Crime scene: shock
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | shock |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
ORF |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 1008 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | January 22, 2017 on ORF , Das Erste , SRF 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rupert Henning |
| script | Rupert Henning |
| production | Burkhard WR Ernst |
| music | Stefan Bernheimer |
| camera | Josef Mittendorfer |
| cut | Karin Hartusch |
| occupation | |
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Schock is a television film from the crime series Tatort , which was first broadcast on January 22, 2017 on ORF , Erste and SRF 1 . It is the 1008th episode in the series, the 39th case of the Austrian investigator Moritz Eisner and the fifteenth joint case of the Eisner / Fellner investigative team.
action
A young man posts a video message on the Internet. His name is David Frank and he will kidnap his parents to kill them first and then himself. With his action he wanted to point out social grievances. What exactly he is about, the investigators should find out step by step and under observation by the public on the Internet. His message is quickly spread via social media and ultimately ends up at the Federal Criminal Police Office. Eisner is appointed head of the Special Organizational Organization (BAO), which is supposed to investigate the threats of the video message and prevent the announced act. In the BAO, Eisner especially disturbs the constitutional protector Gerold Schubert with his comments.
The investigation reveals that David Frank is a 22-year-old medical student. His father Hans Georg is a university professor of mathematics, his mother Agnes a lawyer. Eisner and Fellner pay a visit to their villa, but the Franks are not to be found. In another video message, David points to the university lecturer in sociology, Sarah Adler. In her seminars she deals, among other things, with cases of young violent criminals, especially those running amok , their vague motives and the influence of society on them. Adler is also the author of a book called Totally Normal . In it, she deals with the pressure to perform and deteriorating future prospects. David Frank refers to the book several times in his messages and criticizes the social grievances described in it, for example that society produces only a few winners but many losers. The criminal psychologist Lisa Aichinger, who is also a member of the BAO, knows Adler from her own study days together. She conducts the questioning, but does not receive any helpful advice from her, as the sociologist is not very cooperative.
The specialists at the Federal Criminal Police Office found out that David's latest message was broadcast as a live stream on a university server. Eisner and Fellner secure the area with the Cobra task force , but they only find a slip of paper and a webcam in the server room - the fooled investigators are broadcast live on the Internet and thus David made ridiculous. They leave the building to the scornful applause of the student body. As the cat-and-mouse game between David and the police increased, the investigators began to suspect that David was not only acting on his own, but had supporters. When Eisner insults the Minister of Justice, just as she enters the room unnoticed by him, she suspends him and appoints Schubert as head of the BAO. However, Schubert orders that Eisner should continue investigating. The search for accomplices leads him to a network of radical activists classified as extremist by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and also to Kerem, Eisner's unloved friend of his daughter Claudia, with whom various drugs were also found. She defends her boyfriend and confesses to her father that many of her circle of friends stimulate themselves with drugs in order to be able to cope better with the pressure of exams and performance.
A flashback shows David's friend Amina Barka, who threw herself out of the window because of the pressure to perform. David then wanted to quit his studies, but found his father incomprehensible. Fellner shadows Sarah Adler, whom David seeks out in his hiding place, an abandoned industrial building. There David succeeds in overpowering Fellner and taking him hostage. Eisner approaches with the task force that surrounds the area. David explains his motives in a discussion with Adler and Fellner broadcast live on the Internet. When he notices the police presence, he calls the camera for help and that he does not want to die. Then he disconnects and aims his gun at Fellner, whereupon he is shot by the Cobra snipers. The rescued Fellner explains to Eisner that David wanted to provoke his own killing . David's parents can also be delivered alive.
background
The 15th joint crime scene case by Eisner and Fellner was filmed from February 19 to March 19, 2016 in Vienna , including on the WU campus and the main building of the University of Vienna , and this crime scene episode was produced by Cult Film . For screenwriter and director Rupert Henning , this was the second film in the Tatort series after Tatort: Grenzfall (2015) .
The idea for the case is based on the message from Robert Steinhäuser and the theater play by Rupert Henning from 2005 and the question of what makes someone do something like that.
Awards
- Romyverleihung 2017 - Award in the category Best Producer TV-Film (Burkhard Ernst) and Best Book TV-Film (Rupert Henning), nomination in the category Best Young Male (Aaron Karl)
reception
Reviews
Christian Buß from Spiegel Online described the film as a theatrically inflated generational war that wants to be close to young people, but would raise them to the tragic victims of an inhuman education and acceleration system and who want to depict the student milieu authentically, but in a theatrical setting for the great sensory crisis play. According to Buß, the film is a well-intentioned bubble thriller and in the long run it is quite grueling for the viewer. Krassnitzer stomp grimly and violently through the university fluffy milieu , so that the understanding Generation Y exploration would get a strange aftertaste : "A few slaps have never harmed overly cerebral and gossiped students."
Volker Bergmeister from Tittelbach.tv , on the other hand, attested this episode consistently high potential for tension: “Henning cleverly interweaves the levels and at the end brings them together to a dramatic finale with a surprising outcome. Sure, there is sometimes a little bit of explanation and lecturing, but it is a courageous and ultimately very successful attempt to devote oneself to a topic that is not tangible at first glance. "
Joachim Huber from Der Tagesspiegel thought the TV thriller was a success: “Director Rupert Henning drives the emotions, his“ shock ”thriller has a feverish effect. (..) With its figure constellation and its cast, "Schock" is convincing in both the ensemble and the moments of two. "
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Schock on January 22, 2017 was seen by 8.80 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.2% for Das Erste . The first broadcast was followed by an average of 894,000 viewers on ORF , with a market share of 26 percent. In Switzerland, the crime scene was viewed on SRF 1 by 374,000 viewers and achieved a market share of 19.5%.
Web links
- Crime scene: shock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crime scene: shock at filmportal.de
- Summary of the plot of shock on the ARD website
- Shock at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Tatort" duo Krassnitzer and Neuhauser in "shock" . OTS bulletin of March 20, 2016, accessed December 24, 2016.
- ↑ A "shock" for the "Tatort" duo Krassnitzer and Neuhauser . OTS notification dated February 23, 2016, accessed December 24, 2016.
- ^ DerStandard.at: Rupert Henning: "I have a great crush on Eisner and Fellner" . Article from January 21, 2017, accessed on January 21, 2017.
- ↑ KURIER ROMY Academy Awards 2017: The nominations . Article dated March 20, 2017, accessed March 20, 2017.
- ^ Kurier: Hollywood Shine: The Winners of the ROMY Academy . Article dated April 20, 2017, accessed April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Christian Buß: "Tatort" about Generation Y. Backpipes for the fine gentleman student. In: Culture. Spiegel Online , January 20, 2017, accessed on January 20, 2017 : "4 out of 10 points"
- ↑ Volker Bergmeister: "Tatort - Schock" series at tittelbach.tv , accessed on January 20, 2017.
- ↑ Joachim Huber: “Shock” is a spectacular crime thriller , review in Der Tagesspiegel on January 22, 2017, accessed January 24, 2017
- ↑ Manuel Weis: Primetime check: Sunday, January 2, 2017.quotemeter.de , January 23, 2017, accessed on January 23, 2017 .
- ↑ derStandard.at: A "shock" for 894,000 viewers: good quota for the Austro "crime scene" . Article from January 23, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2017.
- ↑ Audience figures , SRF 1 - January 22, 2017. (PDF) Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
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