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Der Kommissar - Der Moormörder
episode 29
West Germany 1971
produced by
Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Dietrich Haugk
starring Erik Ode, Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper, Helma Seitz, Louise Martini, Harald Leipnitz, Charles Regnier, Hilde Hildebrand, Gustl Halenke, Hartmut Becker, Angelika Zielcke, Simone Rethel, Maria Landrock, Willy Friedrichs, Walter Feuchtenberg, Willy Schäfer
written by Herbert Reinecker, series created by Helmut Ringelmann, Herbert Reinecker, music by Peter Thomas
TV-series
Der Kommissar, Harry Klein
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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The dead body of Maria Kaiser (Angelika Zielcke) is found in a bog, and
it's quite obvious she's been murdered. Inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and
his team (Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper) investigate,
and soon zero in on a nearby pub, run by Hässler (Harald Leipnitz) and
his wife (Louise Martini), and a certain Dr. Strobel (Charles Regnier),
whose weekend home's nearby. It's soon found out that Maria has been at
the pub, even though Hässler and his wife deny to ever have seen her. A
little more digging reveals that the pub is in desparate need of money as
it doesn't make enough from locals and there's little tourism in the
region - and suddenly, Hässler claims he has gotten a loan to save the
place - and not long after he turns up dead, killed like Maria. Keller
follows Maria's trail back to Munich, and it turns out that she has been
visiting the same night club as Strobel, even though Strobel denies to
ever have met her. In the finale, Keller reveals the killer not to be
Strobel but Strobel's son Ulrich (Hartmut Becker), who has just driven his
business into the ground but didn't dare ask his father for more money,
but learned that Maria had considerable savings - which sealed her fate.
And as for Hässler, first father Strobel tried to buy his silence, but
ultimately Ulrich killed him as well, to silence him forever. Ulrich tries
to escape Keller and company, but ultimately drowns in the bog. Now
the bog backdrop adds some nice, mysterious atmosphere to this episode,
but too little use is made of it, and instead of having the story carried
by the backdrop this is just a routine whodunnit. Still fun, mind you, for
its unlikely characters, stilted dialogue, and a final reveal somewhat
pulled out of the hat rather than worked towards, but basically a routine Der
Kommissar-episode that's loveable more for its nostalgia value
than its inherent quality.
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