The bull from Tölz: death in boarding school
| Episode of the series Der Bulle von Tölz | |||
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| Original title | Death in boarding school | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 94 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Season 1, Episode 2 2nd episode in total ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | January 21, 1996 on Sat.1 | ||
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| Director | Walter Bannert | ||
| script | Claus Peter Hant | ||
| production | Ernst von Theumer junior | ||
| music | Kristian Schultze | ||
| camera | Hanuš Polak | ||
| cut | Ingrid Träutlein-Peer | ||
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Death in boarding school is a German television film by Walter Bannert from 1996 based on a script by Claus Peter Hant . It is the second 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 January 21, 1996 on Sat.1 .
action
Commissioner Benno Berghammer is called to the boys' boarding school at Schloss Lohenstein for a mysterious death. Anna Reindl, the 17-year-old daughter of the caretaker, fell over the damaged fence railing of a wall. Policeman Anton Pfeiffer is certain that it is an accident and is in a hurry to have the dead woman removed. However, Berghammer orders her to be taken to the forensic medicine department and the location cordoned off by the police.
Baroness Victoria von Lohenstein, the lady of the castle and boarding school director, brings the sad news to teachers and students and suspends classes for that day.
The forensic findings show that the girl had bruises on her chest and abrasions on her knees even before the crash - reason enough for the inspector to start investigating murder immediately, because the injuries suggest that Anna Reindl is on was hit by a car in the parking lot and thrown over the fence. But his work is undermined from several sides: Policeman Pfeiffer cannot be dissuaded from his accident theory and “forgets” to request forensics; the railing and the fence are being repaired by Mayor Franz Wegener's construction company; and the castle's off-road vehicle is being repainted, even though it's almost new. It is impossible to find out who used the car at the time in question; the relevant page is missing in the logbook.
When Berghammer learns that Anna Reindl was pregnant, the investigation finally started moving again. Caretaker Reindl admits to having rummaged through his daughter's belongings and found a letter in which she expresses her wish to go far away. He told the baroness about it because he had hoped for help from her. The father of the unborn child is Julian Sprangenberg, the son of the media tsar Dr. Georg Sprangenberg. The latter wanted to pay Anna for the abortion and offered her a premium of 100,000 marks. He no longer knew where the letter was.
Victoria von Lohenstein claims not to have known anything about the pregnancy and is now assuming suicide because the girl has been so closed lately. Georg Sprangenberg also denies everything and lets his relationships play out in order to put a stop to the inspector's zeal when Berghammer arrests his son. Public Prosecutor Dr. Zirner seizes the interrogation, but Julian Sprangenberg remains silent and is released again.
Victoria von Lohenstein has had a secret relationship with Julian Sprangenberg for two years, but for him she is just an affair; he only really loved Anna Reindl. The lady of the castle sees it differently and puts pressure on him with the page torn out of the logbook. He should serve as a nude model for her current painting cycle.
In the Schlosshotel Lohenstein, which is run by the police officer Pfeiffer's half-sister, Benno Berghammer finds out that Georg Sprangenberg was negotiating with the baroness at a table the evening before Anna's death and that the girl later joined them. He instructs his colleague Sabrina Lorenz to summon the media tsar. When he refuses, the uniformed men show him up. He admits that he had an appointment with the baroness, but does not claim to have known the girl.
The two inspectors are now placing some hopes in the letter that caretaker Reindl discovered in his daughter's room, but no longer knows exactly where it is. While Berghammer is looking for it, Police Chief Matern calls him and tells him to stop the investigation with immediate effect because there is no evidence of a murder. The commissioner fakes bad reception and disconnects.
When Berghammer confronts Julian Sprangenberg with the letter and accuses him of merely feigning his love for Anna, he rejects everything, announces that he wants to break up and runs away. Victoria von Lohenstein joins them and expels the castle inspector. Then she goes looking for Julian Sprangenberg and finds him in her studio in the basement. Your pleading attempts to win him over are in vain; he wants to end the relationship. Then she leaves the room and confesses through the locked door that she killed Anna Reindl because she refused to have an abortion, which would have destroyed his life. He now has to pay for getting involved with this slut. With that she leaves him alone in the basement.
After Julian Sprangenberg's disappearance without a trace, Benno Berghammer is on leave at the instigation of public prosecutor Zirner; however, the commissioner is secretly investigating. He visits an exhibition by the lady of the castle, to which she invited him during an earlier interrogation. There he discovers that the background of a picture is a Romanesque cellar vault. From this he concludes that - contrary to what Victoria von Lohenstein said - there is an intact Romanesque cellar in the castle. He asks the baroness to tell him where Julian is, but she denies knowing.
The inspector can find old plans for the castle and gain access to the vaulted cellar. There he finds the weakened Julian and brings him upstairs. When Victoria von Lohenstein sees the boy alive, she takes refuge on the castle tower and threatens to jump down, but Berghammer can stop her.
background
The shooting took place in Bad Tölz and in Schloss Neubeuert ; The Hollerhaus Irschenhausen served as the setting for the "Pension Resi" .
criticism
The program magazine TV Spielfilm writes: “Casting with bizarre types, the film is pure pleasure. And Fischer plays confidently as always. ”Conclusion:“ Great crime fun with a dash of satire. ”
Web links
- Death at boarding school in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Death in boarding school at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death in boarding school - derbullevontoelz.de ( Memento from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Der Bulle von Tölz: Death in the boarding school - film review by TV Spielfilm
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