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Applying one of the oldest tricks in the book, Weissmann (Gerd Baltus) escapes prison - Weissmann who overcome by jealousy killed his stepfather and his kids and tried (but failed) to kill his cheating wife (Krista Keller) and also failed to kill himself. Now of course it can be assumed that Weissmann will try to get to his wife and kill her, so inspector Keller (Erik Ode) sends his team (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper) to capture Weissmann and give his wife the necessary protection - which is a doubly delicate affair as she has since married the man (Götz George) who she cheated on Weissmann with. Keller also sends Weissmann's prison psychiatrist (Charles Regnier) along, who doesn't do anything much but having a beer in the pub next door. Keller's men however do a poor job, as knowing the neighbourhood like the back of his hand, he has no problem at all entering his apartment building through the building next door and capture his wife and her husband, who have taken to quarrelling ever since the news of Weissmann's escape broke, and even the detective (Günther Schramm) Keller has sent to protect them completely unprepared. But fortunately Weissmann has gone through all the trouble only to kill himself in front of his wife ...

Even if not your typical whodunnit, an episode that shows Herbert Reinecker's somewhat eccentric writing at its purest: The dialogue is uniformly stilted to completely unnatural, the characters' actions and reactions just don't feel real, the psychological underpinnings all feel forced, and it stands to reason if even inexperienced policemen would have done such a poor job guarding Weissmann's wife as Keller's men did. This combination does of course not make Ein Amoklauf good crime cinema or even one of the better episodes of Der Kommissar - but especially when seen through the haze of nostalgia, it's still a fun watch for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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