Crime scene: Unclear situation

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Unclear situation
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 X Films Creative Pool
on behalf of Bayerischer Rundfunk
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 1118 ( List )
First broadcast January 26, 2020 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Pia Strietmann
script Holger Joos
production Michael Polle
music Sebastian pill
camera Florian Emmerich
cut Dirk Göhler
occupation

Unclear situation is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The contribution produced by X Films Creative Pool for Bayerischer Rundfunk is the 1118th Tatort episode and was broadcast on January 26, 2020 in the program Das Erste . The Munich investigator duo Batic and Leitmayr are investigating their 83rd case.

action

Fatal shots are fired during a ticket inspection on a Munich bus. The fugitive perpetrator, a 19-year-old from Munich, was caught by a SEK a little later and shot. In his backpack there are spare magazines and a radio that indicates a possible second perpetrator. After the photo of the young man is published, he is identified. Clues to the construction of a nail bomb are found in his parents' house. The whereabouts of the man's brother is unclear, and there is an intensive search for him. The police initially assume that the man was planning an attack on his former school and storm the building. However, even after the evacuation, they did not find any further evidence there to prove the existence of a second perpetrator. Increasingly, Batic and Leitmayr get caught up in an opaque network of contradicting references from witnesses; and the pressure from above rises after they cannot follow a concrete lead even after further manhunt. However, the evaluation of some chat histories and telephone logs shows that the killer’s girlfriend from the morning is involved in the situation and continues to try to implement the apparently failed plan. Finally, after a long cat-and-mouse game, the two commissioners manage to track down the 17-year-old accomplice on Munich's Marienplatz. However, this is fooling the officials and continues to attract media attention. Ultimately, Leitmayr succeeds in recognizing the student in the crowd of the subway station who is preparing her backpack with the supposed explosive charge. When she tries to get on the approaching subway, a shot from Batic's pistol follows. He mortally wounded the 17-year-old and she died during the evacuation by the SEK. Whether the backpack ultimately contained an explosive device remains open in the film. However, several press releases shown reported that a “bomb attack was thwarted”. For the commissioners, the testimony of witnesses suggests that the young people's motive was merely media attention and that they did not belong to any terrorist organization.

background

The film was shot in and around Munich from March 27, 2019 to April 26, 2019. The film relates to the situation after the attack in Munich in 2016 in the Olympic shopping center (OEZ).

Due to the unclear situation that the film left with the viewers, numerous viewers then inquired on the Internet. In the end, it was not transparently clarified whether the suspect really had an explosive device with her. The “Tatort” Facebook page responded immediately, and those in charge reported: “There was a bomb in the backpack”, “Something went down while watching, but it was also intended in the production.”

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Unclear Situation on January 26, 2020 was seen by 9.49 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 26.4% for Das Erste .

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv praised the film and said: “The“ crime scene - unclear situation ”[...] shows how the police are set in motion after a killing offense in which a terrorist background cannot be ruled out is on high alert for many hours. ”“ The film […] very realistically simulates such an urban emergency. Because worse things may have to be prevented, there is no time to ask why. The facts are much too uncertain for an analysis anyway. In the first 45 minutes, the general uncertainty is expressed in an extremely high narrative pace. ”“ Society's curiosity and self-staging [is questioned] without using these phenomena cheaply. After 90 minutes you are done, but not slain. "

Filmstarts.de called this crime scene: “The most exciting Sunday evening crime thriller in years!” “The hunt for the (possible) second assassin is gripping and thrillingly arranged, hardly allowing the audience to breathe.” “The filmmakers rely on a fast-paced production [... ] [and place] some great goose bumps (for example when a car cracks in a parking garage). The cut frequency is high, the reduced score skillfully reinforces the gloomy atmosphere without being intrusive, and the many exterior shots with numerous extras [...] never seem artificially arranged, but real, almost documentary. And then there is the dramatic ending that will be discussed - also on social media, of course. "

Matthias Dell von Zeit online said: “It's just entertainment. The Munich 'Tatort' reenacts the attack in the Olympic shopping center, but avoids a political classification of the crime. ”“ The 'unclear situation' mostly maintains the balance. The film succeeds in a fairly plausible portrayal of uncertainty and uncertainty, supported by a rich series of extras [...], which basically does not need any dialogue because the need to act inevitably results. Assumptions, circumstantial evidence, new leads - it is quite impressive how precisely and concisely the film depicts investigation. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Scene of the crime: Unclear situation at crew united
  2. ↑ There was a bomb in my backpack at t-online.de , accessed on January 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Laura Friedrich: Primetime check: Sunday, January 26th, 2020. In : quotemeter.de . January 27, 2020, accessed January 27, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Nemec, Wachtveitl, Hofer, Holger Joos, Pia Strietmann. State of emergency in Munich at Tittelbach.tv , accessed on January 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Lars-Christian Daniels: Film review at Filmstarts.de , accessed on January 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ No tram, no subway, no bus at zeit.de , accessed on January 29, 2020.
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