In Salzgitter federal police detectives Falke and Lorenz tail a man suspected of dealing in false passports for a human trafficking ring. The suspect resists arrest resulting in a violent altercation between him and Falke. The alleged human trafficker is taken into police custody and to be interrogated the next day. The next morning Falke and Lorenz learn that an accident happened overnight, during which the man died in as yet unknown circumstances. Falke and Lorenz start investigating on their own…
Awards:
2016 German Television Crime Award
The jury’s verdict: “The intelligent script by Stefan Kolditz and the careful direction by Thomas Stuber create – thanks also to the music – a touching, intense atmosphere that continues to grip the viewer even long after the film has ended. The cast, even down to minor characters, exudes an ambivalence that makes it so convincing. The policeman Mehmet Mutlu longing for the German homeland that he lost or the policewoman Maria Sombert who is almost torn apart by the courage to speak the truth and the fear of being ostracised. “
For her role as the federal police detective Katharina Lorenz in the production “Tatort – Burned“ (NDR) the jury awards Best Actress to Petra Schmidt-Schaller: “With her brilliant performance Petra Schmidt-Schaller manages to keep the audience close in this harrowing case. She allows us to directly partake in her inner dilemma (…) We are never in doubt about her stance, she shows her inner turmoil to remain morally intact even though her she is weakening, how she leaves the police detective behind to become more and more human: subtle, intense, smart, simply brilliant.”
