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Der Kommissar - Tod eines Klavierspielers
episode 22
West Germany 1970
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Michael Kehlmann
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Helma Seitz, Emily Reuer, Ingrid Andree, Günther Ungeheuer, Karin Heym, Manfred Spies, Lambert Hamel, Berta Drews, Wolfgang Zerlett, Felix Franchy, Georg Lehn, Ibrahim Aslahan, Franziska Stömmer, Irmhild Wagner, Mogens von Gadow
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Peter Thomas, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Fellner, pianist at a nearby bar of ill repute, is fleeing to his
hotel, hides in his room ... and is then shot through the door. When inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team
(Reinhard Glemnitz,
Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Emily Reuer) investigate, it doesn't take
them long to stumble upon Fellner's across the corridor neighbour Sabine
(Ingrid Andree), waitress at said bar - who just knows too terribly much
about the deceased to not have been in a relationship with him. However,
it seems Fellner has been engaged to another girl, Gerda (Karin Heym), and
they were to be married in a week. Thing is, Gerda never knew he played
piano at the bar. Keller is quick to figure the bar must be the key to it
all, and a visit at the place introduces him to career criminals Bosche
(Günther Ungeheuert), Kurz (Manfred Spies) and Dehmel (Wolfgang Zerlett),
a trio of career criminals who all have perfect alibis - as if they had
waited for Keller to present them. It's soon found out that the three as
well as Fellner had airplane tickets for the very next day. Now given that
Fellner hasn't only been a pianist but also a precision mechanic, he would
make the perfect addition for a team of burglars, and since they all have
tickets for Paris the next day, Keller figures they plan to strike
tonight. Having them all shadowed, it's found out that they pick up
another precision mechanic at the station, and ultimately they can be
followed through the sewers to the scene of their crime (which is never
properly disclosed to the audience) and arrested. But instead of having
them just thrown into jail, Keller has them all brought to the bar in
question to reveal the real killer ... As this series goes,
this is a pretty decent episode. Sure, the plot's a bit far-fetched and
over-constructed, but it flows along nicely, has even some well-executed
spots of suspense, and doesn't suffer too badly from Herbert Reinecker's
trademark stilted dialogue. On the downside, it's not exactly one of the
more memorable episodes, as it lacks any real highlights, good or bad, but
it's an ok trip down memory lane, the crime TV route.
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