Crime scene: Viktualienmarkt

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title Viktualienmarkt
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Bavarian radio
length 86 minutes
classification Episode 438 ( List )
First broadcast March 12, 2000 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Berthold Mittermayr
script Ingmar Gregorzewski
production Veith von Fürstenberg
Bavaria Film
music Georg Mittermayr
camera Gerhard Hierzer
cut Karin Fischer
occupation

Viktualienmarkt is a television film from the crime series Tatort . The contribution produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk was first broadcast on March 12, 2000 in the ARD program Das Erste . In their 25th case, Commissioners Batic and Leitmayr are confronted with an incident from the past that had a major impact on the lives of those affected and is still having an impact today. Their investigations lead them to the Munich Viktualienmarkt .

action

The businessman Hans Riedl tells Bernadette König, who runs a stand at the famous Viktualienmarkt in Munich together with her sister Luise Schaller , that she could soon file for bankruptcy if she continues like this and that he doesn't understand because the stand is a gold mine. Some time later, Luise reported to her sister Bernadette, very disturbed, that the old gravel plant at Maria Gnaden was back in operation and asks anxiously what if they found him now. At the same time, Christian Schaller and his son Andreas argue. Once again Christian is drunk. Andreas, who overheard the conversation between mother and aunt in fragments, wants to know who cannot be found, but gets no answer. A secret is also kept about where the income from the vegetable stand goes.

During construction work on the main road to the pilgrimage church of Maria Gnaden , the remains of a dead person are found. The chief inspectors Ivo Batic, Franz Leitmayr and chief inspector Carlo Menzinger are called. The next day the headline in the newspaper reads : “Mysterious corpse find at Maria Gnaden.” When the sisters read this, Bernadette speaks imploringly to Luise and says that the situation will stay with them and that everything will always remain as it has always been .

The corpse is an approx. 26 year old man who was killed by outside influence and who has lain there for at least 20 years. Who buried it and why there of all places? At that time, on August 12, 1978, a church treasure, which also included St. Christopher , was lost. Christophorus, who is very precious, has still disappeared. Pastor Koschel indicated this at the time. Batic wants to know more about this from Koschel. The pastor says he noticed the church robbery at midnight. However, the perpetrator hit him with a hard object and he passed out. On the photo of the deceased reconstructed by the identification service, he recognizes the man he saw at the time. Pastor Koschel goes on to say that the daughters of a hard-working donor named König had an accident on August 12, 1978, and that the man kept donating money out of gratitude that nothing serious had happened to them.

The commissioners visit Professor Kratzer, an expert in the field of skull detection. Then Batic and Leitmayr go to the Viktualienmarkt to the König and Schaller stand. When Andreas Schaller discovers the photo of the dead man found in the newspaper, who looks almost exactly like him, he is completely upset and says he has a dead father, a mother who lies and an aunt who cheats. The photo also causes bewilderment in his mother Luise. When Pastor Koschel discovered Andreas Schaller sitting on the edge of the construction site shortly afterwards, he said he was hallucinating .

Batic and Leitmayr learn from Prof. Kratzer that the causal blow against the dead must have been carried out with brutal force from below. However, one does not know whether the skull has sagged or the steering wheel hit the skull. As so often in life, the truth is probably somewhere in between. Batic, Leitmayr and Menzinger go to the Viktualienmarkt again. Christian Schaller was found there early in the morning by his wife. The heavily drunk man has a broken neck . There is no evidence of outside interference. The commissioners complain to the König sisters that their father set the day of his thank you donation for August 12th of each year. They also find out about Bernadette König's gambling addiction from one of the market women. Pastor Koschel tells them about his encounter with Andreas Schaller and says that he saw a ghost. When they question Schaller, he tells them that he had been driving around on the moped all night because the dead man looked just like him. Luise Schaller is confronted with the facts and says that you probably don't need a DNA analysis for the deceased to be Andreas's father. Bernadette König wants her sister to be left alone. Luise knew nothing about the dead man. That was a disco acquaintance, a love in the back seat, once and then never again. However, the commissioners do not let up and believe that there is someone who saw that they did not provide any help in the accident at the time, that that was failure to provide assistance , if not even manslaughter .

The father of Bernadette and Luise bequeathed the valuable license for the Viktualienmarkt to his grandson, and he is entitled to it when he turns 20. It can only be withdrawn if you are guilty of something. In such a case, Hans Riedl applied for the license. The commissioners observe the sisters and overhear a conversation they are having with Riedl at the wholesale market. Andreas Schaller is also there. It turns out that Andreas brought the figure of Christophorus, who has been missing from the sisters for some time, to Riedl. He is now blackmailing the women and Andy with his knowledge and wants them to "voluntarily" transfer the license to him. When the commissioners step in and try to arrest Riedl, Andy snatches Christophorus and flees, but can be persuaded to give up. The young man is completely beside himself and wants to know from his mother what happened then. He learns that his mother and aunt had to promise his grandfather that they would keep the secret of August 12th. The inspectors confirm to Andreas Schaller that it was an accident with his father and that he did not bump him, but that he must answer for failure to provide assistance. The sisters, who are awaiting a trial, say that it was an accident at the time and Andy's father Winni was so badly injured that he could not be helped, only because of that they buried him there and because they simply did not know have what to do.

Production and Background

Viktualienmarkt was filmed from July 28th to August 30th, 1999 in and around Munich . The production management was with Jürgen Klauser, the editing with Silvia Koller from Bayerischer Rundfunk .

Berthold Mittermayr, who comes from Linz , Austria , took over the direction of this episode produced by Bavarian Television , his brother Georg was responsible for the film music. The script was written by Ingmar Gregorzewski. Michael Fitz, who plays the role of Carlo Menzinger, is supported in this episode by his father Gerd, who has taken on the role of pastor.

In this episode, Ivo Batic applies for membership in Munich's most prestigious gourmet club, "Club der Topfgucker". He also purchases the finest ingredients at the Viktualienmarkt.

The Tatort episode Viktualienmarkt was released on DVD on February 25, 2010 by Touchstone or Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, and in the Tatort München Batic / Leitmayr box, which was also released on February 25, 2010 , 4 of her best cases contain. The three other episodes are … and the music plays along with it , Norbert and A murderous fairy tale .

reception

Audience ratings

The first broadcast of Viktualienmarkt on March 12, 2000 was seen by 9.97 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 27.09% for Das Erste .

criticism

In the news magazine Der Spiegel from March 6, 2000, No. 10, it is reviewed with switching on or off . The Viktualienmarkt should be switched on, was the recommendation, because at "Munich's most famous market, where you can buy cherries from Chile or radishes from New Zealand for huge sums of money in the middle of winter, need [could] not live there", one thinks:

"Berthold Mittermayr staged a good piece of crime thriller, not as exquisite as cherries from Chile, but hearty like Bavarian radio."

- The mirror

TV Spielfilm was of the opinion that the story had "some lengths", but Leitmayr and Batic would "tear it out" through their game. The film received the rating: thumbs up (humor and tension two out of three points each, action one point, community maximum number of 5 stars). Conclusion:

"A marketplace full of curiosities"

- TV movie

Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv found that the case was “a bit of a fateful entanglement”, but Höfferer and Tietze confirmed that they would fill their roles with “full Bavarian power”. It is also a thriller about one of the "greatest attractions of the white-blue state capital", the "Viktualienmarkt":

“An accident, a church robbery, an unwanted pregnancy - a life lie comes to light after 30 years. Two sisters, 'Standl' owners at the legendary Viktualienmarkt, are entangled in it. A little bit of fateful entanglement and roughly carved figures, but Höfferer and Tietze fill the roles with rich Bavarian power. And the inspectors are also in a good mood and philosophize about physical well-being. "

- Rainer Tittelbach : Tittelbach.tv

The TV magazine prisma emphasized the inner conflict of the perpetrators who triggered an unpunished crime and found that this was "an exciting and well-cast episode about the Munich duo" that was "skillfully staged" by the director:

“He [director Berthold Mittermayr] not only sheds light on the emotional depths that create a crime in the perpetrators, but also shows that such an act can still have tragic consequences decades later. In addition, this event is also a homage to the world-famous Viktualienmarkt in Munich, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2007. "

- prism

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Crime scene: Viktualienmarkt at bavaria-film.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Tatort: ​​Viktualienmarkt film review at kino.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ Crime scene: Viktualienmarkt DVD  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ardvideo-shop.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ardvideo-shop.de  
  4. ↑ Viktualienmarkt. Crime scene fund, accessed on February 25, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Preview - switch on . In: Der Spiegel . No.  10 , 2000, pp. 125 ( online ).
  6. ^ Tatort: ​​Viktualienmarkt at tvspielfilm.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  7. ^ Rainer Tittelbach: "Tatort - Viktualienmarkt" series . tittelbach.tv; Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Crime scene: Viktualienmarkt . prisma.de; Retrieved May 23, 2013.
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