Man overboard at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 15, 2014.
- ↑ Filming locations on Internet Movie Database , accessed April 15, 2014.
- ↑ Broadcast data on Internet Movie Database , accessed April 15, 2014.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Critique of the film on Kino.de , accessed on April 15, 2014.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on April 15, 2014.
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