Scene of the crime: whoever does not remain silent has to die

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	He who does not remain silent must die
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	MDR
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 327 ( list )
First broadcast	March 10, 1996 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Hans Werner
script	Klaus Richter
music	Markus Lonardoni
camera	Martin Schlesinger
cut	Brigitte Hujer
occupation
Peter Sodann : KHK Bruno Ehrlicher Bernd Michael Lade : KHK Kain Michael Gwisdek : Paul Winter Regula Grauwiller : Eva Meister Hans Teuscher : Otto Werner Meister Falk-Willy Wild : Dr. Stiegler Hartmut Reck : Hans Franke Thomas Bestvater : Stone Amina Gusner : Ms. Maschke Monika Pietsch : Lore Thomas Rudnick : Tommie Ehrlicher Dieter Vienna : Chief Detective Edwin Meissner Rudolf Donath : Forensics Susanne Düllmann : Dr. Hammerschmidt Mirco Nontschew : Angelika Perdelwitz : Mrs. Master Torsten Ranft : Gay in "Coming Out" Bernd Stichler : Local reporter Edel Jürgen Trott : Medical officer Hasan Mete : surgeon

If you don't keep silent, you have to die is a TV film from the crime series Tatort by ARD , ORF and SRF . The film was produced by MDR under the direction of Hans Werner and first broadcast on March 10, 1996.

This Dresden Tatort episode is about the delivery of chemical weapons to the Middle East and loyalty.

action

The drunk, former police reporter Paul Winter is sitting with a woman in Lore's and Tommie's beer garden at the table next to Kain and Ehrlicher . He asks him bluntly whether he has ever had a clash with a certain master because of excessive rents. Since Winter leaves the beer garden in a hurry for an appointment, the answer has to be postponed. He rings the bell for a Dr. Hammerschmidt, is put off by the neighbor that he is not at home, but knows where to look for the apartment key. Hammerschmidt lies stabbed and slain in S / M clothing on the bed. When the neighbor appears behind him, he quickly leaves the crime scene.

Ehrlicher goes to the police station with Winters' female companion. There she reports on anonymous death threats to the reporter. She introduces herself as a journalist Eva Fischer. After Kain has brought her home, he goes to a relevant gay bar that Hammerschmidt had visited with Winters.

The next day, OW Meister confirmed that he had to dismiss Hammerschmidt as his legal advisor because of his inclinations, as this made him open to blackmail. The blackmailer is said to have been Paul Winter. In the newspaper editorial office it turns out not only that Winter is fired because he has a defamation lawsuit against Meister for his illegal arms trade, but that Eva Fischer is the daughter of Otto Werner Meister. She gets a loyalty problem because Winter found out from Hammerschmidt's documents that her father disguised chemical weapons as pesticides to Lebanon and then uses them in the West Bank . She gives her father a 24-hour ultimatum to cooperate with the police.

Since Paul Winter loves Eva Meister, he goes into Meister's office and confronts him with his knowledge. In the next office, Dr. Stiegler and his henchmen end the conversation. Master blocks. Meanwhile, the accomplices of Dr. Stiegler in position and shoot Winter on the street with a targeted shot in the heart. Stiegler goes to master and explains that Winter had to be liquidated because he had seen the two murderers in the stairwell of the crime scene. Eva is disappointed by her hypocritical father, who finally admits that Franke and Stein are the murderers and announces that he wants to wipe the police clean. But Meister has not been in control for a long time. Stiegler has bugged him again, shoots him and makes it look like suicide. In the meantime, Franke and Stein have kidnapped Eva and demand Hammerschmidt's documents from her. After being threatened with torture, she leads Stein and Franke to Dresden Central Station , where the incriminating documents are actually in a locker. At the last moment, Ehrlicher and Cain arrest the two murderers.

reception

criticism

The critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm point their thumbs up and say: "Gripping stuff about the old clans"

Audience ratings

When it was first broadcast on March 10, 1996, the episode Who is not silent, must die in Germany was seen by 7.38 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 21.01 percent.

Web links

• Crime scene: Who is not silent, to die in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of Who is not silent, must die on the Internet pages of the ARD
• Anyone who does not remain silent must die at the crime scene fund
• Those who do not remain silent must die at Tatort-Fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for the crime scene: Those who do not remain silent must die . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
2. ↑ Tatort: If you don't stay silent, you must die. Short review at tvspielfilm.de , accessed on June 12, 2016.
3. ↑ Quote at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on June 12, 2016.

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