Crime scene: perfect world
Is it worth switching on with the new case from Dortmund?
They start the investigation in "Tatort: Heile Welt" (from right): Rosa Herzog (Stefanie Reinsperger), Jan Pawlak (Rick Okon), Martina Bönisch (Anna Schudt) and Peter Faber (Jörg Hartmann).
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In the new "Tatort: Ideal World", Faber, Bönisch and Co. have to solve the murder of a young woman. Is it worth switching on?
Riots, police violence and a commissioner on the verge of desperation, on Sunday evening (February 21, 8:15 pm, the first) things get down to business in the Dortmund "crime scene". In "Heile Welt" Martina Bönisch (Anna Schudt, 46, "Departure into Freedom") is confronted with a smear campaign that is getting completely out of hand. In addition, the murder of a young woman has to be solved – and the new colleague Rosa Herzog (Stefanie Reinsperger, 33) has to find her place in the team. As if that wasn't enough, Peter Faber (Jörg Hartmann, 51) suddenly also shows feelings.
That's what the "Tatort: Ideal World" is all about
A charred corpse is found in the basement of a high-rise estate in Dortmund. The first to arrive at the crime scene is the new commissioner Rosa Herzog. Apparently the young woman was killed and there is evidence of attempted rape. What begins as a normal investigation together with Peter Faber, Martina Bönisch and Jan Pawlak (Rick Okon, 31) ends in chaos. A young populist politician uses the murder to stir up a mood against immigrants on his video channel. When Bönisch arrests a Muslim suspect, she suddenly finds herself exposed to accusations of racism. A chase begins …
Is it worth switching on?
Absolutely! The new "Tatort" impressively shows what fake news and false accusations can do in a person's life. The world falls apart in no time – because of a mobile phone video that is posted on the Internet. In addition, the film realistically shows how two political camps rock each other up. Both left and right use the event to create a mood for themselves. It couldn't be more current. In between stands a desperate Martina Bönisch, who is helplessly at the mercy of everything. With all the excitement, the murder of the young woman becomes almost irrelevant at times.
The debut of the new colleague Rosa Herzog alias Stefanie Reinsperger also goes under a bit. It is true that there is a real crash between Herzog and Bönisch in "Heile Welt", but the new character could have been given a little more space in the opening sequence. The camera team deserves great praise. The heated atmosphere and the riots are staged with powerful images and create a real cinema feeling in front of the TV at home.
In the thematically packed crime thriller, the viewer is also served a new page from Inspector Faber – dancing and singing, he stumbles through the "crime scene". In the two-part anniversary episode "Tatort: In der Familie" (November 29th / December 6th, 2020), an intimate hug with Martina Bönisch sparked speculation. In the new case, the situation looks different again, which visibly shakes the otherwise hardened Faber. As actor Jörg Hartmann appropriately notes in an interview with the broadcaster: "For Faber, it is above all a sad love story."