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Der Kommissar - Tod eines Hippiemädchens
episode 56
West Germany 1973
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Theodor Grädler
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Helma Seitz, Herbert Mensching, Werner Pochath, Dorothea Wieck, Kornelia Boje, Brigitte Horney, Stefan Behrens, Harald Reeg
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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Hippie girl Karin (Kornelia Boje) is found dead at a tramway station,
and when inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his men (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper)
investigate her background their trail first leads them to the hippie
commune where she lived and apparently had a sexual relationship with 17
year old alcoholic Stefan (Harald Reeg). However, Keller and company soon
pick up another trail leading them to judge Dr. Tucha (Herbert Mensching),
who likewise was in a sexual relationship with the girl, and at whose
place she was until shortly before her murder - and apparently she and
Tucha had a fight this evening. Keller soon zeroes in on Tucha, as it soon
becomes obvious he's trying to hide something, and also his maid (Brigitte
Horney) is just too openly shielding him - but in the end it turns out it
wasn't Tucha but his brother (Werner Pochath) who murdered the girl after
she refused his sexual advances. By 1973, the series Der
Kommissar was in its fourth year - and already the concept of the
hippie girl in a relationship with a square but well-to-do man has been
done to death, so this one feels pretty much like a re-vamp of earlier
episodes, while the representation of hippie life feels less than
authentic and rather pulled from sensationalist headlines. At the same
time, storywise this entry has little to offer, as the culprit is pretty
much pulled out of the hat rather than worked towards, his motive being
more than slim, with the reactions of those around him to his deed feeling
just unnatural. And all of this is, at least from a nostalgic point of
view, what's fun about Der Kommissar as a whole, one doesn't
watch the series for realism or authenticity but for its often not exactly
progressive view of things and overly constructed premises. But even that
said, this episode feels a bit stale.
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