Wilsberg: Murderous returns

Episode in the Wilsberg series
Original title	Murderous returns
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Warner Bros. ITVP on behalf of ZDF
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 61 ( List )
First broadcast	November 3, 2018 on ZDF
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Director	Martin Enlen
script	Georg Ludy
production	Sabine de Mardt Anton Moho
music	Matthias Weber
camera	Philipp Timme
cut	Monika Abspacher
occupation
Leonard Lansink : Georg Wilsberg Oliver Korittke : Ekkehardt Talkötter Ina Paule Klink : Alex Holtkamp Rita Russek : Commissioner Anna Springer Roland Jankowsky : Overbeck Michael Brandner : Arthur Siekmann Simon Schwarz : Uli Pape Cornelia Gröschel : Jette Retzlaff Klara Höfels : Elfie Dietze Michael Kausch : Paul Dietze Anna König : Sigrun Moorkamp Sabine Vitua : Widow Wolff Thomas Schmuckert : Michael Wolff Petra Kalkutschke : Ms. Müller Michael Benthin : Mr. Allenstein Angelika Bartsch : Linda

Murderous Returns is the 61st episode in the Wilsberg TV series . The film is based on the Wilsberg character by Jürgen Kehrer . It was first broadcast on November 3, 2018 on ZDF . Directed by Martin Enlen , the script was written by Georg Ludy .

action

While Wilsberg's account balance is once again pushing his bank to the limit of its patience, Wilsberg learns that his neighbor Paul Dietze has lost everything in an investment that was too risky for his retirement with the private financial advisor Uli Pape and is facing ruin with his wife. Commissioner Anna Springer also has to learn that her investment of 125,000 euros has been irretrievably lost. Surprisingly, the branch manager of Wilsbergs und Annas Bank, Michael Wolff, is dismissed by his slick superior Siekmann and shortly afterwards shot by a third person in an ambush during a night encounter with an initially unknown man.

Lawyer Alex Holtkamp works as Siekmann's legal advisor and has to stay out of the matter for the most part. Wilsberg smuggled his friend Ekkehardt Talkötter into Uli Pape as a new customer advisor. Although he behaves very clumsily there, he quickly finds out that Uli Pape is cheating on his customers, changing investment contracts afterwards and selling them overpriced insurance, for which he collects high commissions. He also apparently exchanged confidential customer data with Michael Wolff for mutual benefit. Does Siekmann know of the haggling over pension investments? Did he shoot Wolff because he was threatening to chat?

The fact that Anna Springer also has a strong motive for murder against Michael Wolff makes her colleague Overbeck suspicious. But Wolff's widow also seems rather relieved about his death. However, none of the traces found at the crime scene match the suspects. Finally, Paul Dietze took his own life with his rifle, but Wolff was not shot with this weapon either. When hidden wheels are found in Pape's building that match tire tracks at the crime scene, he admits to being the stranger who met Wolff when he was shot. But Pape doesn't want anything to do with the murder.

Only through tiny details does Wilsberg discover that Dietzes wife Elfie stole a G3 rifle from a neighbor who was enthusiastic about the military and ex-Bundeswehr soldier and actually wanted to shoot Uli Pape with it. Wolff was accidentally hit instead. Elfie has set up a laundry service for the neighborhood out of financial need and smuggles the gun back and forth in a pile of laundry. So Pape is in great danger the next time he is washed. When Wilsberg tries to warn him, Elfie Dietze appears with the gun, but is persuaded by Wilsberg to give up and is arrested by the police, which have since been alerted.

background

The running gag "Bielefeld" appears in minute 60, when Wilsberg asks his neighbor Paul Dietze about a trophy that is about to be sold, and he says he won it at the Bierkönig shooting in Bielefeld.

The song at the end of the episode is How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees .

reception

Audience rating

When Mörderische Rendite was first broadcast on ZDF on November 3, 2018 , the film was seen by a total of 6.56 million viewers in Germany and achieved a market share of 22.1 percent.

criticism

Tilmann P. Gangloff from tittelbach.tv wrote about this episode: “The consequences of the subsequent global financial crisis can still be felt today; in this respect, the 61st episode from the ZDF series 'Wilsberg' cannot be denied a certain topicality. That being said, the film looks like it's a couple of years late. The bigger drawbacks are the dialogues peppered with information about financial investments, which is why 'Murderous Return' sometimes seems like an educational film despite the title. ”He also judges:“ It's just a shame that the film is too little interested in its actual story. ”

Web links

• Wilsberg: Murderous return in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Murderous returns at Fernsehserien.de
• Murderous returns at crew-united.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of release for Wilsberg: Murderous return . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
2. ↑ TV ratings: The second before the first , accessed on November 4, 2018.
3. ^ Tilmann P. Gangloff : Lansink, Rita Russek, Roland Jankowsky, Simon Schwarz. More lesson than crime at tittelbach.tv , accessed on November 7, 2018.

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