Crime scene: winter fog
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Winter fog |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR , SRF |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 919 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | October 5, 2014 on Das Erste , ORF 2 , SRF 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Patrick Winczewski |
| script | Jochen Greve |
| production |
Uwe Franke Sabine Tettenborn |
| music | Heiko Maile |
| camera | Cornelia Janssen |
| cut | Barbara Brückner |
| occupation | |
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Winternebel is the 919th episode of the crime series Tatort and the 27th case with Blum / Perlmann as the investigative team. The film was produced by Südwestrundfunk together with Swiss radio and television and was broadcast for the first time in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on October 5, 2014.
The case concerns two deaths related to the current kidnapping of a young woman and a kidnapping and murder case in Switzerland a few years ago.
action
A man comes off the road in his car, his car overturns and falls down a small forest embankment. The driver survives injured and climbs out of his car. He knows he is still being followed and, despite a serious leg injury, tries to escape. The pursuer can catch the injured man, it is Matteo Lüthi, Blum's colleague from Switzerland, with whom she has often worked in previous cases. He asks the fugitive why he did that, "he was only three". Then a shot is fired and the fugitive is dead. When Inspector Blum arrives at the scene of the crime, which is on German soil, Lüthi explains that he acted in self-defense and that the man shot first. He explains that the man's name is Beat Schmeisser and that years ago he killed a three-year-old boy in a kidnapping case. Schmeisser was recognized during a traffic control and fled, which is why he (Lüthi) took up the chase and finally caught him. Schmeisser shot first and then fired back and fatally hit him. A Schmeisser weapon is not found, however. Lüthi is suspended from duty and an investigation is initiated against him, as no traces of smoke can be found on Schmeisser's corpse.
Meanwhile, Perlmann is called to another part of the lake, where the body of Markus Söckle, an employee of the Konstanz public utility company, was found. Perlmann visits Heike Söckle, who had previously reported her husband as missing. Her husband, who had worked as a machinist for Lake Constance shipping, had not shown up at home for two days. Perlmann informs her that he drowned after falling into the water with a head injury. Perlmann learns from Söckle's colleague that the evening he disappeared, Perlmann was talking to a young woman whom he probably knew briefly. A hotel bill is found in the dead man's locker. Heike Söckle then says that she kicked him out because she was jealous and he forgot her wedding day.
Sylvio Fini threatens his kidnapping victim, Anna Wieler, the daughter of the wealthy building contractor Reto Wieler. He feels betrayed by her parents whom he is blackmailing. Contrary to what was agreed, the police would have expected him to hand over the money. Anna says she is indifferent to her parents and her death would not punish them. He should double his ransom demand from one to two million francs. Then he lets go of her. He calls Reto Wieler and informs him about the doubling of the ransom, since his accomplice is now dead due to the police control. Ms. Wieler finally wants to call on the police, but her husband, who decided from the start not to notify the police, stopped her this time too.
Lüthi, who was involved in the investigation into the kidnapping of a three-year-old boy four years ago, tells Blum that Schmeisser's DNA traces were found on the child's body. However, the evidence was insufficient to bring Schmeisser to court. Since then, he's been trying to find new evidence against the man, and when he happened to get into their traffic stop, he tried to take his chance. Lüthi suspects that an accomplice of Schmeisser's must have shot him if no traces of smoke were found. He also suspects another kidnapping by Schmeisser and his accomplices. Due to Lüthi's suspicion, Blum has all unresolved criminal cases investigated in the past two weeks.
Meanwhile, it can be determined that Schmeisser must have phoned an accomplice nearby. He may have been on the lake in a boat. Since Söckle was very likely knocked down on a boat and then thrown into the water, Perlmann and Blum suspect a connection between the two dead. Using Schmeisser's cell phone activities, Blum can trace his path since the traffic control. Together with her colleague Lüthi, whose suspension has been lifted, she looks through the video recordings from a surveillance camera. There they can discover Schmeisser getting into his car with a bag that the officials suspect of ransom.
While Blum is out and about with Lüthi, Perlmann and his Swiss colleague Eva Glocker fish a colorful bicycle out of Lake Constance. Söckle's colleagues confirm that this belonged to the young woman Söckle had spoken to. On the bank they find a cap that obviously belonged to Söckle, so this could be the place where he was knocked down. The officers interrogate Heike Söckle, whose alibi has burst. She recognizes Schmeisser by chance on a mug shot. He would have waited in a car at the port, where she too was looking for her husband, whom she then saw accompanied by a young woman. Then she wanted to confront him, but in the end they just quarreled again and then her husband disappeared with the young woman.
The officials suspect that Schmeisser and his unknown accomplice killed Söckle in order to kidnap the young woman. Meanwhile, Perlmann locates Anna Wieler as the owner of the bicycle found in Lake Constance. In the apartment they find traces that indicate that the young woman must have suddenly and unexpectedly disappeared. Then Blum and Lüthi visit Anna Wieler's parents. They claim that their daughter is on vacation in Australia and that they are in contact with her. The couple put down the suspicion of the officials that their daughter had been kidnapped. Even after Blum explains to them that, according to their research, no airline has an Anna Wieler as a passenger to Australia, they deny that their daughter was kidnapped. Perlmann and Glocker can identify witnesses who confirm Anna Wieler's sudden disappearance. In addition, two men showed up at the animal shelter where Anna is helping out two weeks ago. Schmeisser's description fits one of the two. You will get a reference to the neighboring campsite - there is only one caravan that is completely burned out. The officers found traces in the caravan that Anna Wieler must have been there. The officers can arrange for the Wielers to be monitored by telephone. In addition, Perlmann, Wieler, who still refuses to cooperate with the police, succeeds in putting his cell phone in the car so that he can eavesdrop on it.
Lüthi succeeds in gaining a little trust from Ms. Wieler. So she finally admits that her daughter has been kidnapped. But she doesn't know the voice of the blackmailer. When he wants to ask her where the money will be handed over, Mr. Wieler comes home, so Lüthi has to leave without having received any further information. The next day, Perlmann learned from Ms. Wieler that a new money handover was to take place. In the old town of Constance, the officers Reto Wieler and Sylvio Fini can watch the money handover, but they lose sight of Fini. Wieler is now finally ready to give clues that lead to Anna Wieler's hiding place. Meanwhile she tries to flee, and since Fini shoots her because of this, the officers become aware of the two. Anna flees into the neighboring forest, but when Fini catches up with her, Lüthi is also there and can arrest him with Blum's help.
Anna takes an opportunity to take the ransom money secured by the police and escape from her hated father.
background
Winternebel was filmed in Constance and the surrounding area and in Baden-Baden under the working title Winterliebe .
The previous kidnapping case described by Lüthi in the film is reminiscent of the find situation of the kidnapping case of Ursula Herrmann , but also of the case of the murdered Frankfurt banker's son Jakob von Metzler .
reception
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on October 5, 2014, the episode Winternebel in Germany was seen by 9.42 million viewers, which corresponded to a market share of 26.40 percent.
criticism
At Frankfurter Allgemeine , Heike Hupertz says: “'Winter fog' is a classic crime thriller. Part of the tension economy is that the audience is always one step ahead of the commissioners. In contrast to the last Swiss 'crime scene', which lost not least due to the synchronization, this time the Swiss colleagues are thankful to be able to speak their idiom. And the constellation Blum and Lüthi also works better and better. "
TV Spielfilm judged: “Despite the fog, a pretty clear matter”. Although the Süddeutsche Zeitung sees it less clearly: "... strands that are wound together to form a tight ball that cannot be untangled."
Stephanie Beisch from Stern.de, on the other hand, says: “The Lake Constance 'crime scene' serves one cliché after the other - and thereby does an entire region injustice. An attempt to lift the veil of false authenticity. "
At tittelbach.tv , Volker Bergmeister finds that this crime scene “was staged in an exciting way by director Patrick Winczewski and provided with an action-packed showdown. It's just that the story is very conventional, no dialogue is surprising and no character is really interesting. So it remains good and contemplative on Lake Constance ... "
At Sueddeutsche.de, Holger Gertz judges similarly to the star : “'Winter fog' is the complete disaster. There must have been complete fog in the room when the film was removed. No figure that comes close. Evidence and clues are driven into action with the clunkiest hammer. Zero drive, no suction. "
Web links
- Winter fog in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of Winternebel on the ARD website
- Winter fog at the crime scene fundus
- Winter fog at Tatort-Fans.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winter fog from the crime scene fund, accessed on October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Quote top, subterranean ranking at tatort-blog.de, accessed on October 11, 2014.
- ↑ Heike Hupertz: Was that really self-defense? at FAZ.net , accessed on October 11, 2014.
- ^ Tatort: Winternebel at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on October 11, 2014.
- ^ Criticism in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Stephanie Beisch: Caught in a fishing net from clichés on stern.de, accessed on October 11, 2014.
- ↑ Volker Bergmeister: Film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on October 11, 2014.
- ↑ Holger Gertz: Will not meet the wrong person at sueddeutsche.de, accessed on October 11, 2014.
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