Wilsberg: Loyalty test

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Episode in the Wilsberg series
Original title Loyalty test
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Eyeworks Fiction & Film on behalf of ZDF
length 90 minutes
classification Episode 38 ( List )
First broadcast March 6, 2013 on ZDF neo
Rod
Director Dominic Müller
script Arne Nolting
Jan Martin Scharf
production Anton Moho
Sabine de Mardt
music Matthias Weber
camera Stephan Schuh
cut Jens Müller
occupation

Loyalty test is the 38th episode in the Wilsberg TV series . The premiere took place on March 6, 2013 in ZDF neo , three days later the result was the ZDF broadcast. Directed by Dominic Müller , the script was written by Arne Nolting and Jan Martin Scharf .

action

Ekki is in steady hands and his girlfriend Silke is planning to move in with him in an apartment. Then he is involved in a tangible flirtation with the sports and history student Charlotte in the pub Freibeuter. Little does Ekki suspect that it is a loyalty tester committed by his girlfriend, who is ruled by pathological jealousy. He is ready for an affair, but briefly interrupts the flirtation to go to the bathroom. When he returns, Charlotte has disappeared. Ekki was the last partner she was set on.

The following day, Ekki recognizes Charlotte on the television news. She is said to have thrown herself out of a window to her death. Since Ekki doubts that the cheerful woman could have committed suicide, he asks his long-time friend Georg Wilsberg to investigate the case. He is struck down with a hockey stick by Yasmin, who plays in the women's field hockey team at Münster University, after he has gained access to her apartment. After he has regained consciousness, he learns in a conversation with Yasmin that she and her colleague Charlotte, according to her own statements, worked as a private investor for “professional relationship testing with experimental diagnosis”. As loyalty testers, the two were engaged by suspicious wives and had made many enemies through their work in the male world of Münster. To get more information, Wilsberg joins the self-help group "Bitteres Ende eV" for frustrated divorce victims. These ex-husbands lost both their wives and their fortunes in divorce when loyalty tester Yasmin played a dangerous double game with them. Not only did she get paid by her clients, she also blackmailed the unfaithful men with incriminating photo material.

The still fresh relationship between Wilsberg's niece Alex Holtkamp and divorce lawyer Jan Faber has to prove its worth. Alex doesn't really want to trust him and is right about that. He had business relationships with the fidelity testers and had them mediate the betrayed wives in order to profit from their divorce. When Yasmin shows up at the courthouse and demands outstanding payments from Jan, Alex joins them by chance, witnesses the conversation and ends the relationship.

Ekki concludes that Silke has not yet found out from Charlotte that he failed the loyalty test. So he asks Wilsberg to help him cover up the result. But Wilsberg gives Ekki a central question to consider: “Think about what's worse, cheating or testing your partner for loyalty.” Ultimately, Ekki also separates from his girlfriend Silke, who uses installed cameras to break him out of jealousy and fear of infidelity monitored in his apartment.

Meanwhile, a protection racketeer under the direction of Commissioner Greinert is to be convicted. Commissioner Springer has her assistant Overbeck covertly investigate what he masters brilliantly at first in his casual manner, but then totally messes up. Released from the case, Springer and Overbeck devote themselves to the death of Charlotte, which was initially classified as a suicide. While Commissioner Springer seems to be getting closer to the solution bit by bit, Wilsberg is, as always, one step ahead of her. After he even “borrowed” the dead man's laptop from the presidium at short notice, he comes very close to the murderer. It must have something to do with the photos that were apparently deleted from the laptop's hard drive that night. His hope that Charlotte's partner Yasmin had printed out all the photos beforehand is fulfilled. While he is looking through the pictures on her, the doorbell rings and a police officer asks to be admitted. It is Commissioner Greinert who Wilsberg discovers in the photos in the background at this very moment when he meets the protection racketeer against whom he is supposed to be investigating. Before Wilsberg can react, Greinert has already drawn his gun and threatens to shoot both of them. Ekki and Alex, who were looking for Wilsberg, appear as rescuers and knock Greinert to the ground with Yasmin's hockey stick. Now the police officers Springer and Overbeck storm the apartment. Greinert is arrested by Overbeck for the murder of Charlotte Sander, formation of a criminal organization and abuse of office to cover up serious crimes.

After Alex from Jan and Ekki from Silke split up, Silke and Jan try their luck and meet for a blind date in a café on the Prinzipalmarkt .

Filming

The film was shot in Münster and Cologne . Filming began on April 17, 2012 along with those resulting in The Abduction . Shooting ended on June 22, 2012.

In April 2012, three days were filmed in Höhenberg on the corner between Weimarer Strasse and Geraer Strasse. The film team spent 14 days in Münster and the surrounding area for the shooting. On May 14, 2012 at the marina in Fuestrup , near Greven , a 30-person film team shot four scenes within twelve hours, which in the film have about five minutes of playing time. The historic canal overpass over the Dortmund-Ems Canal on the city limits between Münster and Greven was also filmed. The following day, the first day of shooting in Münster, at the harbor , on Hafenweg 18-20, in the bike station at the train station , where Wilsberg first met Lars Ralstedt, as well as in the foyer of the town hall and in the Gasthaus Stuhlmacher on Prinzipalmarkt with a good 60 film crew filmed. On Hafenweg, scenes that take place in Alex Holtkamp's law firm were filmed in an office building with a view of the city ​​harbor at Diapharm , as in the previous episodes . Further recordings were made in Münster on May 17, 2012. The argument between Jan, Alex and Yasmin was recorded in the foyer of the town hall. Wilsberg meets Alex's friend Jan on Stuhlmacher's terrace. The film was also shot in and at the Solder antiquarian bookshop in Frauenstrasse, where the Wilsberg antiquarian bookshop can be found in the television series. As in most previous episodes, the scenes that take place in front of the police headquarters were shot at Bispinghof .

background

On May 23, 2012, the film team was invited by Ursula Nelles , the rector of the Westphalian Wilhelms University , to the botanical garden in Münster, where five days earlier scenes for the previously broadcast episode Die Entführung had been recorded on the back of the palace had been.

Loyalty test is the first episode of the television series to be filmed digitally in Full HD . The camera Arri Alexa UMC-3A was used.

The episode premiered on February 21, 2013 in the Bielefeld Cinestar in front of about 1,000 viewers. Leonard Lansink , Ina Paule Klink , Roland Jankowsky , Nadja Becker as well as director Dominic Müller and Wilsberg author Jürgen Kehrer were present at the performance . Two extras for the next filming in Münster were raffled off among the cinema-goers. The year before, the episode The Bielefeld Conspiracy was the first episode of the television series to have its cinema premiere outside of Münster, which was also shown at its premiere at the Cinestar in Bielefeld. Loyalty test was first broadcast on March 6, 2013 by ZDF neo . Three days later it was broadcast by ZDF .

Nadja Becker could already be seen in the episode Filmriss in 2008 and in the episode For Lack of Evidence in 2012 , where she played the role of Silke Sestendrup a year earlier. Peter Fieseler already played a patrol officer in the previous episode Die Abduction , as did Andreas Merker , who can be seen in Loyalty Test in the second episode in a row as a police officer Lütke.

The scene in the Freibeuter pool bar, in which Ekki meets Charlotte, is underlaid with the music title Missing by Everything but the Girl . At the end of the film and in the credits , the track Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out by Freak Power can be heard.

The episode contains several allusions to other film productions. As an undercover investigator who extorted protection money from Franco, Overbeck forced the pizzeria host to accept his protection money claim with the words “This is an offer I cannot refuse” - a film quote from the film series The Godfather . Accordingly, when a call comes in on Overbeck's mobile phone, the theme melody known from The Godfather sounds as a ringtone. The entrepreneur Nachtweyh, involved in dubious business, succeeds in unmasking Overbeck, and then mocks him with the words "We have to practice that a bit, Miss Undercover ", which is an allusion to the US comedy film with Sandra, which was released in 2000 Representing Bullock in the title role.

The running gag "Bielefeld" refers in this episode to the statement by Nachtweyh, who wants to hire Overbeck as a forklift driver and instructs him with a wave in the direction of several large wooden boxes, "Everything has to go to Bielefeld tomorrow".

reception

Audience ratings

1.57 million viewers saw the episode Loyalty Test at its preliminary premiere on ZDF neo , which corresponded to a market share of 5 percent and gave the station a new record. Among the 14 to 49 year old viewers, the episode achieved a market share of 3.1 percent. The 5.76 million viewers who saw the episode when it was broadcast on March 9, 2013 on ZDF gave the station a market share of 18.9 percent. Among the 14 to 49 year old viewers, 0.86 million viewers were reached, which corresponds to a market share of 8.2 percent.

criticism

Tilmann P. Gangloff judges that the film offers “the high art of crime-comedy dramaturgy”. The episode is "an excellent example of the perfect balance between crime and comedy". The film contains an "original story, clever dramaturgical ideas in which nothing is left to chance, an ensemble that loves to play, everything is crafted in a sleek way" and is "sometimes even really exciting". The "care" of the script design, its "technical implementation" as well as "staging, image design, editing and music" move again "on a high television film level". "The original stories", but "also the interplay of on the one hand announced but delayed and on the other hand surprising gags are exemplary in the script and direction." The actors are "good as usual", as well as "the dialogues are great again this time". Gangloff awarded four stars out of a possible six.

In the "TV crime thriller from Münster", according to the judgment of the TV Spielfilm editorial team, "the notorious commissariat nerd Overbeck [...] with his failure as an undercover investigator was responsible for a few good extra tags". Her conclusion is: "Everything is fine, we will remain loyal to Wilsberg!"

The editors of the Lexicon of International Films are of the opinion that the film is an "undemanding, relaxed, (TV series) crime thriller spiced with humor about the private investigator and antique dealer Wilsberg from Münster".

According to the Hörzu editorial team , the film is “a bit old-fashioned”.

Johannes Loy from the editorship of the Westfälische Nachrichten is of the opinion that the loyalty test is “a Wilsberg episode that is initially a bit melanchonic, but with increasing duration it also becomes more comedic”. The episode convinces with an "entertaining story". Loy praises Roland Jankowsy, who in the role of Overbeck is "in top form as a covert, but of course conspicuous investigator" and, with his arrest in the grand finale of the episode, provides an "inner cream cake" for the audience. Leonard Lansink succeeds in giving his role "an even sadder color than usual", but again appears hilarious in the "men's self-help group". Loy positively notes the many scenes that, in contrast to the last Tatort episode, Das Wunder von Wolbeck , show the city of Münster, including "a lot of Münster panoramas from the aerial view over the harbor to the" Prinzi ", the Prinzipalmarkt .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Münstersche Zeitung : In Münsterland and Cologne: shooting start for new Wilsberg episodes , Münster, dpa , April 17, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c loyalty test at crew united
  3. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : Premiere of the 34th Wilsberg in the Cineplex , Münster, January 20, 2012
  4. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Leonard Lansink is far from being tired of "Wilsberg": In 2012, four episodes will be shot / premiere in the Cineplex , Münster, Martin Kalitschke, January 20, 2012
  5. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger : Film works: Münster in the Germania settlement , Höhenberg, April 26, 2012
  6. ^ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger : Background: Filmstadt Köln , kaz, April 26, 2012
  7. ^ A b Westfälische Nachrichten : ZDF is shooting with Leonard Lansink at the marina: Private detective Wilsberg looking for clues in Fuestrup , Greven, Peter Sauer, May 11, 2012
  8. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Two new episodes are to be created in the coming weeks: Wilsberg is shooting in Münster and Greven , May 15, 2012
  9. ^ Münstersche Zeitung : ZDF cult series: Georg Wilsberg investigates in the Grevener Yachthafen , Michael Billig, May 9, 2012
  10. ↑ a b Westfälische Nachrichten : Two new episodes are to be created in the coming weeks: Wilsberg is shooting in Münster and Greven , Münster, May 16, 2012
  11. ↑ a b Münstersche Zeitung : Two weeks long: Wilsberg team shoots new episodes at the port and at the train station , Münster, Christoph Ueberfeld, May 15, 2012
  12. ↑ Diapharm : Wilsberg-Krimi: Shooting at Diapharm ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Nicole Sibbing, Senior Manager Product, May 21, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.diapharm.com
  13. ↑ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität : Press release upm: Thanks for free university marketing - the Rectorate welcomes the Wilsberg team in the Botanical Garden , Münster, upm, May 24, 2012
  14. ^ A b Westfälische Nachrichten : For the first time digitally in full HD: Wilsberg in "Grevens Dschungel": ZDF is shooting a new crime series at the Yachthafen , Greven, Peter Sauer, May 15, 2012
  15. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Will he still be Osnabrücker - loyalty test: Leonard Lansink is a start in Münster - and feels at home in Bielefeld , Münster, Dirk Anger, March 2, 2013
    Westfälische Nachrichten : Will he still be Osnabrücker? - "Wilsberg" advertises Bielefeld , Münster, Dirk Anger, March 2, 2013
  16. ↑ a b c d Cinestar Bielefeld: Wilsberg Premiere No. 2 , February 21, 2013
  17. ↑ Cinestar Bielefeld: Wilsberg premiere ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 6, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cinestar.de
  18. ↑ Internet Movie Database : Start Dates
  19. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : Neo quota record for Wilsberg , Münsterscher Anzeiger, Münster, March 8, 2013
  20. ↑ a b DWDL.de : Previous record far exceeded: “Wilsberg” premiere brings ZDFneo all-time record , Uwe Mantel, March 7, 2013
  21. ^ Münstersche Zeitung : New episode "Loyalty test": crime series Wilsberg has set a new TV record , Münster, March 7, 2013
  22. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Alluring Temptation in Münster: Two loyalty testers play a risky game in ZDF's new "Wilsberg" thriller , media, pd / -has-, March 9, 2013
    Westfälische Nachrichten : Alluring Temptation in Münster: In the new "Wilsberg" - ZDF crime thriller, two loyalty testers play a risky game , March 9, 2013
  23. ↑ a b quotenmeter.de: “Wilsberg” also a hit on ZDF , Manuel Nunez Sanchez, March 10, 2013
  24. ↑ a b c d e f g tittelbach.tv: "Wilsberg - Treuetest" series , Tilmann P. Gangloff , February 15, 2013
  25. ↑ a b TV feature film : film review
  26. ↑ Loyalty test in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  27. ↑ Hörzu : Filmkritik , accessed on March 6, 2013
  28. ^ A b c d e Westfälische Nachrichten : Gesehen - Wilsberg: Loyalty test (ZDF) - good entertainment , media, Johannes Loy, March 11, 2013

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