“Tatort” repeat from Vienna
The Filou from the sawmill
Scene from the Vienna “crime scene”: Moritz Eisner (Harald Grassnitzer) examines a bone.
© ORF/Graf Film/Helga Rader/ARD Degeto
The Viennese detectives end up in deepest Carinthia in this “crime scene” rerun. There they have to solve the murder of a timber contractor. Moritz Eisner meets an old friend again – and allows himself to be distracted from the investigation.
- 3 out of 5 points
- Average criminal case against a picturesque backdrop.
What’s the matter?
First, the murder squad investigates, but there is no body: Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer) and Bibi Fellner (Adele Neuhauser) are ordered to Carinthia, where the timber entrepreneur Hubert Tribusser is missing. Shortly afterwards, a titanium implant that came from his shoulder joint was found in the ashes in the sawmill. Eisner and Fellner have to prepare for a longer stay in the wasteland. They are not welcome. Many local residents have a motive, because the dead man took everything he wanted: other people’s money – and other men’s wives.
Why is this “crime scene” worth it?
The Viennese investigators receive support in their work from the village police officer Alois Feining (Karl Fischer), an old friend of Eisner. The two once had a deep friendship, which they are now rekindling. At night they sing Rolling Stones songs together and reminisce about old times. There’s something touching about that. Meanwhile, Bibi Fellner is much more productive and contributes to solving the case with her empathy.
What bothers?
Family disputes, marital affairs, hearty brawls and a shepherd’s hour under the tree – this “crime scene” (written by Agnes Pluch; directed by Nikolaus Leytner) hardly leaves out a cliché that city dwellers have about country life.
The commissioners?
The relationship between the two inspectors suffers because Eisner spends so much time with his old friend. But when the two of them finally start their journey home to Vienna, it is clear to both of them that they don’t have many people in their lives that they can rely on. They have each other. That’s not a little.
Turn on or off?
If you’re feeling wanderlust, you should tune in. The criminal case itself forms nothing more than the framework for the idyllic images of Carinthia.
The “Tatort” episode “Tree falls” was first broadcast on Aired November 24, 2019. ARD repeats the case on Friday, December 8th at 10:20 p.m.