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Der Kommissar - Dr. Meinhardts trauriges Ende
episode 18
West Germany 1970
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Michael Verhoeven
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Helma Seitz, Rosemarie Fendel, Michael Verhoeven, Ilona Grübel, Christof Wackernagel, Hanna Burgwitz, Luise Ullrich, Richard Münch, Karl John, Monika Lundi, Michael Gahr, Sybil Danning
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Improved Sound Ltd. (= Axel Linstädt), title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After a night with his friends Bibeina (Richard Münch) and Crantz
(Karl John), Dr. Meinhardt is found dead, pushed out of his bedroom window
- which greatly inconveniences inspector Keller (Erik Ode), as he wanted
to celebrate his wedding anniversary with his wife (Rosemarie Fendel).
When Keller and his assistants Heines (Richard Glemnitz) and Grabert
(Günther Schramm) question Meinhardt's housekeeper Mrs Wienand (Luise
Ulrich) though, they're quick to hit a brick wall, as they find she's
keeping information from them, like that there was an obviously young
woman with the three men. It of course doesn't get any better when she's
seen giving her nephep Hans (Christof Wackernagel) hush money. Keller and
company soon learn about a girl, Kati (Ilona Grübel), whom Meinhardt
obviously had a soft spot for. Eventually, Bibeina and Crantz fill in the
blanks, that Meinhardt invited either her and/or her brother Harro
(Michael Verhoeven) and his girlfriend (Monika Lundi), who all share an
apartment with Hans, over to learn about their views and their culture, as
he put it - while Bibeina and Crantz think he made a fool of himself. But
it's during his wedding anniversary dinner that Keller figures out who
killed Meinhardt, and it's naturally not who you'd suspect ... ...
and that's one of the problem of this episode, the culprit seems to be
completely pulled out of the hat, not worked towards, while the whole
story seems to be a little far fetched, while many story elements don't
seem to properly fit and seem to be brought in to fuel the mystery rather
than serve the story. As a consequence, many characters and their
reactions to things just don't seem natural, and they're not at all helped
by sometimes stilted dialogue. In other words, a completely likeable
episode of Der Kommissar, likeable for all the wrong reasons
maybe, but likeable still.
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