“Is that art?”: Minutes-long sound breakdown in “Tatort” confuses viewers

As of: January 24, 2024, 1:46 p.m

By: Jonas Erbas

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Some people who were looking forward to the Stuttgart “crime scene” on the first at 8:15 p.m. were surprised about the missing soundtrack after a few minutes at the latest.

There was a lot of anger online.

Stuttgart – “Tatort: ​​Torn” addresses a topic that has become increasingly topical in recent years: clan crime.

But many viewers who watched the film on the first from 8:15 p.m. onwards did not notice essential parts of the plot of the popular crime thriller from Stuttgart.

Several “Tatort” viewers were confused: there was a minute-long sound breakdown without dialogue

This was due to a sound breakdown that lasted through the “crime scene” for minutes.

Curious: Music and noises could be heard, but the actors' dialogues could not be heard - a circumstance that some people initially thought was a trick on the part of the director: "Is this art?" asked a user on X (formerly Twitter).

The faux pas quickly caused a number of contributions.

“Doesn’t anyone check this beforehand?” asked one viewer, while another joked: “Well, no one could complain about murmuring for the first ten minutes today.” In other reactions, the annoyance seemed greater: “15 minutes without speech?

Don’t you notice that quicker?” “Tatort” fans who had used the ARD media library were apparently spared the problem.