
Hot Picks 
|
|
|
Der Kommissar - Ein Mord auf dem Lande
episode 86
West Germany 1975
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Theodor Grädler
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Elmar Wepper, Walter Sedlmayr, Lis Verhoeven, Martin Semmelrogge, Jutta Speidel, Frithjof Vierock, Ella Büchi, Werner Kreindl, Willy Schultes, Toni Berger, Fritz Strassner
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
 |
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
Tolke (Walter Sedlmayr), pub owner in a Bavarian village with a
penchant for violence but enough money and land to have the region in his
pocket, is one morning found dead in his own backyard. Inspector Keller
(Erik Ode) and his team (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Elmar
Wepper) investigate, and it doesn't take them long to find out that Tolke
had the habit to beat up his children Grete (Lis Verhoeven), Walter
(Martin Semmelrogge) and Anni (Jutta Speidel) - who all work at the pup -
as well as Anni's lover, the waiter Hans (Fithjof Vierock) - and everybody
in the village knew that. He also did so in the night of his murder, so
it's hardly a surprise that these four are the chief suspects. And
apparently, Tolke's neighbour Krüger (Werner Kreindl) has witnessed Hans
killing Tolke - but instead of reporting this to the police, he goes and
blackmails the foursome, since he has owed a large chunk of money to their
father. The kids agree to this, but Keller soon gets wind of it and
concentrates his investigations on Krüger and his bed-ridden wife Agnes
(Ella Büchi). Keller confronts Krüger with his suspicion that he knows
who the killer is, but Agnes gives him an alibi - which is almost too
perfect, so Keller gets the local priest (Fritz Strassner) to talk into
her conscience, and ultimately Agnes admits that she has witnessed her
husband killing Tolke. When it comes to poor writing, this is
one of screenwriter Herbert Reinecker's better TV murder mysteries (which
of course isn't saying very much), both characters and dialogue feel
almost realistic, nothing - except for maybe the episode with the priest
towards the end - feels too forced or far-fetched. Which unfortunately
also makes the episode a tiny bit boring, and it's not helped by the fact
that the episode's chief suspects, the three kids and the waiter, all act
too guilty to actually be guilty - and thus the actual culprit is given
away pretty early in the story. That said, at least Lis Verhoeven makes a
good ringleader of the foursome, and some clever lighting of her also
gives her an almost gothic quality. That said, all this isn't enough to
lift this one above merely average.
|
|

|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
 |
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
 |
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|