Crime scene: nocturnal whispers

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Night whispers
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 WDR
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 675 ( List )
First broadcast October 7, 2007 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Torsten C. Fischer
script Stefan Cantz ,
Jan Hinter
production Sonja Goslicki
music Fabian Römer
camera Hagen Bogdanski
cut Bernd Schriever
occupation

Nachtgeflüster is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The contribution produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk under the direction of Torsten C. Fischer was broadcast for the first time on October 7, 2007 in the first program of ARD . It is the 37th case of the Cologne team of investigators Max Ballauf and Freddy Schenk and the 675th crime scene follows. The main guest roles are Claudia Michelsen , Oliver Bröcker and Annika Kuhl .

action

Police chief Martin Krauss was found shot dead in a car under a bridge. The detective chief inspectors Ballauf and Schenk look around in his apartment, in which he apparently lived alone, although "Krauss family" can be read on the front door. The questioning of the police cop's colleagues shows that he had been living apart for six months and was in a relationship with his colleague Rita Anspann. However, this relationship was also about to end. He also obviously had financial problems and was quite fond of alcohol. Circumstances that speak strongly in favor of suicide.

Unexpectedly, an unknown caller answers a telephone talk radio broadcast and claims to have shot the police officer. He claims that he just wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and is now afraid to do it again. Ballauf and Schenk let the radio station give them the tape recording and talk to the presenter Melissa Morgenstern. They agree with her to give the alleged murderer the chance to report again. This already happens in the next broadcast, in which Ballauf and Schenk are also present in the transmitter. Melissa tries to find out details of what the caller declined. For this he sends her an envelope with a key. When the officers open the locker at the train station, they find the weapon in it, which is clearly the victim's service weapon.

The investigation shows that the victim borrowed money from Hakan Simsek, who is on file with the police in connection with illegal gambling. Rita Anspann confirms that Krauss was lured into a debt trap by Simsek, which leads to Simsek's arrest. However, he denies being a murderer and insists that he did not kill Krauss.

The investigators also find out that Krauss called the radio show shortly before his death and sounded very desperate. Traces in the studio's underground car park suggest that Krauss actually committed suicide. As a result, someone must have brought it from there to the place where it was found under the bridge to make it look like murder. The investigators are puzzled, especially since the anonymous caller reports back to Melissa's radio broadcast and claims to have "done it again". A clue leads to Hendrik Fuchs, an employee of the radio station, who secretly adores his colleague Melissa Morgenstern. When looking for him, Ballauf and Schenk come across a small private studio, but also Melissa's seriously injured colleague Claudia. It is now clear that the last call must be taken seriously and that the commissioners must be concerned about the moderator's safety. Before they manage to inform Melissa Morgenstern, Fuchs has already brought them under his control. He threatens to throw himself from the roof of the studio building together with the presenter. While Schenk engages the excited man in a conversation, Ballauf manages to defuse the situation. Fuchs is arrested and Melissa's colleague Claudia tells the inspectors that it was her idea to remove Krauss' body and that she then persuaded Hendrik Fuchs to make the calls. Little did she suspect that the latter is morbidly fixated on Melissa and that the action developed a momentum of its own, which almost actually made Fuchs a murderer.

Production and Background

The film was shot from October 25th to November 25th 2005 under the working title Don't turn around in Cologne and the surrounding area. The exterior shots of the studio building at the DLF radio house in Cologne were taken .

In the final scene, Ballauf's work colleagues surprise him with a party to mark his ten-year service anniversary, at which Lissy Pütz, the former assistant to the commissioners, sings in his honor. As usual, the episode doesn't end at the snack bar this time.

reception

Audience ratings

7.69 million viewers saw the episode Nachtgeflüster on October 7, 2007 when it was first broadcast in Germany, which corresponded to a market share of 21.5 percent.

criticism

With this crime scene, Rainer Tittelbach concentrates on the past ten years and writes at tittelbach.tv : “Ten years ago the WDR brought the 'crime scene' to Cologne and created the investigative duo Ballauf / Schenk. Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär put on their commissioner roles so authentically that it was often difficult to distinguish between roles and actors. After three years and ten exceptionally good films, they were rightly number 1 on the ARD crime flagship ... 'Nachtgeflüster' is a successful anniversary 'crime scene'. "

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm are: "Original case, good-humored investigators."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tatort: ​​Nachtgeflüster - Background and audience rating at fundus.de, accessed on December 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ Rainer Tittelbach : Nachtgeflüster film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on December 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ Nachtgeflüster short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 7, 2014.
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