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Falke (Wotan Wilke Möhring) with a student (Valerie Stoll): Back to school
Photo: Marc Meyerbroeker / NDR
The scenario:
Germany, your dictator friends.
Inspector Falke (Wotan Wilke Möhring) rolls punk and hardcore hits bawling to a boarding school near Hanover.
A student from the Latin American state of Orenaka has disappeared.
A kidnapping by resistance fighters from the country seems obvious.
Orenaka is a small rogue state that the German government wants to stop respecting human rights.
The country's potentate, who harasses journalists and imprisons members of the opposition, has just announced his state visit.
Intuition is required.
Luckily, punk chav Falke finds a level-headed guide through the school, where the children of the rich and powerful learn about government governance and elitist thinking, in a young local colleague (Arash Marandi, »All You Need«).
The highlight:
Appeasement policy in Gerhard Schröder Town.
It is probably just a coincidence that the diplomatic pitfalls in dealing with despotic rulers in the hometown of the former chancellor who was unsuccessfully trying to persuade an old Russian business partner to break off the campaign of subjugation against his neighboring country are being pointed out.
The thriller initially has a strong impact against the background of Putin's attack on Ukraine - especially since the boarding school students are discussing the legitimacy of attacks on tyrants.
Tyrannicide as a problem-solving strategy?
Unfortunately, in the course of this »crime scene« the political is shrunk to the private.
The picture:
Yellow panther against a black, red and green background.
The panther runs from left to right - the Despot of Orenaka had changed the running direction when taking power.
As Commissioner Julia Grosz (Franziska Weisz) explains to colleague Falke: "Now the cat is running from left to right, as befits a decent nationalist."
The dialogue:
Inspector Falke reads from the lesson material and looks at the responsible teacher, Falke's colleague also present.
Falke: "Political martyrs - violence is a solution."
Teacher: "Yes, this is a presentation by one of the students."
Falke's colleague: »I compared it with the curriculum, the topic doesn't come up there. tyrannicide! And you're teaching that in a class where a dictator's son sits."
Teacher: What is that? Am I a witness or a suspect? Then maybe you should explain my rights to me.«
Falcon: »Neither. We just have to find the boy.”
Teacher: »The students should deal with existing forms of rule. They won't be warehouse workers, they'll all end up in managerial positions."
Falke: You seem to be a real upstanding socialist. And her wife gets 50 grand a year from every student. Interesting combination.«
The song:
»Something I Learned Today« by Husker Du.
Falke banged on with the hardcore classic on the way to Hanover.
The Clash are on the program for the trip.
Later you can see the inspector crawling out of bed in Hüsker Dü's tattered band shirt.
The review:
6 out of 10 points.
Sloppy punk between elite scamps: After a strong start, the creators of this political "crime scene" unfortunately don't quite do justice to their demanding topic.
The analysis:
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"Crime scene: tyrant murder"
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