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“Tatort” from Dresden
The invisible enemy: Commissioner Gorniak is fighting for her life
Aaron (Alessandro Schuster) watches over his mother’s hospital bed, Commissioner Karin Gorniak (Karin Hanczewski)
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In this case, the Commissioner herself is the victim: Karin Gorniak is being stalked by a stalker and suffers from inexplicable pain. The solution can be found in the past of the Dresden investigator.
- 3 out of 5 points
- A thriller in which Commissioner Karin Gorniak and her past take center stage
What’s the matter?
The café owner Anna Schneider (Milena Tscharntke) suddenly collapses on the street. Cardiac arrest is the cause of death, and according to her doctors, the 29-year-old was very healthy. The Dresden investigators Karin Gorniak (Karin Hanczewski) and Leonie Winkler (Cornelia Gröschel) do not believe in natural death. Before she died, Schneider was molested by a stalker and complained of invisible pain. The curious thing: Commissioner Gorniak also receives strange messages from an anonymous sender and feels like hell in her leg and hand. The solution to both cases can be found well in Gorniak’s past.
Why is this “crime scene” worthwhile?
The title of this “crime scene” is “Invisible”. This relates not only to the threat posed by the stalker who lurks in the background and anonymously harasses his victims, but also to the pain that is spreading in the body of Commissioner Gorniak. No doctor, no therapist can find anything. And yet the investigator is getting worse and worse. The film gives an idea of what people go through who torment themselves with externally invisible pain or who hope in vain for a diagnosis.
What bothers?
The film is extremely tailored to Commissioner Katrin Gorniak and her personal story. Once again, the investigator is in mortal danger due to some amateurish mistakes. Similar situations already occurred in the Dresden cases “The Nest” (2019) and “Who is Alone Now” (2018). In general, there have been numerous “crime scenes” that put the investigator as a victim at the center. This perspective is neither new nor original. With Anna Maria Mühe and Christian Friedel, the thriller is prominently cast, which makes the story very predictable for experienced “Tatort” fans.
The commissioners?
It is the sixth case with Cornelia Gröschel as Commissioner Leonie Winkler. In 2019 she followed Alwara Höfels (Commissioner Hennie Sieland) who had left. But Winkler and Gorniak are still not working as a team. Sometimes they seem like two foreign bodies that investigate side by side, sometimes bypassing the regulations and relying only on their intuition. While Gorniak is extremely in the spotlight this time, Winkler and Commissioner Head Peter Michael Schnabel (Martin Brambach) only have extras.
Turn on or off?
The last “Tatort” in Dresden ran in February of this year – that was a long time ago. For that reason alone and also because of the celebrity cast, you should tune in.
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