Crime scene: At any cost

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title At all costs
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 744 ( list )
First broadcast October 18, 2009 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Peter Fratzscher
script Christian Jeltsch
music Joachim von Gerndt
camera Wolf Siegelmann
cut Vera van Appeldorn
occupation

At any price is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The report produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk was first broadcast on October 18, 2009 on ARD's first program. It is about the crime scene episode 744. For Ivo Batic ( Miroslav Nemec ) and Franz Leitmayr ( Udo Wachtveitl ) it is their 53rd case together.

action

A man puts a noose around his neck, takes a photo of himself on his mobile phone and dials a number. He hopes for help. He does not receive an answer. Before he throws his mobile phone into the river, he says: “You can find me under the bridge, Leo!” The photo shows the “Tivoli Bridge” sign in the background. The old man at the other end seems overwhelmed when he finally reacts and says: “Don't jump, who are you,” the participant has already hung up.

The chief detective commissioners Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr, who are called to the dead, will be joined by their colleague Luca Panini as part of the exchange. It is established that the dead is the 30-year-old journalist Rainer Truss. The union leader Leo Greedinger learns from Dr. Erwin Rohpe, the chairman of Meyssen AG, on the death of the journalist. Obviously, both have something to hide, and unclean business deals connect them. Rohpe tells Greedinger that they are in the same boat and that he should make sure that it doesn't go under. Leo Greedinger then calls the State Secretary , a close friend. At the same time, Leo's father, Hans Greedinger, is busy in Truss's apartment, he deletes all data on the hard drive of his computer and also tears entries from his diary that contain the name "Leo". Later, during an inspection of Truss' apartment, the inspectors found a farewell letter in his printer, in which the word "pathetic" was written with an "h". Batic and Leitmayr are amazed at this mistake, after all the man is a journalist.

Leo Greedinger meanwhile lets his connections play and negotiates, so to speak, that the investigation in the Truss case will be concluded with the finding that it is a suicide through no fault of a third party. Hans Greedinger has found out through a USB stick with the data from Truss' computer that his son seems to be more involved in the case than he would like. The inspectors learned from Dörte Truss, the dead man's sister, that her brother had called them last week and said he was happy and that he was gay. Further investigations show that the dead man's pockets were searched, but valuables were not taken away. Shortly afterwards, Batic and Leitmayr are called to their supervisor, who informs them that the case is closed, as there is clearly suicide. Batic thinks that sounds like pressure from above. The superior thinks, however, that if there are new facts and leaves open what will happen then. His colleague Panini has since found out that Rainer Truss called a Leo Greedinger many times before his death. Ivo Batic is alarmed, he knows Leo from before, they were very good friends once. He therefore visits Greedinger at the opera without the knowledge of his colleague Leitmayr and has a rather friendly conversation with him. Leo says he doesn't know why Truss called him at this time. He later checks his cell phone and finds the photo of Truss with a rope around his neck. Shortly afterwards he wants to know from his father whether he answered his cell phone. Hans Greedinger reproaches his son and says that he has lost his grip on the ground and no longer has any idea what really moves people. Then he gives Leo the stick with the data from Truss' computer and says he saved his "ass".

Max Janussen, Leo Greedinger's closest advisor, presents Leo with an article by reporter Ute Kropp. A picture of the hanged truss is shown on the front page and many questions are raised. Dr. Rohpe reports to Greedinger again worried and wants to know whether and what one will find. Leo's answer is: “Nothing.” Because of Batic's arbitrariness, he and Leitmayr get upset. The Italian colleague Panini has since found out that someone tampered with Truss' computer after he was already dead. During the forensic investigation, a fingerprint is secured, which, as it turns out later, is identical to the fingerprint on Truss' wallet and the bridge railing. Then you find the journalist's mobile phone at the Tivoli Bridge in the river. Thanks to Panini, the commissioners also find his car, in which there is a video camera with recordings, but which Batic takes without informing Leitmayr. However, he had previously, albeit reluctantly, passed on to Leitmayr the visiting card with his fingerprints that Greedinger had given him in the opera. On the camera is the same film that Leo's father had already watched. Batic withholds the information to speak to Greedinger alone. Both meet shortly afterwards and Greedinger confirms that Rainer Truss had called him, but the conversation had not reached him because he had left his mobile phone in the father's house because there had been another argument with him. He then missed it after about ten minutes and picked it up. Batic confronts him with the footage from the video camera. He explains that he was lying in Truss's bed by saying that people talked and drank for a long time and then went to sleep for a short time. Leitmayr has since spoken to Truss' publisher, who says it is conceivable that Truss wanted to write something about Greedinger, visionaries could have inspired him. Truss Name also stands for serious journalism and incorruptibility . Rohpe calls Greedinger again and wants to make sure that Truss has really never been to Hanoi and that there really are no records and documents about payments to the government there. He tries to continue to put massive pressure on Greedinger. Max Janussen wants Greedinger to withdraw his candidacy for VIG as long as he can get out of it unharmed. Greedinger, however, thinks that he will not give up so close to the goal. Batic learns from Hans Greedinger that he has accepted Truss's call for help. When he got to the bridge, Truss was already dead. He then destroyed everything that could have indicated his son. When an article appears in the newspaper with the headline: “His last call was for him!” With a photo of Greedinger next to it, it turns out that the unscrupulous Janussen is playing a wrong game. He leaked this headline to the newspaper. Greedinger, who follows Janussen's speech on television, realizes that he has long since dropped him. When the doorbell rings during the broadcast and he opens it, Dörte Truss is standing there and pointing the gun at him. Leo admits to betraying her brother, but the fate of many people was at stake. When Greedinger's wife and son come home, they find the shot Greedinger sitting in front of the house. The commissioners find out that the gun that was used to shoot Greedinger was approved for Dörte Truss's deceased father. However, Truss says she wanted to shoot but could not and dropped the gun and ran away.

The trade unionist Bergmann, Greedinger's deputy, steps in front of the delegates in order to take this opportunity to take the lead in the union. His speech is interrupted when Leo Greedinger and his family enter the hall. Leo enters the podium and begins to speak; After his speech has ended, those present rise from their seats and applaud. The data has now been restored to Truss's computer. He researched "systematic corruption in German corporations", including at Meyssen AG. Greedinger's task was to prevent the journalist from doing research, for which he was promised in return by the Meyssen company that he would keep 5,000 jobs, which in turn earned him plenty of votes for his candidacy. As the investigations in Truss' computer reveal, Greedinger was not blackmailed by Truss, as he wanted Batic to believe, but he blackmailed Truss by trying to take away what he alone had, his inviolable name in the industry. An old film about a cross-country run, in which the youngsters Batic and Greedinger also took part, brings Batic to another solution. The film shows how Greedinger pretends to collapse shortly before the finish line. The Batic running in front of him pauses to help his friend, who storms away and crosses the finish line first. That's exactly how he did it again. To keep his chances, he taught himself to shoot. A little later, the message ran on television: "Today we began to search Meyssen AG and its business premises across Germany."

reception

Reviews

“It is not least due to the confusing staff that this plot, which is definitely more useful, never really grabs it. Media consultants and journalists, interns and overfathers, ex-trade unionists, media moguls, mothers, sisters, sons and an orphaned budgie - they all strive honestly and unsuccessfully to keep the wheel of history going. "

- Ingo Scheel : Stern

“A thriller about the force that wants the good and creates the opposite - sometimes applied a bit thick, but cleverly constructed. Conclusion Good characters and a touch of tragedy. "

- TV movie

“A thriller that raises moral issues without preaching morality - that's something! This works so well because author Christian Jeltsch detaches the plot from his investigators. So he can give the viewer an exciting crash course in power games and maintaining power, public relations and tabloid journalism. "

- Rainer Tittelbach

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of At Any Price on October 18, 2009 was seen by 7.24 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.00% for Das Erste .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingo Scheel: The dead at the Tivoli bridge. Stern, October 19, 2009, accessed June 5, 2018 .
  2. ^ Tatort: ​​At any price at tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Tatort: ​​At any price at tittelbach.tv. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ At any price. Crime scene fund, accessed on June 5, 2018 .
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