Crime scene: revenge
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | revenge |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR |
| length | 87 minutes |
| classification | Episode 629 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | April 23, 2006 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Johannes Grieser |
| script | Stefan Rogall |
| music |
Robert Schulte Hemming Jens Langbein |
| camera | Jürgen Carle |
| cut | Susanne Heller |
| occupation | |
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Revanche is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The episode was produced by Südwestrundfunk under the direction of Johannes Grieser and broadcast on German television for the first time on April 23, 2006. It is the 629th episode of the crime scene and 37th episode with the Ludwigshafen investigator Lena Odenthal ( Ulrike Folkerts ). For her colleague Mario Kopper ( Andreas Hoppe ) it is the 28th case.
action
Inspector Lena Odenthal and Andreas Kopper, accompanied by intern Chris Wolf, are called to a murder case. The pensioner Gerhard Brenner was shot together with his dog. The retired bank clerk had lived alone for four years after his wife died. Initially, the investigators focus on the victim's son. Udo Brenner didn't have a good relationship with his father and he didn't like the dog either. He is heavily in debt and his father would not have given him any money during his lifetime. He preferred to put his savings into “his” football club, where he worked as a coach for many years. When Odenthal and Kopper ask there, they learn that four years ago Brenner was suspected of having been involved in a robbery on the bank where he worked. Two of the robbers could be caught and sentenced at the time, but the prey remained missing. Thomas Reuter has just been released from custody and Brenner was shot on the same day. Odenthal believes an act of revenge is possible, but Reuter swears that he has nothing to do with Brenner's death, after all he would have always been like a father to him. Although Gerhard Brenner could not be found involved in the robbery, his former colleagues are convinced that he must have been the informer of the bank robbers. Odenthal also thinks this is very likely and sees it as the motive for the crime. So she and Kopper take another look around the victim's apartment and find a key that leads to the container port. Before they even reach the container that Brenner had rented years ago, they meet Brenner's son, who immediately fled when he saw the inspectors and initially escaped. After a short search they can find him, but he explains that he had already found the hiding place empty.
Unexpectedly, Reuter's daughter brings a letter to the Presidium that she has just found at home. Gerhard Brenner threatens Reuter's wife. She should end the relationship with Reuter's stepbrother Jochen, otherwise he would cut her the support he had paid her for years.
Reuter's accomplice, Olaf Klär, has now managed to escape from prison. He brings Reuter's daughter into his power, as he learned of Brenner's death in prison and now feared that Reuter was behind it and would deprive him of the loot. He informs Reuter, who unceremoniously drives to Klär's hiding place with his stepbrother. After a short argument, Jochen Galowski shoots the escapee without further ado and threatens to kill Thomas Reuter. He shot Brenner after his company ran into financial difficulties and there was no other way to help.
reception
Audience rating
When it was first broadcast in Germany on April 23, 2006, 7.63 million viewers saw the episode Revanche , which corresponded to a market share of 21.60 percent.
criticism
Tilmann P. Gangloff writes appreciatively: “Comedy, action and melodrama, not to mention the crime thriller: quite a lot that the film successfully manages. And then Rogall and Grieser actually manage to keep the identity of the murderer open for a long time without having to pull the perpetrator out of his hat at the end. "
The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm just give the thumbs up for this crime scene and say: "The plot seems overloaded and offers more gags and action than tension." It would be "good ingredients, but not a good recipe".
Web links
- Crime scene: revenge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of revenge on the ARD website
- Revenge on the crime scene fund
- Revenge at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Revenge ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on August 24, 2016.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Tatort: Revanche Filmkritik at kino.de , accessed on August 24, 2016.
- ↑ TV feature film : TV crime thriller with Ulrike Folkerts. Old bank robbery with fatal consequences. Review accessed on August 24, 2016.
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