page_title: Thiel and Boerne
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Thiel and Boerne / Production
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Deutschland, Bonn, Haydnstraße 49: Wohnhaus in der Weststadt/Musikerviertel. Es dient auch im WDR-Tatort aus Münster (Thiel &amp; Boerne) als Kulisse für das gemeinsame Wohnhaus der beiden Ermittler (u.a. in der Folge 799 "Herrenabend" vom 1. Mai 2011). English: Germany, Bonn, Haydnstraße 49: Residential building in the Weststadt/Musikerviertel (West Town / Musicians district). It is also used in the german TV-WDR-Tatort scene from Münster (Thiel &amp; Boerne) as a backdrop for the common home of the two investigators.
context_page_description: Detective chief inspector Frank Thiel and forensic medical examiner Dr. Karl Friedrich Boerne are the lead protagonists of the German television series, Tatort Münster.
  The fictitious detectives are portrayed by actors Axel Prahl and Jan Josef Liefers, respectively. This humorous police procedural series has been airing since 2002 and is produced for the German television channel WDR. Two episodes are produced each year and on November 25, 2012, the tenth anniversary of the show was celebrated with the episode "Das Wunder von Wolbeck". Tatort Münster is part of the German television crime series Tatort, which has been running continuously since 1970.
context_section_description: Tatort Münster was developed by screenwriters Stefan Cantz and Jan Hinter. The character of Professor Boerne was based on a renowned forensic examiner from the University of Münster. German actor Ulrich Noethen was initially offered the role but he turned it down. Lead producers then offered the role to Jan Josef Liefers. According to Liefers, he had already observed 13 autopsies.
  The production took place mostly in the area surrounding Cologne, where the WDR production companies Colonia Media and Filmpool are located. Only exterior shots were filmed in Münster on a regular basis. Production was sponsored by Filmservice Münster. Filmservice Münster is a project by the public relation office of the city of Münster, supported by "Münsterland e.V." association and the IHK "Nord-Westfalen" (industry of trade and commerce). A single episode of Tatort Münster is reported to have an approximate budget of 1.3 million euros.
  The concept of a perpetual present is a typical narrative feature. Perpetual present means that individual episodes are not connected in a chronological way; instead, each episode is set in the immediate present under similar conditions to the previous episode. This results in the absence of character development. For example, the son of Detective Thiel is 12 years old in the first episode, "Der dunkle Fleck", in 2002 and six years later in "Wolfsstunde" he has aged only one year. Furthermore, the character of Nadeshda Krusenstern had to wait more than ten years to finally receive her detective's promotion, which is an unrealistically long period of time. Nevertheless, there is some procedural development. For example, Detective Thiel does not have a driver's license in the beginning of the series and has to rely on others to give him a ride, but several episodes later he can be seen driving himself.
caption: This house in Bonn was used as the setting for Thiel and Boerne's apartment building.
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