Crime scene: Because they're evil
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
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| Original title | Because they are bad |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
MR |
| length | 89 minutes |
| classification | Episode 751 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | January 3, 2010 on Das Erste |
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| Director | Florian Schwarz |
| script | Michael Proehl |
| production | hr television film |
| music | Fabian Römer |
| camera | Dominik Schunk |
| cut | Stefan Blue |
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Because they are evil is a German television film directed by Florian Schwarz , which was produced by Hessischer Rundfunk as part of the ARD crime series Tatort . The 17th case of the Frankfurt investigators Fritz Dellwo ( Jörg Schüttauf ) and Charlotte Sänger ( Andrea Sawatzki ) from 2010 was awarded the German TV Prize 2010 for best TV film. Milan Peschel plays a desperate father and Matthias Schweighöfer a millionaire's son who not only despises his family.
action
The film begins with a quote from Rousseau :
"We hate the bad guys not only
because they harm us,
but because they are bad."
The employee Rolf Herken discovers that his department head Sandra Jakesch has stolen his innovative idea, from which he had hoped for an urgently needed increase in salary. As a single father, he depends on the money to enable therapy for his autistic son Manuel.
Herken has to raise money and visits the wealthy benefactor Reinhard Staupen in his castle to solicit funds from the “support program for children with developmental disorders”; when Staupen turns him away, disinterested, Herken tells him about the common history of their families - Staupen's ancestors had brought the innocent ancestors of Herkens to the gallows in the 14th century. Staupen insults him in the worst possible way and is struck dead by Rolf Herken with a historic morning star - observed by a surveillance camera.
Staupen's son Balthasar discovers the body and the surveillance video, which obviously gives him satisfaction. He removes the traces that the perpetrator has left and turns to Herken to use him for a campaign against his own, hated family. As a result, as a result of extortion by Balthasar, Herken first kills his uncle Mike, a red-light giant, and then his aunt Freya, a tough entrepreneur, in self-defense.
After - through Balthasar's interference - Herken becomes the superior of Sandra Jakesch, she tries to seduce him, whereby Herken confesses to Sandra Jakesch the deeds. This now sees an opportunity to get rid of the colleague by making a corresponding statement to the police. But the suspect Balthasar Staupen accidentally intercepts her in the police station and drives the car in which he is fleeing with her from the inspectors against a wall. Before that, Balthasar Herken had made a promise over the phone to keep his knowledge to himself. The vehicle goes up in flames and both occupants die. Balthasar Staupen and Sandra Jakesch, to whom a large amount of money went, remain as suspects - the Staupen case is handed over to the State Criminal Police Office.
In a subplot, Dellwo and Sänger's supervisor announces his early retirement. Both commissioners want to follow him, which is why, due to rivalry, they communicate either not at all or only insufficiently throughout the film. In the end, retirement will be postponed.
background
Michael Proehl wrote the book based on a story by Matthias Tuchmann and Florian Schwarz , who also directed. The shooting under the working title Serial Killer took place from April 28 to June 5, 2009. The film was shot in Frankfurt am Main and the surrounding area. It is the penultimate case for Commissioners Fritz Dellwo and Charlotte Sänger. The last time they investigated was on the September 5, 2010 episode, At the End of the Day .
Excerpts from the 7th Symphony in A major, op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven are used several times as film music . Part of Antonín Dvořák's 9th symphony can also be heard.
reception
Reviews
“The script (Michael Pröhl) of this thriller is ingeniously sophisticated. One can hardly help but wish the multiple murderer to get away with it with impunity: Rolf Herken (Milan Peschel) simply has to be sorry. "
“It's a fabulous plot served by screenwriter Michael Proehl. And it doesn't bother at all that the two commissioners [Dellwo and Sänger] have nothing to contribute to the investigation of the murders in their penultimate 'crime scene'. [...] they prefer to devote themselves to their own power games at the Frankfurt main police station, which are so much more banal than the diabolical pact that Schweighöfer, as a Schicki-Micki-Adelsspross, enters into with the widower who has involuntarily mutated into a serial killer. "
Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv judged that “if you can forget TV realism and the little word 'credibility' for 90 minutes”, “this 'crime scene' will become a gripping crime thriller experience. With his surprising twists and turns and ludicrous situations, with Milan Peschel as the meek murderer and Matthias Schweighöfer as the cocky avenging angel, he has what it takes to become a cult thriller that will be remembered much longer than other 'crime scenes'. ”Next the critic stated: “'We sacrifice and use people as we want', it says in 'Because they are evil'. Games also in the police headquarters. Singer and Dellwo indulge in ego trips - and therefore do not get very far in their investigations. Greed and selfishness, Hitchcock and Highsmith, Bob Dylan sings, Rousseau sets the motto, Peschel & Schweighöfer shine and the 'Tatort' Whodunit is thrown on the rubbish heap of television history. "
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Because they are evil on January 3, 2010 was seen by a total of 7.54 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 20.2% for Das Erste ; in the group of 14 to 49 year old viewers , 2.61 million viewers and a market share of 16.7% were achieved.
Awards
- German television award 2010 for best television film
- German TV crime award 2010 : Special award to Milan Peschel for the outstanding special performance (drama)
- Hessian TV Prize 2010 to Matthias Schweighöfer and Milan Peschel
- Nomination for the Adolf Grimme Prize 2010
Web links
- Because they are evil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Because they are evil on the ARD website
- Because they are angry with the crime scene fund; there too: Because he's great by Heiko Werning
- Because they are angry at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crime scene: Because they're angry at crew united
- ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff: "Tatort": Murder with a morning star. The fascination of evil. In: Culture & Live. Hamburger Abendblatt, January 2, 2010, accessed on May 31, 2018 : "In their penultimate case, the Frankfurt investigators tend to work against each other - everyone wants to be the boss's successor."
- ↑ Kathrin Buchner: The widower as a tool of Satan. stern.de , January 4, 2010, accessed on July 3, 2012 : "'Because they are bad' is a pitch-black 'crime scene'."
- ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: "Tatort - Because they are evil" series - Peschel & Schweighöfer: Bloody robber pistol that has what it takes to become a cult "Tatort" at tittelbach.tv
- ↑ Andreas Markhauser: Primetime Check: Sunday, January 3, 2009.quotemeter.de , January 4, 2009, accessed on May 31, 2018 .
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