Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned)   CLICK HERE to buy from Box-set: episodes 74-97 German language only   CLICK HERE to buy from V.O.D. episodes 88-97 German language only Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!

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.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned)

The links below will take you just there!!!

Find Der Kommissar - Der Held des Tages at the amazons ...   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.de Looking for imports? Find Der Kommissar - Der Held des Tages here ...   eThaiCD.com Your shop for all things Thai

Thanks for watching !!!