Tatort: ​​Mine is vengeance

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Vengeance is mine
Country of production Austria
original language German
Production
company		 ORF
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 338 ( List )
First broadcast July 14, 1996 on ORF
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Director Houchang Allahyari
script Houchang Allahyari ,
Tom-Dariusch Allahyari
production Heinz Ambrosch
music Herbert Tucmandl
camera Wolfgang Koch
cut Gerda Ghanim
occupation

Mein ist die Rache is an Austrian television thriller from 1996. The screenplay was written by Tom-Dariusch Allahyari and Houchang Allahyari , the latter also directed. It was the 338th crime scene episode and the only case of Chief Inspector Max Becker ( Klaus Wildbolz ) as the main investigator, who, however, could fall back on the assistant team of his predecessor Fichtl. Becker and his team are dealing with the death of an inmate therapist and the public's pre-conviction of the apparent criminal record.

action

The young Walter Sedlak owes due to his expensive lifestyle to people in the underworld. When he is beaten up by them and given the ultimatum to pay off the debt by the next day, he sees no other way out than to raise the money through a break-in. He happened to observe the Novotny couple leaving their house. When he breaks in, he finds out that the couple's six-year-old daughter, Michaela, is home alone. Woken up by the noises, she speaks to Sedlak. Herbert Novotny comes home just as he is about to calm the little girl down and send her back to bed. Novotny, who is the chief inspector of the police, takes out his service weapon, Sedlak takes Michaela hostage and wants to leave the house. When he releases the girl to flee the house, Novotny shoots him, turning around Sedlak accidentally shoots Michaela, who ran into the field of fire unnoticed. Sedlak is arrested, ten years later he is in an open prison and has a job. His therapist Silvia Taschner, with whom he does not have a good relationship, tells Sedlak that he should be released early.

Shortly afterwards, Silvia is found murdered, her boyfriend Markus Stueck tells Chief Inspector Max Becker and Inspector Hollocher that he found his girlfriend dead during a surprise visit during the lunch break, and that the apartment door was open. Stueck states that he was at work during the time of the crime and that his girlfriend was expecting a visit from one of her customers who were released. Becker and Inspector Lou Hareter go to the prison and interview the prisoners there. Among them, Becker discovers Sedlak, whom he had arrested ten years ago in the house of his best friend Novotny after the shooting that was fatal for Michaela. Sedlak presents him with an alibi, but Hareter finds out that Sedlak had an argument with Taschner the day before. Hareter and Hollocher check the alibi and find out that Sedlak always fetched breakfast in the workshop where he worked during his day off, so he could have committed the murder. Becker and Councilor Putner therefore believe in Sedlak, who was obviously in love with Taschner, while Hollocher and Hareter doubt. After a long time, Becker contacts his friend Novotny again, who now works as a private detective, who offers Becker his help in solving the case. Despite Hollocher's and Hareter's concerns, Councilor Putner agrees that Novotny should scrutinize Taschner's partner. He finds out that Stueck had other women, he also has a criminal record for fraud and is now selling insurance.

A hair found at the scene of the crime can be assigned to Sedlak, which means that Becker and Novotny are even more convinced of Sedlak's culprit. The officers take another look at Taschner's apartment with Novotny and find a blood stain, which can also be assigned to Sedlak. Then all except Hollocher, who still considers the piece to be suspicious, see the case as solved. While Sedlak protests his innocence to Hareter, Hollocher asks Taschner's old neighbor, who says that she had seen Novotny in the house before. Meanwhile, Sedlak learns that, not least because of the preliminary convictions of the tabloid press, he is to be transferred back to his old prison, where he previously had to endure martyrdom as a “child murderer”. Desperate, he escapes from the detention center and goes to the grave of little Michaela full of guilt. Meanwhile, Novotny sees Sedlak's culprit confirmed. Hareter picks up on Hollocher's latest investigation and finds out that Novotny belongs to a biblical group that apparently pursues revenge against criminals. While Hollocher finds out that fingerprints at the crime scene now point to Sedlak as Taschner's murderer, Sedlak turns up at Hareter's home, whom he trusts, and asserts his innocence in Taschner's death. When Hareter is just persuading Sedlak that he has to face himself, Hollocher rings the doorbell to tell her about the fingerprints. Sedlak takes Hareter's gun and flees, Hollocher pursues him. Driven by this and the arrival of reinforcements, Sedlak finally puts an end to his life. Hareter, who differed from Dr. Putner has to hear serious allegations and is on leave, and Hollocher continues to doubt Sedlak's perpetration and consider it possible that someone could have left his traces in Taschner's apartment.

The prison doctor reports to Becker and testifies that Sedlak never took a blood sample there, but that the hospital did take an appendix operation. Meanwhile, Hollocher finds out that Sedlak's hairdresser recently turned up after Sedlak Novotny. When Becker went to the hospital, he met a friend of Novotny who is also a member of his group in the laboratory. It is therefore clear for both of them independently that Novotny had manipulated the traces of Sedlak. Hareter visits Novotny in the evening, who, on her reproach, openly admits that he murdered Silvia Taschner, because in his Christian zeal he persuaded himself that the criminals' helpers are criminals themselves and must be punished, Hareter also has Sedlak helped. Hareter draws her gun, but is disarmed by Novotny with the help of his colleague from the hospital. In the meantime, Becker and Hollocher find out that Hareter drove to Novotny without authorization, and the two rush to his house. When Becker arrives there, Novotny is driving away with Hareter, Becker, Hollocher and reinforcement follow Novotny's car to a freight yard. Novotny demands free withdrawal from his friend Becker when he notices the other officers that he wants to shoot Hareter, Becker shoots him. When he continues to kill Hareter, Becker is forced to finally shoot his best friend.

Audience and background

The crime scene Mein ist die Rache reached 5.87 million viewers when it was first broadcast on ARD, which corresponds to a rate of 23.02%. Director and co-screenwriter Houchang Allahyari plays the prison doctor in a short appearance, the later chief inspector Kant, Wolfgang Hübsch , represents the perpetrator in the only case of his immediate predecessor as the main investigator.

criticism

TV Spielfilm rated the film only mediocre and commented: "Journey into the depths of a wounded soul".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mein ist die Rache audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on October 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Mein ist die Rache short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on October 26, 2015.
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