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Der Kommissar - Der Held des Tages
episode 96
West Germany 1976
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Dietrich Haugk
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Elmar Wepper, Helma Seitz, Georg Wondrak, Johannes Schaaf, Gottfried John, Burkhard Driest, Hans Helmut Dickow, Sonja Sutter, Claus Biederstaedt, Herbert Steinmetz, Henner Quest, Klaus Krüger, Rainer Lohr
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Hermann Thieme, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A trio of masked gangsters take a bank manager (Claus Biederstaedt) and
his wife (Sonja Sutter) captive to force him to open the bank safe - but
their ten year old son Hans (Georg Wondrak) witnesses his parents being
abducted and calls the police, then runs over to dad's bank himself to
witness the shoot-out that ensues once the police arrive. One of the
poliemen is shot dead and the bankrobbers escape, if without loot. The
boy's of course celebrated as a hero, and nobody suspects he hasn't told
the police everything, as at the scene of the crime, he has also spotted
the bankrobbers' lookout, Robert (Johannes Schaaf), an intellectually
challenged man who lives in the neighbourhood with his brothers (Gottfried
John, Burkhard Driest). And instead of spilling the beans, Hans, who's by
and large neglected by his parents, befriends Robert, and even though
Robert knows Hans could bring him behind bars, he enjoys their friendship.
Meanwhile, investigating inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team (Günther
Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Elmar Wepper) stumble upon Boos (Hans Helmut
Dickow), a bankrobber who had been arrested (and since been released) for
a heist that seems to pretty much be the blueprint to the current one -
and wouldn't you know it, he's neighbour to Robert and his brothers. And
of course, Keller and company soon put two and two together and figure
it's been Boos and Robert and his brothers who have committed the heist
together, but they lack any and all evidence. However, Robert's brothers
soon lose their cool and decide to kill the boy, the only witness - but
ultimately, Keller and company, aided by Robert, manage to save the boy
and arrest the baddies. Some of the characters' actions and
reactions in this episode are almost painful to watch for their quite
simply weirdness and lack of naturalism, and of course that's not at all
helped by screenwriter Herbert Reinecker's trademark stilted dialogue. But
as unnatural as the plot sounds, as predictable and actually clichéed is
it. And ok, I'll admit the episode does have heart not always found in cop
shows, but some scenes are also pure kitsch, like when Robert and the boy
pay a visit to some horses in a corral. Frankly, some nostalgic fun for
sure, but not a better episode of Der Kommissar for sure.
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