Crime scene: death of a security guard
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Death of a security guard |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
WDR Bavaria Film |
| length | 87 minutes |
| classification | Episode 265 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | October 25, 1992 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ilse Hofmann |
| script | Axel Götz , Thomas Wesskamp |
| production | Veith von Fürstenberg |
| music | Andreas Koebner |
| camera | Wolfgang Dickmann |
| cut | Ueli Christen , Alexandra Iliopolou |
| occupation | |
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Death of a Security Guard is a television film from the crime series Tatort . It is the third case of the Düsseldorf investigators Flemming, Koch and Ballauf and the 265th crime scene sequence. The contribution produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and Bavaria Film was broadcast for the first time on October 25, 1992 on Das Erste .
action
"The whole of Düsseldorf is in Elsbeth fever." This is how security guard Peitzke brings his colleague Willi Kampmann up to date with the change of duty in the town hall shortly before Queen Elizabeth II's fourth visit . in Germany. After the changing of the guard, Kampmann switches on the alarm system and television and sets up his snack. In his office, Holger Kranich waited for the lights to be switched off. He asks Kampmann to let him out of the building because he still had to get plans for Lierenfeld from the office. He pretends to have to go back to his office one more time, but lets two men into the building, who are very professional in setting up an office with a camera and darkened windows. Development plans are specifically fetched from the archive and photographed, for example for Königsallee . On his tour, Kampmann has to address a need. Since the men's toilet is defective, he has to go to the women's toilet. While washing his hands, he notices flashing lights out of the corner of his eye in one of the offices in the next wing. Once there, he is stabbed to death from behind. The men continue unmoved until the alarm goes off at 9 p.m.
Since high-quality terminals and screens were stolen, Flemming and Ballauf assume a break-in that occurred after the alarm and therefore had to take place in a very short time. Ballauf predicts the act of a professional who did not panic at the alarm triggered and was able to stab such a targeted prick in the heart. Construction department employee Kranich provides the police with lists of all employees who have access to the archive. He is then calmed down by phone from antique dealer Meyer, the murderer. This brings his client up to date.
Miriam Koch calculates the timing and comes to the conclusion that security guard Kampmann was murdered before the alarm went off. As a result, the perpetrators would have been in the building beforehand.
Meyer attaches an explosive charge under a manhole cover. On this stand, of all people, Koch and Ballauf, who are reviewing one of the many potential targets from the development plans. They find that they cannot monitor every manhole cover that is on the Queen's route during her visit to Düsseldorf. Flemming watches the television pictures with the Queen on his day off with his son Ingo. As she drives towards Galerie Huber, he alerts Soko colleague Weber from the operations control center and the route is changed abruptly. Meyer releases the bomb with a camera while an escort vehicle drives over the manhole cover. The terrible result: 3 dead and 2 dozen seriously injured.
Helmer from the Federal Criminal Police Office takes over and leads Flemming to the security staff. There he is introduced to high-ranking officials as the man who saved the Queen's life. All actors are very tense. After 7 hours, Flemming & Co. can finally leave. Helmer suggests it could have been an IRA action . Flemming sees it differently. But the attack could not have been aimed at the Queen.
Construction department employee Kranich is pulled out of traffic with a syringe in the ankle on the way back from the away game in Dresden . The autopsy is based on outside influence. The camera recordings from the fan block, interviews with those around him and the search of his apartment lead the inspectors to antiquarian Meyer. Without blinking an eyelid, he answers the questions asked. After a brief consultation with his client, he takes his passport and leaves the antiquarian bookshop . The files suggest a typical secret service legend .
Flemming visits Ms. Marquardt - the widow of the BKA employee who was murdered by the bomb. He can win your trust. She tells him that a former State Security Colonel turned to her husband. He had documents about a Stasi agent in the BKA. Everything points to Helmer as a mole . Meanwhile, Ballauf pursues Meyer at breakneck speed. Shortly before the Dutch border there is a showdown . The murderer can be struck down with two blind shots. Helmer is lured there by a feint. The moment he is about to unpack, there is an ambush. Flemming can arrest Hörster, the second man in the town hall. When interrogated by Police Director Gelsdorf, Helmer denies everything.
background
The shooting of this 265th crime scene crime thriller took place in the Bavaria Filmstudios in Geiselgasteig .
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of the crime scene Death of a Security Guard on October 25, 1992 was seen in Germany by a total of 14.26 million viewers and thus achieved a market share of 42.9%.
Reviews
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm judge: "Despite the conspiracy story and the brittle charm of the cops: This case is royally boring." And think: "Certainly not the queen of the" crime scenes "."
Web links
- Crime scene: death of a security guard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Death of a security guard in the online film database
- Summary of the plot of the death of a security guard on the ARD website
- Death of a security guard at the crime scene fund
- Death of a security guard at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filming locations on Internet Movie Database , accessed December 29, 2015.
- ↑ Audience ratings at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on December 28, 2015.
- ^ Death of a security guard Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on December 29, 2015.
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