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New Wiesbaden Tatort 'Murot und der Elefant im Raum' Debuts Sunday With Surreal Mind-Probe Plot

Critics describe a visually bold, genre-bending experiment with uneven execution.

Overview

  • The case centers on Eva Hütter, who loses custody of her five-year-old son Benjamin, abducts him, crashes, and remains in a coma as the child’s location is unclear.
  • Commissioner Felix Murot uses a fictional neurofeedback device from his therapist to enter the mother’s subconscious in an effort to find the boy.
  • Writer-director Dietrich Brüggemann shifts the Wiesbaden installment toward surreal imagery, theatrical devices, and character study rather than a conventional whodunit.
  • Augsburger Allgemeine and Frankfurter Rundschau commend the creativity and visual flair but note tonal inconsistency, clashing styles, and some logical gaps.
  • The episode is scheduled on ARD/Das Erste Sunday at 20:15, with a simultaneous stream on ARD Mediathek and additional broadcasts on One.