Wilsberg: Wilsberg and the last call

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Episode in the Wilsberg series
Original title Wilsberg and the last call
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Cologne film production
on behalf of ZDF
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
classification Episode 6 ( list )
First broadcast April 13, 2002 on ZDF
Rod
Director Dennis Satin
script Ralf Löhnhardt
production Micha Terjung
music Michael Kersting
camera Klaus Liebertz
cut Sabine Bresser
occupation

Wilsberg and the Last Call is the sixth episode in the Wilsberg television series . The film is based on Jürgen Kehrer's Wilsberg character . It was first broadcast on April 13, 2002 on ZDF . Directed by Dennis Satin , the script was written by Ralf Löhnhardt .

action

Private detective Georg Wilsberg happens to meet his old love Maria from his student days again. She has meanwhile become the lady of the castle "von Havenbroich". When the young biologist Lisa Berendonk is found murdered in a corn field that belongs to the Havenbroichs grounds, Wilsberg's interest arouses and he begins to investigate on his own. He comes across differences between environmentalists and the “von Havenbroich” family, who grow GM maize in their fields . In addition, the fields were under the control of a research institute that allegedly analyzes pesticide residues in the soil, in which the victim played a key role. The environmentalists accuse the institute of illegal genetic breeding under the guise of soil analyzes and of having won the Havenbroichs over to take over the field trials on their fields.

For Commissioner Springer, Lars Jüssen from the environmental activists is urgently suspected because he was near the crime scene at the time of the crime and the weapon, a machete, was found on him. Wilsberg, on the other hand, first searches in the victim's private environment. According to his investigations, Lisa Berendonk was well acquainted with Steffen von Havenbroichs, Maria's son. In his opinion too good and since Steffen wants to marry Edith Wagenfeld, the very wealthy daughter of the neighboring farmer, in three days, an act of jealousy is conceivable. In his further investigations, Wilsberg comes across scientific articles that the victim had published under a pseudonym. The biologist had always secretly stolen the foundations of this work from the research laboratories.

However, Wilsberg's final certainty comes from the last call the victim made before his death. He leads the detective back to the Havenbroich family. Steffen never wanted to marry Edith Wagenfeld because his father had arranged this wedding for economic reasons. He had fallen in love with the victim, but when he found out that Lisa had only gotten involved with him to get information about GM maize cultivation, he had killed her in his anger.

background

Wilsberg and the Last Call appeared on DVD along with the episode Wilsberg and the Shot at Dawn from Polar Film .

In this episode, Harald Schmidt has a guest appearance as notary Morowski.

The running gag "Bielefeld" refers in this episode in minute 13 to the place of residence of the victim Lisa Berendonk. Later, Commissioner Springer admonished her overzealous colleague Overbeck when he wanted to storm Manni's new apartment with the words: "We are here in Münster and not in Bielefeld, Overbeck!"

criticism

Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv rated it positively and said that this episode would again not be a “thriller”, as is usually the case on TV, because “Wilsberg is someone who follows all traces, a solid craftsman who is also a suspected murderer covers and does not stop at trespassing. Quick cuts and action jumps are not the thing in this series about that crumpled Westphalian hobby Columbo. "Even if" the films are dramatically transparent "and" new ideas "are hardly to be expected, this Wilsberg remains a" classic smack thriller. "

The editorial team of TV Spielfilm is of the opinion: “The story is not stupid, but it is slowed down by too much strained comedy in the snoop's private life. In return, Harald Schmidt is pleased with a small but important guest appearance as a notary. "Conclusion:" This time without any real flavor. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Wilsberg: Wilsberg and the last call . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 122 196-a V).
  2. ↑ Rainer Tittelbach: Leonard Lansink on Schüffler Wilsberg: "Little stories with nice characters", film review at tittelbach.tv, accessed on February 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ TV Spielfilm : Film review at TV-Spielfilm.de accessed on December 9, 2016.
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