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Der Alte - Konkurs
episode 7
West Germany / Austria / Switzerland 1977
produced by Helmut Ringelmann, Hans Peter Renfranz for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF, ORF, SRG
directed by Alfred Weidenmann
starring Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Ande, Jan Hendriks, O.E. Hasse, Dirk Galuba, Christiane Krüger, Simone Rethel, Karl-Heinz Thomas, Sky du Mont, Max Grießer, Gerhart Lippert, Otto Stern, Günter W. Schünemann, Peter Gebhart, Jürgen Rehmann, Thomas Fischer
written by Karl Heinz Willschrei, created by Helmut Ringelmann, music by Klaus Doldinger, title theme by Peter Thomas
TV-series Der Alte/The Old Fox, Der Alte (Siegfried Lowitz)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Businessman Müller (Dirk Galuba) confesses to his wife Eva (Christiane
Krüger) that his company's as good as bankrupt. A few days after that,
while he's on a business trip, she disappears, and when he returns home he
receives a ransom letter. He's of course quick to call the police, even if
he's threatened not to, and investigating inspector Köster (Siegfried Lowitz)
promises assistance. Of course, Müller hasn't got nearly enough money to
pay the ransom, but his father-in-law Karst (O.E. Hasse) has. Thing is,
Karst hates Müller with a passion, so he only gives him the money if
Müller signs an I.O.U., which pretty much signs Müller's whole business
over to him. Köster and company are taking all the necessary precautions
in regards to the ransom handover, but somehow the kidnappers still manage
to get their hands on the money and get away without a trace - in fact, it
looks as if they weren't even at the handover spot. And we, the audience,
learn that there was actually no handover, it was just a ruse, and Eva is
alive and well hiding away - and the whole staged kidnapping was actually
her idea, so Müller can use the money to safe his business ... only the
fact that Müller had to sign an I.O.U. throws a spanner in the works. And
the next day, Eva's found dead. Everyone's left speechless, only Köster
has an idea about the culprit and ultimately lures Müller into a trap,
and ultimately Müller confesses that he never actually wanted to murder
his wife, just hurt his father-in-law - and killing Eva was apparently the
easiest and most potent way ... There are several scenes of
suspense and a few surprising twists and turns in this one, but ultimately
the episode gives away its whole plot in the first five minutes, so
there's never any real narrative tension. However, Siegfried Lowitz
carries the episode rather beautifully, as could be expected from him, but
as a whole this is at best average German crime TV with a definite
by-the-numbers feel to it.
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