Death on the Baltic Sea

Movie
Original title	Death on the Baltic Sea
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2013
length	88 minutes
Rod
Director	Martin Enlen
script	Jürgen Werner
production	Eberhard Jost for JoJo Film and TV Production
music	Dieter Schleip
camera	Philipp Timme
cut	Monika Abspacher
occupation
	Maria Simon : Evelyn Kossack; Matthias Koeberlin : Ralf Kossack; Ina Weisse : Meike Hansen; Justus von Dohnányi : Stefan Hansen; Bernadette Heerwagen : Sonja Paulsen; Veit Stübner : Commissioner Stöversen; Jonas Nay : Jan Kossack; Ole doll : Peter Fenlo; Oliver width :; Margarita Broich : Head of the bakery; Corinna width :; Isabel Bongard : Julia; Gustav Körner: Lukas; Olaf Burmeister :; Clara Petersen: Lisa Hansen; Jan Peter Heyne :; Martin Neuhaus : Martin Stellwag; Joanna Kitzl : journalist; Wolfgang Häntsch :;

Death on the Baltic Sea is a German crime film by Martin Enlen from 2013 with Maria Simon , Matthias Koeberlin , Ina Weisse , Justus von Dohnányi and Bernadette Heerwagen . The television film was made on behalf of ZDF and in collaboration with Arte .

action

Ralf Kossack recently moved from Frankfurt am Main to the fictional town of Bredersen in Western Pomerania . While driving through the tranquil village, he suffers a leg cramp, loses control of his vehicle and drives into a toy in front of the village bakery. Little Lisa Hansen, the dream child of the real estate agent Stefan Hansen and his wife Meike, dies in the accident and has to watch the accident while shopping. Even before the trial, Kossack is seen in the village as the killer of the small child. His wife Evelyn loses her job in the bakery and his two children are avoided from now on: The older son Jan feels the rejection of the other children; his girlfriend Julia separates from him. And his little brother Lukas is also played badly when his inhaler is taken away from him. For his sake, the family moved to the Baltic Sea coast - in the hope that the stimulating climate would improve his health .

The situation escalates after little Lisa's funeral when a paving stone breaks a window in the Kossacks house at night, putting Lukas in danger. The village police officer Sonja Paulsen is investigating the case and is caught between the fronts. She is attacked because she is trying to track down the perpetrator of the attack. Shortly afterwards, Kossack is found dead in the garden. He had tried to fix the broken window on the first floor of the house. The villagers are sure that he fell off the ladder and had an accident. But the doctor who was called suspects an unnatural way of death. Kossack is brought to Rostock and autopsied there. It turns out that shortly before his death he was involved in a fight and was killed by a blow to the back of the head with a blunt object. It is also found that Kossack suffered from a previously undiagnosed venous disease and that the terrible accident was inevitable.

Paulsen receives unwanted reinforcements when Stöversen, a criminal police officer from Rostock, helps her to solve the case. Together they search for the murderer and encounter grief, vindictiveness and xenophobia in the supposedly idyllic village. They also notice that the relationship between the Hansens is shattered no later than the death of their daughter, when Meike Hansen assumes that her husband is having a relationship with a lover in front of the two police officers. She also accuses him of marketing the death of her daughter in the media after he gave an interview to a regional television station. When the two police officers find that Meike Hansen's brother has been injured in his hand, he is arrested. He confesses to the brawl but doesn't want anything to do with the murder. Paulsen continues to investigate and finally Evelyn is suspected of murder. When they search their garage, they find a hammer with traces of blood in a hiding place. Evelyn confesses to the murder and is arrested while Hansen's brother is released. But Paulsen remains unsure whether she has identified the right perpetrator. With the help of some parking tickets that she distributed in the village, she can prove Evelyn's innocence. She now asks Jan, who finally confesses to the murder of his father. He accused his father of having to apologize for his act - not knowing that Kossack was with Hansen a few hours before his murder and had asked for forgiveness there in vain.

performance

Death on the Baltic Sea premiered on June 24, 2013 at the Festival of German Films in Ludwigshafen and was premiered on June 28, 2013 on Arte .

criticism

“Fabulous acting, unexpected cuts, sensitive tracking shots and an almost documentary look at the village community make up the quality of the co-production by Arte and ZDF. Directed by Martin Enlen, who has already staged several 'Tatort' episodes. 'Death on the Baltic Sea' can definitely keep up with these quota blasts from Sunday evening. "

- STAR