The bull from Tölz: murder in the madhouse
| Episode of the series Der Bulle von Tölz | |||
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| Original title | Murder in the madhouse | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 89 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Season 3, episode 4 16th episode in total ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | May 10, 1998 on Sat.1 | ||
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| Director | Walter Bannert | ||
| script | Walter Bannert | ||
| production | Ernst von Theumer junior | ||
| music | Kristian Schultze | ||
| camera | Hanuš Polak | ||
| cut | Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | ||
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Mord im Irrenhaus is a German television film by Walter Bannert from 1998 based on a script of his own. It is the 16th episode of the crime series Der Bulle von Tölz with Ottfried Fischer as the main actor in the role of Chief Inspector Benno Berghammer. It was first broadcast on May 10, 1998 on Sat.1 .
action
Professor Ludwig Roth, who successfully develops engines for vegetable oils in his company, is admitted to the closed department of the psychiatric clinic after attempting suicide using port wine and sleeping pills. There he is physically attacked by fellow patient Klara Huberer. The next morning she was found hanged in her room. With the support of the police officer Anton Pfeiffer, Commissioner Benno Berghammer starts the investigation. He's sure the woman didn't kill herself because her mouth was taped shut; there is also black hair under her fingernails, she has red hair herself. Professor Roth is the main suspect, but the argument with Klara Huberer is too weak a motive for the inspector.
Andrea Huberer, the victim's daughter, finds her mother's diary in which it says that Professor Roth is Andreas's father, which he frankly confirms.
Maria Umlauf, a long-time employee in Professor Roth's company, has doubts that her boss tried to kill himself because he is on the verge of a breakthrough in engine development. To her regret, Professor Roth's son Ferdinand, who has no idea about the subject, has temporarily taken over the management. When the offspring asks his father to take over his gambling debts of two million marks, he refuses, although his son is threatened by his business partners.
Resi Berghammer thinks of the professor and wants to visit him, but in the clinic she is mistaken for a new patient and immobilized because of violent resistance. Her son Benno, who has no idea of any of this, has her put out for a search after she has been undetectable all day. The next day he discovered her by chance in the clinic and wanted to take her home, but she refused because she had come to appreciate the benefits of all-round care.
The laboratory tests show that the rope with which Klara Huberer was hung shows traces of nut oil and that the black hair comes from Professor Roth. He suspects that someone laid the trail to cast suspicion on him after his alleged suicide failed. Benno Berghammer believes him for the time being, although there is a lot to be said for his perpetration. When the professor learns that his son wants to sell the latest construction plans to Brazilian business partners, he is furious. To prevent the catastrophe, he sends his daughter to the company at night, where she deletes the sensitive data after copying it from the clinic to a laptop .
The next day Resi Berghammer catches a fellow patient in the professor's room and confronts him. When he threatens her, she locks the door and uses her cell phone to call her son while her opponent riot behind the door. It's about Fernando Martinez, who was admitted two days after the professor because, according to his own account, he threw a laptop at his secretary's head, which turns out to be a lie. When Inspector Berghammer found nut oil on him, he arrested him. Martinez says that Ferdinand Roth hired him to beat up the professor, but when he was attacked by Klara Huberer, Ferdinand thought it was a good idea to accuse his father of murder. The police should therefore stick to Ferdinand Roth. Police officer Anton Pfeiffer throws in that he can no longer be questioned because he was found dead on the Isar .
background
The shooting was done in Bad Tölz ; The Hollerhaus Irschenhausen served as the setting for the "Pension Resi" .
criticism
The program magazine TV Spielfilm writes: “Fischer's cabaret talent comes through in this older episode. Some of the gags come from his own pen. ”Conclusion:“ A moody episode with incredibly good deposits. ”
Web links
- Murder in the madhouse in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Murder in the madhouse at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Murder in the madhouse - derbullevontoelz.de ( Memento from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The bull from Tölz: Murder in the madhouse - film review at TV Spielfilm
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Previous episode April 19, 1998: Death of a straw man |
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Next episode May 17, 1998: The pitchfork murder |