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Polizeiruf 110 Returns With Magdeburg Episode on a Livestreamed School Attack

Critics highlight a restrained, sound-driven portrayal that probes online manipulation.

Overview

  • The story follows 17-year-old Jeremy, who broadcasts the assault via a body camera to a gaming platform while an unidentified online interlocutor urges him on.
  • Kommissarin Doreen Brasch leads the police response, works to make contact, and investigates possible involvement beyond the shooter without a neat conclusion.
  • Writer Jan Braren and director Esther Bialas frame the teen’s path through social isolation, caregiving strain, and an information-saturated online ecosystem.
  • Reviews commend Mikke Rasch’s nuanced performance and the production’s choice to avoid graphic sensationalism, emphasizing sound design and situational detail, with some scenes filmed in a real school.
  • Critiques target an unrealistic lone-entry tactic for Brasch and the portrayal of the mother’s Multiple Sclerosis as a dramatic device; the episode aired on Das Erste at 20:15.