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Derrick - Der Tag nach dem Mord
episode 14
West Germany 1975
produced by Claus Legal, Helmut Ringelmann (executive) for Telenova/ZDF
directed by Helmuth Ashley
starring Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Krista Keller, Alexander Kerst, Oliver Grimm, Anita Lochner, Angela Hillebrecht, Günter Mack, Renzo Martini, Paolo Pacino, Gustl Weishappel, Rinaldo Talamonti, Inge Schulz
written by Herbert Reinecker
TV-series Derrick, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Young Horst (Oliver Grimm) catches Andrea (Anita Lochner), the girl who
he believes to be his girlfriend - she never shared that assumption - in
the arms of another man, and not just any other man but his best friend
Mario (Renzo Martini). He corners Mario and then, in a fit of jealousy,
stabs him with a screwdriver that has just been lying around. Realizing
what he has done, he tries to save Mario's life, but it's too late. He
confesses everything to his father (Alexander Kerst), and the
father makes sure the body is found next to an Italian bar (Mario is
Italian) that's known for its nightly brawls and stabbings. Inspector Derrick (Horst Tappert) and his assistant
Harry (Fritz Wepper) are called in to investigate, and they're quick to
determine Mario's death is not in any way or form linked to the Italian
bar. And they are also quick to zero in on Andrea and Horst. Horst's
father of course has anticipated as much and somehow drags his ex-wife,
Horst's mother (Krista Keller) into the story. But the more he tries to
create a perfect alibi for his son, the less Derrick tends to believe him,
and it's ultimately the murder weapon that breaks the camel's back ... Rinaldo
Talamonti, then riding high on the wave of German sex comedies, usually
playing bumbling but horny Italian foreign workers, has a small role as
manager of the Italian bar in this one. A rather far-fetched
murder mystery that suffers from what so many of writer Herbert
Reinecker's scripts suffer from: The characters and their actions and
reactions just don't feel real, which is only emphasized on by Reinecker's
trademark stilted dialogue. So the whole thing indeed feels rather
unnatural, and it's not helped by a lack of enthusiasm in direction and
series leads Horst Tappert and Fritz Wepper. Still some nostalgic fun, but
neither one of the better nor one of the (unintentionally) funnier
episodes of the series.
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