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Der Kommissar - ... wie die Wölfe
episode 21
West Germany 1970
produced by Helmut Ringelmann for Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion/ZDF
directed by Wolfgang Staudte
starring Erik Ode, Günther Schramm, Reinhard Glemnitz, Fritz Wepper, Emily Reuer, Helma Seitz, Grete Mosheim, Horst Tappert, Hilde Brand, Ann Höling, Volkert Kraeft, Wolfgang Engels, Heinz Meier, Dietrich Thoms, Pierre Franckh, Jan Koester
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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An old woman without too much means has won an ok sum in the lottery -
and that night she's murdered, and the money's gone of course. When inspector Keller (Erik Ode) and his team
(Reinhard Glemnitz,
Günther Schramm, Fritz Wepper) investigate, they soon find out it must
have been easy to enter her apartment, and that everybody in the apartment
building not only knew about her new-found wealth, but also was in need of
money, and most asked to borrow some - without success. But quite
naturally, nobody admits to having murdered her - nobody but Gassner
(Horst Tappert), a hopeless alcoholic, who believably confesses he has no
memory of the night of the murder, and has actually found some of the
woman's money in his pocket. He's of course a tailor-made suspect, but the
mere fact that he can't actually remember (and thus confess) a thing leads
Keller to have all the tenants of the building restage their actions last
night to by means of exclusion determine the actual culprit (Heinz Meier),
who ultimately hangs himself to escape arrest ... In a way it's
your typical Der Kommissar episode, an ensemble crime drama that
suffers from writer Herbert Reinecke's trademark stilted dialogue,
far-fetched situations and really lack of narrative empathy. What really
makes this one though is Horst Tappert as the alcoholic - especially
taking into account that he's not usually an actor known for his dramatic
range, his performance here is flawless, right down to his glassy eyes
throughout.
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