In the new ARD series “How to Tatort” viewers learn how “Tatort” shoots work.
There are also swipes against colleagues.
A documentary about
"Tatort"
?
True fans of the series certainly won't say no to that.
The crime series has existed
since the 1970s,
so a documentary could cover the last 50 years.
A look behind the scenes is also exciting for the audience.
The actors
Jasna Fritzi Bauer
,
Luise Wolfram
and
Dar Salim
from
Bremen's “Tatort”
show in
“How to Tatort”
what a normal working day looks like on the set.
But be careful
: If you expect a documentary that is just as serious as an episode of the crime thriller, you may be disappointed.
"How to Tatort": Actors from the Bremen commissioners prove their comedy talent
“How to Tatort”
actually starts seriously as usual: In the first episode, viewers see a scene from
Bremen's “Tatort”
.
After a short time, actress
Jasna Fritzi Bauer
breaks off
filming.
She asks the director why she is the only detective who has to use a pipe to fight crime while the other police officers have firearms.
The scene already seems ironic - and so it goes on.
It quickly becomes clear that
“How to Tatort” is
not a deadly serious documentary, but a so-called
“Mockumentary”
.
In this genre, classic documentaries are imitated, but the content is ironic and humorous.
Anyone who
hopes for a realistic look behind the scenes
with
“How to Tatort”
is wrong.
Instead,
Jasna Fritzi Bauer
,
Luise Wolfram
and
Dar Salim show
with a lot of sarcasm what their everyday life looks like on the “Tatort” set.
Six episodes of the mini-series have been available in the ARD media library * since November 19, 2020.
The perfect gift for "Tatort" fans
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Fans can put their knowledge to the test with the quiz “Tatort - Das Spiel” (promotional link).
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"How to Tatort": swipes against other offshoots of the "Tatort" series
The actors in
“How to Tatort”
also show a lot of self-irony.
In the middle of the first episode, for example, the Bremen inspectors meet
Anna Schudt
(Martina Bönisch in the Dortmund “Tatort”).
She explains to the three actors that the "Tatort" actors see themselves as a big family.
However, there is one exception:
“Except for the idiots from Münster.” In
their opinion, the Münster “Tatort”
did not deserve
the last audience rate of
14.5 million
at all, after all, the crime thriller only consists of a “bad story and one a few tired gags ”.
Of course, this statement is not meant seriously at all - after all,
“How to Tatort” is
just as fictional as the episodes of the crime thriller itself. For “Tatort” fans who are looking for a humorous change, the mockumentary is perfect.
(soa) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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