Wilsberg: Russian roulette

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Episode in the Wilsberg series
Original title Russian roulette
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Eyeworks Germany GmbH
length 85 minutes
classification Episode 46 ( List )
First broadcast February 14, 2015 on ZDF
Rod
Director Martin Enlen
script Eckehard Ziedrich
production Anton Moho ,
Sabine de Mardt
music Matthias Weber
camera Philipp Timme
cut Monika Abspacher
occupation

Russian Roulette is the 46th episode in the Wilsberg television series . It was first broadcast on February 14, 2015 on ZDF . Directed by Martin Enlen , the screenplay was written by Eckehard Ziedrich .

action

Wilsberg, who was faced with an additional payment of 20,000 euros after a tax estimate, witnessed a night traffic accident in which the young woman whom he had previously hitchhiked was killed. The driver escapes. Shortly afterwards, a truck damages Wilsberg's rented car, six Russian women climb out of the truck and disappear into the forest.

The following morning these women, who found Wilsberg's wallet with ID, seek refuge in Wilsberg's bookstore; He's looking after her. The killed hitchhiker Maite left a backpack with 20,000 euros, which Wilsberg tried in vain to hand over to the police. It turns out that the six women were smuggled into Germany as prostitutes .

In the homicide squad, the overzealous employee Marie is assigned as Overbeck's assistant and considers his ignorance to be camouflage. She suspects Wilsberg to be the head behind the human trafficking ring and pulls Overbeck on this wrong track.

Members of the women smuggling ring are now after Wilsberg because of the money from the backpack. The police find another dead person near the scene of the accident who is also part of the human trafficking ring and who is wanted by his Russian brothers. Alex investigates undercover and is in great danger, but Wilsberg and Ekki are able to save her.

In the end, the perpetrators can be arrested - the head of the women smuggling was the integration officer from Münster. The Russian women are free and share the 20,000 euros in order to build a livelihood for themselves.

background

The end-credits piece is Waltz No. 2 from the suite for variety orchestra , composed by Dmitri Shostakovich .

reception

Audience rating

Russian roulette reached 7 million viewers when it was first broadcast. This corresponds to an audience rate of 22.6%.

criticism

According to Rainer Tittelbach from Tittelbach.tv , this episode is characterized above all by “crime stereotypes & type standards”. These are arranged in a “comedy-like circle dramaturgy”. The film lacks "tension" and "psychology". His judgment is ambivalent: "Some situations make you smile, and there are no roaring, funny gags!"

Also TV Movie rated the episode rather negative. The film did not live up to its claims and "[b] when trying to surf the wave of success of absurd, over-the-top TV thrillers, the makers gambled away: the characters and story are implausible, and the tension is lull - logic holes included."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian Roulette. Retrieved February 17, 2015 .
  2. ^ A b Rainer Tittelbach: Russian Roulette. Tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 15, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Russian Roulette. TV feature film , accessed February 15, 2015 .
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