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Hippie girl Karin (Kornelia Boje) is found dead at a tramway station, and when inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his men (Reinhard Glemnitz, Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper) investigate her background their trail first leads them to the hippie commune where she lived and apparently had a sexual relationship with 17 year old alcoholic Stefan (Harald Reeg). However, Keller and company soon pick up another trail leading them to judge Dr. Tucha (Herbert Mensching), who likewise was in a sexual relationship with the girl, and at whose place she was until shortly before her murder - and apparently she and Tucha had a fight this evening. Keller soon zeroes in on Tucha, as it soon becomes obvious he's trying to hide something, and also his maid (Brigitte Horney) is just too openly shielding him - but in the end it turns out it wasn't Tucha but his brother (Werner Pochath) who murdered the girl after she refused his sexual advances.

By 1973, the series Der Kommissar was in its fourth year - and already the concept of the hippie girl in a relationship with a square but well-to-do man has been done to death, so this one feels pretty much like a re-vamp of earlier episodes, while the representation of hippie life feels less than authentic and rather pulled from sensationalist headlines. At the same time, storywise this entry has little to offer, as the culprit is pretty much pulled out of the hat rather than worked towards, his motive being more than slim, with the reactions of those around him to his deed feeling just unnatural. And all of this is, at least from a nostalgic point of view, what's fun about Der Kommissar as a whole, one doesn't watch the series for realism or authenticity but for its often not exactly progressive view of things and overly constructed premises. But even that said, this episode feels a bit stale.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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