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Der Kommissar - Das Ungeheuer
episode 14
West Germany 1969
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Dietrich Haugk
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Emily Reuer, Signe Seidel, Inge Langen, Manfred Seipold, Hannelore Elsner, Rainer Basedow, Klaus Höhne, Erne Seder, Paul Edwin Roth, Camilla Spira, Jochen Blume, Volker Lechtenbrink, Manfred Spies, Claudia Golling, Herbert Steinmetz, Heiner Zogg
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Peter Thomas, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Two teens (Volker Lechtenbrink, Claudia Golling) just want to make out
in the woods ... when they stumble upon a murdered girl and see her killer
run away. The two decide to follow him, but ultimately lose him in a
nearby suburban neighbourhood, and are quick to figure he must be one of
the locals - an assumption that Inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team
(Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Emily Reuer) share, and they're
quick to come up with all kinds of possible suspects, including a mentally
challenged young man (Heiner Zogg), an invalid (Manfred Seipold) who seems
to be not quite as helpless as he pretends to be, as guy with a criminal
record (Rainer Basedow), and a cuckolded teacher (Paul Edwin Roth), who
eventually even admits to have spoken to the dead girl only minutes before
the murder. And it seems the person the most interested in the police
making a quick arrest is Kaduhn (Klaus Höhne), the one local with an
alibi - until Keller makes his alibi crumble ...
Now the idea to set a murder mystery in a suburban neighbourhood might
not exactly be new, but it is a fun one, as, if well-written, it can be
fun to tear down the facade of a bunch of seemingly decent citizens and
uncover their bigotry, their lies and deceit - and at times, Herbert
Reinecker's script really tries just that - but ultimately he's just too
caught up in his own rather formulaic writing style, replete with stilted
dialogue, to achieve that, and poignancy isn't his thing either. So the
result is an ok yet not very memorable episode of the series that's at
least some (nostalgic) fun to watch.
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