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It seems like an open-and-shut case, a woman stepped into her garage,
started the car, then opened the garage door, and as she wasn't quick
enough she died from carbon monoxide poisoning ... only, it seems a little
too perfect, so chief inspector Marek (Fritz Eckhardt) and his assistants,
veteran Wirz (Kurt Jaggberg) and over-ambitious youngblood Kraindl (Ernst
Anders), dig a little deeper - mostly so that they don't get in trouble
with homicide department. And sure enough, it soon turns out that the
deceased's husband Defries (Robert Dietl) has an affair with her
sister-in-law Eva (Doris Kirchner) - the widow of her brother - and that
there were holes in both their alibis, especially his, and they both could
have started the car hours before the deceased got into the garage and
pretty much poisoned the air for her in advance. As Marek and his team dig
deeper it becomes apparent that Eva actually had her hand in the suicide
of her husband - but not so that any jury would ever convict her. But
still, it becomes more and more clear that Defries has actually done the
deed - only an alibi even he knew nothing about is handed to him on a
silver platter - until it becomes clear that he didn't actually want to
kill his wife but Eva ... In 1963, Austrian television was
maybe no longer in its infancy (Austrian TV was launched in 1955) but
still in its junior years, so this is a rather simple affair,
production-wise, being filmed in only one location with no exterior shots,
a limited cast and nothing in terms of action, special effects or the
like. So basically, like much early TV regardless of origin to be honest,
this feels a little stagey. That said, taking the limitations of
production into account, this is quite a swift police procedural as it's
got a few strong characters, good interplay of the characters who'd become
regulars over the course of time, a whodunnit that might seem a little
far-fetched but is still grounded enough to come across as remotely
believable, and even spots of irony. And nice-flowing dialogue delivered
by a solid cast make this ... by no means great, but a good watch, not
only from a nostalgic point of view.
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