Munich “Polizeiruf 110”
A terrible end
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It's one of the rules of thumb in “Tatort” and “Polizeiruf 110”: When male and female colleagues get into bed together, they usually come out injured. But rarely did things get as dicey as in “Funkensommer” – so the summer break started on a fiery note.
The questions that arise at the end: When did Inspector Cris Blohm (Johanna Wokalek) know that fire expert Hanno Senoner (Golo Euler) was the murderer? Or did she perhaps only start the whole affair because of an early suspicion? To follow her gut feeling that there was something wrong with Senoner, this overzealous, attractive guy?
Euler is not what he seems – it was fitting for this entertainingly confusing story by author and director Alexander Adolph about the dead woman in the Hechtle house that it was not told in full, but in the syllable-rich final monologue – immediately before Senoner/Euler's fatal fall from the cliff edge – it burned out like so much else before in this final “Polizeiruf 110” before the summer break.
The crime thriller balance for the first half of 2024 is, as usual, mixed. In January, the Cologne case “Pyramide” made its first impression, with 9 out of 10 points: “A crime thriller in which almost everything fits, from the cast to the story to the aesthetics,” judged Julian Vetten for ntv.de. There was also something worth seeing in Dortmund, the exciting case “Cash” set in the shadowy world of football betting, also rated 9 out of 10. Chief Inspector Jan Pawlak (Rick Okon) was the departure of a long-standing ensemble member. Franziska Weisz alias Julia Grosz had already said goodbye to her colleague Falke (Wotan Wilke Möhring) and her audience in January, and in the case “What Remains” she died a violent death.
In Kiel, Borowski's “Fickfackerei” episode with the revenant was worth watching, and Eisner's trip to prison as part of “Deinverlust” was also worth seeing. The Bremen forest fairy tale “Angst im Dunkel” was not so successful, and the intense Munich episode “Schau mich an” about disturbing violent videos is only for those with strong nerves. Of the four “Polizeiruf 110” episodes broadcast so far this year, the Rostock episode “Diebe” was one of the highlights, with 9 out of 10 points for a “strongly told story that scores points in exactly the right places with lush images and a fine pinch of humor.”
And otherwise?
A lot has happened in the long history of “Tatort”. Peter Sodann, a former detective from the series, died in April. From 1992 onwards, he investigated as Bruno Ehrlicher, first in Dresden and later in Leipzig, and together with Bernd Michael Lade formed the first East German “Tatort” team. There was controversy surrounding one of the classics from the crime series. Actress Nastassja Kinski spoke out in February and complained about the way she was treated as a 15-year-old actress. She demanded a public apology from those responsible for the nude scenes in the Kiel episode “Reifezeugnis” (1977) and a ban on broadcasting the episode.
There will also be a lot going on in the second half of the year. Janneke and Brix in Frankfurt are expected to say goodbye. “It's so green when Frankfurt's mountains bloom,” the title of the last episode that has already been filmed. The farewell of our Munich colleagues has also been announced, but – and that's the good news – they will be seen in four more “Tatort” cases before they bid a fitting farewell with their 100th mission.
And so we enter the Sunday crime thriller-free period, but it will still be exciting, that much is certain. First of all, there is Euro 2024. And then there is also the special edition of the jungle camp for the 20th anniversary of “I'm a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!”. Summer can come.
