In "Tatort: Krieg im Kopf" (March 29, 8:15 p.m., the first) Charlotte Lindholm (Maria Furtwängler, 53) and Anaïs Schmitz (Florence Kasumba, 43) are dealing with powerful opponents. While trying to solve a death, they find themselves on a network that extends to military interception. The viewer finds himself in a future version that couldn't be more frightening. The central question is: Can you influence a person's thoughts?
What is the "crime scene: war in the head" about?
The new case for Charlotte Lindholm and Anaïs Schmitz starts with a tricky situation. An unknown man overwhelms Lindholm and holds a knife to her throat. Completely confused, he speaks of "voices in head" and that someone would be chasing him. When the situation threatens to escalate, Schmitz has to decide: shoot the man or risk the life of her colleague? A shot is fired and it collapses behind Lindholm …
The further investigations lead the two commissioners to a body and an apparently failed mission abroad by the Bundeswehr in Mali. But that's not all: You come across secret brain research projects that seem to have something to do with the case. Lindholm and Schmitz keep getting caught in a thicket of dark machinations until they themselves become targets …
Is it worth turning on?
Absolutely! Here one socially relevant topic after the other is taken up and put together to form a grandiose "crime scene" that is hard to beat in terms of excitement. "War in the Head" starts with a big bang. You also get an insight into the world of brain research, the military and secret service. The two commissioners are confronted with different technologies that can influence people. The central question is: How far can people be controlled? In the "crime scene" the answer is: very far.
The viewer gets a tour of a horror house of military techniques, which gives goosebumps in one place or another. Anyone who thinks that mind control techniques originated from science fiction is wrong. Because much that is addressed in the "crime scene" actually exists. "The 'crime scene' is pretty close to reality," explains Christopher Coenen, research group leader at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the NDR.
Between self-mutilation and wild dance performances, the relationship between Lindholm and Schmitz is also raised to a new level. Anaïs saves Charlotte's life, but both emerge damaged from the situation. But neither of the two women would like to admit that. In the end, however, they realize: "We are from the same streak." Not only when it comes to men's taste: Lindholm and Schmitz's husband Nick (Daniel Donskoy, 30) get pretty close in the "crime scene" …