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We saw: “The Bad King” with Ulrike Folkerts and Lisa Bitter from Ludwigshafen.
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Ludwigshafen – What good is “The Bad King”. The new “crime scene” from Ludwigshafen in a quick check.
The plot in two sentences The owner of a late night shop was brutally murdered in his shop. It could have been several of his regular customers and all of them are psychologically abnormal.
Number of bodies 2
Cause of death Even if the victim is covered in blood – the murder was carried out in an unusual way: the man literally suffocated on his money, coins stuck in his windpipe.
Naughty The suspects as well as the witnesses are extremely disrespectful and rude towards the police. “Is that important?” Asks Anton (Christopher Schärf) hypocritically, “if I had known, I would of course have told you.”
Power games Not only the psychopathic Anton does everything to get control over his fellow human beings. Ultimately, it is also a matter of keeping the upper hand between the commissioners and the suspects and managing the interrogations in a clever way.
Panic There could hardly be a better way to make the audience’s heartbeat quiver than with Commissioner Stern (Lisa Bitter) to make their children tremble.
Sneaky It is hard to believe that this Anton cares for his girlfriend out of pure charity. And indeed – he gradually poisoned the young woman.
Our conclusion Although the case seems unspectacular, it has been possible to stir up tension and fear again and again. The psychological backgrounds of the characters were also interesting.
tension Note 2; logic Note 2
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