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Der Kommissar - Ende eines Tanzvergnügens

episode 31

West Germany 1971
produced by
Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Wolfgang Staudte
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Dirk Dautzenberg, Alice Treff, Gisela Peltzer, Alexandra Marischka (= Alexandra Paszkowska), Wolfgang Schneider, Karl Michael Vogler, Ellen Umlauf, Detlev Eckstein
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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Hans Stoltze (Detlev Eckstein) is murdered one night, right outside the tailor shop he runs with his sister Lisa (Gisela Peltzer), who had to listen through her brother's ordeal but was unable to neither see nor help. There's no eye-witness to the crime, and the only clue inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team (Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper) have is that he went out that night with Ilo Kusche (Alexandra Marischka) - apparently a very popular girl in the neighbourhood, as she's also the crush of Stoltze's across-the-street neighbour and employee Bigge (Wolfgang Schneider). And it's later found out that even the owner at the boutique she works at, Barbosse (Karl Michael Vogler), has shown an interest in her, so much so that  he has approached her father (Dirk Dautzenberg) about marrying her - and that despite Barbosse still being married. Eventually it's revealed out that Barbosse's wife (Ellen Umlauf) has received a call that her husband has killed Hans - a phonecall, it turns out, made by Bigge. Of course, that doesn't prove anything as Bigge was driven by jealousy - but additional investigations reveal that Barbosse has indeed beaten up Hans that night. Only he insists that the guy was still alive when he left. It's also revealed that Bigge did go over to badly beaten up Hans to ... and there's the problem, nobody knows what has happened then. It's not until the end that Ilo's father gives himself away - by murdering Bigge ...

 

Now this episode is really writer Herbert Reinecker at his best (or worst, depending on your point of view - and sense of humour): The story is a bit over-sexualized without ever exploring the depth of things (like the incestuous vibes between both Ilo and her father and Hans and his sister) and instead going for bluntness (as best evidenced in the character of Lilo, the bone of contention of the piece who hardly has any dialogue and has little to do but look pretty and dress sexy), the case's resolution seems to be pulled out of the hat after many unnecessary "surprise" twists and turns, most of the characters don't act or react like real people, the dialogue is at its most stilted, and some ham performances really fit the picture. So no, it's not good - but very entertaining. For all the wrong reasons, maybe, but entertaining still.

 

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