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Derrick - Paddenberg
episode 9
West Germany 1975
produced by Hans Peter Renfranz, Gustl Totzler (executive), Helmut Ringelmann (executive) for Telenova/ZDF
directed by Franz Peter Wirth
starring Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Peter Pasetti, Anaid Iplicjian, Heinz Bennent, Ernst Jacobi, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Karin Heske, Erica Thomsen, Erich Fritze
written by Herbert Reinecker, music by Eugen Thomass, title theme by Les Humphries
TV-series Derrick, Harry Klein
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Going home from work by tramway, Hofer (Heinz Bennent) spots his best
friend from prisoner-of-war camp from back after the end of World War II,
Goldinger (Peter Pasetti) in the street, and when he gets out to talk to
him he finds out Goldinger has since become a big businessman going by the
name of Paddenberg. Paddenberg is less than thrilled to meet Hofer again,
as back when he has escaped camp he has killed an American guard, and
Hofer is the only one who could connect him to the murder - so he drives
Hofer out to the woods and shoots him dead. His relief over having gotten
rid of the one witness to his crime, he can live in peace again - until
Hofer's widow Irene (Anaid Iplicjian) calls him, obviously trying to
blackmail him. Meanwhile inspector Derrick (Horst Tappert) and his assistant Klein (Fritz Wepper)
investigate the case, but they seem to be getting nowhere, as Hofer was
such a nice but insignificant person nobody could even imagine him having
enemies. And Irene won't talk about Hofer's association with Paddenberg.
However, eventually Paddenberg breaks into Irene's apartment, tries to get
his hands onto any evidence, and when Irene walks in on her he pleads with
her, offers hush money, a job, everything, threatens to kill her ... and
eventually Derrick walks in on them. And now he has a clue, Paddenberg.
Irene later drops in on Paddenberg during a party at his place, and he
offers her a shitload of money, but she's not yet swayed. Derrick catches
her just when she leaves the party and ... invites her for drinks. And she
gives away only some of the story - but enough for Derrick to, when he
finds Paddenberg's car parked near Irene's apartment to figure he might
have broken into her place again to try to kill her - so he rushes to her
rescue, but when he arrives there, he finds Paddenberg all in tears, as
with her tactics, Irene has managed to ultimately break him and confess
... It's Herbert Reinecker at his best again, where characters
all act and react unnaturally, just to make his somewhat winded story
work, the story's psychological undercurrents don't sound right at all,
and the dialogue is decidedly of the stilted kind. All of this is actually
quite some fun to watch, especially when paired with Horst Tappert's
limited acting, but it's really fun for all the wrong reasons.
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