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“Tatort” from Saarbrücken
Commissioner in prison – Adam Schürk is suspected of murder
Scene from the “crime scene”: Adam Schürk (Daniel Sträßer) has to sit in the Saarbücken correctional facility.
© SR/Manuela Meyer / ARD
Last week, Commissioner Thiel was suspected of murder in the Münster “crime scene”, this time his Saarbrücken colleague Adam Schürk is suspected of having killed his father.
- 3 out of 5 points
- The inspector as a murder suspect – the well-known motif is told here in a new way
What’s the matter?
Inspector Leo Holz (Vladimir Burlakov) is called to a crime scene: a woman is found dead in her villa, the suspected burglar is lying on the ground, seriously injured. At the same time his colleague Adam Schürk (Daniel Sträßer) is called to his father. He is found dead shortly therefollowing. Shot with Schürk’s service weapon. The inspector is therefore considered the main suspect and is sent to the Saarbrücken JVA, where as a police officer he doesn’t have much to laugh regarding. Meanwhile, his friend and colleague Bäumer tries to prove his innocence – even if everything speaks once morest him.
Why is this “crime scene” worthwhile?
The completed episodes of the new Saarbrücken investigators Adam Schürk (Daniel Sträßer) and Leo Bäumer had a horizontal narrative thread from the start. Both have in common a terrible act from their youth: Woods knocked Schürk’s father unconscious at the time, who then fell into a coma. Both then covered up the crime with a fire. This story comes to an end with “The Heart of the Serpent”.
What bothers?
In the Christmas thriller, inspector Charlotte Lindholm, played by Maria Furtwängler, was suspected of a crime. Last week, the Munster Frank Thiel was investigated. Now, within a month, the third “crime scene” inspector has been suspected of murder. In each of these cases, however, it is clear to the viewer in advance that the perpetrator must be someone else. Like last week in Münster, it is the friend and colleague who is the only one who initially believes in innocence and ultimately identifies the real culprit.
The commissioners?
In the previous two “Tatort” episodes from Saarbrücken, the two male investigators Schürk and Holzer were in the foreground. This time, their colleagues Esther Baumann (Brigitte Urhausen) and Pia Heinrich (Ines Marie Westernströer) can distinguish themselves: without their help, the case would not have been resolved in the end. “The Heart of the Snake” might be an indication of the future of the team: It should be much more female in the future.
Turn on or off?
The story is a little bit tired, but the implementation is exciting: a “crime scene” worth seeing.
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