Crime scene: treason

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Treason
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 WDR
length 88 minutes
classification Episode 509 ( List )
First broadcast September 1, 2002 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Hans Noever
script Horst Vocks
production Sonja Goslicki
music Nellis Du Biel
camera Peter Przybylski
cut Dora Vajda
occupation

Treason is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The film, produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and directed by Hans Noever , was broadcast on September 1, 2002 on ARD's first program. It is the 21st case of the Cologne investigation team Ballauf and Schenk , played by Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär , and the 509th crime scene follows.

action

The diplomat in the Foreign Office Böhling is found shot behind his desk. He was literally executed with a close range shot in the head.

Ballauf tries to find out something from the neighbor, an elderly lady who has the victim's house in their immediate field of vision, but she remains silent. Instead, fifteen-year-old Sandra reports to the presidium and asks for the address of a Karoline Schmidt. She saw her picture in the newspaper and read that Schmidt allegedly died while being held hostage in Colombia. But she recognized the woman who had saved her from drowning in the Rhine and would now like to thank Karoline Schmidt. The detective inspectors get rid of them because they are not responsible for this. However, Schenk does not let the story rest and so he investigates at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He finds out that the manager Axel König was kidnapped two years ago in Colombia together with his wife and a Lisa Mattern. The investigators go to König and find a broken man. They confront him about Karoline Schmidt and learn from him that she was a great woman who him there had taken out. His company provided the ransom for him and Böhling should and wanted to bring it to Colombia personally. There, government troops allegedly surprised him and shot everyone except him - since he was a diplomat - and also took all of the money. Axel König makes it clear that he suspects Böhling of having embezzled and kept the money. When Ballauf and Schenk tell him about Böhling's death, he is very pleased with this fact.

Should King's statements be true and should Karoline Schmidt actually still be alive, she would have every reason to take revenge on Böhling. But so is King. While Ballauf tries to find out more about the incident in Colombia through journalists from the newspaper, Schenk is researching details about Axel König. According to the bank, he is broke and took out a loan of € 50,000 a few days ago.

Meanwhile, because her seriously ill mother has just died, Sandra clings to Karoline Schmidt after she managed to find Karoline all by herself. She found a hiding place for her so that the police wouldn't find her, who are now looking for her because of the Böhling murder.

Ballauf and Schenk suddenly encounter Herbert Kroll, an employee of the BND , who can inform them about the course of the kidnappings at the time and about Karoline Schmidt. Since Kroll is being observed by Ballauf and Schenk's colleague Franziska Lüttgenjohann to be on the safe side, they can arrest Schmidt when she meets Kroll. During interrogation, she denied killing Böhling, although she believed he deserved it.

Since Ballauf and Schenk do not want to commit themselves prematurely, they continue to investigate and also speak to Lisa Mattern, who was taken hostage and kidnapped together with König at the time. She reports that the king's wife perished in the hostage-taking. One day, König confided in her that he had strangled his hysterical wife while she was in prison. From Lisa Mattern's descriptions, the officials infer that she received a large sum of hush money from König for this. The investigators then go to König, who has just received a visit from Karoline Schmidt, who, with Sandra's help, escaped from police custody. He is happy to see her healthy again and offers her a suitcase full of money. Where he was going now, he no longer needed it. When Ballauf and Schenk arrive, Karoline Schmidt disappears unnoticed. König seems to be waiting for the commissioners. Since the kidnapping he has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and is severely depressed. He admits to having shot Böhling for his betrayal and he took the rest of the misappropriated money with him and just given it to his lifesaver, who had earned it. In the presence of the officials, König tries to shoot himself. However, he fails and he is arrested.

Meanwhile, Karoline Schmidt leaves the city with Sandra and the suitcase full of money for the border to fly to Latin America from a foreign airport.

background

Verrat was produced by Colonia Media on behalf of WDR . The shooting took place in Cologne , Erftstadt , Hürth and Wesseling .

reception

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on September 1, 2002, the episode Verrat in Germany was seen by 8.71 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 26.90 percent.

criticism

Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv praises Peter Przybylski's image design, which he "preferred to film with a handheld camera". As a result, he “always comes very close to the characters” and the film gains speed, “because Noever did without cuts and instead let the camera pan.” He also praises the scriptwriter and writes: “Vocks also knows how to do it skillfully actually simple basic idea to cleverly nest. [...] 'The Treason' is one of the best films of Ballauf and Schenk's early years. A thriller that you won't forget that easily. "

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm judge: “Radio play author and veteran TV director Hans Noever (* 1928) combines psychodrama and political thriller into a moving crime thriller. [Conclusion:] Unusual case, there is a lot in it. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Location and audience rating at fundus.de, accessed on October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Verrat Filmkritik on tittelbach.tv, accessed on October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ Verrat short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on October 16, 2014.
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