In other circumstances: to love and death
| Episode in the series Under Different Circumstances | |||
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| Original title | To love and death | ||
| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| Production company |
Network Movie on behalf of ZDF |
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| length | 90 minutes | ||
| classification | Episode 4 ( list ) | ||
| First broadcast | November 2, 2009 on ZDF | ||
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| Director | Judith Kennel | ||
| script |
Daniel Schwarz Thomas Schwebel |
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| production |
Jutta Lieck-Klenke Dietrich Kluge |
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| music | Wolfram de Marco | ||
| camera | Manuel Mack | ||
| cut | Oliver Gieth | ||
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Auf Liebe und Tod is a German television film directed by Judith Kennel and based on a script by Daniel Schwarz and Thomas Schwebel from 2009. It is the fourth episode of the crime series Unter Otherbedingungen with Natalia Wörner in the lead role.
action
Commissioner Jana Winter has to solve the death of the nurse Beate Stein, who was killed with a shot of potassium, which the perpetrator had put right in her heart. Since this requires sound medical knowledge, Jana determines where the victim had worked in the vicinity of the hospital. Quite surprisingly, she meets her au pair girl Frida, who was attacked by three young people last night and is still in shock. The commissioner quickly found out that Beate Stein and her boss, Dr. Michael Eckbert, had a secret relationship. He supposedly has an alibi for the time of the crime.
A first lead leads to the ex-boyfriend of the victim, who behaves suspiciously. Alexander Brochhagen lives in the house opposite, is first lieutenant in the reserve and has been unable to serve since his deployment in Afghanistan . When the investigators want to talk to him, he fled because of his war trauma and can only be caught with great difficulty. During the interrogation, he stated that he had nothing to do with the death of Beate Stein. He only observed a stranger and threatens to find the culprit if the police fail to do so.
This now focuses on Dr. Michael Eckbert, whose alibi is demonstrably incorrect, which has now made him suspicious. However, since he cannot be found in the hospital or at home, a search is on for him. When Eckbert is found, he is standing on a bridge and threatens to kill himself. Jana Winter manages to talk to him so that he breaks off his plan. He is arrested but does not testify. The Commissioner also has doubts because Brochhagen did not bother about Eckbert in any way, even though the threat to find the culprit was meant very seriously. That is why Jana Winter researches further and, with the help of her colleague Christoph, finds out that Karin Reimann, Dr. Michael Eckbert, had a medical education. So she belongs to the group of suspects. When questioned again, she involuntarily reveals herself and is then arrested.
background
On Love and Death was broadcast on ZDF on October 13, 2008 as TV film of the week . Christoph Olson ( Marcus Mittermeier ) is in this fourth episode for the last time. For him, Commissioner Ole Jessen ( Max von Pufendorf ) joins the team.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast of Auf Liebe und Tod on November 2, 2009 on ZDF was followed by 4.47 million viewers, corresponding to a market share of 16.6 percent. The young audience reached 0.77 million viewers, which corresponds to 7.5 percent of the market report.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv wrote: “It is the fine ramifications between the main case and the private milieu of the lonely heroine that give the film its unity and tension. A pleasant narrative rhythm and the realistic, atmospheric staging by Judith Kennel do the rest: They elegantly hide the dramaturgical construction, which becomes increasingly transparent towards the end. "
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm rated: "Realistic, atmospheric North German small-town thriller."
Tilmann P. Gangloff wrote for Kino.de : “Judith Kennel stages the film in a solid but inconspicuous manner. Even the top-class ensemble of the colleagues Winters [...] is a guarantee of high entertainment value: The prominent actors use their few scenes for little stories on the side that give the characters a lot of depth. The case is implemented in an exciting way and remains captivating until the end. "
In Stimme.de Alexander Franck ruled: "Natalia Wörner's son Jacob Lee Seeliger plays the little ones and now has its own short lines of dialogue. The fact that the viewer followed the development of this small television family from the very beginning, when the role was tailor-made for the pregnant actress, certainly accounts for part of the success. "
Web links
- Under different circumstances: On Love and Death in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Under other circumstances: For love and death, the official website of ZDF
- Under different circumstances: To love and death at Fernsehserien.de
- Under different circumstances: To love and death with crew united
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audience rating at quotenmeter.de, accessed on March 18, 2017.
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Natalia Wörner determined again. Schleswig is not Hamburg - and that's a good thing! , at Tittelbach.tv , accessed on March 18, 2017.
- ↑ Short review on the TVSpielfilm website, accessed on March 18, 2017.
- ^ Film review at Kino.de , accessed on May 12, 2017.
- ↑ Alexander Franck: Under other circumstances: Auf Liebe und Tod ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Voice.de , accessed on May 12, 2017.
