INVESTIGATIV - PRESS REVIEWS

What writers Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke have accomplished in this TATORT is nothing short of sensational. They have created a tableau about politics, law and media that rings true not just to the insider. The worst of evil, so they are showing us, has prevailed.


After several disappointing Hamburg TATORTS, „Investigativ“ is finally a big winner (written by Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke)... At last, a TATORT that keeps up with what the ratings of the series promise. More than seven millionen viewers watch every Sunday night. But often enough, love's labor is lost and you ask yourself why. This week, however, it would be unwise to watch anything else than „Investigativ“ (…) Sensational! One of the most exciting Tatort films in years.


Writers Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke have hit a hot-button issue. Their screenplay is based on actual events… The explosive script allowed director Claudia Garde to efface herself. The story is so thick with suspense, wrong tracks and surprising turns that one has no choice but to stay extremely focussed. And, in case anyone needs further proof for the quality of the screenplay, this is a rare example of a film that works perfectly with more dialogue than action.


The film mainly owes its strength to the screenplay by writing duo Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke, who chose a very realistic and topical background for "Investigativ".


At last, a Hamburg TATORT with political depth. Small wonder, after all it comes from writers Christoph Silber and Thorsten Wettcke and director Claudia Garde, the same team that led us into a deportation prison in "Schattenspiel". A dark little shocker from Hamburg.

AUF DER SONNENSEITE - PRESS REVIEWS

TATORT rejuvenated… Cenk Batu is the undercover cop developed by screenwriters Thorsten Wettcke and Christoph Silber teamed up with director Richard Huber… A triumph for German quality television.


The ongoing debate about German quality television might see an unexpected turn on Sunday night… when TATORT will be reinvented. A frontal attack on our viewing patterns.


Right away in his first case „Auf der Sonnenseite“ (written by Thorsten Wettcke und Christoph Silber) Batu demonstrates astonishing mutability… We never know more than he does, we cut through the thick with his eyes, and that is what makes this film so great.


The first TATORT with Mehmet Kurtulus turns the series upside down. Sometimes one film can revolutionize an entire genre… Screenwriters Thorsten Wettcke and Christoph Silber created their hero completely out of the box.


This Batu is the coolest cop you've ever seen on Sunday night TV.


A quantum leap in every respect… The network had
a hard time finding a modern form of storytelling for its Hamburg TATORT in recent years. The only excellent film was "Investigativ", written by Thorsten Wettcke und Christoph Silber. The same writers are now in charge of developing Cenk Batu and his world.


The new TATORT is fast, dark, cool – a windfall for the series. Up to now, rule number one at TATORT was: forget the first episode. Too much exposition, too much ambition, too much fear of upsetting viewers. Now the first episode of the new Hamburg TATORT shows: forget the rules.


The revolution worked… There are those rare, historic moments when you face a true new beginning. That's the kind of moment we witnessed on Oktober 26, 2008 when the new TATORT cop Mehmet Kurtulus appeared on screen… This is TV for the big screen.