The bull from Tölz: a medal for the murderer
| Episode of the series Der Bulle von Tölz | |||
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| Original title | A medal for the murderer | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 89 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Season 4, episode 1 21st episode overall ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | February 24, 1999 on Sat.1 | ||
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| Director | Wigbert Wicker | ||
| script | Franz Xaver Sengmüller | ||
| production | Ernst von Theumer junior | ||
| music | Kristian Schultze | ||
| camera | Walter Kindler | ||
| cut | Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | ||
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An Order for the Murderer is a German television film by Wigbert Wicker from 1999 based on a script by Franz Xaver Sengmüller . It is the 21st 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 February 24, 1999 on Sat.1 .
action
State Secretary von Gluck is completely drunk and demolishes the garden fence in front of Resi Berghammer's pension with his car. When he wakes up the next morning in the "Pension Resi", he cannot remember what happened. He is extremely embarrassed about the matter; he agrees not to disclose with Frau Berghammer and gives her 1000 marks.
The businessman Georg Schnappinger wakes up tied up in his bed after a night of drinking. Next to him lies his wife Thekla - she is dead. The housekeeper Anna Seidel frees him and calls an ambulance and the police. After the traces were found, the victim died on the ground floor from a head injury and was then laid on the bed on the first floor; the traces of burglary left behind give the impression that they were specially laid.
The victim's daughter, Irene Knauff, said she had first let her husband Volker get off at midnight after attending a concert in Munich, then dropped her mother at home and then drove home.
Georg Schnappinger is the main suspect for Commissioners Benno Berghammer and Sabrina Lorenz, because he is on the verge of financial ruin; the property belonged to his wife and he is the sole heir in the will, which is a strong motive. But he has an alibi: At the time in question, he celebrated with District Administrator Wallner, State Secretary von Gluck and the Prelate Hinter, because Schnappinger was to be awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit .
Inspector Berghammer asks the other "amigos" Schnappinger celebrated with for their alibis. After the celebration, District Administrator Wallner stayed at the “Goldenen Ochsen” and made use of a hostess service, and Prelate Hinter claims to have prayed a rosary with nuns. Only State Secretary von Gluck initially has no alibi because he sacrificed it in favor of his reputation. Now that it's about murder, the watertight alibi is more important to him. He goes to Ms. Berghammer, fills out the registration form, pays 60 marks in cash for the overnight stay including breakfast, and demands the return of the 1,000 marks that he gave her as "security". He also asked for a receipt for the overnight stay and the invoice for the repair of the fence, which brought Ms. Berghammer into distress because she paid 200 marks for the repair.
Erik Haindl, District Administrator Wallner's chauffeur, testifies that he delivered Mr. Schnappinger home at exactly 11:30 pm; everything there was quiet and dark. That upsets Schnapper's alibi because he came home with it before his wife. In addition, the commissioners state that Schnappinger could have tied himself up. Confronted with this, Schnappinger holds that it was not possible for him in his condition to free himself.
Both at the funeral and at the funeral feast, the political dignitaries shine through their absence; in the dining room there are only the members of a small string orchestra and Benno Berghammer with Schnappinger. He is just giving a spiteful address to the politicians who are not there when the prelate rushes in and calls on the commissioner to arrest Schnappinger for plundering the accounts of the Episcopal Mission. Berghammer is not interested in this matter and leaves.
Sabrina Lorenz suddenly notices that she and her colleague have not yet thought about what will happen to the assets of the dead if Georg Schnappinger fails as heir. The commissioners realize that in this case the daughter, Irene Knauff, would become the sole heir. They have a new prime suspect, but no evidence. Berghammer pulls a couple of hairs out of his colleague and puts them in an evidence bag. Lorenz protests against this type of gathering of evidence, but then goes to Knauff's antique shop. The commissioners confront Irene Knauff with the bogus evidence and the theory that she had argued with her mother over the will; this led to the deadly scuffle; then she called her husband over to help her with the "cleanup"; and in the end they both made it look as if Georg Schnappinger had tried in an amateurish way to fake a break-in. Under this pressure, Irene Knauff finally admits the dispute over the will and does not deny the other allegations either, but qualifies that her mother simply fell unhappily.
Georg Schnappinger takes over the inheritance and pays the "borrowed" money back to the episcopal missionary organization. He hands over a generous donation for a good cause to Prelate Hinter. He rejects the Bavarian Order of Merit with obscene words.
District Administrator Wallner, whom Benno Berghammer has confronted several times with allegations of corruption , wants to take revenge on the commissioner in his own way. He ensures that Resi Berghammer is taken to the opera in Munich so that her son has a storm-free room. Then a young lady from the hostess service should seduce Benno Berghammer. The inspector senses a trap and says that she should tell her clients that he will not be bribed. When she asks: "Which client?", She is allowed to stay. District Administrator Wallner, who observed the scene from outside through a window, turns away with satisfaction.
background
The shooting took place in Bad Tölz , Fischbachau (church, cemetery) and Grünwald (castle hotel); The Hollerhaus Irschenhausen served as the setting for the "Pension Resi" .
criticism
The program magazine TV Spielfilm writes: "Ottfried Fischer is doing his best, and the story skilfully balances between tongue-in-cheek irony and opaque crime thriller."
Web links
- A medal for the killer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A medal for the murderer at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ A medal for the murderer - derbullevontoelz.de ( Memento from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Der Bulle von Tölz: An order for the murderer - film review at TV Spielfilm
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