Der Bulle von Tölz: When the masks fall
| Episode of the series Der Bulle von Tölz | |||
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| Original title | When the masks fall | ||
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| Country of production | Germany | ||
| original language | German | ||
| length | 93 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
| classification | Season 11, episode 2 49th episode overall ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | November 10, 2004 on Sat.1 | ||
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| Director | Wolfgang F. Henschel | ||
| script | Franz Xaver Sengmüller | ||
| production | Ernst von Theumer junior | ||
| music | Uli Kümpfel | ||
| camera | Thomas Schwan | ||
| cut | Michael Breining | ||
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When the masks fall is a German television film by Wolfgang F. Henschel from 2004 based on a script by Franz Xaver Sengmüller . It is the 49th 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 November 10, 2004 on Sat.1 .
action
Resi Berghammer has established a catering service and also drew two lucrative contracts on land: the "leisure club of adventurers" in the "Villa Safari," a swingers club , opens its doors, and that of prelate Catholic background, launched "Association for the Preservation of moral cleanliness ”gathers in response to the opening of the swingers club. The prelate receives prominent support from the Landtag member Erich Schöppl and the recently elected District Administrator Edgar Heilmeyer, who gives a fiery speech on moral cleanliness.
The opening party of the swingers club is not a lucky star: First, two masked men break in and steal the visitors' valuables and credit cards, and then some guests find the strangled body of Susanne Büscher on the floating bed in the mirror cabinet. For the operators Gerhart Rautmann and Sylvia Spindler, who run the swingers club for a group of anonymous investors, this is a disaster.
The investigations are difficult for the inspectors Benno Berghammer and Sabrina Lorenz because the operators each sent two masks in ten different variations to 100 people, of whom around 30 accepted the invitation. In addition, the guests left the establishment after the corpse was found at the latest. All rooms are monitored by video, but of all things the camera in the mirror cabinet has failed.
It turns out that the member of the state parliament Schöppl not only supports the cleanliness club, but is also one of the investors in the swingers club. For him, one does not exclude the other.
Manuela Heilmeyer, the district administrator's wife, told Commissioner Lorenz that she was in the club out of revenge for an affair between her husband and the couple Fred and Susanne Büscher. She and Susanne had swapped masks for fun, but only Fred noticed. Under pressure from the commissioners, the district administrator admits to having had a relationship with Olga Obwalla. But now they are only good friends; he found that he still loved his wife. According to Ms. Obwalla, this relationship still exists. Her roommate Lisa says that Edwin Heilmeyer went to the swingers club with Olga to see whether his wife was also there, but that she could not be discovered. Incidentally, Olga was the one who discovered the body first, and when she lifted the dead woman's mask, she was disappointed that the wrong person was caught.
Gerhart Rautmann tries to win Manuela Heilmeyer over, but she says that her affair is over. The day she met him, she found out that her husband was cheating on her; it was pure revenge.
Olga Obwalla gets the passport from District Administrator Heilmeyer, whereupon she wants to prove to him that his wife is still cheating on him by taking turns shadowing Manuela Heilmeyer.
The commissioners sometimes overhear a dispute between Fred Büscher and District Administrator Heilmeyer, in which they accuse each other of having been jealous. Commissioner Lorenz believes that it would be a godsend for Büscher if everyone believed the two women had been mistaken.
Schöppl, member of the state parliament, admits that his engagement only served to involve the district administrator and his electoral officers in a moral scandal. Regarding the attack on the club, he said that they were innocent adolescents from Prelate Hinter's youth group who played a harmless carnival joke with toy pistols in order to sober people who had gone astray and to warm them up for a charitable fundraising campaign.
Ms. Obwalla is just about to sign her testimony in the police station when Lisa reports by phone that Ms. Heilmeyer has just received a male visit. Berghammer and Lorenz want to know who it is and drive to the district administrator's house.
In the meantime, Gerhart Rautmann has tied up and gagged Manuela Heilmeyer and wants to punish her for not hearing him. When the commissioners arrive, they hear an engine noise from the garage and can barely save the two car occupants.
Subplot
After the terrible events in the swingers club, Prelate Hinter seizes the opportunity and wants to award the "Saint Michaels Medal of Honor" annually to people who have made a name for themselves in maintaining morale. District Administrator Heilmeyer is said to be the first recipient of this award for his committed speech at the moral association. When Benno Berghammer informs him that the district administrator was probably at the swingers club with his lover on the same evening and is at the top of the list of murder suspects, the prelate wants to award the medal to Schöppl. But Berghammer also advises against this candidate because Schöppl has drawn his political opponents and their followers into the swingers club. The horrified prelate no longer wants to embarrass himself and is looking for a prize winner who is above all doubt in the press and police, and there is only one question for him: Benno Berghammer. The latter, however, vehemently rejects the award, so that the prelate falls back on the emergency solution in case of emergency: he awards himself the Saint Michaels Medal of Honor.
background
The shooting was carried out in Bad Tölz and Munich ; The Hollerhaus Irschenhausen served as the setting for the "Pension Resi" .
criticism
The program magazine TV Spielfilm writes: "Fischer acts sluggishly in the midst of an overconstructed story and overwhelmed fellow players." Conclusion: "Much too sedate in every respect."
Web links
- When the masks fall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- When the masks fall at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ When the masks fall - derbullevontoelz.de ( Memento from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Der Bulle von Tölz: When the masks fall - film review at TV Spielfilm
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