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Der Kommissar - Überlegungen eines Mörders
episode 46
West Germany 1972
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Dietrich Haugk
starring Erik Ode, Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper, Helma Seitz, Harry Meyen, Nadja Tiller, Grit Boettcher, Claudia Butenuth, Christiane Rücker, Ernst Stankovski, Panos Papadopulos
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Peter Thomas, title theme by Herbert Jarczyk
TV-series Der Kommissar, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Erika Taveller (Grit Boettcher), young trophy wife of rich businessman
Georg Taveller (Harry Meyen), has been shot at (but missed) by a masked
man, so inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and
his team (Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper) are called
into investigate, but at first they have little to go with. But Keller is
sure that the danger's not over, and he also suspects this to be an inside
job, so he makes sure that during the following nights one of his men is
always staying at the house. And by the by, Keller and company learn about
the goings on in the house, that Taveller has long fallen out of love with
Erika and has an affair with their maid Franziska (Christiane Rücker).
But there's also Taveller's daughter from a previous marriage, Nora
(Claudia Butenuth), who's not exactly fond of her stepmother, Nora's
mother and Taveller's ex-wife Irene (Nadja Tiller), who stops by a little
bit too often after the incident to not seem suspicious, and family friend
Konrad (Ernst Stankovski), who's a bit too mild-mannered to not be guilty
of something. Despite all precautions taken by Keller and his team,
Erika's still mighty nervous, much to the dismay of her husband, who keeps
telling her there's nothing to worry about - until more shots are fired
... and it's Taveller, not his wife, on the receiving end, and he duly
dies, too. Now this is an unexpected turn of events, but exactly the last
piece of the puzzle that Keller needed. So he has one of his men dress up
as the masked man and enter Erika's room - and thinking she talks to the
actual masked man, she confesses that the two, the masked man being Konrad
for some reason, have long planned to kill Taveller since he wanted to
leave her. The idea to make a murder mystery where the actual
murder is only commited in the third act is if not 100% original, then at
least inspired. Otherwise, this is a rather typical episode of Der
Kommissar, where not exactly relatable, very artificial characters
do things or react to things in a not always natural way, all accompanied
by the series' trademark stilted dialogue. So by no need is this prime
crime TV - but sure enough a fun watch seen through the lenses of
nostalgia.
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