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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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