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A robbery at a parking lot goes horribly wrong when the victim (Wolfried Lier) tears the license plate off his assailants' car and is shot dead for it. Then the robbers make a hasty escape but fail to collect their license plate - which leads inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his assistants Harry (Fritz Wepper) and Robert (Reinhard Glemnitz) to the owner of the car, Jürgen Boszilke (Werner Pochath), and Keller's soon convinced that he and his brother Karl (Fred Haltiner) are the culprits, despite their (flimsy) alibis. But it's their mother's (Marianne Hoppe) tireless efforts to prove them innocent that convinces him of their guilt. Then though, another couple is robbed at a parking lot, and they managed to catch a glimpse of the license plate number - and it's the number of Jürgen's car, even though he and Karl were in police custody, and the car hasn't been moved all night. So Keller has no choice but to let Jürgen and Karl go, but he sends his assistant Walter (Günther Schramm) to pay a visit to a neighbourhood pub undercover, to keep a good watch on Mother Boszilke - and he's quick to figure that the woman and the innkeeper Gierke (Günther Neutze) are conspiring. But he's soon sidetracked by a local (Ida Krottendorf) who runs a nearby café and who has taken an instant liking in him. Keller, Robert and Harry now pay constant visits to Gierke's pub, which puts increasing strain not only on him but also Jürgen, Karl and their mother, and even their father (Johannes Heesters), who tries to stay out of everything. And eventually, Keller and company find evidence that Gierke has rented a car for the night of the second robbery, a robbery he and his son committed - and why? Because his son was involved in the former robbery with the Boszilkes, and it was actually him who fired the lethal shot.

Not a great piece of crime TV, but an episode that has everything one has come to like about Der Kommissar - if not exactly for the right reasons: The stilted and unnatural dialogue, shameless overacting (especially on Marianne Hoppe's part), weird side characters (like guitar player Raúl Fernández, who seems to do nothing but sing and play songs all hours of the day and night), an over-convoluted and yet simplistic story, and of course plenty of alcohol. Not great, but great nostalgic fun for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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