Crime scene: die more beautifully

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Die more beautifully
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 SWR
length 88 minutes
classification Episode 528 ( List )
First broadcast March 30, 2003 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Didi Danquart
script Daniel Martin Eckhart
production Veith von Fürstenberg
music Cornelius Schwehr
camera Hans-Jörg Allgeier
cut Gudrun Bohl
occupation

To die better is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The episode was produced by Südwestrundfunk under the direction of Didi Danquart and first broadcast on German television on March 30, 2003. It is the 528th episode of the crime scene and 28th episode with Ludwigshafen investigator Lena Odenthal ( Ulrike Folkerts ). For her colleague Mario Kopper ( Andreas Hoppe ) it is the 19th case. In this case, Lena Odenthal has an unexpected reunion with her unloved aunt Emma.

action

It seems to be another night like so many before and in the "Grünwald" retirement home: "suum cuique". While one is walking and the other is smoking, another indulges in memories: “ To each his own ”. However, your roommate seems to have something special up to date, as chic as she's got herself dressed up. She promptly leaves the shared bedroom - apparently unnoticed. The nocturnal walker hears a clink when he returns and is amazed. The chic woman lies lifeless on the floor in the entrance hall and a middle-aged man is leaning over her. A short time later, Mr. Kranz, the residence manager, arrives and sees the dead woman lying on the floor covered with a cloth and her roommate, Mrs. Odenthal, sitting next to her in a wheelchair.

The reunion at the scene of the crime is icy, because “there is no Emma Odenthal in Lena Odenthal's life”. One day Lena Odenthal found pictures of her aunt from the Nazi era - even one with Hitler. Emma Odenthal blocks her statements about the dead Marina Cortese. At first it is not clear whether this is due to ignorance or for other reasons. There is evidence that Marina Cortese's death was part of a series of killings. The less well-to-do caretaker Willy Vogelsang, who according to the neighbor killed his grandmother, behaves conspicuously and is therefore suspected. His boss Karl Kranz, Willy's father, and Emma Odenthal stick with him. Manfred Wanner, the nocturnal walker, finally seems to respond to Emma Odenthal's questions about the night of the crime, then he falls over dead. Willy has collected pictures of the dead in his alcove and is arrested after saying "You are so gentle". Karl Kranz finally speaks. He bought the house to make up for his debt to Willy. In his own way, Willy admits to killing his grandmother. He had put the white cloth on her face, as he had done with Marina Cortese. Emma Odenthal comes to the police station and can't believe Willy's guilt.

In conversation with her niece, she remembers after a very long time the relay race at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where she dropped the baton. Then she should take a trip with Blumenfeld again and Emma Odenthal tells Lena that Marina Cortese is to blame. Blumenfeld recognizes the situation, knocks Lena Odenthal over and puts it in the trunk. Lena Odenthal can call Kopper from there. Suddenly, due to the situation, Emma Odenthal can walk again and frees her niece from the trunk. Marina Cortese's disappointed killer goes to his death.

reception

Audience rating

When it was first broadcast in Germany on March 30, 2003, 8.63 million viewers saw the episode " Beautiful Die ," which corresponded to a market share of 24.5 percent.

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm give the thumbs up for this crime scene and say: "Thoughtful and wonderfully cast [...] with characters like Rudolf Wessely, Ingrid van Bergen, Gerd Kunath and the great Gisela Trowe."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More beautiful ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on August 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ TV Spielfilm : TV thriller with a splendid group of old stars Film criticism at TV Spielfilm , accessed on August 23, 2016.
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