“Tatort” from Münster
Thiel, Boerne and the man who came out of the jungle
He was once Inspector Thiel’s weed-smoking school friend, and now Stan Gold is a celebrated writer. An attempted murder occurs at an awards ceremony. Thiel has to find out who is after gold.
- 4 out of 5 points
- Crazy robber’s pistol with a guest appearance by director Detlev Buck
What’s the matter?
It’s a sensational story that writer Stan Gold (Detlev Buck) experienced: After a plane crash in Paraguay, indigenous residents rescued him and he lived with them in the jungle for 15 years. Gold recorded his experiences in a book that became a bestseller. Forensic doctor Prof. Karl-Friedrich Boerne (Jan Josef Liefers) wants to benefit from the fame and acts as a promoter of Münster’s literary scene. At a festive gala he honors Gold with an award and gives him the position of town clerk. The joy only lasts for a short time: after the award ceremony, Gold lies in his dressing room and is in danger of suffocating from an allergic shock. The writer was deliberately injected with bee venom. Commissioner Frank Thiel (Axel Prahl) has to find out who is trying to kill Gold – because it’s not the only attack.
Why is The Man Who Fell into the Jungle Case Worth It?
Sunday crime thrillers
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What bothers?
It’s not just the investigators who are increasingly confused by Gold’s anecdotes – the viewers are too. Guerrilla warriors, rebel leaders, weapons deliveries and relationship stories: screenwriter Thorsten Wettcke went a bit overboard. A serious concern of the film, however, is only touched on in passing.
The commissioners?
Inspector Thiel can’t take all the excitement surrounding Stan Gold seriously: He still knows the writer as a pot-smoking schoolmate under the name Horst “Hotte” Koslowski. “That Hotte would write a book. I would have bet that Pauli would win the Champions League,” jokes Thiel. Professor Boerne, on the other hand, is blinded by Gold’s fame. When his agent and partner Sabina Kupfer (Eva Verena Müller) offers the forensic doctor to write a book as well, he is hooked.
Conclusion?
A welcome change in difficult times: The “Tatort” from Münster always provides 90 entertaining minutes. That also applies to this crazy jungle story.
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