Crime scene: pig money
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Pig money  |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
RBB |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 746 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | November 1, 2009 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bodo Fürneisen |
| script |
Thorsten Wettke , Christoph Silber |
| production |
Gloria Burkert , Andreas Bareiss , Nico Hofmann |
| music | Rainer Oleak |
| camera | Nicolai Kätsch |
| cut | Gisela Zick |
| occupation | |
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Pig money is a television film from the television crime series Tatort by ARD and ORF . It is the 21st joint case of the Berlin investigator duo Ritter and Stark . The television film was produced by RBB under the direction of Bodo Fürneisen and broadcast for the first time on November 1, 2009 in Das Erste .
The investigators have to take care of a kidnapping case resulting in death and are confronted with ominous deals in the meat industry, a web of subsidy fraud, and a private tragedy.
action
Kathi Dambrowski is worried about her lover Hans Merklinger. He has already been missing for two days and in her fear she seeks his wife, who, however, abruptly rejects her at the front door. Shortly thereafter, Merklinger is found dead in the cold store of his butcher's shop. He is known as the "Schnitzel King of Berlin" and was involved in a rotten meat scandal a few years ago.
First, Ritter and Stark interview their son and junior boss, Maximilian Merklinger. He says his father hasn't been with the company for four or five days. He seems a bit arrogant to the inspectors and admits that he seldom agreed with his father. Right now that he is in the process of finding Ukrainian partners for the company. Financial bottlenecks have existed for some time, which is why the slaughterhouse mainly employs cheap Bulgarian employees who are obtained through Joachim Kahle's subcontractor . Stark does research there and Kahle explains that he only acted as a straw man for Merklinger so that the foreign workers were considered legal EU workers. The actual boss of the temporary workers is Florian Dimitrov, who, however, has disappeared with the wages of the last few months.
While Stark looks after Kahle, Ritter visits Merklinger's widow. She says that her husband moved out of her home six months ago and takes the news of her husband's death calmly. She openly admits that she was benefiting from his death. Her son Maximilian is also present and he presents Ritter with a ransom note stating that someone had his father in his power and demanded 100,000 euros. He claims that he did not call the police because the letter apparently came from the foreman of his Bulgarian workers, Victor Selkov. Since the men hadn't been paid a wage for three months, it was clear to him that Selkov was the sender of the letter, but also that he was bluffing. Nevertheless, Ritter wants to question him, but just comes across how he wants to escape. Knight is beaten to the ground by Selkov and has to be taken to hospital injured. Since he is now absent for the investigation, Lutz Weber steps in for him.
During the examination of the victim, the forensic doctor finds out that Merklinger did not die of hypothermia, but of a heart attack. Weber states: a kidnapping with collateral damage.
In his investigation, Stark comes across a subsidy fraud. Merklinger receives subsidies from the EU for meat deliveries to Ukraine . The meat only arrives there on paper and is actually only transported to Poland and from there transported to Germany as allegedly Polish goods for a Belgian company. Confirmation that the meat has arrived in the Ukraine is given by the Litvin brothers, who want to become Merklinger's new partners right now.
Joachim Kahles subcontractor Florian Dimitrov was found shot dead. The first trace leads immediately to Maximilian Merklinger. The Ukrainian brothers Litvin deliberately laid the evidence that their business partner was incriminated. In doing so, they force him to sell the company completely to them without him remaining a partner. In his distress, Merklinger turns to the police and works with them against the brothers. Equipped with a transmitter, he succeeds in convicting the Ukrainians and they can be arrested.
In the search for the kidnappers of Merklinger, Joachim Kahle comes under suspicion because he had taken goods home from one of the meat deliveries and caught meat contaminated with trichinae. His little daughter died after eating it. He is arrested and confesses that he held Merklinger prisoner so that he could admit his guilt. The guilt for the death of his little daughter.
background
Pig money was produced by teamWorx Television & Film GmbH on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburg broadcasting company. The shooting took place in Berlin.
reception
Audience ratings
8.22 million viewers saw the episode Schweingeld in Germany when it was first broadcast on November 1, 2009, which corresponded to a market share of 22.50 percent.
criticism
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv says appreciatively: “'Pig money' is not only an indirect advertising film for vegetarians, but also a well-rounded, socially critical research thriller. [...] Plenty of action with a social background, many implied human dramas, high tempo, strong faces. A solid 'crime scene' that is above average by Berlin standards. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff from Kino.de praises the crime scene and its concentrated staging. He writes: “'Pig money' is a fitting title for this 'crime scene', which impresses not least because of its careful picture design. [...] Again and again the camera shows the offices from an extreme ceiling perspective. On the other hand, you need a strong stomach for the slaughterhouse photos. [...] Nevertheless, the film impresses above all with its complexly woven but always fluid narrative pattern. "
At Stern.de , Dieter Hoß judged: With “Scarcity and a lot of cliché” the filmmakers succeeded in putting everything back together “in spite of an overflowing construct of entanglement and crime”. His final judgment: "This Berlin 'crime scene' was never really exciting."
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm think this crime scene is a: "Smart business crime with action light."
Web links
- Crime scene: Pig money in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of pig money on the ARD website
- Pig money from the crime scene fund
- Pig money at Tatort-Fans.de
- The figures from "Pig Money" in the crime scene fund
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Filming locations and audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on September 19, 2014.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach: Film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on September 19, 2014.
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Film review on kino.de, accessed on September 19, 2014.
- ↑ Dieter Hoß: Lost in the sausage salad on stern.de, August 10, 2015.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on August 10, 2015.
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