PS (TV series)
| Television series | |
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| Original title | PS |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1975-1979 |
| length | 60 to 90 minutes |
| Episodes | 16 in 4 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Robert Stromberger |
| production | Dieter Meichsner |
| music | Rolf Kühn |
| German-language first broadcast |
May 18, 1975 on ARD |
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PS is a 16-part television series that was broadcast on the first German television between 1975 and 1979 . The director Claus Peter Witt shot the scripts by Robert Stromberger , in the fourth season by Karl Wittlinger .
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The series tells stories about the fictional Neubert car dealership and its customers. Be thematized u. a. Intrigue in the workplace, trouble with a permanently defective car, consequences of a hidden damage to a used car, trouble with car insurance and existential fears.
Trivia
Robert Stromberger plays a supporting role in episode 3 of the first season, in episodes 1 and 4 of the second season and at the beginning of the episode "Claims Regulation" by PS Brodzinski, the policeman Graebert.
In order not to put any of the existing automakers in a bad light - there were fears of lawsuits for damages - the manufacturers invented the Atlantis car brand with the Amalfi model for the first season . The official type designation of the car used was Amalfi CS 1800 . The car used was a Fiat 132 of the first series, which was made unrecognizable by adding other brands. The vehicle was converted by the Auto Köppen company in Tornesch near Hamburg within three months. For this purpose, parts from the following vehicles were used:
- VW Passat Type 32 (grille, headlights, front bumper)
- BMW 2002 series 114 (rear bumper)
- 5-series BMW series E12 (side protection strips, air filter)
- Mercedes / 8 ("Strich-Acht") (rear panel with taillights)
The Amalfi appears in season 1 as a blue demonstration car which, after a test drive, prompts Mr. Schmittig to order a similar car in "Securita yellow". This car is also shown driving on the street. In season 4, the car with new license plates appears as an (artfully aged) used car that the workshop staff prepares for a colleague in need.
Running gag of the series are two penniless students who first buy a Citroën 2CV and often ask for help from the Neubert dealership. These two students deliver the aged Amalfi in "PS Feuerreiter".
Many filming locations are in Darmstadt, some also in Hamburg. The used car dealership was located on the southwest corner of Bismarckstrasse / Kasinostrasse (today built up), the drugstore where Mr. Schmitting worked at Schulstrasse 3. The scenes in the Neubert car dealership of the first season were shot in Hamburg at Eiffestrasse 420. The sales room there, made up of partitions, stood in the area of the access to the basement of the workshop building.
During their vacation in Austria, the Schmitting family crossed the Ill on a branch line over a covered bridge . This is part of the L192 and is located about 100 meters from where it joins the Silvrettastraße L188.
The subsequent Amalfi breakdown was staged on the Silvretta High Alpine Road in a left bend about 5.4 kilometers after the Partenen toll booth . The Amalfi then suffered fatal engine damage while continuing the uphill drive towards the Alois Holzer car repair shop in the next valley. In fact, it was set up about 1.5 kilometers from the toll booth in Partenen: close to the Kuratienkirche Heiliger Martin and next to the Pension Christophorus. The building still exists in 2018, but the workshop entrance was bricked up and provided with normal house windows.
The Feuerreiter season is specified as season 4, but in the dialogues fitter Fritz Bossel is named as the successor to fitter Wüller, but Wüller was already missing in season 3, in which Bossel was already involved, i.e. was by no means new in season 4. Miss Mettler's accident is also declared to have only just happened, but is not even mentioned in season 3.
DVD release
- Seasons 1 and 2 of the series have been available since March 28, 2008 in a box with 4 DVDs, each with two episodes.
- Seasons 3 and 4 have been available since April 12, 2009 in a box with 4 DVDs with two episodes each.
Episode list
Season 1: PS Car Stories (1975)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | Summary | First broadcast in Germany | Director | script | Playing time (DVD version) |
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| 1 | 1 | The new car | The Schmitting family would like to buy a new car in the Neubert car dealership in Darmstadt. Instead of the intended small car Fiat 127, the shrewd salesman Mr. Schmitting chatted on a much larger and for him much too expensive Amalfi CS 1800 from the Atlantis works. The subsequent financing proves to be difficult for the Schmittings to cope with. In addition, contrary to the dealership's assessment, your used car is practically unsaleable at the desired price. The dealership run by the owner and founder Hermann Neubert is a family business. The company celebrates its 50th anniversary and has to contend with significantly larger competitors. Neubert's son Jochen holds a board position in the economy and does not have a particularly good relationship with his father. He thinks about quitting and wants his son to be his successor. The decision is preceded by a heart attack by the senior. While the old man is recovering in the hospital, Neubert Junior takes over the business, contrary to his previous refusal. | May 18, 1975 ( ARD ) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 67:22 min |
| 2 | 2 | fine print | Mr. Schmitting tries with all means to get out of the purchase contract and the expensive financing, without success. Even Schmitting's Austin 850 taken on commission from the dealership remains unsaleable at the desired price. For the used car there are additional costs during the downtime, which Mr. Schmitting is initially left unaware of by the dealership. Jochen Neubert wants to modernize the company with high investments without informing his father about it. With employees who have been relevant up to now, such as the authorized signatory Miss Kornelia Mettler and the gnarled old master Karl Brensberger, there are initial conflicts due to a dispute over competence. During the surprise visit of the senior in his company, Brensberger hears about his son's modernization plans, which clearly worries him very much. After the old gentleman had one last conversation with his granddaughter, he died of another heart attack. Schmittings Amalfi is delivered on the day of the senior's funeral, but without the sunroof that was ordered. The Austin is still unsold and the final price of the Amalfis is almost DM 500 higher than contractually agreed. Schmittings see one last chance to get out of the contract because of the missing sunroof and leave the Amalfi in the dealership. | May 21, 1975 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 67:30 min |
| 3 | 3 | Residual alcohol | Jochen Neubert also hires a new, younger foreman, Mr. Werner Joost, to set up a workshop emergency service, without informing Mettler and Brensberger. The workshop is worried, "Charlemagne" (Brensberger) pissed off. Although he is not dismissed, he is deported to the apprentice supervision. In addition, Neubert withdraws the power of attorney in writing from Miss Mettler. Mr. Joost is doing his best to get off to a good start at Neubert and not offend anywhere. He promises a customer the personal and early morning delivery of a new Citroën DSpécial to his house. The evening before, Joost's son Ulli returns from a holiday in the Balkans. The return will be celebrated long and boozy. Master Joost tries to drive away the hangover the next morning with a headache pill. With residual alcohol in his blood, Joost rams a Deutsche Bundespost switch box in the new car , but does not report the accident and drives away. A newspaper delivery person observes the whole thing, and the police who have been notified then collects Joost coram publico from the workplace for a blood test. His driver's license is secured on the basis of the breath alcohol test. A few days later, the results of the blood test confirmed that Mr. Joost was absolutely unfit to drive at the time of the accident. The Schmitting family's Amalfi caused initial problems: starting difficulties and high fuel consumption. Jochen Neubert's relationship with customers and staff is characterized by arrogance and righteousness. Especially between him and Mettler and Brensberger there is a clear crunch. Joost takes Brensberger into confidence regarding the withdrawal of his driver's license. Joost asks him to test drive the cars for him until he gets his license back. Brensberger refuses because of the bad relationship with Neubert, but assures Joost not to disclose. | May 25, 1975 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 67:22 min |
| 4th | 4th | The judgment | For fear of dismissal, Master Joost hides the result of the blood test of 1.7 per mille from his employer. Instead, he claims to have got his driver's license back. He therefore continues to test the cars from the workshop. Jochen Neubert gives Miss Mettler an immediate dismissal because of an unauthorized change in the terms of the sales contract. Then she threatens with dismissal protection suit. The probate court summons Neubert, Mettler and Brensberger to open a will. During this, those involved learn of Hermann Neubert's last will. He bequeathed seventy percent of the business to his son and fifteen percent each to Mettler and Brensberger. You are required to conclude a limited partnership agreement with three people. This means that Miss Mettler's dismissal is irrelevant. In response to an anonymous tip-off, the police stopped Joost during his test drives without a license. Since only Brensberger was informed, the suspicion falls on him, which the staff resent him very much. In court, Joost is convicted of negligent road traffic hazard in the majority of cases with an accident and driving without a driver's license. In addition, his driving license is revoked for one year. Since he cannot pay the fine, the damage and the court costs, he opts for a prison sentence as an alternative. A dispute between fitter Wüller and one of his friends in the middle of the workshop exposes him as Joost's traitor: Wüller's girlfriend works at the court. After the night drive to the prison, Mrs. Joost and son Ulli witness an alcohol accident involving a dead person. | May 29, 1975 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 83:29 min |
Season 2: PS - Tales of the Car (1976)
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | Summary | First broadcast in Germany | Director | script | Playing time (DVD version) |
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| 5 | 1 | warranty | Without addressing it, the Neubert car dealership is now in a different building. The heating on the Amalfi cannot be turned off, the fuel consumption is exorbitantly high, the seat adjustment is stuck. Mr. Schmitting urgently needs to go to the airport to have an interview in Hamburg. However, the Amalfi does not start again after the intake manifold has just been cleaned at a gas station and the idle has been reset. Mr. Schmitting therefore has to take a taxi to the airport. The gas station attendant who is called gets the Amalfi to work, but now refers him to the specialist workshop. There you find a completely misaligned engine and after exhausting negotiations you change the intake manifold for the improved version free of charge. After serving his prison sentence, Mr. Joost works again at the Neubert car dealership, much to Brensberger's displeasure. The disagreements between Neubert, Mettler and Brensberger about the future direction of the dealership are becoming more acute. After the Amalfi manifold had been replaced, a defective, incorrect radiator cap was mistakenly fitted in the workshop, and the Schmitting family started their holiday in Austria with them. On the ascent of the Silvretta High Alpine Road , the cooling water begins to boil and the Amalfi rolls steaming next to a bend onto the unpaved shoulder. | June 13, 1976 ( ARD ) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 73:22 min |
| 6th | 2 | Consequential damage | Despite the loss of cooling water, Schmittings continue to drive because they do not dare to refill cold water. The journey ends, drawn by horses, at the Alois Holzer car repair shop. He detects a burned-out cylinder head gasket, but cannot repair it immediately due to a lack of spare parts. In addition, the grumpy specialist identified the defective radiator cap as the cause of the water loss. For a week the Schmittings are stuck in the unnamed Austrian village ( Partenen ). Jochen Neubert does not come up against Mettler and Brensberger with his plan to introduce workshop times. Neubert therefore wants to enforce the standard times against the other two limited partners. The Amalfi who returned to Darmstadt is examined and shows various damage to the engine. The cause for its overheating is not found, however, because the defective cover was tacitly replaced by a faultless part in Austria by Mr. Schmitting. Since he deliberately drove the car without cooling water, Schmitting cannot deny that he was responsible for the consequential damage. The conflict of competence between Brensberger and Joost continues to escalate. In front of the assembled team, Joost Brensberger confronts what he points out to the room. Schmittings decide to sell the Amalfi because they cannot pay the repair costs. In the end, Volker Schmitting stands in the rain at the Kopernikusplatz bus stop and regrets the poor drivers who pass him. | June 15, 1976 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 71:26 min |
| 7th | 3 | The accident car | The tram driver Erich Göbel buys a BMW 1502 from the Neubert car dealership and trades in his Fiat 850 Coupé . The background is the hoped-for appeasement of his wife because of his last affair. Göbel continues to drive the Fiat until the new car is delivered. The conversation between the limited partners following the dispute between Joost and Brensberger ends with the departure of Jochen Neubert. He has already organized a successor for his position. Werner Joost also leaves the Neubert car dealership. During a small exhaust repair on Göbel's Fiat by his gas station attendant Speyer, the car slips off the lifting platform, causing considerable sheet metal damage. Speyer guarantees free and immediate cosmetic repairs with welding and painting work. The new driver's license holder Monika Bach is looking for a car for herself. She spontaneously decides in favor of the Fiat 850 Coupé, which is currently rolling into the used car area of the Neubert car dealership. As a bloody novice driver, she obviously still lacks a lot of experience in vehicle control. The car dealership Neubert experienced a surprise during the main inspection that was due before the coupé was sold : Werner Joost, who found a job there to his full satisfaction, carried out the inspection at TÜV . Joost examines the Fiat particularly thoroughly and notes numerous defects that need to be rectified. Their repairs cost the dealership almost DM 1,200. As successor to Jochen Neubert, his wife Vera introduces Mr Thomas Dietz to the dealership. This shows up as a youthful, dynamic, but also strict character. Both Mettler and Brensberger are skeptical of him. The undeclared work of the fitter Wüller comes to light as part of a customer complaint. Wüller's hourly wage is then reduced by around 25% of the collectively agreed wage for two years in order to compensate for the damage. Monika Bach caused a small accident with a cyclist with her Fiat, because the car suddenly pulls to the right when braking. She therefore shows up at the Neubert car dealership, but at the end of the day and is therefore rejected. As a novice driver, you don't trust her to have any knowledge of cars. Shortly before his first vacation trip, Bach appears again with the Fiat in the dealership. Fraulein Mettler spontaneously agrees to test drive the car with her. While driving, the car suffers an accident with total write-off and is dragged back to the dealership. | June 18, 1976 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 72:06 min |
| 8th | 4th | The question of guilt | While unloading the Fiat wreck in the yard of the Neubert car dealership, the stunned workforce gathers. Master Brensberger in particular is upset because he was convinced that the vehicle was in perfect condition. Since the experienced rally driver Mettler was behind the wheel in the accident, nobody in the dealership doubts her innocence. Kornelia Mettler gets away with multiple injuries and fractures. Monika Bach, however, suffers from paraplegia. Your doctor hopes for a regeneration of the nerves after an appropriate operation. A new customer service advisor named Eicher takes over Joost's post. Volker Schmitting is in despair at the decaying residual value of his Amalfi, which is not for sale on consignment at the dealership's used car park. Since further costs pile up during the downtime, Schmitting gives up. He sells the car on the terms offered by Autohaus Neubert in order to finally get rid of the problem. The expert commissioned by the public prosecutor found no technical defect in the Fiat wreck that could have caused the accident. Brensberger doubts the report and goes on a night shift to search for errors himself. He finds the repair marks of the Speyer tank attendant. These lead him to the cause of the skew, a silent bushing of the front suspension that was scorched during the repair . The expert who was called in again is impressed and corrects his report. Thomas Dietz also apologizes to Brensberger, whom he had previously unjustifiably criticized harshly. In the subsequent legal proceedings against Göbel and Speyer, the latter is acquitted. As a non-specialist, he did not need to know the structure of a silent bushing and therefore did not breach his duty of care when welding. Göbel, on the other hand, is convicted because he concealed the repair and the changed driving behavior from the Neubert car dealership. Monika Bach, who is still paraplegic, is carried out of the courthouse by her parents. | June 22, 1976 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 91:36 min |
Season 3: PS - Franz Brodzinski (1978)
Greengrocer Brodzinski is involved in a rear-end collision and has to go out of business. The relay describes the problems with the other party involved in the accident, insurance, experts, car dealership and the maze of paragraphs and regulations.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | Summary | First broadcast in Germany | Director | script | Playing time (DVD version) |
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| 9 | 1 | The rear-end collision | The outpatient fruit and vegetable dealer Franz Brodzinski supplies his regular customers in Darmstadt with fresh goods every day. With a bohemian accent and charm, he is a real sales talent. On the way back to his day-to-day business, a rear-end collision happened to him on Roßdörfer Strasse: On the left side of his lane, a cyclist wanted to wait for a gap in oncoming traffic in order to cross the opposite lane. At the same place on the right side of the lane, a red Mercedes stops, the driver's door opens. The cyclist stops, Brodzinski brakes hard, whereupon an Opel Admiral crashes into the rear of his Hanomag-Henschel without braking . The damage to property is considerable, and the fine hairdresser in the Admiral was visibly shocked. She gives Brodzinski a written acknowledgment of guilt, which he keeps safe. The police sentenced her to an administrative offense. In order to keep his loss of earnings as low as possible, Brodzinski had the Hanomag dragged to the garage of the Neubert car dealership for immediate repairs. Karl Brensberger is no longer in charge of the workshop there, but Walter Angermann. Fitter Willer is also no longer there, instead a new fitter named Fritz Bossel has been hired. As soon as the opposing insurance company declares that it is ready to regulate, the repair is to begin, although Hanomag has suffered a total economic loss. Brodzinski takes a rental van for the time up to the repair. The rental company explains to him that the opposing insurance company would also pay for it. The husband of the other party in the accident, Isèl, accuses Brodzinski of willful and unfounded braking. Ms. Isèl revokes her written acknowledgment of guilt and justifies this with the shock situation. She subsequently accuses Brodzinski of harassing braking. Brodzinski commissioned the Neubert car dealership to repair the Hanomag after the expert visit. | October 16, 1978 ( ARD ) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 58:28 min |
| 10 | 2 | Accident costs | Things are crunching at the Neubert car dealership due to the lack of wage increases. The planned emergency service met with little enthusiasm among the workforce. Dietz grudgingly approves a three percent increase in the hourly wage, but threatens to cut staff as compensation. Because of the contradicting information about the course of the accident, Fiducia insurance does not pay the accident damage to Brodzinski's Hanomag. Mr Isèl has issued the Fiducia ban on regulation and threatens to terminate all of his contracts there in the event of violation. This bows to the dictation and brings Brodzinski into considerable financial difficulties. Since Brodzinski cannot produce witnesses, his legal position is critical. Due to his claims settlement activities, he loses time that he lacks to sell fruit and vegetables, and there is no turnover. The rental van is being picked up by the rental company due to the lack of payment. After the repair, the Neubert car dealership insists on Brodzinski paying in full for the same, but he cannot. Since the desperate Brodzinski has no source of income without a van, he gets his Hanomag from the farm without paying. He is resuming his fruit and vegetable sales. | 23 Oct 1978 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 57:59 min |
| 11 | 3 | Self help | The workforce at the Neubert car dealership waived the required three percent wage increase after a turbulent company meeting. In return, redundancies for operational reasons are to be excluded. A bailiff tries to secure the Hanomag because of the unpaid repair bill. Brodzinski's friend and householder Lohmeier warned him at the last second, whereupon he escaped the bailiff with the Hanomag. On his return he meets the bailiff, but initially does not give him the Hanomag. Together with Mr. Angermann, the bailiff parks the Hanomag they have found in two vehicles early in the morning when Brodzinski wants to load fresh goods in front of Lohmeier's shop. At the end of his possibilities, Brodzinski gives up his business and offers his Hanomag to the Neubert car dealership for sale. | October 30, 1978 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 58:27 min |
| 12 | 4th | Claims settlement | The secretary Köckel, who is characterized by somewhat restrained work zeal, is to be dismissed. This is suing the labor court. After the trial, Mr. Dietz offers her a severance payment. In the criminal proceedings against Ms. Isèl, Brodzinski testifies in court and Isèl is convicted. Even so, there is still no regulation. In the subsequent civil process, the angry Brodzinski must be brought out of the hall. The Mercedes that was initially on the right at the scene of the accident is no longer addressed and is therefore not taken into account in the judgment. Brodzinski's lawsuit is dismissed. Resigned, Brodzinski resumes his previous work at the wholesale market. Ms. Lohmeier's corner shop is closed. | November 6, 1978 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Robert Stromberger | 58:17 min |
Season 4: PS - Fire Rider (1979)
The Neubert car dealership ran into problems for a short time because it accepted a major order from the dreaded rock band Feuerreiter . There are two dozen small motorcycles of the type KiM 50, with the KTM 50 RSW used in the lettering . The script for this season was no longer written by Robert Stromberger, but by Karl Wittlinger .
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
Original title | Summary | First broadcast in Germany | Director | script | Playing time (DVD version) |
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| 13 | 1 | Fire Rider I | The intellectually interested and wealthy factory owner's son Ingo Falter calls himself "Hamlet". With his Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, he leads a motorcycle gang called Feuerreiter, which is a magnet for young two-wheelers. All members are given aliases: They are named after Shakespeare characters or other personalities in contemporary history. The dentist's son Jochen Helber sells his moped to buy a moped. He raves about the fire riders, whom he knows from his favorite bar “Go In”. Since his father is against motorcycles in general and especially against the fire riders, Jochen threads the business secretly and works in a snack bar after school. The relationship between Kornelia Mettler and Daniel Heintz is in crisis because she does not want to bind herself tighter. Heintz begins an affair with the secretary and widow Renate Hölderlin. Fitter Fritz Bossel shows himself to be an opinionated bully and loudmouth, who also diverts material for his own purposes. Hamlet wants to buy a gala season consisting of 24 small motorcycles of the type “KIM 50 LX” (KTM 50 RSW) for the fire riders at the Neubert car dealership for 120,000 DM. Jochen manages the first hurdle of the fire rider's entrance examination. | Feb. 26, 1979 ( ARD ) | Claus Peter Witt | Karl Wittlinger | 58:30 min |
| 14th | 2 | Fire Rider II | Hamlet negotiates the purchase of the gala season directly with Thomas Dietz, whereby he makes perfect and, if necessary, immediate service a condition for the purchase. Hamlet personally warned a journalist who wrote a critical article about the fire riders after two fire riders opened his VW Karmann Ghia and dismantled its cameras. The Bossel brothers cheated a customer with a shabby Horch 853 convertible with a makeshift repair for 2,500 DM in their workshop. Fritz Bossel is caught red-handed with stolen tools and parts. In addition, the moonlighting he worked together with his brother comes out on the Horch. To compensate, he has to take over the weekend service for the fire riders without payment. Jochen befriends the young boutique worker Dressy. The latter tells her brother a secret that a fire rider has entrusted to her about a punishment. She is punished for this by the fire riders cutting off her long hair. The fire riders want to have the gala season do their hair, which the Neubert car dealership rejects. So they ask the Bossel brothers, who suspect that business is good. | 5th Mar 1979 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Karl Wittlinger | 57:40 min |
| 15th | 3 | Fire Rider III | After the gala season has been delivered, it will be equipped with a special exhaust. This turns out to be too loud at TÜV and therefore not acceptable. The responsible examiner Joost is therefore punished by the fire riders by being tied up at night and left in his car as an Indian with make-up. The previously 2CV- driving students give their brightly painted and well-worn Amalfi CS 1800 to the Neubert car dealership free of charge. Jochen enforces an amnesty among the fire riders for his girlfriend Dressy. He is becoming increasingly critical of the way Hamlet leads the Fire Riders. Since fitter and chairman Pfeffer resigns his office annoyed, a new chairman is to be elected. Fritz Bossel sees his chance to be elected as a replacement. But he is defeated in the vote, and Pfeffer is re-elected against his will. At the next demonstration of the special exhaust at TÜV, Joost will be prepared and will put an additional damping bulb on the exhaust. The machines are finally ready for acceptance. The Bossel brothers insure their workshop against fire at an excessive value. Immediately after the contract is signed, the workshop, including its old VW Beetle, burns out completely. | March 12 1979 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Karl Wittlinger | 57:33 min |
| 16 | 4th | Fire Rider IV | The fire expert concludes from inconsistencies and undamaged doors and windows that there was an arson attack by Fritz or Harry Bossel. The Bossel brothers try to blame the fire riders for the workshop fire. Daniel Heintz ends the relationship with Kornelia Mettler in favor of Renate Hölderlin. There is resistance to Hamlet among the fire riders. He wants to restore his reputation by identifying the workshop arsonist. When Hamlet visits the Bossels, the latter installs a listening device under their living room table. During the subsequent wiretapping, Harry Bossel reveals himself to be the arsonist. Against Jochen's objection, Hamlet wants to punish Harry Bossel for his false accusation of the Feuerreiter against the press. Due to Fritz Bossel's plight, the employees of the Neubert car dealership decided to get him a decent car. To do this, they prepare the student Amalfi for him, which he receives with emotion. Because Harry Bossel has withdrawn, Hamlet wants to punish Fritz Bossel instead and lets him take him to the gravel pit, bound and gagged. There Jochen confronts Hamlet with an exclusion request because he lied to the group about Fritz Bossel's perpetration. The fire riders finally decide to disband the group. Left alone with Bossel, Hamlet cuts off his bonds and lets him go. | March 19, 1979 (ARD) | Claus Peter Witt | Karl Wittlinger | 58:01 min |