Wilsberg: Under charges
| Episode in the Wilsberg series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Under charge |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Cologne Film on behalf of ZDF |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 21 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | May 27, 2007 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Gies |
| script | Timo Berndt |
| production | Anton Moho |
| music | Stefan Schulzki |
| camera | Thomas Etzold |
| cut | Katharina Schmidt |
| occupation | |
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The 21st episode of the Wilsberg television series is under indictment . It was first broadcast on May 27, 2007 on ZDF . Directed by Martin Gies , the script was written by Timo Berndt .
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Alex Holtkamp, Georg Wilsberg goddaughter, you begin traineeship as a lawyer at the law firm Hoppenheit & Partner, was also active in the Wilsberg before he lost his license to practice law. Wilsberg visits Alex in the office to congratulate her on starting her career. In the process he met Maike and Ulrike, two friends from school with Alex. Alex asks Wilsberg to give Maike tuition so that she too can finish her law degree. Wilsberg rejects this, however. After the friends have toasted Alex with champagne, Maike drives home with Ulrike in the evening. There is a car accident on the way home. When the police arrive, Wilsberg safeguards Maike's career opportunities as a lawyer by claiming to be the driver of the accident vehicle. Then Wilsberg drives the drunk Maike home in her damaged car. Maike invites him to her apartment, where she only wants to open another bottle of champagne in her underwear and Wilsberg makes advances. He declines her unequivocal offer and in turn makes his way home.
The next day, Wilsberg is visited by Michael Bach, a sex crime officer at the Münster Criminal Police Department, in his second-hand bookshop. He confronts the antiquarian with Maike's allegations that he raped her the previous night. She also says that Wilsberg had a sexual relationship with her mother Marlis. Wilsberg vehemently rejects the allegations of rape. Wilsberg confirms his relationship with Marlis Ossiger to his friends Alex and Ekki. Marlis had divorced her husband Christian Lehmann for Wilsberg. Wilsberg campaigned as the legal representative of Marlis Ossiger 20 years ago to ensure that she was granted custody of Maike. When Marlis got into financial difficulties, Maike moved in with her father Christian, who as a wealthy businessman in the computer industry was able to offer her a more pleasant environment.
After Maike's incriminating allegations, Wilsberg breaks into her apartment to find evidence of his innocence. In doing so, he comes across an extensive collection of notes and photos of him that Maike made. Shortly thereafter, Wilsberg barely escaped an attack when someone tried to run over him with Christian Lehmann's car.
Benjamin Cappenberg, an ex-boyfriend of Maike, who is a former employee of Christian Lehmann, tells Wilsberg that Maike has separated from him, but wanted to make sure that he disappears completely from her life. To this end, she presented her father with photos of a fictitious affair that she had arranged with the help of her friend Ulrike. These pictures ultimately not only led to his termination, but also to a discrediting in his industry, which is why he is now aiming for a fresh start abroad. He presents Wilsberg with the incriminating photos that the private investigator uses for his own investigations.
Ulrike appears as a witness to the police, who supports Maike's testimony and seriously incriminates Wilsberg. As a result, an arrest warrant is issued against Wilsberg. Wilsberg, who was with his acquaintance Commissioner Springer in the police station at the time, managed to escape. Christian Lehmann intercepts Wilsberg in front of his second-hand bookshop. Before the two can speak, Michael Bach appears with his gun drawn and kills Christian Lehmann. The latter collapses behind his car and a revolver is found in his hand.
Wilsberg manages to convince Ulrike that she was manipulated by Maike and to withdraw her statement to the police as a false statement . When Wilsberg learns that Christian Lehmann wanted to set up his entire fortune of eleven million euros in a foundation, he finds a motive for the events of the past few days. Because Maike feared that she, as the sole heiress, would not get her father's millions as soon as they were paid into the foundation, she had to prevent this very payment. For this they manipulated Michael Bach, who after his divorce personal bankruptcy had to submit. He shot Christian Lehmann on Maike's order and put Christian Lehmann's gun, which he had received from Maike, into the dead man's hand so that it looked like self-defense .
With this knowledge, Ulrike von Wilsberg is asked to set a trap for Maike and Michael. He lets her call Maike to tell her that she knows about her wrong game and is demanding 100,000 euros in hush money, otherwise she would have the two of them exposed to the police. She agrees to hand over the money in a remote barn, to which she drives together with Wilsberg. On site, however, Wilsberg discovered that Ulrike was also playing a double game. He finds himself in the power of the three who make common cause and want to kill the only witness with Wilsberg who can convict them. At the last moment, Commissioner Springer appears with Overbeck to arrest Maike, Ulrike and Michael and to free Wilsberg.
Then Ekki and Alex set off with Wilsberg to his surprise 50th birthday party, which Wilsberg has already heard about.
background
The shooting of the episode Under Prosecution began on October 5, 2006, ended on December 7, 2006, took place in Münster and Cologne and took place parallel to the episode The Anabaptists .
In Münster the film was shot at the Solder antiquarian bookshop in Frauenstrasse, where the Wilsberg antiquarian bookshop can be found in the film. Further scenes were created on Weseler Straße at the level of the Aasee and at a gas station on the corner of the Inselbogen opposite the Sparkasse Münsterland Ost . Furthermore, the film was shot in front of the diocesan library. The scenes showing the stables in which Ulrike can be seen with her horse were shot with Haus Kump , the oldest preserved rural building in Münster, as a backdrop.
On June 16, 2008, the episode was released together with the 22nd episode Filmriss von Polarfilm on DVD with FSK-12 approval. In addition to the two main films, the DVD contains a making-of and a portrait of the city of Münster as bonus material.
Jürgen Kehrer can be seen in a cameo as one of the guests at the surprise party organized by Ekki for Wilsberg's birthday. Tom Barcal was already seen in the previous episode Miss-Wahl , but took on a different role there.
The Running Gag Bielefeld refers in this episode to Manni Höch, Wilsberg's school friend, who was seen in the first fourteen episodes of the series before he was transferred to Bielefeld. Ekki would like to invite him to Wilsberg's surprise party. He asks Alex: "And who is Manni?", Who replies: "A friend from Bielefeld."
reception
Audience ratings
4.22 million viewers saw the episode Under Charges when it was first broadcast on ZDF . The result achieved a market share of 8.0% among young audiences.
criticism
According to the verdict of the Lexicon of International Films , Unter Charging is a "leisurely (television series) crime thriller in which a scheming young woman imposes her confusion on the protagonist. The editorial team of TV Spielfilm is of the opinion that a "tricky case" will be presented in the episode under charge , which "keeps baffling" and provides for "easy-going crime thriller". Jürgen Overkott from Der Westen praises the main actor Lansink, but the “visibly well-rehearsed ensemble” also deserves appropriate praise. Rita Russek, in particular, “as an experienced, resolute Commissioner Springer is in great shape”. But also supporting actress Lale Yavaş “proves to be a stroke of luck”, whose portrayal oscillates “between little girl and femme fatale ” and who was not imposed with an ethnic cliché.
Prisma judges that after The Anabaptists director Martin Gies succeeded in another episode that was “solidly staged”. However, Prisma admits that the episode is "too slow and unsurprising", so "that" Wilsberg "is probably past its prime after more than ten years of TV presence" because "the authors of the series seem to be running out of ideas". In its conclusion, Prisma awarded one of five possible stars.
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Wilsberg: Under charge . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 281 V).
- ^ Under indictment at crew united
- ↑ brd-info.net: Press release: Wilsberg in the Miss election - New ZDF Saturday thriller with Leonard Lansink and Oliver Korittke ( 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. , ots, February 14, 2007
- ↑ inside-digital.de: New "Wilsberg" crime story with Lansink and Korittke on ZDF: 19th film of the Saturday crime series ( 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. , ZDF , February 14, 2007
- ↑ a b quotenmeter.de: Primetime-Check: Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 2007 , Alexander Krei, May 28, 2007
- ^ Under indictment in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ TV feature film : film review
- ↑ a b c The West : Television: Wilsberg and the bad girl , Jürgen Overkott, May 25, 2007
- ↑ a b c prism : film review
Web links
- Indictment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Under indictment in the online film database
- Under indictment at crew united
- Under indictment at BERUehmtedetektiven.de
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