Crime scene: Among wolves
A wanted criminal was convicted by his role
There was a real criminal among the extras in "Tatort: Unter Wölfen".
© SWR / Jacqueline Krause-Burberg
In "Tatort: Unter Wölfen" Odenthal and Stern meet criminals – and not only in the film. An extra was a real criminal.
In the new "Tatort: Unter Wölfen" (December 26th, 8:15 pm, Das Erste), the Ludwigshafen investigators Lena Odenthal (Ulrike Folkerts, 59) and Johanna Stern (Lisa Bitter, 36, "The Sleeper") investigate a murder case in the bouncer milieu .
Powerful extras were therefore sought for the shooting in summer 2019. Among them was a martial artist from Heilbronn, who did not attract attention because of his acting performance, but because of his criminal past. The man was wanted by international arrest warrant, as "FAZ" reported in July 2020.
Submerged for many years
According to Carabinieri, the man was wanted in the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria, among other things for armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008 he committed the crimes with accomplices, was convicted and sentenced in three trials. However, he did not serve the total sentence of over four years in prison and instead went into hiding. Successfully he remained undiscovered for a few years until he stood in front of the camera as an extra for "Tatort: Unter Wölfen".
Director Thomas Bohn: "I laughed heartily"
During a photo shoot on the set, the person wanted spoke to a reporter according to "FAZ" and gave his full name, which was his undoing. The police arrested the fugitive at the end of April this year.
And how did director Thomas Bohn (61) react to the news? "I laughed heartily," the filmmaker explains to the broadcaster. "Especially when I saw who it was. The gentleman was standing close to me during the press photo and was one of the most committed during the shoot." According to Bohn, he could have become a good stuntman. "Maybe he should have called on us before choosing a criminal career."