A lawyer is shot dead in his office. Really from a burglar? The longest-serving “crime scene” detective Lena Odenthal and her team find themselves caught between the two fronts during the investigation.
The phrase “equal rights for all” does not apply to everyone. This is clear early on in the bitter anniversary episode of the longest-serving “Tatort” commissioner Lena Odenthal (Ulrike Folkerts). Is truth only what can be enforced? This question is highly topical in an increasingly fragmented society. “Your good right” is the name of the 80th Odenthal “crime scene,” which Das Erste will show on Sunday (October 27th) at 8:15 p.m. In it, Germany’s long-running TV series uncompromisingly explores the legal system as the backbone of a society.
Sunday’s crime thriller begins with a dramatic emergency call. After just one minute, Odenthal has to draw her service weapon, which will become important in the course of this film. The investigator comes across a lawyer hiding under a desk, trembling, and finds her husband, who has apparently been shot by a burglar. But – did the couple have an argument? Or is it a routine case? Sandra Borgmann as the hardened lawyer Patricia Prinz keeps the audience guessing for a long time with her ambiguous play. It’s worth sticking with it.
Different times and perspectives
“Your right” is an extraordinary “crime scene”. On the one hand, actress Lisa Bitter is also celebrating her anniversary; she has been there as Odenthal’s colleague Johanna Stern for ten years now. Both also form a harmonious team in this crime thriller from Ludwigshafen. Secondly, director Martin Eigler unfolds this story spectacularly from different times and perspectives, which increase the tension.
Odenthal must provide information to an officer in the Internal Investigations Department. She is said to have used her service weapon prematurely – the viewer does not yet find out where and when. The investigator, marked by the mission with a bandage on her head and a bandaged hand, defends herself against her colleague’s accusations (wonderfully complacent: Bernd Hoelscher). Here too: Is it about finding the truth, or is it a test of strength? How much do hierarchies, genders and positions of power shape a judgment?
“It is of course interesting to see the inspectors in an interrogation situation that they would otherwise know and master from the other side of the table,” says director Eigler. “Here they are confronted with tricks and attempts at manipulation by their colleagues.”
Highly explosive mixture
Ultimately, a central strand ties all the threads together – and the stylishly told “crime scene” tends towards a bloody showdown in the last third. The key figure is lawyer Prinz, who defends the head of a call center (Matthias Lier) – he is said to have sexually harassed employee Marie Polat (Emma Nova). The disillusioned Polat is no match for Prinz’s unscrupulousness in court. A highly explosive mixture of desperation and vigilantism develops.
Polat flees with her partner Luisa Berger (Samia Chancrin), and there is a finale in the field. Under enormous tension, Odenthal has to make a decision for which she will later be held accountable. This heated hunt is captured by a powerful camera (Andreas Schäfauer).
As a screenwriter, Eigler wrote a drama without pointing fingers, which is probably why it is particularly effective. The director takes a delicate approach when it comes to female applicants for police assistant positions. A fun “Work And Travel” seems to be more important to these young people than a career – their right.
Source: Stern
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