The crime museum: the woman in the mink
| Episode in the series Das Kriminalmuseum | |
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| Original title | The woman in the mink |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Intertel Television |
| length | 61 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 2 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | April 25, 1963 on ZDF |
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| Director | Wolfgang Becker |
| script | Hans Maeter |
| production | Helmut Ringelmann |
| music |
Herbert Jarczyk , Martin Böttcher (title music) |
| camera | Franz Xaver Lederle |
| cut | Karl Aulitzky |
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The Woman in Mink is the second TV film in the crime series Das Kriminalmuseum . The German first broadcast took place on April 25, 1963 at 9 p.m. on ZDF .
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A woman is run over by the train on platform 18 of Munich Central Station . Detective Inspector Plötz and his assistant Heinemann cannot find any papers in their handbag. Since the woman, according to the witnesses Miss Umlauf and Mr. Ahrend, was unaccompanied, everything initially indicates an accident or suicide. The resourceful reporter Cantor already suspects more behind the incident. The only clue for the investigators is initially the label of the fur house body in the striking mink coat that the dead woman wore. The name of the antique dealer Eggers, the inspector Plötz and detective Heinemann are on the buyer's list of the fur shop. Since his wife is in possession of the purchased mink, this seems to have been a wrong lead.
The next morning, Plötz reacts furiously to a newspaper report by reporter Cantor, which depicts the incident as a spectacular murder. When a theater director reports to the police, the investigators can at least determine that the dead woman is the actress Helga Nissen. In view of the expensive fur coat, the officials are surprised at the simple conditions in which the victim lived. From a saleswoman, the inspector and his assistant Heinemann learn more details about Helga Nissen, who only moved out of her friend Lore Bachmann's apartment six months ago. The curious liquor salesman Gluck in turn knows that she is the lover of a married man who gave her an expensive mink coat. Again the trail leads to the fur store - and to the antique dealer Eggers, who is Lore Bachmann's married friend. This time Eggers admits to having bought a mink coat for his lover too. However, he never saw her friend Helga Nissen.
By chance, reporter Cantor discovered that they were looking for Lore Bachmann and that she was currently in her apartment. When Cantor gets there, he is knocked down by two strangers. He and the chasing officers find a completely ransacked apartment in which they were obviously looking for something. The antique dealer Eggers, whom Plötz interrogates again, supposedly knows nothing about it. However, he phoned the same evening to tell the inspector something important. When Plötz and, by chance, Ms. Eggers arrive, they find the antique dealer Eggers shot dead in front of his desk. A little later, the investigators received the message that the light was on in Lore Bachmann's apartment.
In fact, Plötz and his assistant Heinemann met the woman they were looking for there. She claims to have been away three days after learning of her friend's death. She also tells the officers that they wanted to murder her instead of Helga Nissen. She had wanted to send her friend to an engagement in Hamburg to which she was actually invited. She had lent her the mink coat for it. At the station, Helga was pushed in front of the train. Since Lore Bachmann doesn't want to name any suspects, Plötz takes her to the station. He lets the witnesses from the train station, Miss Umlauf and Mr Ahrend, come to the office to confront Lore Bachmann. Ahrend thinks he saw the woman on the platform. Although the officials now even know that the offer from Hamburg was bogus, Lore Bachmann does not admit.
Then reporter Cantor calls in, who is just making some strange observations in the Eggers antique shop. Plötz and Heinemann immediately go to where they find their colleagues from the drug search, to their astonishment. The investigators are even more surprised when they arrest Egger's employee, Kampers, and the alleged witness Ahrend with a delivery of heroin . Ahrend admits that they were supposed to murder Lore Bachmann on Egger's behalf and that they faked her invitation to Hamburg. Lore Bachmann had found out about the antiques dealer's drug business and blackmailed him. The mink coat led to confusion with Helga Nissen. Since Eggers wanted to face himself, he too had to die.
background
Five photos , the first episode of the crime series Das Kriminalmuseum , hadproven to bea true street sweeper for ZDF , which went on air on April 1, 1963. With the woman in mink already the second sequence should appear in the same month. With Wolfgang Becker, producer Helmut Ringelmann once again relied on an experienced director with whom he was to work several times in the future. Even when casting the roles, Ringelmann did not do without well-known actors, although Gustav Fröhlich was a particularly well-known actor.
In addition, the cameraman Franz Xaver Lederle and the production designer Max Mellin were involved in the production. The music was composed by Herbert Jarczyk , with the title music from Martin Böttcher .
Web links
- The Crime Museum: The woman in the mink in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The crime museum: The woman in the mink at filmportal.de
- The woman in mink on the crime thriller homepage
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