Crime scene: Schicki-Micki

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Schicki-Micki
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 176 ( List )
First broadcast December 29, 1985 on ARD
Rod
Director Hans-Reinhard Müller
script Herbert Riehl-Heyse ,
Ernst Fischer
production Peter Hoheisel
music Rudolf Gregor Knabl
camera Horst Lermer
cut Hank Paull
occupation

Schicki-Micki is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The report produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk was first broadcast on December 29, 1985 in the ARD's first program. It is the fifth mission of Inspector Lenz, played by Helmut Fischer and the 176th Tatort episode in total. Lenz is dealing with the murder of a committed journalist.

action

While the "city Indian" Dallinger protests as an upright fighter against the gentrification and displacement of long-established restaurants, City Councilor Völk gives a laudation in a newly opened posh restaurant in honor of the major restaurateur Hörmann, who is completely changing the Schwabing gastronomy scene. Mike Zoller is a committed investigative journalist who is critical of these machinations. He makes an appointment with an informant who wants to report on questionable methods. His colleague Richert is not enthusiastic about Zoller's commitment and reporting, and his editor-in-chief also urges Zoller to exercise restraint. In an old restaurant in Schwabing, Zoller and his colleague Vera Jansen meet for an interview in the evening as part of a report with Inspector Lenz's regulars. At the next table there are four rockers who are causing trouble. Lenz and Zoller interfere when they abuse the landlady and want to refuse to pay. The rockers flee and knock Zoller down, but he hurries after them.

The next morning, a jogger found Zoller's body in the English Garden; he was probably killed with a bottle. Lenz can identify him. Since he was a witness of the dispute the night before, it is clear to him that only the rockers are possible perpetrators. He asks Vera Jansen whether Zoller had made enemies through his journalistic work. B. in the rocker scene. She reports to Lenz that in the past he has often reported critically about the gastronomic director Stiegler and his boss Hörmann. Currently, however, to the best of her knowledge, he has not been working on any explosive stories. When Lenz and his colleague Brettschneider visit Stiegler, a protection racketeer is with him. He can escape the police. During the night Vera Jansen notices a strange man in her apartment, who runs away when he is noticed. Meanwhile, Mrs. Meier, the landlady of Lenz's local bar, visits him at home at night to tell him about the frequent harassment against her restaurant. She suspects that this is a method of wearing them down. The witness Ulmer, an old man, said to Lenz that it was not the rockers but the conspirators who killed Zoller, for whom Zoller's journalistic work was a thorn in the side.

On the basis of clues, Lenz and his colleagues are able to locate and arrest the rockers in a hut near Brannenburg. It belongs to Hörmann. Hörmann's lawyers are able to convince the public prosecutor that the rockers only "broke into" his country house by chance. The Zoller newspaper does not report on the connection either, as the editor-in-chief Hörmann does not want to “prejudice”. Richert, who is now taking over the work from Zoller, describes Lenz to Hörmann as a successful entrepreneur, about whom nothing bad can be reported. Lenz seeks out the “city Indian” Dallinger, he has learned that he himself used to be the innkeeper in Schwabing, until he was ousted by Hörmann and Stiegler using brutal methods. Since he had fallen out with Zoller, whose reporting he did not agree with, he is arrested as a suspect. He denies the act. Brettschneider interrogates one of the rockers, who says that they only hit Zoller once when he caught up with them, then he fled and he and his friends didn't feel like another confrontation. On Lenz's instructions, Vera Jansen published an article in which she reported on a possible involvement of Hörmann and Stiegler in the case. Your editor-in-chief reacts indignantly to the article.

In Mike Zoller's desk, Lenz finds notes that show that Stiegler systematically killed hosts at Hörmann's behest in order to suppress them. Dallinger is released. Lenz and Brettschneider seek out Stiegler, who finally admits to having commissioned the rockers to “stir up” the Schwabing restaurant and cause trouble. He remarks that these "idiots" killed Zoller, which Stiegler naturally did not want. Lenz and Brettschneider still arrest Stiegler for inciting manslaughter. Hörmann distances himself from Stiegler and tells Lenz that he rejects such methods. If he wanted to achieve something he would prefer other methods, e.g. B. Buy journalists. Lenz pricks up his ears and looks around the editorial office. In the process, Lenz learns that Richert can record the television program, which he has to review every Tuesday, on video and review it later, as he has a certain time window until the editorial deadline. Richert had stated that he could not be present at the report with Jansen and Zoller because he had to see the program. Lenz finds the contract between Hörmann and Richert in Zoller's computer, so it was clear that he was reporting for Hörmann for a monthly salary of DM 2,000. Zoller had received the contract for relationships in the gastronomy scene.

Richert is in the car with Vera Jansen at the moment, he tells her that he knows that she also has a copy of the "employment contract" with Hörmann and wants her to give it to him. Vera realizes that he was the stranger in her apartment. He also confesses to having killed Zoller, which he did not want, however, because he was only interested in the contract. Zoller, however, wanted to publish the contract, which led to a fight between the two and the killing of Zoller. When he notices a police car with flashing lights behind him, Richert drives away with Vera Jansen as a hostage. Jansen grabs Richert in the steering wheel so that Richert has an accident and the police can arrest Richert.

background

The film was shot in and around Munich from September to October 1985.

Commissioner Ludwig Lenz took over the position of commissioner from Chief Commissioner Veigl ( Gustl Bayrhammer ), who retired in April 1981 with the Munich crime scene Tatort: ​​African violets . Until then, he was the assistant who wanted to prove to Kriminalrat Schubert that he was up to the new task. Lenz investigated a total of seven cases between 1981 and 1987.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Schicki-Micki on December 29, 1985 was seen by 20.04 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 48 percent for Das Erste .

criticism

Helmut Schödel at Die Zeit.de judges quite sarcastically: “The journalistic scolding contained in the film is intended more for colleagues. At this level, one only laughs at foolishness if one is involved in them. These scenes had something of the critical force of blackboard graffiti in school. [...] As soon as you have adjusted to the chase, it is already over. "

The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm think: "Great: Fishermen as unruly anti-chic."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for the crime scene: Schicki-Micki . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2009 (PDF; test number: 119 635 V).
  2. ↑ Location and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on October 5, 2014.
  3. ^ Tatort 176: Schicki-Micki at tatort-fans.de, accessed on October 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Schicki-Micki" at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on October 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Helmut Schödel: [1] at zeit.de, accessed on October 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ Brief review  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on October 5, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.tvspielfilm.de  
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