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Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz: Abgestürzt
episode 10
West Germany 1983
produced by Peter Frötschl, Elisabeth Laussen for Balance Film/BR
directed by Helmut Dietl
starring Helmut Fischer, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Karl Obermayr, Christine Kaufmann, Erni Singerl, Gertraud Jesserer, Uli Steigberg, Toni Berger, Hans Jürgen Diedrich, Wolfried Lier, Marie Bardischewski, Thekla Mayhoff, Thomas Kylau, Hans Stadlbauer, Josef Glas
written by Helmut Dietl, Patrick Süskind, created by Helmut Dietl, music by Dario Farina, Gian Piero Reverberi
TV-series Monaco Franze
review by Mike Haberfelner
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With his wife Annette (Ruth-Maria Kubitschek) having left for the
Bermudas, "Monaco" Franz (Helmut Fischer) has moved in with his
best friend Manni (Karl Obermayr) - and has taken to drinking. In his
mind, he still has a telepathic link with Annette that keeps him from
making the worst mistakes ... but he still keeps making the worst
mistakes, like causing a fire in Manni's apartment, which causes the two
to split ways. Franz temporarily moves in with a new flame of his
(Gertraud Jesserer), who kicks him out soon though for his irresponsible
behaviour. And that's where his trail ends when Annette returns from the
Bermudas for a visit. At first, she blames everyone but herself,
especially Manni, for her husband's downfall, but eventually forces her
best friend Olga (Christine Kaufmann) to accompany her on her quest
through the worst pubs in town to find Franz, and when Olga quits for
exhaustion, she soldiers on alone, until she finds him in the company of
two small-fry crooks with whom he's planning a bank heist that's doomed to
fail, but when Franz sees his wife, he forgets about everything else ... Sure,
there are some good jokes in this one, often of a deliciously subtle
nature, but in all this episode has more of a dramatic tinge, something
that also marred the last couple of episodes [here
and here]
but is taken to new extremes here, and it's something that doesn't fit the
series too well, mainly because the exaggerations the series used in a
comedy context don't work nearly as well in drama. And the dramatic
conclusion to the series hasn't really been worked towards until last
episode, with this one still being a too straightforward story arc
to create much dramatic friction. That said, this one's by no means a
trainwreck, as mentioned there's quite some good laughs, but as conclusion
to a pretty awesome series it's a bit of a disappointment.
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