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Der Kommissar - Drei Brüder
episode 72
West Germany 1974
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Theodor Grädler
starring Erik Ode, Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Elmar Wepper, Helma Seitz, Evelyn Opela, Horst Frank, Ralf Schermuly, Manfred Seipold, Antje Weisgerber, Wolfgang Engels, Wolfgang Völz, Carolin Ohrner, Thomas Ohrner, Dietrich Thoms, Kurt Weinzierl, Wolf Oeser, Hans-Georg Eichler, Hanns Stein
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Erich Ferstl, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Shopowner Egert (Wolfgang Engels) is murdered in his store one night,
but with his dying breath he identifies his killer as a certain Jork and
even gives his address - and there the problems start, as at said address,
there are three brothers named Jork, musician Heinz (Ralf Schermuly),
locksmith Bertram (Manfed Seipold) and their ringleader Albert (Horst
Frank), and the police can't very well arrest all three of them for the
murder one of them might have committed - and of course, the three
brothers provide an alibi for one another. Enter inspector Keller (Erik Ode)
and his men (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Elmar Wepper), who soon
enough establish the aliby the brothers provide lacks substance, and there
might even have been one more person, Heinz's girlfriend Olga (Evelyn
Opela) present at the apartment on the night of the murder. So Keller and
company lean in on the Jorks and on Olga, and even the deceased's wife
(Antje Weisgerber) helps out leaning in a bit, just to slowly tear down
their defenses. And it's ultimately Olga who crumbles while the brothers
have already decided on killing her as the weakest link. But Heinz is
caught red-handed trying just this and is arrested on the spot for killing
Egert - if in self defense after he has broken into Egert's shop to steal
a bottle of whiskey but got caught and was attacked by Egert. The
premise of the three brothers sharing a murder seems so far-fetched it's
pretty hilarious. The story in itself though lacks any real tension as
it's really just Keller and company using the same method again and again
just to work on the circle of culprits' conscience, which after a time
feels a bit tedious and doesn't at all sound like proper police work - not
that writer Herbert Reinecker's scripts would ever be too firlmly rooted
in realism mind you, which is also mirrored in his trademark stilted
dialogues which this episode offers plenty of. So yeah, good crime TV it
isn't, but at least quite some nostalgic fun.
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