so Far, the appeal of the new ZDF TV-series “Under different circumstances”, not least in the proximity of Scandinavia: The cases led Jana Winter (Natalia Wörner) again and again to Denmark. In the 15th century. Film send the creative minds behind the series, the Commissioner again abroad, but in the completely different direction: this Time the trip goes to the Austrian Spa town of Bad Gastein. In this way, André Georgi, who also wrote three of the last four episodes can confront the main character with several challenges.
As early as the end of the most recent movie (“the secret sisters”, 2018) announced, have been placed together, the departments of Schleswig and Flensburg. Winter, the new head is. Your current boss, Arne Brown (Martin Brambach), meanwhile, canceled a rehab and fled to Austria, where he suffers a relapse. During the Winter, will be introduced to the new office, gets drunk Brown on a Alm. On the way back through a canyon, a woman collapsed in front of his eyes in the depth, then shots are fired, Brown will be taken.
When he wakes up in the hospital again, he has ripped a full movie.
What follows is a mixture of native crime and family drama, which could also be a contribution to the ORF-series “land of crime”: The overburdened village policeman Robanegg (Cornelius Obonya) is getting help by the police. Only the support comes not from Salzburg, but from Schleswig, because Winter is, of course, Worried about their colleagues and also wants to know why he was shot. Because in Bad Gastein, everyone knows everyone and everything there is to know, is Robanegg anyway not lens. But that’s not the only reason, why he can not determine at ease.
Sent Georgi, which even in the smallest Details coherent screenplay is based on a template by Gwendolyn bellmann and Marianne Wendt linked to the different emotional levels to a captivating crime drama. The German, a dark family history is revealed. Many years ago, Peter Kroll (Klaus Pohl), Robaneggs father-in-law and owner of the Grand hotel, allegedly a 15th room girls raped. His wife has hung out in the stairwell of the impressive Hotels.
With the shots fired at Brown in the past, seems to have to do first of all, only indirectly, but then it turns out that one of the reviewers (Simon Hatzl) has been measured by high radioactive values, which jeopardize the entire operation of the Spa. The Dead the gorge is his wife. The man has taken bribes. A young Investor (Felix Everding) wants to help Bad Gastein back to old size, but also he is involved in a surprising way in the family history of the Kroll’s. At the end of the Drama turns to tragedy.
no less attractive than the intricate plot is the scene this TV crime stories: From the sophisticated resort of Bad Gastein, the gloss is not just for night, verb, benefited the ZDF Thriller “The village of silence” from 2016, which is also a family drama about a shocking truth.
Director Judith Kennel has directed all 15 episodes of “in other circumstances” and mostly with a camera woman, Nathalie Wiedemann worked together. This time was also responsible for the image design Nicolay Gutscher, the resort and the landscape scene perfectly. More important than the places, one of which is the Tradition, radiating the Hotel, are still the actors. Cornelius Obonya is an excellent Supplement for Wörner and Brambach, and also the members of the family Kroll are very well-staffed, even if the actor, with the exception of Manuel Rubeys are hardly known here.
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