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Derrick - Auf eigene Faust
episode 23
West Germany 1976
produced by Claus Legal, Gustl Gotzler (executive), Helmut Ringelmann (executive) for Telenova/ZDF
directed by Zbynek Brynych
starring Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Horst Frank, Karl John, Helmut Käutner, Siegfried Rauch, Wolf Richards, Günther Stoll, Gerhard Bormann, Sibylle Brunner, Paul Glawion, Hartmut Hinrichs, Barbara Nielsen, Lilith Ungerer, Sepp Wäsche, Gert Wiedenhofen, Nino Korda, Andy Marx, Christian Engelmann, Erich Fritze
written by Herbert Reinecker, music by Peter Thomas
TV-series Derrick, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Cop Winterstein (Siegfried Rauch) wanted to blow up a conterfeit ring
all on his own - and got killed in broad daylight for trying.
Investigating the murder, inspector Derrick (Horst Tappert) and his assistant Harry Klein
(Fritz Wepper) find out that Winterstein had help from retired cop Euler
(Karl John), but Euler isn't willing to give up all that much information,
as apparently he wants to avenge the murder of Winterstein on his own.
Derrick figures to get a grip on the counterfeiting world, it's best to
have someone on the inside - so they have incarcerated counterfeiter
Schenke (Horst Frank) released early to be their eyes and ears. And
Schenke wastes no time re-establishing himself in the scene, taking a room
in one of the best hotels in town and throwing a big party, with
counterfeiters from all over town coming. Thing is, they don't fully trust
him, and ultimately it's his own girlfriend (Barbara Nielsen) who betrays
him and gets him killed - but not before he spills the beans to Derrick,
ginving him a clue that leads via a street musician to counterfeiter
Duktus (Helmut Käutner) ... at whose place he's lured into a trap though,
but saved in the nick of time by of all people Euler. Of
course, Horst Frank is usually a joy to watch, and he most certainly
doesn't disappoint here. But the episode as a whole is actually pretty
silly, from the wannabe lone wolf cop to the street musician who gives
counterfeiters and their buyers directions during his public performances,
from Derrick having released a counterfeiter without any guarantees to
that counterfeiter been given beans to spill even though nobody trusts
him. And then there's plenty of cloak-and-dagger stuff (usually not the
series' style) in this episode that really seems to only serve its own
purpose and mostly remains unresolved. Add to that Herbert Reinecker's
limited ability to write believable characters and you're left with a mess
- a mess that's amusing though (if for mostly the wrong reasons),
especially if seen through a nostalgic lense of course.
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