Wilsberg: Wilsberg and the dead in the lake
| Episode in the Wilsberg series | |
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| Original title | Wilsberg and the dead in the lake |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Cologne film production on behalf of ZDF |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| classification | Episode 3 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | November 22, 1999 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dennis Satin |
| script | Dennis Satin |
| production | Anton Moho |
| music |
Martin Ernst , Dieter Golm |
| camera | Klaus Liebertz |
| occupation | |
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Wilsberg and the Dead in the Lake is the third episode in the Wilsberg TV series . It was first broadcast on November 22, 1999 on ZDF . Directed by Dennis Satin , who also wrote the script.
action
Private detective Georg Wilsberg is visited by a client in his antiquarian bookshop who introduces himself by the name of Jansen. He instructs Wilsberg to take photos of his wife Eva and her lover. The orphan Tanja, who goes in and out of Wilsberg's, has got it into her head to pursue a career as a journalist. Her first article is supposed to be a research about the activities of Wilsberg, which is why she accompanies him when he sets off to take the photos that were commissioned. Wilsberg succeeds in producing the desired pictures, which he hands over to Jansen along with the negatives at another meeting.
A few days later, Eva is found dead in the Aasee . In her pocket, the investigators find a business card from Wilsberg, which Wilsberg gave her after a sheet metal damage he caused to her car. Then Commissioner Anna Springer approaches Wilsberg and asks him how he knew the dead woman.
Wilsberg realizes that it was used by Jansen, who also kept his real name from him. Through Tanja, Wilsberg comes on the first hot lead, because she recognizes the banker Scheffler of the Münster credit bank as Eva's lover. Wilsberg confronts Scheffler with the fact that he knew of his blackmail with the incriminating photos because he made them himself. Thereupon Scheffler confesses to the detective that he had a relationship with Eva, but nothing to do with her death. However, because of his frequent affairs, which his wife knew about, he was not open to blackmail. His wife confirms this to Wilsberg.
Wilsberg is forced by Anna Springer to cooperate with the Münster police. When she discovers the burned-out car of Marion Hartwig, Scheffler's secretary, he puts together the pieces of the puzzle for the murder case piece by piece. With the help of his friend Manni, Wilsberg succeeds in identifying his former client, who posed as Jansen, as the building contractor Richard Buchholz. He can prove to him that he and the call girl Eva set up a trap for Scheffler in order to blackmail him with the recordings made by Wilsberg. But because Eva's necklace was found in the burnt-out car of the secretary, which she had worn the night with Scheffler, as can be seen in the photos, Wilsberg is now investigating Marion Hartwig. He discovered that Hartwig also had a relationship with Scheffler and viewed Eva as a competitor. To get rid of Eva, she stabbed her to death in her car, sank her body in the Aasee and later set the car on fire in a field in order to destroy any incriminating evidence that could point to her as the perpetrator.
With Wilsberg's help, the Münster police around Anna Springer finally arrest Scheffler, Buchholz and Hartwig when they were handing over money on the cathedral square .
background
The episode was filmed in different locations in Münster . In the intro of the film the Prinzipalmarkt and the Lambertikirche can be seen. This is followed by recordings that show Wilsberg observing a couple on the promenade . The scene where the eponymous corpse was found in the lake was recorded at the Aasee near the Overschmidt sailing school. The exterior shots showing the fictitious Münster credit bank were taken at Erbdrostenhof . A café was set up in front of the castle for the shooting. The meeting between Richard Buchholz and Marion Hartwig takes place at Marienplatz . The recordings showing the police headquarters were shot in the Bispinghof . The scenes showing the fictional Münster town hall were created in front of the Münster District Court . The actual town hall of Münster can be seen in a scene of the weekly market on Domplatz . In the immediate vicinity, recordings were made that show St. Paulus Cathedral and the market café and can be seen at the end of the film during the arrests. The film was also shot in the Solder antiquarian bookshop on Frauenstrasse, where the Wilsberg antiquarian bookshop is located in the film. The Überwasserkirche can be seen in some of the scenes filmed there .
On September 3, 2004, the episode was released together with the 4th episode Wilsberg and the murder without a corpse by polar film on DVD with FSK-12 approval. The episode Wilsberg and Die Tote im See received an FSK-6 rating, but the double DVD is given the same higher age rating due to the FKS-12 rating of the second main film. In addition to the two main films, the DVD contains a making-of and a portrait of the city of Münster as bonus material .
In a cameo is Tobias Schlegl to see whose name incorrectly in the opening credits as Tobias Schlegel noted. Beate Abraham already took on a role in the first episode And Let the Dead Rest .
The local daily Münstersche Zeitung is read in several scenes , including by Wilsberg at Manni's workplace, by Tanja in the Wilsberg antiquarian bookshop and by Manni in the credits.
The running gag "Bielefeld" does not appear in this episode.
reception
Audience ratings
The episode Wilsberg and the Dead in the Lake saw almost 7 million viewers, which is why the ZDF decided to broadcast the other episodes at the station on Saturday evening. When it was rerun in 2002, the episode still saw 4.54 million viewers. This corresponded to a market share of 17.9%.
criticism
The lexicon of international films judged the film to be a "leisurely entertaining (TV series) crime thriller about the likeable snoop as well as dubious banking, sex and blackmail" .
The TV Spielfilm editorial team saw a "tricky murder case" . The film is a "charming and funny crime thriller with a lot of local color" . Their conclusion is: "Marlowe in Münster: delicious crime thriller" .
Cinefacts.de judged that the episode was an “amusing crime thriller from the metropolis of Münster. Quirky and great cast! " .
Web links
- Wilsberg and the dead in the lake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wilsberg and the dead in the lake in the online film database
- Wilsberg and the dead in the lake at crew united
- Wilsberg and the dead in the lake atbtedetektiven.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Wilsberg: Wilsberg and the dead in the lake . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2004 (PDF; test number: 99 590 DVD).
- ^ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , February 3, 2001
- ↑ Regional effects of film productions in Münsterland: Expert opinion on behalf of the Münster Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF; 83 kB), Westphalian Wilhelms University , Institute for Settlements and Housing, Dipl.-Volksw. Frank Beermann, Münster, May 4, 2001, p. 19
- ↑ a b Blickpunkt: Film : More than 26 million TV viewers see German defeat in the final , Munich, July 1, 2002
- ^ Wilsberg and the dead in the lake in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ TV feature film : film review
- ↑ Cinefacts.de: film review , source: Premiere Krimi
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