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The dead body of Maria Kaiser (Angelika Zielcke) is found in a bog, and it's quite obvious she's been murdered. Inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team (Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper) investigate, and soon zero in on a nearby pub, run by Hässler (Harald Leipnitz) and his wife (Louise Martini), and a certain Dr. Strobel (Charles Regnier), whose weekend home's nearby. It's soon found out that Maria has been at the pub, even though Hässler and his wife deny to ever have seen her. A little more digging reveals that the pub is in desparate need of money as it doesn't make enough from locals and there's little tourism in the region - and suddenly, Hässler claims he has gotten a loan to save the place - and not long after he turns up dead, killed like Maria. Keller follows Maria's trail back to Munich, and it turns out that she has been visiting the same night club as Strobel, even though Strobel denies to ever have met her. In the finale, Keller reveals the killer not to be Strobel but Strobel's son Ulrich (Hartmut Becker), who has just driven his business into the ground but didn't dare ask his father for more money, but learned that Maria had considerable savings - which sealed her fate. And as for Hässler, first father Strobel tried to buy his silence, but ultimately Ulrich killed him as well, to silence him forever. Ulrich tries to escape Keller and company, but ultimately drowns in the bog.

Now the bog backdrop adds some nice, mysterious atmosphere to this episode, but too little use is made of it, and instead of having the story carried by the backdrop this is just a routine whodunnit. Still fun, mind you, for its unlikely characters, stilted dialogue, and a final reveal somewhat pulled out of the hat rather than worked towards, but basically a routine Der Kommissar-episode that's loveable more for its nostalgia value than its inherent quality.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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