The crime museum: Dr. W.
| Episode in the series Das Kriminalmuseum | |
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| Original title | Dr. W. |
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| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Intertel Television |
| length | 62 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 10 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | July 2nd, 1964 on ZDF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmuth Ashley |
| script |
Hans Maeter , Helmuth Ashley |
| production | Helmut Ringelmann |
| music |
Friedrich Meyer , Martin Böttcher (theme music) |
| camera | Rolf Kästel |
| occupation | |
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Dr. W. is the 10th TV film in the crime series Das Kriminalmuseum . The German first broadcast took place on July 2, 1964 at 9 p.m. on ZDF .
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Dr. Watzmann runs over a man on a country road while driving from Bad Tölz to Munich . Since Watzmann has an important business meeting, he does not report the accident to the police. Instead, he drags the dead in the bushes by the roadside and committing a hit and run . Shortly before Munich, Watzmann washes his hands on a stream and throws his blood-smeared handkerchief into the water. A little later, a boy takes the hubcap of Watzmann's Fiat that was left at the scene of the accident without discovering the dead man. After his appointment in Munich, Watzmann asks the gas station attendant José to clean his car. After work, José first goes for a drive with his friend Anna. That same evening a shepherd found the dead man's body on the highway.
The next morning, Watzmann picks up the car, which has a small dent from the accident, from the gas station. When Watzmann is made aware of the missing hubcap by the petrol station owner Thalhuber, he claims that he had returned the car in perfect condition. Thalhuber blames José for the damage and assigns him the repair. In the meantime, the rural police have established the identity of the victim and made the acquaintance of a railway attendant who claims to have observed a suspicious white Opel .
The information collected by the rural police ends up with police chief Pommer and his assistant Storkmeier from the accident escape department. Pommer initially suspects the dressman Polzien, who reported his white Opel as stolen. Polzien claims to have spent the period in question with a friend who is now on vacation. In fact, the police can later catch two well-known petty criminals who stole the Opel. Since there are no signs of an accident on the car, Pommer is back at the beginning of his investigation.
With the help of a few photos of comparable vehicles and a new questioning of the railroad attendant, the suspicion finally falls on a Fiat. The investigators have the data of all white Fiats reported in Munich transmitted from the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg . Of the 17 vehicles identified, there are ultimately five that are checked more closely. Dr. Watzmann has to go to the officials to examine his car and question it. The investigators found traces on the door handle of Watzmann's car, which in the laboratory turned out to be fibers from the accident victim's coat. Even the repaired dent does not go undetected. Watzmann claims to Pommer that he drove directly from the office to the staff meeting during the period in question. Since he also mentions cleaning the car, Pommer drives to the gas station after the questioning, where he meets the employee José. The Spaniard hesitantly admits that he took the car on a trip with his friend Anna.
At the same time, Pommer's assistant discovered that Watzmann had driven from Bad Tölz to Munich on the same day. Although José's innocence has now been proven, Watzmann claims in another interrogation that he did not run over anyone. However, since blood from the victim can be detected in the breast pocket of Watzmann's jacket, Watzmann is convicted. Eventually he admits to having kept the accident a secret because he feared a lawsuit and an end to his career. Pommer makes it clear that this fear was unfounded, since the victim was very drunk. It was the hit-and-run that made the accident a crime.
background
The television film Acts Dr. W. was the 10th of a total of 41 episodes in the crime series Das Kriminalmuseum . The German first broadcast took place on July 2, 1964 at 9 p.m. on ZDF . Helmut Ringelmann , at that time managing director of the producing Intertel Television GmbH, engaged Helmuth Ashley as a director for the fifth time . The cameraman Rolf Kästel and Max Mellin as set designer were also involved in the production. The music was composed by Friedrich Meyer , with the title music from Martin Böttcher .
Web links
- The crime museum: Dr. W. in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The crime museum: Dr. W. at filmportal.de
- Dr. W. on the crime thriller homepage
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