The bull from Tölz: The magician in the well
| Episode of the series Der Bulle von Tölz | |||
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| Original title | The magician in the well | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 92 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Season 14, episode 4 67th episode overall ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | June 3, 2008 on ORF 1 | ||
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| Director | Wolfgang F. Henschel | ||
| script | Andreas Föhr , Thomas Letocha | ||
| production | Ernst von Theumer junior | ||
| music | Jo Barnikel , Stephan Wildfeuer | ||
| camera | Thomas Meyer | ||
| cut | Michael Breining | ||
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Der Zauberer im Brunnen is a German TV film by Wolfgang F. Henschel from 2008 based on a script by Andreas Föhr and Thomas Letocha . It is the 67th 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 June 3, 2008 on ORF 1 .
action
The magician Hans Kaminsky is discovered by his partner Martha Beyer dead in the eight meter deep well. According to coroner Dr. Robert Sprung fell head first into the shaft at around 1:00 a.m. Because it cannot be ruled out that someone has helped, Commissioner Benno Berghammer and his colleague Nadine Richter begin to investigate and find some suspects who would have had a reason to murder the magician. First there is the landlord Udo Kettner, whose daughter Viola saw a kind of surrogate father in Kaminsky, who gave her more freedom than her father. In the presence of his daughter, Kettner beat up the magician the previous evening and threatened to kill him if he did not keep his hands off Viola. Martha Beyer was also not particularly pleased that her partner kept taking the girl to his performances.
The case becomes even more mysterious when it is revealed that the wizard's partner was having an affair. She claims it is Kaminsky himself; it is a game that they meet every Tuesday in a Lenggries hotel.
Nadine Richter learns from three former companions of Hans Kaminsky and Udo Kettner that the two have fallen out since Kettner's wife died while Viola was born. Kettner even tried to kill Kaminsky shortly afterwards, but the case was dropped for lack of evidence. Public Prosecutor Dr. Georg Lenz is convinced that the evidence is sufficient in the current case and has obtained an arrest warrant against Udo Kettner. Lenz is in a bit of a hurry because a documentary about public prosecutors in the country is being shot. He would like to present the perpetrator right away.
The inspectors ask Viola Kettner if she knows anything about the whereabouts of the magic cloak and the gold rings, which, according to Martha Beyer, have disappeared. Viola says Kaminsky might have sold the things because of his debts. From then on, police officer Schmidt observes Viola Kettner until she leads him to the hiding place of the missing objects. She claims that Kaminsky bequeathed the magic cloak and jewelry to her shortly before his death, as if he had suspected that something would happen to him.
Hans Kaminsky had a number in the program for a year, where he disappears on stage and reappears shortly afterwards in the auditorium. When watching a video recording of this magic trick, Benno Berghammer notices that the person who disappears on the stage has different ears than the person who reappears in the audience. Forensic doctor Dr. Sprung compares the images with the dead person and determines that he is identical to the person who has disappeared from the stage.
When the inspectors confront Martha Beyer with the doppelganger theory, she finally admits that she has a lover named Walter Sailer, who looks very similar to her partner. She and Hans Kaminsky fetched him from the street in Munich and used that magic trick, and at some point it sparked between her and Sailer. Since Kaminsky's death, she has only had one contact with Sailer when he wrote her a text message asking her not to tell the police.
Berghammer and Richter have Walter Sailer's cell phone located and, with good luck, drive to the radio cell where the device is logged in; Inspector Zufall comes to their aid: They see Viola Kettner, who is on her scooter in this radio cell, and follow her at a safe distance. You watch how the young woman happily embraces a man. Nadine Richter wonders what Viola Kettler has to do with Walter Sailer, but her colleague has the explanation ready: It is about Hans Kaminsky, who killed his doppelganger out of jealousy and wanted to start a new life with Viola with a false identity. Kaminsky wants to speak to his lawyer first before he wants to comment. Nevertheless, he confirms the suspicion of Inspector Richter that Udo Kettner made him responsible for the death of his wife because the magician is Viola's father.
Public prosecutor Lenz is skeptical when the commissioners present the perpetrator to him; in his opinion, Udo Kettner is still highly suspect. The real reason Dr. Suddenly Lenz is no longer in such a hurry to clarify the matter, because the motto of the documentation is now "Dark secrets in the country - the unresolved cases of the public prosecutor's office", because in the opinion of the editor, resolved cases have nothing mysterious about them.
Subplot
Benno Berghammer's old friend, the building contractor Anton Rambold, would like Hans Meidenbauer, member of the Bundestag, to lobby the awarding committee to commission the Rambold company to build the new employment office. In return, he offers the politician a Gscheidle stamp . Meidenbauer, who is a passionate stamp collector, wants to do his best, but when he wants to see the darling, Rambold says that the stamp is not completely in his possession.
The building contractor hires a rocker to retrieve the Gscheidle stamp from Kaminsky's house, which the magician stole from him. Since the attempt fails, Rambold tries it himself - also unsuccessfully because the commissioners Berghammer and Richter disturb him. Although he is scratched on the run through the undergrowth, he vehemently denies having broken into Kaminsky. But because the rocker admits the break-in under Berghammer's pressure, Rambold finally admits that he had given the order, but only to get something back that belongs to him anyway. Rambold pleads with Berghammer not to take legal action.
When the murder has been solved, Benno Berghammer pays the building contractor a visit, with the folder with the Gscheidle stamp in his luggage. In return, he promises Rambold to lease his company's canteen to Ms. Bollog, who - to his chagrin - recently started working as a housekeeper in his mother's pension and may want to take over as the tenant. Rambold reluctantly agrees, and Berghammer goes one better: he will only hand the letter of bribe to Meidenbauer to Rambold when the employment office has been completed - without the Rambold company.
background
The shooting was done in Bad Tölz and Feldafing ; The Hollerhaus Irschenhausen served as the setting for the "Pension Resi" .
criticism
The program magazine TV Spielfilm writes: “Despite a few nice gags, the absence of the bull mom Resi, who allegedly traveled to Mallorca, is painful. - Actress Ruth Drexel was seriously ill. "Conclusion:" Benno lacks mom and the thriller pace. "
Web links
- The Wizard in the fountain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The magician in the fountain at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The magician in the well - derbullevontoelz.de ( Memento from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ "The Bull of Tölz" The Magician in the Well (TV Episode 2008) - Filming & Production - IMDb
- ↑ Der Bulle von Tölz: The magician in the fountain - film review by TV Spielfilm
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