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Most “crime scene” fans probably associate Saarbruecken with silly crime food to embarrass themselves. Two young researchers are preparing to change the image of the Saarland: it is getting dark. Will it be good too?
Stage
After a long absence, Commissioner Schürk (Daniel Sträßer) can be transferred back to his hometown, Saarbrücken, and ends up in the apartment of his childhood friend Hölzer (Vladimir Burlakov). You can hardly believe what you see: Schürk and Hölzer combine a tough childhood and a traumatic event having to do with Schürk’s sadistic father. Finally reunited, the two investigators have to deal with a family in their first joint case, which is even more rotten than theirs.
Patriarch of the worst kind: Bernhard Hofer (Dieter Schaad).
(Photo: SR / Manuela Meyer)
The Hofers have run a successful textile company for several generations, especially harshly and intransigently. When Patriarch Bernhard (Dieter Schaad) finally leaves at the age of 90, his successor is killed the same night, with 60 blows. Schürk and Hölzer literally delve into the mountains of archives during their investigations and encounter shocking Nazi-era crimes, which were never fully solved.
The real message
“He was selfish, violent and mean,” says the wife of the murdered woman about her husband, and therefore seems ideal for the successor to the burgeoning textile company. Unfortunately, elbows and a certain degree of lack of awareness are still among the desired attributes of a businessman in many cases, then as now. But the sadism of parents and grandparents behaves like a boomerang at the end of the day.
This is discussed at lunch
The scene where the patriarchal grandfather is sitting at the breakfast table, scolding his missing grandchildren (one excused, the other murdering) and pouring vodka into his cornflakes. It doesn’t get gross.
The plausibility factor
High with occasional dropouts: There are still quite a few German companies whose role was not adequately illuminated in the Nazi era. However, the fact that a 90-year-old grandmother kills a man in the prime of life with 60 stick strokes causes her eyebrows to rise.
The evaluation
8.5 out of 10 points. “Das diligent Lieschen” is a (almost) completely successful reboot for the Saarbrückeners, Stellbrink’s inglorious times are obviously over once and for all.
