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Der Kommissar - Eine Kugel für den Kommissar
episode 24
West Germany 1970
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Erik Ode
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Helma Seitz, Emily Reuer, Rosemarie Fendel, Harald Juhnke, Klaus Löwitsch, Horst Michael Neutze, Gert Günther Hoffmann, Johannes Buzalski, Angelika Zielcke
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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One evening when arriving home from work, inspector Keller (Erik Ode)
is shot at - nothing serious, but a sign that someone is after his life.
Now of course, this troubles everyone, his assistants
(Reinhard Glemnitz,
Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper) as well as his secretaries (Helma Seitz,
Emily Reuer), but none more so than his wife Franziska (Roesemarie
Fendel). And since Franziska is disappointed by the police's progress in
the case, she decides to investigate on her own, and from one of his
husband's secretaries (Emily Reuer) gets a tip that leads her to Diebach
(Harald Juhnke), small-fry crook and police informer, who doesn't want to
have anything to do with the affair - and yet it doesn't take him long to
feel sympathetic for the woman, and despite him knowing this will lead to
trouble for himself, he gets her in touch with Leppich (Gert Günther
Hoffmann), who is of course tipped off by the arrival of Franziska, and
when he's out to warn whoever-it-is, Diebach helps Franziska break into
his apartment - where they find a definite clue who might be behind the
assault on Keller ... but are then caught by Leppich and menaced at
gunpoint. Meanwhile Keller's assistants have found the bar from which
the assailant has made a call the previous night and get their hands on
Rosse (Klaus Löwitsch), who acts just too suspicious to not be guilty of
something. Ultimately all situations are resolved happily, only the
assailant's still on the loose - and it's revealed only at the very last
moment that he has rented a room directly opposite Keller's house to
finish what he failed at the day before ... Now there's plenty
in this episode that's quite simply too far-fetched - from the whole
thread about Keller's wife's investigations to Keller's assistants finding
a clue playing pool, and even the resolution of the whole thing -, but
these shortcomings are actually what make this episode fun to watch, even
for all the wrong reasons. But what really stands out (for all the right
reasons) in this episode is Harald Juhnke's performance as a character
torn between his own best interests and what's the right thing to do. He
really nails that one and really rises above the material as well as the
rest of the cast - and he sure makes this episode memorable.
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