Crime scene: circus child
| Episode of the series Tatort | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Circus kid |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
SWR Maran film |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 900 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | February 16, 2014 on Das Erste , ORF 2 , SRF 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Till Endemann |
| script | Harald Göckeritz |
| production |
Nils Reinhardt Sabine Tettenborn |
| music | Jens Grötzschel |
| camera | Andreas Schäfauer |
| cut | Saskia Metten |
| occupation | |
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Circus Child is a television film from the crime series Tatort and a SWR production in collaboration with Maran Film . This 900th episode in the series was broadcast for the first time on February 16, 2014 on Erste Deutsche Fernsehen as well as on ORF 2 and SRF 1 .
In this episode, the Ludwigshafen investigative duo Lena Odenthal and Mario Kopper have to solve a murder in the circus environment.
action
In the small traveling circus "Burani" the fire eater Pit is found slain after a performance. During the first interrogations, Robbi, the dead man's brother, tells of an argument with a stranger who is said to have tampered with the circus’s own Unimog . But this track quickly proves to be a dead end. The possibility of an act of jealousy is also quickly dropped as a motive. Felicitas, the daughter of the circus owner "Louisiana", and Pit were a couple, but nobody comes into consideration with whom the two had an argument about this.
The fact that Pits Handy recorded numerous calls from Tunisia the day before his murder appears more suspicious . Tunisia is only the wintering place of the circus , of which the patriarch "Louisiana" says that this wintering commitment is a real blessing for the circus and ensures their survival, but the amount of conversation is still noticeable.
When Odenthal finds an unusual glass bead at the crime scene, it leads to a promising lead. With the support of an expert from the LKA , she can prove that the brothers were involved in an antiquities smuggling. This business is almost as profitable as drug trafficking, but less risky. However, the brothers recently made a deal on their own account and now the middleman Rusak against them. He demands the goods or the money and threatens Robbi. When he is unsuccessful with him, he goes to Pit's girlfriend in the circus wagon.
Odenthal and Kopper are also on the circus grounds to talk to "Louisiana" again, because according to their level of knowledge, Pit and Robbi wanted to leave the circus, but Felicitas did not want to go with them. When the mother finds out, she is irritated and confesses: When Pit was standing alone in the ring after the performance, she wanted to talk to him. He should finally leave her daughter alone, and because he refused, she hit him with the flashlight. She was afraid that Felicitas would leave the circus with him. This was her one and only, she lived for him alone since her husband was dead. While Odenthal and Kopper receive the unexpected confession, Rusak breaks into Felicitas' caravan and demands the money when he can no longer get the goods. When she doesn't give it to him, he threatens her with a gun and leaves the circus wagon with her. Felicita's mother sees the intruder, rushes towards them and a shot is fired. Hit "Louisiana" staggered into the ring and dreams one last dream as a circus diva. Felicitas follows her and the mother dies in her daughter's arms.
background
The film was produced by Südwestrundfunk in cooperation with Maran Film and shot in Ludwigshafen, Baden-Baden , Karlsruhe and Rastatt . The filming of the circus scenes took place in Circus Bely and with the participation of the Frank family from Circus Montana . The music titles Naive Waltz and Melancholic Piece used in the film were composed by Elena Kats-Chernin .
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Zirkuskind on February 16, 2014 was seen by a total of 9.38 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 25.2 percent for Das Erste .
criticism
Volker Bergmeister from tittelbach.tv writes: “With Till Endemann […] a 'Tatort' newcomer has been entrusted with the direction to stage the longest-serving detective in the ARD series. But he rarely succeeds in capturing the circus, a place of dreams, a place of fantasy, a place of change, in any other way than in familiar images. And 'Tatort' writer Harald Göckeritz [...] tells a very conventional crime story in which the topic of the global antique trade is presented in a rather boring way. With Liv Lisa Fries and Hanno Koffler you have young, fresh faces, but the two highly talented young stars are tied into the corset of their roles. Your play between acrobatic pride and melancholy is still one of the few aspects of this average 'crime scene' crime story that is worth seeing. "
Holger Gertz from Süddeutschen.de gives the following verdict: “The piece [...] is painfully conventionally told. [...] No figure that has depth. But if you tell a circus story without juggling the weirdness of the circus people and illuminating their abysses, you can leave the circus story the same. [Otherwise] the plot develops into a tough story about art smuggling [...]. "
Miriam Hollstein, critic at Welt.de , judges quite soberly: “You don't even know what to be more angry about here. About the lame story with its absurd constructions [...]? About the unbearably cheesy ending? About the fact that a whole bunch of good actors have been wasted on one-dimensional characters? Or about the fact that you had to look at the whole thing twice for this review because you fell asleep the first time out of sheer boredom. After an hour and a half, you haven't experienced a single authentic moment. If every Sunday night thriller were like this, it would be wasted life watching it. "
Focus.de replies to the question whether it is worth looking at this crime scene: “Yes and no. The episode is suitable for 'Tatort' beginners, but the tightrope act is a bit too flat for professionals. ”There are also“ weaknesses in the plot ”. But the main actors "are not to be blamed, the two actors do their job well as usual."
The critics of the television magazine TV-Spielfilm judge this crime scene as "Despite the ring, neither colorful nor round."
Web links
- Zirkuskind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the circus child on the ARD website
- Circus child at the crime scene fund
- Circus child at Tatort-Fans.de
- Official press booklet of the SWR
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production details and audience rating at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ More than nine million see "Tatort: Zirkuskind" on rp-online.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Volker Bergmeister film review on tittelbach.tv, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Holger Gertz Ruppische Art on sueddeutsche.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Miriam Hollstein This "crime scene" is something from the 80s! on welt.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ This is how the “Tatort: Zirkuskind” is published on Sunday at focus.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Short review on tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 9, 2014.
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