TV epitaval: The Hoefle case
| Episode of the TV episode series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Hoefle case |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
German television broadcasting |
| length | 100 minutes |
| classification | Episode 5 |
| First broadcast | June 19, 1960 on DFF |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wolfgang Luderer |
| script |
Friedrich Karl Kaul , Walter Jupé |
| camera |
Klaus Dorner Gudrun Ilfrich Horst Sauer |
| cut | Christel Jung |
| occupation | |
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The Hoefle case is a crime film from the series Fernsehpitaval of the German television station by Wolfgang Luderer from 1960.
action
Klara Hoefle is ordered to the Moabit prison so that she can say goodbye to her husband, who has just died there, the former Reich Post Minister of the Weimar Republic Anton Hoefle . She claims that her husband was murdered and asks how this could have happened in prison. The film tries to give an answer to this.
It begins with the Hoefle family moving into a villa in Berlin. Klara Hoefle is particularly proud of the acquisition of a grand piano , which she needs to be able to polish up her parties with the best singers, even if her husband points out that they do not have that much money available. During this conversation, the prelate Deodatus appears for a conversation with Hoefle and it is about the best possible further government participation of the German Center Party after the last elections on December 7, 1924 for the German Reichstag , because both the Social Democrats and the German Nationals need a coalition with them Government formation. The intention is to surrender the Ministry of Post, which Hoefle agrees after Deodatus has assured him that he can take over another Ministry for it.
The next path leads Deodatus to the high-ranking politician of the German national party, Count Westarp , to whom he presents his conditions for a coalition, which also includes the transfer of four ministries. Since the prelate could not be dissuaded from his demands, Count Westarp then called the journalist Stehrer from the magazine Börsenblatt to ask him for support. In his eyes, something must be done to bring the Center Party off its high horse. He requests a shot across the bow and Stehrer immediately has an idea. It is about the current Barmat scandal , in which Reichspostminister Hoefle is involved. The Reichspost has granted the Barmat brothers an interest-free loan of 14.5 million Reichsmarks for their over-indebted company , with no collateral available. To make this known, Stehrer made an appointment with the senior public prosecutor Linde. Since the public has so far only focused on the SPD as the ruling party, Stehrer ensures that the center party, which is coaling with its postal minister, is also more in the spotlight.
The investigations now carried out show that Anton Hoefle has received several private interest-free loans from the Barmats in the past. Now Count Westarp regains the upper hand and demands from Prelate Deodatus that Hoefle must resign as minister, since the publication of these connections has already been initiated. The German Nationalists want to save themselves further measures against the center party if the center distances itself from Hoefle and only demands two ministries. Left on his own, Hoefle submitted his farewell as minister and also gave back his mandate in the Reichstag. All of this is not enough for Count Westarp, because the Center Party can still join forces with the SPD, so more damage must be done to it. Here it is a good idea for Hoefle to take documents from his office home with him after his abdication and to burn some of them. He does not accept that these are purely private papers and informs the chief public prosecutor, who has Anton Hoefle arrested, as there is a risk of blackout.
In prison, he was told that he was to be held personally liable for the loan of 15.5 million Reichsmarks. A previous request to be considerate of your sick heart is refused and you begin to seize the valuables in your house. In addition, as soon as he moved into prison, he received an invoice for the costs of five years in the amount of 62,869 marks, although not even a hearing had taken place. In prison Hoefle, which is here already in the hospital bed is, of Assessor compelled downright Caspari, in the presence of a magistrate Neubert, a bankruptcy to sign. His request to have his wife read it beforehand is refused. Hoefle is so upset about this procedure that he immediately receives an injection from his nurse, which according to the orders of the medical doctor Thiele must be given to him every two hours. The patient's objection that this remedy is poison for him is not accepted. The family doctor and friend Hoefles Dr. Staudacher seeks an interview with Thiele and finds out that his last consultation with the patient was eight weeks ago. Although Hoefle is dying, his family doctor is no longer allowed to see him, while medical advisor Thiele can only determine death. The result of the autopsy is turned in such a way that a suicide cannot be ruled out, which is interpreted as an admission of Hoefle's guilt.
In retrospect, Anton Hoefle is acquitted of all allegations. The German Reich suffered no damage whatsoever because of the Reichspost credit to the Barmat brothers. The assessor Caspari, who played a particularly large part in the development of this process, was disciplined two years later in public for his over-zeal.
Production and publication
The television film was released as the 5th episode of the television episode and was broadcast for the first time on June 19, 1960 on the DFF .
The book was written by Friedrich Karl Kaul , who also speaks the explanatory texts, and Walter Jupé based on authentic court records. Aenne Keller was responsible for the dramaturgy .
criticism
In the "TV book" of the Berliner Zeitung it says:
“The events surrounding the former Post Minister Hoefle - a leading member of the Center Party during the Weimar period - were shaped with extraordinary dramatic density and intensity by an outstanding acting and excellently managed collective of actors (production: Wolfgang Luderer). Hoefle - perhaps drawn a little too much as a martyr, had to die to make the Center Party compliant and to pave the way for Hindenburg to take the presidential chair of this "republic". "
In the Neue Zeit , GW writes:
"On the whole, this television game is an interesting social moral picture of the Weimar Republic, whose political and intellectual atmosphere was impressively captured in dense scenes."
Web links
- Fernsehpitaval: The case Hoefle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hoefle case in the online dictionary of East German television
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of June 21, 1960, p. 6
- ↑ Neue Zeit of July 9, 1960, p. 8