Crime scene: Little Red Riding Hood

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	Little Red Riding Hood
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	MDR
length	88 minutes
classification	Episode 522 ( List )
First broadcast	January 12, 2003 on Das Erste
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Director	Hajo Gies
script	Fred Breinersdorfer
production	Jan Kruse
music	Günther Illi
camera	Achim Poulheim
cut	Gabriele Hagen
occupation
Peter Sodann : KHK Bruno Ehrlicher Bernd Michael Lade : KHK Kain Clelia Sarto : Tina Rudolf Kowalski : Oskar Lemke Mario Irrek : Martin Kubelka Bernd Stegemann : Jost Siebert Simone von Zglinicki : Public Prosecutor Mitterer Tom Mikulla : Judge Annekathrin Bürger : Frederike Walter Nickel : Walter, forensic scientist Hanns-Jörn Weber : Chief of Police Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff : Mrs. Gerod Marie Anne Fliegel : Possible, witness Thorsten Wolf : Night porter Laura Laß : Katrin Lemke Nico Link : Nico Ernst-Georg Schwill : Erich Wanda Perdelwitz : Maria

Rotkäppchen is a television film from the crime series Tatort by ARD , ORF and SRF . The film was produced by MDR under the direction of Hajo Gies and was first broadcast on January 12, 2003. It is the crime scene episode 522. It is the 10th case for detective chief Bruno Ehrlicher and his colleague Kain in which they are investigating in Leipzig .

action

On the way to an alleged crime scene, Commissioner Kain makes an observation that shortly afterwards becomes an actual operation. After he noticed a scuffle between two young people, he reported this to the operations center so that they can send a patrol there to check. A short time later, the address becomes his new location. A young red-haired girl lies dead on the stairs in her parents' house and Cain reproaches himself for not having intervened immediately. Her father suspects Martin Kubelka, who was once employed by him and whom he calls a "strange bird". After seeing a photo of the suspect, Cain confirms that he was the one the girl argued with. For him there is no doubt that he is “Little Red Riding Hood” murderer. Because of his feelings of guilt, he couldn't be stopped and immediately arrested Kubelka, who now works in a bakery. But on the same day he had to find out that he was released again because the DNA analysis relieved him. “Little Red Riding Hood” father also learns of Kubelka's release and is just as outraged.

Ehrlicher rebukes his colleague's going it alone and explains that he has obviously decided too hastily on a perpetrator. Cain sees this and wants to apologize to Kubelka, but when he wants to meet him, Kubelka lies dead in front of him on the street. According to forensic science, he threw himself off the bridge. Cain doubts it and suspects “Little Red Riding Hood” to have helped Kubelka's fall. Ehrlicher also investigates Cain's concerns and has a second examination carried out on Kubelka's corpse at the university clinic. This actually refutes the presumption of suicide, but this leads to the fact that the public prosecutor suspends Kain. She thinks it is possible that he wanted to play the avenger because he did not share her decision to release Kubelka from custody.

To prove Cain's innocence, Ehrlicher has "Little Red Riding Hood's" father's alibi checked again. As a taxi driver, he is subject to constant control by the headquarters and the radio calls provide information about the time and place of each driver's deployment. It can therefore be ruled out that Lemke was nearby when Kubelka died.

In the meantime, “Little Red Riding Hood's” friend Nico can also be found. He had always hid because Katrin's father would not allow him to be near his daughter. According to his information, he did not want anyone near her and tried to shield her from strange men. He would have often become violent, including against his own daughter. On the spur of the moment, Ehrlicher has Lemke checked again and Walter finds out that he has manipulated the call diversion of his taxi switchboard so that the times recorded there are incorrect.

So in the end it turns out that Lemke wanted to hold his growing daughter accountable in his obsession with surveillance and misunderstood care and that she fell down the stairs in an argument. He was jealous of Kobelka because in his childlike manner he treated her more lovingly than he had managed.

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm gave this crime scene the best possible rating and wrote: “Cleverly constructed police crime, a bit gray, but authentic.” The overall conclusion was: “No, not a fairy tale - hard on reality”.

Web links

• Crime scene: Little Red Riding Hood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the story of Little Red Riding Hood on the ARD website
• Little Red Riding Hood at the crime scene fund
• Little Red Riding Hood at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on November 23, 2015.