The commissioner / episode list
This list of episodes from Der Kommissar contains all episodes of the German television crime series Der Kommissar sorted by the German first broadcast. The series includes 97 episodes. The first broadcast in Germany was from January 3, 1969 to January 30, 1976 by ZDF .
main characters
- Erik Ode as Commissioner Herbert Keller
- Günther Schramm as inspector Walter Grabert
- Reinhard Glemnitz as inspector Robert Heines
- Fritz Wepper as detective chief Harry Klein (until episode 71, later assistant to Horst Tappert in Derrick )
- Elmar Wepper as detective chief Erwin Klein (from episode 71, as successor to his brother Fritz)
- Emily Reuer as detective assistant Helga Lauer (until episode 26)
- Helma Seitz as criminal assistant Rehbein (except in twenty episodes)
- Rosemarie Fendel as Franziska Keller, wife of the commissioner (irregularly in early episodes)
Episodes
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | Summary | First broadcast D | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dead gentleman in the rain | The murder of 50-year-old businessman Dr. hc Steiner needs to be clarified. The man's family environment is also one of the suspects. Inspector Herbert Keller is particularly targeting the 23-year-old stepson Wolfgang in his investigation. Guest actors: Alwy Becker , Dorothea Wieck , Charlotte Witthauer , Friedrich Karl Grund , Susanne Barth , Ursula Grabley , Ingrid Simon , Rainer Penkert , Johannes Buzalski . | Jan. 3, 1969 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 2 | 2 | The knife in the safe | In the morning, a nightclub cleaner discovered the body of one of the animation girls who was stabbed to death. Inspector Keller tries to get useful information from one of the other girls. Guest actors: Ann Smyrner , Lukas Ammann , Wolfgang Völz , Herbert Bötticher , Michael Maien , Trude Breitschopf . | Jan. 17, 1969 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 3 | 3 | Rats of the big city | The innkeeper of a notorious pub, which is mainly frequented by tramps, alcoholics and petty criminals, was murdered. Grabert investigates under a false identity in the milieu. Guest actors: Horst Frank , Hilde Volk , Ilona Grübel , Gerd Baltus , Klaus Schwarzkopf , Werner Pochath , Heini Göbel , Dietrich Thoms , Fred Haltiner . | Jan. 31, 1969 | Theodor Graedler |
| 4th | 4th | The dead in the thorn bush | The corpse of the landlady of a motorway restaurant was discovered. Among the customers there are not only many guests with a questionable reputation, but also numerous male acquaintances of the murdered. Guest actors: Paul Albert Krumm , Ellen Umlauf , Jan Hendriks , Sigurd Fitzek , Arthur Brauss , Thomas Astan , Alice Treff , Walter Ladengast , Sepp Rist . | Feb. 21, 1969 | Georg Tressler |
| 5 | 5 | A girl no longer answers | The daughter of the headmaster Stein has been murdered. Only when an anonymous call comes in is there any trace of a suspect. Guest actors: Monika Peitsch , Til Erwig , Günther Ungeheuer , Rudolf Schündler , Eduard Linkers , Wolfgang Engels . | 14 Mar 1969 | Theodor Graedler |
| 6th | 6th | The gun in the park | A wealthy finance manager asks Commissioner Keller for police protection because he was allegedly shot at. The inspector reluctantly accepts. Only when the gardener is actually murdered does he develop an interest. But now he runs into resistance from the manager. Guest actors: Marianne Koch , Peter van Eyck , Rose Renée Roth , Hermann Lenschau . | 21 Mar 1969 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 7th | 7th | Nobody heard the shot | The employee of a jeweler was murdered in the middle of the city. Nobody noticed due to the noise of a nearby construction site. The further investigations also turn out to be extremely difficult. Guest actors: Marianne Hoppe , Michael Hinz , Erika Pluhar , Ernst Fritz Fürbringer , Walter Rilla , Peter Fricke , Horst Sachtleben , Pattie Boyd , Amanda Lear . | Apr 18, 1969 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 8th | 8th | Death drives 1st class | A dead girl is found on the night train to Munich. There is indeed a confessor, but he gets caught up in contradictions and Inspector Keller doubts his guilt. Guest actors: Franz Schafheitlin , Martin Lüttge , Wolfried Lier , Harry Engel , Hans Jaray , Nikolaus Paryla , Leo Bardischewski , Ursula Ludwig . | May 2nd 1969 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 9 | 9 | Money from dead cashiers | The commissioner is investigating the case of a serial offender who has robbed several small bank branches. It is only when a murder occurs that he begins to see a trace. For the first time Helga Lauer takes part in the investigation. Guest actors: Siegfried Lowitz , Eva Brumby , Monika Zinnenberg , Götz Burger , Hartmut Reck , Kurt Jaggberg , Eduard Linkers , Dietrich Thoms , Wolfgang Stumpf , Martin Urtel , Barbara Bertram . | May 16, 1969 | Georg Tressler |
| 10 | 10 | Scream in front of the window | Actress Irene Pauli's husband has been shot dead. The main suspect is the son. While there is a chase in Munich at night, Inspector Keller doubts the young man's guilt. Guest actors: Maria Schell , Eva-Ingeborg Scholz , Veit Relin , Hans Hermann Schaufuss , Stella Mooney . | June 6, 1969 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 11 | 11 | The terrible ones | This time the murder victim is found in the English Garden . The investigation leads into a pub where contradicting witnesses and some weird pensioners who seem to know more than they are admitting are found. Guest actors: Helga Anders , Anita Höfer , Hans Schweikart , Albert Hörrmann , Karl Hellmer , Dirk Dautzenberg , Thomas Ohrner . | July 11, 1969 | Zbyněk Brynych |
| 12 | 12 | The wagon jumpers | A murder victim on the freight train. The dead belonged to a group who climb up and rob freight trains in the open. Guest actors: Erik Schumann , Ralf Schermuly , Ulli Kinalzik , Andreas Seyferth , Rüdiger Bahr , Thomas Astan , Leo Bardischewski , Lisa Helwig . | Nov 7, 1969 | Theodor Graedler |
| 13 | 13 | On the schedule: murder | Vocational school teacher Dr. Dommel finds a dead schoolgirl in his study. Having feelings for the victim, he quickly becomes the focus of suspicion. Commissioner Keller does not trust the prejudice. Guest actors: Thomas Holtzmann , Vadim Glowna , Renate Grosser , Eva Kinsky , Hans Quest , Herwig Walter , Hannes Gromball , Lieselotte Quilling , Sigfrit Steiner , Trude Breitschopf . | Nov 28, 1969 | Theodor Graedler |
| 14th | 14th | The monster | A couple in love discovers a dead girl in a forest. Neighborhood investigations reveal nothing but gossip, accusation, and intrigue. However, Commissioner Keller is certain that he will find the culprit here. Guest actors: Volker Lechtenbrink , Claudia Golling , Paul Edwin Roth , Inge Langen , Manfred Seipold , Hannelore Elsner , Camilla Spira , Rainer Basedow , Klaus Höhne , Erne Seder , Herbert Steinmetz . | Dec. 19, 1969 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 15th | 15th | The paper flower killer | A young girl has been murdered. The investigations lead into the hippie milieu as well as into the environment of a reforming home , in which neglected girls are visited by an older gentleman with sexual interests. Guest actors: Christiane Schröder , Thomas Fritsch , Herbert Tiede , Kurt Horwitz , Eva Mattes , Ursula Wolff . | Jan. 16, 1970 | Zbyněk Brynych |
| 16 | 16 | Death of a witness | Murder in a tenement house. Researching the neighbors quickly reveals that the victim was amazingly rich. Götz George can be seen in a role whose characterization conspicuously corresponds to the character Horst Schimanski later embodied . Guest actors: Götz George , Wolfgang Spier , Josef Vinklář , Klaus Dahlen , Werner Bruhns , Renate Roland , Hans Elwenspoek , Claudia Bethge . | Feb 6, 1970 | Zbyněk Brynych |
| 17th | 17th | Parking hyenas | A murder victim is discovered in a remote parking lot. The trail leads to a notorious residential area and there to the Boszilke family, a collection of extremely dubious outsiders and bon vivants. Guest actors: Marianne Hoppe , Johannes Heesters , Werner Pochath , Fred Haltiner , Ida Krottendorf , Günther Neutze , Maria Landrock , Eva Mattes , Hannes Kaetner , Hartmut Neugebauer , Johannes Buzalski . | Feb. 27, 1970 | Zbyněk Brynych |
| 18th | 18th | Dr. Meinhardt's sad end | Dr. Meinhardt, a 60-year-old rich businessman, is found dead in the garden of his villa. Obviously he was pushed out of the balcony window. Commissioner Keller and his team find out that Dr. Meinhardt had guests the evening before. Meinhardt also had contact with a clique of young people whom he had generously supported and given gifts. The Kripo is concentrating its investigations on this group. Guest actors: Luise Ullrich , Richard Münch , Karl John , Michael Verhoeven , Ilona Grübel , Christof Wackernagel , Monika Lundi , Hanna Burgwitz , Michael Gahr . | 13 Mar 1970 | Michael Verhoeven |
| 19th | 19th | In the last minute | Kossitz, convicted of manslaughter, is to be released from prison. When convicted, he had sworn revenge on his main witnesses. Commissioner Keller is supposed to prevent worse. Not only is this the episode where the most alcohol is consumed (27 drinks in total), it's also the only episode where nobody is killed! Guest actors: Heinz Reincke , Gisela Uhlen , Maria Sebaldt , Peter Eschberg , Eva Kinsky , Gerd Vespermann , Eric Pohlmann , Horst Sachtleben , Leo Bardischewski . | Apr 3, 1970 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 20th | 20th | Knife in the back | In a suburb, a passenger gets into a taxi. He has a knife stab in his back. Only a photo taken by a press photographer puts the commissioner on the right track. Guest actors: Helmut Käutner , Ursula Lingen , Herbert Bötticher , Christiane Krüger , Werner Kreindl , Jörg Pleva , Lisa Helwig , Albert Hehn , Robert Naegele . | Apr. 24, 1970 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 21st | 21st | ... like wolves | Mrs. Kluge wins 3,000 marks in the lottery and is murdered. During the investigation in the neighborhood, Inspector Keller finds out that almost everyone wanted money from her. Guest actors: Grete Mosheim , Horst Tappert , Ann Höling , Volkert Kraeft , Heinz Meier , Dietrich Thoms , Pierre Franckh , Wolfgang Engels . | May 15, 1970 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 22nd | 22nd | Death of a piano player | A murder victim turns out to be a pianist who played in a pub where the demi-world frequented. But his role was not limited to playing the piano. This is the first time in the series that the end resolution is shown in a cinematic flashback . Guest actors: Ingrid Andree , Günther Ungeheuer , Wolfgang Zerlett , Georg Lehn , Lambert Hamel , Mogens von Gadow , Franziska Stömmer , Irmhild Wagner . | 5th June 1970 | Michael Kehlmann |
| 23 | 23 | Deadly error | A man admits murder to a pastor. But the allegedly killed woman lives. Instead, you can find another body in her house. Guest actors: Agnes Fink , Ullrich Haupt , Kurt Ehrhardt , Konrad Georg , Dieter Kirchlechner , Anton Diffring , Thomas Astan . | June 26, 1970 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 24 | 24 | A bullet for the commissioner | An assassination attempt on the inspector ends with a grazing shot. While the perpetrator announces a second attempt, Ms. Keller investigates unauthorized in the Munich underworld. Erik Ode directed this episode himself. In addition, the address of the commissioner is given here: Bauerstr. 8 . Guest actors: Harald Juhnke , Klaus Löwitsch , Gert Günther Hoffmann , Horst Michael Neutze , Johannes Buzalski . | Sep 18 1970 | Erik Ode |
| 25th | 25th | The murder of Frau Klett | A rag collector discovers the body of a woman. Commissioner Keller investigates in a precarious environment. Guest actors: Alfred Balthoff , Hanns Ernst Jäger , Vadim Glowna , Else Knott , Hilde Volk , Laurence Bien . | Oct 9, 1970 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 26th | 26th | The little Schubelik | A beer supplier wants to hand over the bill to the day laborer Schubelik, but he is dead in his arbor. The commissioner has to reconstruct the evening before, on which a celebration took place in the arbor, at which the daughter of the deceased was also present. This is the last time Helga Lauer appears. Guest actors: Erni Mangold , Susanne Schaefer , Peter Kuiper , Margarethe von Trotta , Sigfrit Steiner , Thomas Piper . | Oct. 30, 1970 | Georg Tressler |
| 27 | 27 | Anonymous call | Kurt Gersdorf is lured into a trap and is said to be accused of murder. The commissioner is not convinced of his guilt and is investigating a swamp of jealousy, envy and hurt honor. Guest actors: Martin Lüttge , Gerlinde Locker , Jürgen Goslar , Dunja Rajter , Hanne Hiob , Friedrich Joloff , Paul Edwin Roth . | Nov 20, 1970 | Helmut Käutner |
| 28 | 28 | Three dead travel to Vienna | Occasionally, three friends allow each other a little excursion from their petty-bourgeois world. This time it goes to Vienna. Upon their return, the three are threatened with murder. When the first dies, Inspector Keller has to find out what really happened in Vienna. There he encounters the later from the crime scene known Inspector Marek . Guest actors: Dieter Borsche , Christoph Bantzer , Hans Caninenberg , Herbert Steinmetz , Karl Hellmer , Sepp Rist , Kitty Speiser , Fritz Eckhardt . | Dec 18, 1970 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 29 | 29 | The bog murderer | Walkers find a body in the moor. A second murder occurs while the investigation is still in progress, apparently the same perpetrator. Guest actors: Louise Martini , Harald Leipnitz , Charles Regnier , Hilde Hildebrand , Gustl Halenke , Hartmut Becker , Simone Rethel , Maria Landrock , Willy Friedrichs . | Jan. 8, 1971 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 30th | 30th | Visit to Alberti | Investigations in the executive suite. Company owner Alberti was noticed by heightened nervousness when an employee left the company later than usual. In fact, he almost witnessed a murder that way. Guest actors: Christine Wodetzky , Herbert Mensching , Klaus Schwarzkopf , Carl Lange , Peter Dornseif . | Jan. 29, 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 31 | 31 | End of a dance pleasure | A young man never returns alive from a dance event. The commissioner can see the circle of suspects, but all those questioned at the celebration are strangely silent. Guest actors: Karl-Michael Vogler , Gisela Peltzer , Alice Treff , Dirk Dautzenberg , Ellen Umlauf , Friedrich Maurer , Alexandra Marischka . | Feb 26, 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 32 | 32 | The hitchhiker | A girl is discovered dead on the railroad tracks. Obviously it was supposed to look like suicide, but the investigation shows that the young woman was murdered. It turns out that she has hitchhiked regularly, always with the same truck driver. Guest actors: Karin Baal , Peer Schmidt , Werner Pochath , Hans-Michael Rehberg , Max Mairich , Friedrich G. Beckhaus , Lambert Hamel , Helga Lehner , Ellen Frank , Willy Harlander . | 19 Mar 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 33 | 33 | Laganke's relatives | Burglary at the jeweler. The perpetrator is surprised and murders the shopkeeper. Inspector Keller suspects the perpetrator, who had a very good knowledge of the area, to be related. Guest actors: Josef Meinrad , Ralf Schermuly , Susanne Uhlen , Volker Lechtenbrink , Martin Urtel , Konrad Georg , Margit Weinert , Ann Höling , Hannes Kaetner . | Apr 16, 1971 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 34 | 34 | The dead from room 17 | A hotel guest is found dead. It soon turns out that he was downright unpopular with the staff. The inspector suspects that the perpetrator can be found there. Guest actors: Peter Pasetti , Hannelore Elsner , Peter Chatel , Günter Mack , Hans Quest , Hans Schweikart , Joseph Offenbach , Ursula Grabley , Paula Braend . | May 7th 1971 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 35 | 35 | Lisa Bassenge's killer | Lisa Bassenge was strangled. The pretty waitress at a train station café had many admirers, but was in steady hands. If the motive was jealousy, there would be a large number of suspects. Inspector Keller tries to set a trap for the perpetrator. Guest actors: Boy Gobert , Klausjürgen Wussow , Peter Ehrlich , Diana Körner , Gert Haucke , Addi Adametz , Jan Hendriks , Gustl Weishappel , Michael Habeck , Günter Geiermann . | May 28, 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 36 | 36 | Death of a shopkeeper | General store owner Heinze is murdered. The suspicion falls on various residents of the nearby retirement home. The commissioner investigates retirees, war veterans and cranky owls. Guest actors: Curt Bois , Hans Hermann Schaufuß , Fritz Rasp , Werner Kreindl , Margarethe von Trotta , Sigurd Fitzek , Max Grießer , Karl Obermayr . | 18th June 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 37 | 37 | The other side of the street | A man was shot. The investigations lead into the demi-world. Nobody there is enthusiastic about the idea of helping the police. Then there is a second victim and the inspector decides to set a trap for the perpetrator. Guest actors: Christine Ostermayer , Bruno Hübner , Gerd Baltus , Lieselotte Quilling , Klaus Höhne , Wolfried Lier , Hans Brenner , Kurt Beck . | Sep 10 1971 | Theodor Graedler |
| 38 | 38 | Gray-red morning | A girl addicted to heroin is found shot dead on the Isar. The investigations lead into an extraordinarily drastic environment and the abysses of a family that broke up because of the daughter's drug addiction. Guest actors: Lilli Palmer , Hans Caninenberg , Sabine Sinjen , Annemarie Wendl , Michael Hinz , Fred Haltiner , Harry Engel , Carin Braun . | Oct. 1, 1971 | Theodor Graedler |
| 39 | 39 | When the flowers bore grief | Dr. Trotta is shot in his garden. His enthusiasm for the strange band Joker Five , with whom he is not only connected by a love of music, was unusual . Inspector Keller suspects the perpetrator to be among the musicians, but the situation is more complicated than it initially appears. Guest actors: Paul Hoffmann , Inge Birkmann , Heinz Ehrenfreund , Sylvia Lukan , Klaus Wildbolz , Thomas Piper , Ruth Drexel , Lambert Hamel , Margit Weinert , Kurt Klopsch . | Oct 22, 1971 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 40 | 40 | The death of Mr. Kurusch | Mr. Kurusch is the owner of a tenement house and a great despot towards his tenants. The rent is collected personally and in cash, not the only chicane. One of the tenants decides to murder him and take the cash away. When he broke into the landlord's apartment armed with a hammer, he came too late: Kurusch has already been murdered, but he has now involuntarily become the main suspect. Guest actors: Cornelia Froboess , Wolfgang Büttner , Volkert Kraeft , Christiane Krüger , Martha Wallner , Heinz Baumann , Otto Bolesch , Hannes Kaetner , Margit Weinert , Wolfgang Engels . | Nov 12, 1971 | Theodor Graedler |
| 41 | 41 | Waiter Windeck | A waiter was strangled and thrown into a well. While it was very popular with its guests, it soon turns out that this was especially true of some female visitors. The inspector suspects a jealous husband as the perpetrator. The second episode directed by Erik Ode . Guest actors: Michael Verhoeven , Claus Biederstaedt , Rose-Marie Kirstein , Angela Salloker , Edith Heerdegen , Inge Langen , Hans Korte , Thomas Frey , Axel Scholtz , Iris Berben . | Nov 26, 1971 | Erik Ode |
| 42 | 42 | A mysterious murder | A student is shot dead in the street. The bullet could only come from a certain house. Once again, the investigations lead into the strange microcosm of an apartment building full of eccentric residents. Guest actors: Maria Wimmer , Herbert Fleischmann , Dieter Borsche , Jane Tilden , Donata Höffer , Eva-Ingeborg Scholz , Hansi Jochmann , Heidi Stroh , Manfred Seipold , Thomas Astan , Johannes Buzalski , Günther Kaufmann , Willy Schäfer , Günter Geiermann . | December 17, 1971 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 43 | 43 | Dream of a madman | Two murders in a psychiatric ward. The only possible perpetrator is the quick-change artist Kabisch. But he hides behind different masks. Circus people, madmen, a philosophical murderer with world change theories and psychiatric incidents on the fringes of parapsychology form the framework. The perpetrator is known from the start, but not his appearance, plus Horst Frank in a six-fold role. A very unusual and experimental episode. Guest actors: Curd Jürgens , Christine Kaufmann , Günther Stoll , Wera Frydtberg , Horst Frank , Alfons Höckmann , Horst Sachtleben , Victor Beaumont . | Jan. 28, 1972 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 44 | 44 | The dead in the park | A murdered prostitute is found in the English Garden . The group of suspects is correspondingly large. There are also interpersonal problems: Your family knew nothing about her job. Guest actors: Martin Held , Heidelinde Weis , Siegfried Lowitz , Siegfried Wischnewski , Ethel Reschke , Ann Höling , Willy Semmelrogge . | Feb. 18, 1972 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 45 | 45 | Sister Ignatia | The community nurse Ignatia takes care of cases of social hardship. It tries to alleviate the plight of the poorest and most depraved in the city's slums. When she witnesses a murder, she recognizes in one of the perpetrators the son of a broken family that she looks after. Now she is faced with a conflict of conscience: should she help the inspector to solve the murder, or should she take care of the perpetrator in an act of Christian mercy? Guest actors: Maria Becker , Romuald Pekny , Berta Drews , Volker Eckstein , Jan Hendriks , Otto Bolesch . | 10 Mar 1972 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 46 | 46 | Considerations of a murderer | Assassination attempt on a manufacturer. Like his wife, he was placed under police protection. Soon the inspector suspects the perpetrator in the immediate vicinity of the entrepreneur. Guest actors: Harry Meyen , Nadja Tiller , Grit Boettcher , Ernst Stankovski , Christiane Rücker , Claudia Butenuth . | 24 Mar 1972 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 47 | 47 | Death of a school girl | A schoolgirl is apparently murdered senselessly. Soon, however, the inspector finds out that the schoolgirl was not an angel and that she had some enemies among the teachers. A motive? Guest actors: Heinz Bennent , Ella Büchi , Helga Anders , Simone Rethel , Andreas Seyferth , Wolfgang Preiss , Hartmut Reck , Maria Landrock , Wolfried Lier , Günter Geiermann , Gerhard Acktun , Pierre Franckh . | Apr 21, 1972 | Theodor Graedler |
| 48 | 48 | Wanted dead | An acquaintance of the inspector speaks to him, he suspects that his son has committed a murder. But there is no corpse and no other evidence of such a crime. Nevertheless, Commissioner Keller begins to investigate a case full of clues. Guest actors: Bernhard Wicki , Christoph Bantzer , Rose Renée Roth , Eleonore Weisgerber . | May 12, 1972 | Theodor Graedler |
| 49 | 49 | A rampage | The multiple murderer Weissmann escapes from prison. Inspector Keller fears that he will take revenge on old acquaintances and cause a bloodbath. In a game against time, his trail is recorded in order to forestall him. It soon turns out that his case from then has some inconsistencies. Guest actors: Gerd Baltus , Krista Keller , Götz George , Elisabeth Wiedemann , Charles Regnier , Hans Quest , Ingrid Capelle , Lisa Helwig , Hans-Michael Rehberg , Lambert Hamel , Rosl Mayr , Ellen Umlauf , Willy Schäfer , Günter Geiermann . | June 2nd 1972 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 50 | 50 | The tennis court | A homeless man murdered is found. There are traces of red earth on his shoes that indicate a tennis court. During investigations into the milieu, the commissioner learns that the dead man recently inexplicably got money. Guest actors: Rudolf Platte , Peter Fricke , Evelyn Opela , Hermann Lenschau , Bruno Hübner , Roger Fritz , Gaby Dohm , Dirk Dautzenberg , Kai Taschner , Wolfried Lier , Dietrich Thoms , Heini Göbel . | June 30, 1972 | Theodor Graedler |
| 51 | 51 | Escape routes | A young girl from precarious family backgrounds flees the reform home. Shortly afterwards, her domineering father is found murdered. The investigation turns out to be extremely difficult, and one lead leads to the wealthy son of an industrialist. Guest actors: Monica Bleibtreu , Joachim Ansorge , Carl Lange , Ursula Grabley , Martin Semmelrogge , Eva-Ingeborg Scholz , Dinah Hinz , Robert Naegele , Franziska Liebing . | Oct 6, 1972 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 52 | 52 | The end of a humorist | Erwin Waldermann is a humorist, apparently cheerful, who earns his living through entertainment and comedy. When his daughter is found dead in the park, the commissioner has to investigate. Behind the facade he encounters a broken existence, a broken person full of tragedy and despair. This is the only episode in which not a single protagonist visibly consumes alcohol or reports on doing so. Guest actors: Hanns Ernst Jäger , Alfred Balthoff , Christiane Schröder , Hilde Weissner , Manfred Seipold , Wolfgang Völz , Olga von Togni . | Nov 3, 1972 | Theodor Graedler |
| 53 | 53 | Mykonos | A murdered man is found. He just got back from Mykonos . The trail leads into the drug milieu, which is examined from top to bottom: from the crowd of wholesalers to a hipster cup called Nirvana, in which Harry has to investigate undercover. Guest actors: Maresa Hörbiger , Bernd Herzsprung , Karl John , Irmgard Först , Ullrich Haupt , Fred Haltiner , Ruth Hausmeister , Otto Stern , Dieter Prochnow . | Nov 24, 1972 | Jürgen Goslar |
| 54 | 54 | Blind games | In Lake Starnberg a rowing boat in which a corpse is driving. The identity of the deceased can only be clarified after difficult investigations. A member of the upper class who is not very willing to talk and has a lot to hide. The emphatically anti-civic views of the victim's family are slowly collapsing. Guest actors: Johanna von Koczian , Anaid Iplicjian , Ruth Maria Kubitschek , Hellmut Lange , Pierre Franckh , Robert Freitag , Heinz Moog , Michaela Klarwein . | Dec 22, 1972 | Theodor Graedler |
| 55 | 55 | Rudek | Two businessmen go to a pimp named Derrick's brothel , where very young girls are prostituting themselves. To the great surprise of one of the suitors, the girl he is offered is his daughter. Derrick is dead the next day. Guest actors: Ernst Schröder , Siegfried Lowitz , Edda Seippel , Klaus Schwarzkopf , Ilona Grübel , Hildegard Krekel , Charlotte Kerr , Sky du Mont , Trude Breitschopf , Alexander Allerson . | Jan. 12, 1973 | Charles Regnier |
| 56 | 56 | Death of a hippie girl | A dead hippie girl is found at a tram stop . Despite her non-conformist life in a commune , she had a relationship with a bourgeois lawyer, much to the displeasure of his family. The investigations extend into very different milieus. Excerpts from this episode appeared as samples in the plays Television and Der Kommissar von The Wirtschaftswunder . Guest actors: Herbert Mensching , Brigitte Horney , Kornelia Boje , Werner Pochath , Dorothea Wieck , Franziska Liebing , Alfred Pongratz . | Feb. 2, 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 57 | 57 | The plot | A wealthy entrepreneur is found murdered in front of his broken safe. The employee who found the dead had spoken to him shortly before. But the time between the phone call and finding the victim seems too short for a murder. Guest actors: Leopold Rudolf , Charles Regnier , Udo Vioff , Nina Sandt , Wolf Roth , Rose Renée Roth , Gustl Weishappel , Ingrid Steeger . | 23 Feb 1973 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 58 | 58 | Black triangle | Ms. Alsberg, actually not a particularly religious woman, unexpectedly accompanies her friend to church. When she returns, her husband is dead in the bathtub. What looks like an accident has some advantages for the widow. The marriage also seems to have been anything but happy. And then there are two more friends of Ms. Alsberg who also seem very suspicious. Guest actors: Käthe Gold , Angela Salloker , Edith Schultze-Westrum , Karl Walter Diess , Peter Fricke , Sigfrit Steiner , Tilo von Berlepsch , Ethel Reschke , Hans Pössenbacher . | 16. Mar. 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 59 | 59 | The death of Karin W. | Seventeen-year-old Karin Winter is shot. The investigations lead to incomprehensible conditions. Karin was taken care of by childcare and raped by her mother's brutal lover. The commissioner uncovered a milieu of numbness, brutality and neglect. Guest actors: Ida Krottendorf , Maria Schell , Simone Rethel , Harald Leipnitz , Wera Frydtberg , Annemarie Wendl , Dietrich Thoms . | Apr 6, 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 60 | 60 | The night that Basseck died | The seedy bar owner Basseck is murdered in his apartment. Apparently a routine case from the demimonde. The murdered man, it quickly turns out, was not exactly a nice person. This episode features The Les Humphries Singers . Guest actors: Evelyn Opela , Joachim Bißmeier , Horst Tappert , Rose-Marie Kirstein , Jürgen Goslar , Hannes Kaetner . | Apr 27, 1973 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 61 | 61 | The violin player | A violin virtuoso is murdered on the train. No witnesses, no clearly identifiable crime scene and no recognizable motive, the investigations seem hopeless. But then the inspector learns that an anonymous caller warned the musician not to get on the train. Investigations in the society of classical musicians. Guest actors: Sonja Ziemann , Elisabeth Flickenschildt , Heinz Bennent , Erik Schumann , Günther Stoll , Willy Semmelrogge , Walter Ladengast . | May 18, 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 62 | 62 | A spark in the cold | An aging prostitute is murdered. Colleagues who want to help are beaten up by their pimps - insights into a brutal and secretive world. And then another assassination attempt is carried out on Harry. Guest actors: Klaus Behrendt , Mady Rahl , Hans Brenner , Gretl Schörg , Lilith Ungerer , Horst Sachtleben , Walter Sedlmayr , Carlamaria Heim . | June 8, 1973 | Wolfgang Staudte |
| 63 | 63 | Strange incidents in the house of Professor S. | Break-in to a psychiatrist. The housekeeper surprises the burglar and is murdered by him. But nothing was stolen or damaged. There seems to be no sense in the act. The commissioner suspects a patient to be the perpetrator. Guest actors: Hans Caninenberg , Anneliese Uhlig , Mathieu Carrière , Günther Ungeheuer , Margarethe von Trotta , Lisa Helwig . | 21 Sep 1973 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 64 | 64 | A girl on the street at night | A murdered student is found in a luxury apartment. She was housed there by a wealthy businessman after picking her up on the street a year earlier. He had taken a liking to her carefree manner and had endured her, much to his wife's displeasure. But his son, too, had his eye on the young woman. Guest actors: Curd Jürgens , Inge Birkmann , Uschi Glas , Amadeus August , Dieter Eppler , Erni Singerl , Hans Elwenspoek . | Oct 5, 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 65 | 65 | Summer board | A slain man lies in the moor. There is no evidence whatsoever of what happened. The only trace is a guesthouse nearby, which is populated by dubious guests. The commissioner is also renting a room. Guest actors: Marianne Hoppe , Hans Schweikart , Bruni Löbel , Erika von Thellmann , Gerlinde Döberl , Götz George , Lis Verhoeven , Charlotte Witthauer , Otto Kurth , Heini Göbel , Wolfried Lier . | Nov 2, 1973 | Jürgen Goslar |
| 66 | 66 | Mr. and Mrs. Brandes | The Brandes couple and their retarded son live in isolation on a farm. When a murder occurs nearby, her solitude is disturbed by the detective's investigation. But they show little willingness to help clear up the case. Guest actors: Agnes Fink , Bernhard Wicki , Andreas Seyferth , Gisela Stein , Hilde Volk , Paul Hoffmann . | Nov 30, 1973 | Leopold Lindtberg |
| 67 | 67 | Death of a bookseller | A bookseller lies dead on the banks of the Isar. He was badly drunk, no exception: every weekend he got drunk and then beat up his wife. Inspector Keller suspects a motive in it. Guest actors: Judy Winter , Werner Bruhns , Peter Carsten , Pierre Franckh , Eva Brumby , Renate Grosser , Maria Brockerhoff , Marilene von Bethmann . | Dec 28, 1973 | Theodor Graedler |
| 68 | 68 | Domann's murderer | A body is found in the house of an entrepreneur. The man killed is not only a fellow student of the son, but also the lover of the manufacturer's wife. The two of them would have loved to make the dead man disappear, but they are surprised by the housekeeper. Investigations in a complex interpersonal network. Guest actors: Erich Schellow , Gisela Uhlen , Gustl Halenke , Peter Chatel , Gitty Djamal , Michael Maien , Horst Sachtleben , Irina Wanka . | Jan. 11, 1974 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 69 | 69 | A part of life | A cleaning lady witnesses the murder of her landlady. But she remains silent and does not want to have seen anything. Suddenly she seems to have got rich. The commissioner assumes that someone has paid hush money. Guest actors: Käthe Gold , Kurt Meisel , Dieter Schidor , Heidi Stroh , Katharina de Bruyn , Hans Baur , Otto Bolesch , Sky du Mont , Maxl Graf , Gustl Weishappel , Paul Neuhaus , Robert Jarczyk . | Feb. 8, 1974 | Ullrich Haupt |
| 70 | 70 | The night with Lansky | Private meeting of the team at Robert Heines'. Suddenly his neighbor appears and asks for help. Her husband has returned from a business trip distraught and there is blood on his suitcases. The superintendent knows immediately that his free time ends here. The third and final episode directed by Erik Ode himself. Guest actors: René Deltgen , Heli Finkenzeller , Eckart Dux , Ruth Hausmeister , Hannes Gromball , Veronika Faber . | Feb. 22, 1974 | Erik Ode |
| 71 | 71 | Trace of small feet | A dead girl with no clues as to her identity is found. Its history can only be reconstructed with the help of the public. In this episode, Harry Klein says goodbye after six years and his brother Erwin makes his debut. As a farewell, Harry gives his boss a fish, after which he changes to Chief Inspector Derrick . Guest actors: Sabine Sinjen , Peter Ehrlich , Udo Vioff , Günther Neutze , Alice Treff , Martin Lüttge , Elfriede Kuzmany , Maria Paudler , Hans Hermann Schaufuss , Lilith Ungerer , Harry Engel , Anita Höfer . | 22 Mar 1974 | Theodor Graedler |
| 72 | 72 | Three brothers | Liquor dealer Egert is killed by a thief with a liquor bottle. When he dies, he can still name the perpetrator's last name. But for this name there are three brothers who cover each other. Guest actors: Evelyn Opela , Horst Frank , Ralf Schermuly , Manfred Seipold , Antje Weisgerber , Wolfgang Völz , Dietrich Thoms , Margit Weinert , Wolfgang Engels . | Apr. 26, 1974 | Theodor Graedler |
| 73 | 73 | Death of a tramp | A murdered tramp lies not far from a bridge on the road. But this wasn't the scene of the crime. The inspector meets a few friends of the dead man in the milieu. Guest actors: Hans Schweikart , Klaus Schwarzkopf , Walter Kohut , Konrad Georg , Paul Dahlke , Eva Vaitl , Elisabeth Orth , Lisa Helwig , Walter Sedlmayr . | May 24, 1974 | Jürgen Goslar |
| 74 | 74 | With the eyes of a murderer | A strangled schoolgirl puzzles the inspector and his team. By interviewing numerous witnesses, they reconstruct the victim's final hours. But one of the witnesses must have lied. Guest actors: Wolfgang Weiser , Michael Heltau , Susanne Uhlen , Maria Sebaldt , Gerd Baltus , Ruth Maria Kubitschek , Simone Rethel , Peter Martin Urtel , Günter Clemens , Roald Raschner . | June 28, 1974 | Theodor Graedler |
| 75 | 75 | In the hunting lodge | The industrial teller is shot in his hunting lodge. The commissioner suspects the perpetrator to be among family members. But they are not cooperative and provide each other with alibis. Guest actors: Herbert Fleischmann , Ursula Lingen , Harry Meyen , Klaus Herm , Eleonore Weisgerber , Sabina Trooger , Willy Schultes , Max Grießer . | July 12, 1974 | Gottfried Reinhardt |
| 76 | 76 | His last coup | A dead person is deposited in front of the door of the police station. It is an informant, the act was an act of revenge by the underworld. There someone is about to hit a big coup. Guest actors: Peter Vogel , Eva Pflug , Walter Buschhoff , Peter Lühr , Günther Stoll , Michael Hinz , Willy Schäfer , Hans Zander , Donna Hightower , Arthur Binder . | July 26, 1974 | Helmuth Ashley |
| 77 | 77 | Without saying goodbye | A murdered runaway is found. She had not escaped from the bourgeois world alone. Your friend, who may have seen the crime, is now in great danger. But there is no trace of her. Guest actors: Heinz Reincke , Wolfgang Wahl , Anita Höfer , Dieter Augustin , Trude Heess , Bernd Herberger , Katharina Seyferth . | Aug 9, 1974 | Jürgen Goslar |
| 78 | 78 | Difficulties of an outsider | Shopkeeper Domrose is killed by a burglar. The case seems clear. Theo Klinger, known as a good-for-nothing, is the only suspect. But that seems too easy to the Commissioner. Guest actors: Elfriede Irrall , Raimund Harmstorf , Curt Bois , Joachim Ansorge , Dirk Dautzenberg , Rosl Mayr . | Aug 30, 1974 | Michael Braun |
| 79 | 79 | Sudden end of an interesting relationship | A murdered man has two engagement rings in his pocket when he is found on the street. The investigation reveals that the relationship with a college teacher raises a number of questions. Robert Heines shows his philosophical side in conversation with a vicar : “You have to believe in what is good in people, we have to doubt it.” Guest actors: Johanna von Koczian , Vadim Glowna , Klaus Löwitsch , Doris Schade , Werner Hinz , Brigitte Horney , Eduard Linkers , Veit Relin . | 27 Sep 1974 | Theodor Graedler |
| 80 | 80 | The sailboat murder | A businessman got divorced and married a much younger woman. During a boat trip, this apparently fatal accident. But the superintendent discovers that it was not an accident, it was an elaborate crime. Guest actors: Ruth Leuwerik , Peter Pasetti , Michael Ande , Joachim Wichmann , Gerlinde Döberl , Rainer Penkert , Günter Geiermann , Peter Böhlke . | Oct 25, 1974 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 81 | 81 | The couple killer | The pretty Anita König serves in a café near Bavaria Film and attracts numerous male guests. But she is in steady hands and rejects all admirers. When her boyfriend is murdered at a shepherd's hour, the inspector investigates in the café and meets suspicious guests and operators alike. Guest actors: Claus Biederstaedt , Ruth Maria Kubitschek , Christiane Krüger , Rolf Henniger , Thomas Piper , Fritz Tillmann , Jan Hendriks , Ruth Hausmeister , Johannes Schauer . | Nov. 29, 1974 | Michael Braun |
| 82 | 82 | Dream images | A call from a threatened man calls the inspector down a side street. He arrives too late and sees the man being shot. Keller is also injured by a bullet. He takes over the investigation from the bedside. Guest actors: Paul Hubschmid , Sabine von Maydell , Harry Meyen , Inge Langen , Alexander Golling , Peter Chatel , Wolfried Lier , Hans Stadtmüller . | Dec. 27, 1974 | Helmuth Ashley |
| 83 | 83 | The golden plaster | A Turkish guest worker is murdered and laid in front of his house. During the investigation, the police come across a gang of people smugglers who are illegally bringing Turks to Germany. The trail leads to Vienna, where the commissioner is currently on the cure due to the gunshot wound from the previous episode. There is cooperation with the Austrian police. This episode has not been shown on German television again since it was first broadcast. Guest actors: Fritz Muliar , Traugott Buhre , Wolfgang Gasser , Hugo Gottschlich , Rose Renée Roth , Jane Tilden , Walter Sedlmayr , Ellen Umlauf , Alexander Trojan , Herbert Prikopa . | Jan 10, 1975 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 84 | 84 | On the brink of events | An art expert is murdered. The commissioner focused his investigation on a secretary who wrote a letter for the victim just before the crime. Heines investigates under a false identity. In one scene, he has to disguise a phone call with his boss from witnesses and constantly addresses the inspector as sweetheart and darling . Guest actors: Maria Schell , Romuald Pekny , Werner Pochath , Eva-Ingeborg Scholz , Erik Schumann , Paul Edwin Roth , Eva Meier , Heini Göbel , Gaby Fischer . | Jan. 31, 1975 | Theodor Graedler |
| 85 | 85 | Why it was a mistake to shoot Beckmann | A money truck is ambushed and one of the drivers is shot. The investigation arouses suspicions that the other driver was in league with the criminals. Guest actors: Will Quadflieg , Alwy Becker , Gerd Böckmann , Hans Brenner , Jörg Pleva , Dirk Dautzenberg , Barbara Gallauner , Rose-Marie Kirstein , Reinhard Kolldehoff , Veronika Faber , Ulli Kinalzik . | Feb. 14, 1975 | Michael Braun |
| 86 | 86 | A murder in the country | Alfons Tolke is an innkeeper in a small village and the richest inhabitant of the place. He believes that he can deal with the other residents like a lord of the manor, since most of them are dependent on him in one way or another. However, the worst affected are his children, whom he regularly beats up when he is drunk. When Tolke is murdered, no one is surprised, and there are many suspects. Guest actors: Walter Sedlmayr , Lis Verhoeven , Martin Semmelrogge , Jutta Speidel , Frithjof Vierock , Werner Kreindl , Ella Büchi , Willy Schultes , Toni Berger , Fritz Straßner . | 14 Mar 1975 | Theodor Graedler |
| 87 | 87 | The murder of Doctor Winter | Senior Teacher Dr. Winter is found shot in a ditch. During their investigation, Commissioner Keller and his team find out that Dr. Winter was a very closed person, full of distrust of his fellow men. He received only scorn and ridicule from the students and some colleagues. Apparently only the student Hanna Bauer found access to him. At the end of the end credits, the first reference to The plot is fictitious ... Guest actors: Rudolf Platte , Marianne Hoppe , Andrea L'Arronge , Werner Schnitzer , Sascha Hehn , Xenia Pörtner , Heinz Meier , Frederic Meisner , Helmut Pick , Regina Lemnitz . | Apr 25, 1975 | Johannes Schaaf |
| 88 | 88 | The cousin | A commercial artist has been murdered. Shortly before his death, he was seen in the company of a very young girl. But the girl's identity cannot be determined. Then a second murder takes place, this victim was also seen with the young woman. Guest actors: Udo Vioff , Agnes Dünneisen , Rainer Basedow , Thomas Astan , Sigurd Fitzek , Joachim Regelien , Charlotte Witthauer , Liane Hielscher , Louise Martini , Klaus Havenstein , Veronika Fitz , Michael Mendl , Uwe Dallmeier , Harry Kalenberg , Willy Harlander . | May 23, 1975 | Helmuth Ashley |
| 89 | 89 | Fall from a great height | At first it seems to be a routine case: a burglar fell and died. But the commissioner discovers inconsistencies. The music for this episode comes from the German band Can . Guest actors: Walter Giller , Hans Dieter Zeidler , Wolfram Less , Kathrin Ackermann , Johannes Schaaf , Rebecca Völz , Ulrich Beiger , Wilmut Borell , Klaus Abramowsky . | June 20, 1975 | Michael Braun |
| 90 | 90 | Ten minutes left to live | An industrialist is murdered while giving a party. Everything seems to point to a burglar until the superintendent finds signs of a planned murder. Guest actors: Christine Wodetzky , Wolfgang Stumpf , Jürgen Goslar , Gerlinde Locker , Ute Willing , Eric Pohlmann , Tilo von Berlepsch , Margit Symo , Rolf Wanka , Ingrid Capelle . | July 25, 1975 | Theodor Graedler |
| 91 | 91 | The death of the pharmacist | A young man appears at the police station and reports that his uncle, a pharmacist, had set out with a ransom of DM 400,000 to buy his kidnapped wife free. The police question the veracity of this report. In fact, the woman is at home and knows nothing about a kidnapping. But then the pharmacist is found and murdered. Guest actors: Josef Meinrad , Wolf Roth , Christine Schuberth , Gerd Vespermann , Corny Collins , Erich Fritze , Michael Brennicke , Günter Clemens , Johannes Buzalski , Bruno W. Pantel , Annemarie Wendl . | 5th Sep 1975 | Michael Braun |
| 92 | 92 | Does the train go to Italy? | A neglected girl is picked up at Munich Central Station. At first, the police suspect that it is a runaway, but then they discover traces of brutal abuse. When the child was brought home against their will, the officers found the father, a day laborer and drinker, murdered. All investigations lead to the disturbed girl. Guest actors: Karin Baal , Peter Kuiper , Anne Bennent , Klaus Löwitsch , Lina Carstens , Günther Haenel , Friedrich Maurer , Hans Hermann Schaufuss , Heini Göbel , Ursula Traun , Karl Obermayr , David Bennent . | 26 Sep 1975 | Theodor Graedler |
| 93 | 93 | A playboy blesses the temporal | The playboy Mandy Schulz loves the public and the big show. Nobody takes note of it when he reports alleged death threats. But when he is shot, the superintendent has to investigate a case in which the circle of acquaintances of the victim is larger than ever. Parts of the episode music are from Kraftwerk . Guest actors: Helmuth Lohner , Barbara Rütting , Peter Fricke , Dieter Prochnow , Donata Höffer , Andreas Seyferth , Evelyne Kraft , Kai Fischer , Veronika Fitz , Michael Graeter , Paul Sahner . | Oct. 24, 1975 | Wolfgang Becker |
| 94 | 94 | Murder by the clock | The daughter-in-law of a manufacturer has been murdered. The entire family focused only on the company and its concerns, except for the murder victim. Guest actors: Maria Becker , Bruno Dietrich , Renate Schroeter , Thomas Fritsch , Alexandra Marischka , Herbert Fleischmann . | Nov 21, 1975 | Alfred Weidenmann |
| 95 | 95 | A border crossing | A kidnapped boy is released without paying a ransom. He could see the culprit. But when the police arrived he had already been shot. Guest actors: Elisabeth Wiedemann , Dieter Schidor , Inge Birkmann , Bernd Herzsprung , Dieter Borsche , Claus Biederstaedt , Ekkehardt Belle , Eva-Ingeborg Scholz , Andrea L'Arronge , Herbert Herrmann , Wolfgang Müller , Lisa Helwig , Klaus Abramowsky , Walter Gross . | Dec. 19, 1975 | Michael Braun |
| 96 | 96 | The hero of the day | The branch manager of a savings bank is forced to give burglars access to the bank. The kidnapper's son can secretly notify the police. When this arrives, there is a shooting in which a policeman is killed. The press celebrates the son as a hero, but the commissioner has some questions for him. Guest actors: Sonja Sutter , Claus Biederstaedt , Johannes Schaaf , Gottfried John , Burkhard Driest , Hans Helmut Dickow , Herbert Steinmetz , Henner Quest , Harry Kalenberg . | Jan. 2, 1976 | Dietrich Haugk |
| 97 | 97 | Death in transit | A man's body is found in the trunk of a car that the owner of a travel agency had previously reported stolen. The damage reporter denies having known about the body. However, he seems too nervous to the inspector. The commissioner ended his television career with the words: “Thank you for everything.” Guest actors: Peter Fricke , Udo Vioff , Paul Müller , Arthur Brauss , Karl-Otto Alberty , Dirk Dautzenberg , Thomas Astan , Peter Martin Urtel , Karl Obermayr . | Jan. 30, 1976 | Theodor Graedler |
Guest appearance
In the episode Mein Freund Uwe of the series Hallo - Hotel Sacher… Portier! from 1975 Erik Ode made a guest appearance as Inspector Keller. He stays as a guest at the Vienna Hotel Sacher and investigates the case of a suspicious temporary waiter: Unfortunately, as a foreigner, his hands are tied. Actors: Fritz Eckhardt , Klausjürgen Wussow , Ida Krottendorf , Elfriede Ott . Director: Hermann Kugelstadt .
literature
- Herbert Reinecker : Der Kommissar , Lingen Verlag Cologne, 1975. (With the episodes: 1–9, 13–15 and 17).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Der Kommissar: Episode guide of the TV series . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ↑ a b According to the investigation by Bernd Hoffmann, quoted from the Freundeskreis Der Kommissar . Retrieved September 28, 2010.