Ferdinand von Schirach’s “She says. He says.”
Rating winner in Monday primetime
“She says. He says.”: Katharina Schlüter (Ina Weisse, left) and Christian Thiede (Godehard Giese, 2nd from right) are sitting in the court’s meeting room with their lawyers Biegler (Matthias Brandt, left) and Breslau (Henriette Confurius, r.) opposite.
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With the legal drama “She says. He says.” by Ferdinand von Schirach, ZDF won the ratings on Monday evening. The documentary was also well received.
There was a clear winner in the primetime ratings race on Monday evening: the legal drama “She Says. He Says.” from According to AGF Videoforschung, Ferdinand von Schirach (59) was ahead with 4.59 million viewers. 3.19 million people also stayed tuned for the subsequent back-to-back documentary, which was about how truth is created in the courtroom.
The challenging rape allegation case thus relegated the winner to the private broadcasters: RTL attracted people with “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” After all, 3.28 million viewers watched on the screens.
The documentary “Felix Neureuther – Playing with the Alps” (Das Erste) about the upcoming Winter Olympics in the Alps landed in third place with 2.51 million viewers.
That’s what the TV movie “She Says. He Says” is about.
With “She says. He says.” by Ferdinand von Schirach, sophisticated evening entertainment was on the program on Monday: The court is dealing with a high-profile case: The well-known TV presenter Katharina Schlüter (Ina Weisse, 55) and the industrialist Christian Thiede (Godehard Giese, 51) have been having an affair that has lasted for years now ends in the courtroom. Schlüter describes on the witness stand how a consensual meeting turned into rape. But can evidence such as sperm traces on her dress be considered proof? The judge listens to experts and witnesses while the two lawyers make powerful arguments.
However, an unexpected development puts the court in a difficult position when it comes to deciding on truth and credibility…
The film and the subsequent documentary are in the ARD/ZDF media library to find.