Crime scene: Black Peter

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Black Peter
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 MDR
classification Episode 718 ( List )
First broadcast January 18, 2009 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Christine Hartmann
script Katrin Bühlig
production Jan Kruse
music Ludwig Eckmann
camera Alexander Fischerkoesen
cut Cosima Fast
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Schwarzer Peter is an episode of the German crime series Tatort from 2009. The film by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , directed by Christine Hartmann and starring Simone Thomalla and Martin Wuttke as Leipzig investigators Saalfeld and Keppler , was first broadcast on January 18, 2009 on Erste . The fourth joint case by the Leipzig investigators is about domestic violence and its consequences.

action

A family discovered a corpse in the water on their excursion on the White Elster . The forensic medical examination shows that the man found must have been dead for five to eight days. The macabre: The body's legs were severed post-mortem with an ax and a ring was also removed from the finger - which suggests a lot of strength or a lot of hatred. On the side of the body of the victim there is the puncture by a knife that caused death. The rope with which the body was tied leads Keppler into an erotic shop. The knot used to tie the man's hands together was also very special, although it did not correspond to those used in bondage games . After the dead person could be identified as Peter Schneider, Saalfeld and Keppler visit his wife Gitta. She takes in the news of her husband's death more stoically and seems like a bystander and a little distant, as if she had not understood the scope of the message. She was actually expecting her husband back from a business trip. When the investigators visit Ivonne Schneider, one of the deceased's daughters, they learn from her that the father's authority was based only on volume and beats.

Gitta Schneider tries in vain to reach her younger daughter Susanne by phone. Susanne has serious marital problems and tries again and again to defend herself against her brutal husband. The young woman is also exposed to sexual violence from her own husband, and the daughter Lina also experiences the father's willingness to use violence. Rüdiger Kuhnert does not tolerate any contradictions from his wife and daughter, even if in retrospect he is often sorry.

In his company people are dismayed by Schneider's death and they say that he was a competent boss, even if it makes sense that he was not very popular due to his authoritarian leadership style . A first suspicion falls on his deputy and foster son Christian Bensen, because he was supposed to take over the company and one knew of disputes between him and Schneider. Bensen says that Schneider was a doer, he built the company almost on his own after the fall of the Wall. Schneider's secretary Hönig also testifies for him that he hired her despite having a disabled son and always gave her free when needed. Rieka Cordes, another of Schneider's employees, is visibly excited by the news of his death.

Saalfeld and Keppler seek out Siegbert Finster, who was dismissed by Schneider and clearly not only has social problems. It is locked, has a lot of cats and is not popular with the other tenants. As he shows himself to be uncooperative, Saalfeld summons him to the police station. Keppler doesn't like that because he could escape. During the interrogation Finster portrays his boss as a "lousy pig" who has walked over corpses and treated everyone like serfs and bought everything and everyone with money. Since he could no longer bear it, he became a drinker, whereupon he was released one day. When he asked Schneider to hire him again, the latter callously refused. So Finster would have had a motive.

Ivonne Schneider visits her mother and takes offense that neither her sister Susanne nor her brother Michael have visited the mother in the meantime. She is amazed to find that the bird cage is empty. All her mother Gitta's love belonged to the bird Bubi. Eva Saalfeld comes by to inform Gitta Schneider that her husband's body has been released for burial. On the way back to her car she meets an interested neighbor who can tell her a lot about the Schneiders' family circumstances. Meanwhile, Keppler asks Michael Schneider in his small shop about his father and his relationship with him, as well as about Christian Bensen. Here, too, it becomes clear that Michael had no relationship with his father and rejected him. He thinks the father found a substitute son in Christian Bensen and left him alone.

Eva Saalfeld accompanies Gitta Schneider to forensic medicine because she really wanted to see her husband again. Then she goes back to their house with Gitta Schneider, where she opens her wardrobe to show how generous her husband has always been and how richly he has always given everyone. He gave her clothes and expensive furs, her son a motorcycle and later his shop, Susanne a pony. Saalfeld's impression is that she suffers a lot. When Saalfeld and Keppler visit Gitta Schneider's daughter Susanne, they witness how little Lina vent her aggression on her beloved dog. Susanne and Rüdiger Kuhnert describe Peter Schneider as generous, but assert that they have had little contact with him for a long time. Saalfeld suspects domestic violence, but comes across a “wall of silence” when she asks and Susanne offers her help.

While Keppler meets Rieka Cordes to ask about details of the relationship between Schneider and Bensen, Eva Saalfeld drives to her mother to look after her nephew Lucas that evening. Keppler appears and Saalfeld sends Lucas to bed. They talk about the Kuhnerts and about violence in families in general, which often has to do with coming to terms with the past and is usually passed on from generation to generation. Michael Schneider visits his mother late in the evening because she did not answer the phone. He finds her lying unconscious on the sofa and numerous empty sleeping pill packs on the table. Thanks to his quick intervention, Gitta Schneider can be saved. The three siblings meet in the hospital corridor and you can feel the mixture of sadness, anger and despair. The sisters argue in the hallway while Michael sits by his mother's bed.

In the meantime, Peter Schneider's car has been rescued from a river near the town where Gitta Schneider grew up. The neighbor, who saw that Peter Schneider drove away in the car on Monday, is sure that only he drove this car himself. Mrs. Schneider never drove. There are traces that clearly prove that Schneider's body was transported in this car. Saalfeld goes to see Susanne Kuhnert again and finds her bleeding on the floor in the kitchen. She calls for reinforcements, has little Lina brought to safety and confronts Rüdiger Kuhnert, who is raging with rage. He is arrested and the battered Susanne receives medical care. Eva Saalfeld is visibly close to what she talks about with Keppler. Since only the fingerprints of Peter Schneider and his son Michael were found in the recovered car, the latter is questioned and admits that he sometimes went on secret excursions with his mother when his father was out on business. The father did not want his mother to leave the house. Michael goes on to tell how his father - because he was never a father to him - forced him to watch when he beat up his mother.

Saalfeld and Keppler appear at the Schneider house with the forensics department and find bundled letters that are tied with a special knot, as well as the arms of Schneider's corpse and the legs he later found. The wedding ring is also found. Eva Saalfeld points out to Gitta Schneider that in the event of massive domestic violence, the exemption from it can be assessed as self-defense in court . Confronted with the facts and the abuse, Gitta Schneider confesses: “I thought that if I could endure everything, then everything would be fine one day. I pulled the buck as a child. Better a life in prison than longer with this man. ”On the day of the crime, the humiliation by her husband had come to a head and when he had turned the neck of her bird, Bubi, to“ crown it ”, she stabbed her with the kitchen knife . He didn't fight back, everything happened very quickly. Since she had a severe herniated disc years ago, which made it difficult for her to carry, she chopped off his legs. Shortly before Gitta Schneider is driven to the headquarters in the police car, she meets her daughter Susanne and her granddaughter Lina and tells the little one that she should take good care of her mommy, who still doesn't speak to her. Eva Saalfeld's look is thoughtful and sad when she sees Gitta getting into the police car. At Keppler's suggestion to walk a bit, she comes in and lets a police officer drive the car into the presidium.

background

The crime scene was produced by Saxonia Media for Das Erste on behalf of MDR . This crime scene episode was filmed from June 4th to July 2nd, 2008 in Leipzig and the surrounding area.

Quotes from the time dossier "Die Mörderin" by Sabine Rückert were used.

The film features the title Sea of ​​Love , sung by Cat Power, a composition by Philip Baptiste and George Khoury.

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast on January 18, 2009 was seen by 8.7 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 23.6 percent for Das Erste . In the advertising-relevant group of 14–49 year old viewers, 2.78 million viewers and a market share of 17.9% were achieved.

Reviews

Frank Kober from Märkische Allgemeine thinks the Black Peter episode is a success and says, "Director Hartmann pulls you away from the surface of cheap showmanship and down into the depths of a real understanding of roles for your characters." TV Movie thinks that it is in Black Peter iN QUESTION a masterpiece and adds: "from time to time but is a film here, which must be regarded as a masterpiece - because it is in its sum is more than 'just' a thriller. This TATORT is one of them. Schwarzer Peter tells an actually unspectacular, but all the more deeply felt story about the everyday horror in apparently intact families. The direction is breathtakingly precise and sensitive; and the performers delight to the smallest supporting roles. "From TV Digital gets the buck to sparingly awarded, green dot ', which is the highest rating. The program guide states: “Perhaps a little exaggerated in relation to it, but: played very well and unfortunately quite close to the truth in many families. Heavy fare and, after the rather mediocre predecessor, another very good contribution from Leipzig. "The Mitteldeutsche Zeitung is of the opinion that this crime scene" successfully sheds light on human abysses "and" only the language, especially that of the secondary characters, occasionally seems badly tried. " But there would be "a tough punchline."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tatort: ​​Schwarzer Peter at tatort-fundus.de.
  2. ↑ A complete black Peter  ( 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. In: Nordsee-Zeitung.de. Retrieved April 5, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.nordsee-zeitung.de  
  3. ^ Tatort: ​​Schwarzer Peter at DasErste.de.
  4. ↑ “Tatort” is also taking the lead among younger people. at dwdl.de. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ A highly bizarre family tragedy for the press, compiled by Tobias Berger. At tatort-fundus.de (with further reviews). Retrieved March 5, 2013.
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