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“Tatort” from Hamburg
Horror in the hotel, Udo Lindenberg and a detective with a crush: This crime thriller is great cinema
Crime scene “Atlantic” hotel: Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm (Maria Furtwängler) encounters several Udo Lindenberg doubles in her investigation
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Inspector Charlotte Lindholm wanted a hot date, but she got a naked corpse instead. During the investigation in the Hamburg hotel “Atlantic” she becomes a suspect herself – and meets singer Udo Lindenberg.
- 4 out of 5 points
- Scary, exciting, weird: the “Tatort” debut by director Detlev Buck is well worth seeing
What’s the matter?
Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm (Maria Furtwängler) is traveling from Göttingen to Hamburg for a weekend. There she wants to meet a man in the “Atlantic” hotel, whom she previously met on a dating platform. But when she comes into the room, he’s lying dead in bed – naked and handcuffed. As it turns out, the man’s name is not Boris James, as Charlotte Lindholm believed, but Roy Schöne and is a well-known neighborhood. It is no coincidence that Lindholm was lured to Hamburg and the hotel room: the murder is said to be blamed on her. She does not trust the responsible crime police colleagues Ruben Delfgau (Jens Harzer) and Jana Zimmermann (Anne Ratte-Polle) and starts to determine on her own who wanted to get revenge on her.
Why is the “crime scene” worthwhile?
The film has a great cast and brilliant characters. Udo Lindenberg can be seen – and heard – alongside Maria Furtwängler as Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm. The singer has lived in the “Atlantic” for many years. In addition, Detlev Buck not only directed a “Tatort” for the first time, but also made a curious appearance as Lude Einstein with a miniature hairstyle and a nude bath in the whirlpool. The supporting roles are also superbly cast. Anne Ratte-Polle is the Hamburg investigator Jana Zimmermann, who makes one hysterical appearance after the other. Charlotte Lindholm insults her as a “crazy aunt from the provinces” and the KTU employees disparagingly calls her “the Smurfs”. Opposite her is the quirky inspector Ruben Delfgau, who always wears sunglasses and is constantly chewing gum. For Kida Khodr Ramadan there was only a small part left as a guest who belts out Lindenberg hits in a karaoke bar – but even that is great. And not to be forgotten: The Hamburg hotel “Atlantic”, which also plays a glamorous leading role in the film and in the best scenes is reminiscent of the horror film “Shining”.
What bothers?
Towards the end, the film is unfortunately shot too much. The actually strong story is lost in confused jargon. In addition, the whole time it is about Charlotte Lindholm’s past and an old “crime scene” from 2017. “The Holdt case”, the title of the episode at the time, was about a failed kidnapping and caused Lindholm to be transferred from Hanover to Göttingen. Only very few viewers are likely to have the exact connections at hand.
The Commissioner?
Charlotte Lindholm is and will remain a loner. The case is tailored for her from front to back. The last time she faced her tough colleague Anaïs Schmitz in Göttingen. An enrichment for the “Tatort” family, not only because actress Florence Kasumba is the first black female investigator in the crime thriller format. In the current case “Everything comes back” there is now another solo appearance by Charlotte Lindholm – including sex scenes by the inspector.
Turn on or off?
Horror, sex and Udo Lindenberg: This “crime scene” stands out from the usual crime thriller range. You shouldn’t miss it.
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