Thorsten Falke (Wotan Wilke Möhring, 52) and Julia Grosz (Franziska Weisz, 39) go hunting in the Hamburg neighborhood. In the "Crime Scene: The Golden Age" (9.2., 8:15 p.m., the first) they have to solve an order murder that has shaken the red light milieu. The two investigators quickly find themselves in a world of prostitution, power struggles and human trafficking.
What is the "Crime Scene: The Golden Age" about?
A contract murder in the red light milieu shakes the Hamburg neighborhood. The sprout of a neighborhood size is stabbed in broad daylight. During the investigation, Thorsten Falke meets his old friend and mentor Michael Lübke (Michael Thomas, 58) and is confronted with his St. Pauli past. Because Falke worked as a bouncer on the notorious party mile at a young age. While he struggles with his personal memories of this time, Grosz can not do anything with the nostalgic view of the sinful mile. After all, prostitution and human trafficking are the order of the day on the Reeperbahn.
Falke and Grosz hunt for the contract killer and look for the people behind. They get caught between the fronts of a war for supremacy in the neighborhood. Lübke meanwhile proves to be more and more tricky opponents …
Is it worth turning on?
Yes, and how! In "Die goldene Zeit" the viewer receives an exciting neighborhood tour of a special kind. A look behind the scenes of the supposed party area, where human trafficking, prostitution and organized crime are part of everyday business. Here nostalgia meets crime. These opposite poles are pictorially transported by the protagonists. While Falke spent his youth in the neighborhood and feels connected to his former companions, Grosz condemns this glorification and sees only the dark side of the Reeperbahn.
The "crime scene" traces the old St. Pauli, which had its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Figures like Michael Lübke are being replaced by Albanian clans that are slowly taking power. The abstruse life in the neighborhood is captured wonderfully by director Mia Spengler (34) and her team. "Everything should be very realistic," said Franziska Weisz in an interview with spot on news. Only the brothel was re-enacted because they had not been given permission to film for a real women's shelter, the actress further revealed.
While the tension in the story literally captivates the viewer on the couch, you get very close to the characters. In particular, Grosz comes into focus, with the otherwise emotionally cold investigator showing emotions – and plenty. And so much can be revealed: The end should also make one or the other spectator wet eyes …