Police call 110: Power and its price

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	The power and its price
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	NDR
length	89 minutes
classification	Episode 222 ( List )
First broadcast	November 5, 2000 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Hans-Erich Viet
script	Hans-Erich Viet , Edmund Grote
production	Pure Milker
music	Kambiz Giahi
camera	Johannes Anders
cut	Wiebke Koester
occupation
Uwe Steimle : Jens Hinrichs Jürgen Schmidt : Robert Dieckmann Katharina Schubert : Beatrice Oliver Korittke : Achim dancer Julia Richter : Nina Alexander May : Lacleur Gesa Badenhorst : Marianne Barth : Klaus Bieligk : Volker Bogdan : Chris Hubertus Hartmann : Illa Hedergott : Ingrid Hüffel : Wolfgang Kaven : HH Müller : Dr. Stuber Manfred Möck : Gerhard Naujoks : Anton Rattinger : Bortscheller Michael von Rospatt : Wolfer Wolfgang Schenck : Steffen Schult : Jaecki Gabriele Völsch : Juliane Groth

The power and its price is a German crime film by Hans-Erich Viet from the year 2000. The television film was released as the 222nd episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Jürgen Schmidt , who stood in for the late Kurt Böwe , made his first appearance here as Robert Dieckmann (later Holm Diekmann) at the side of Uwe Steimle as Hinrichs.

action

Hinrichs is at a ceremony to award lifesavers, among them the politician Lacleur, three homeless people and Hinrichs. Groth, who is also to be awarded, is absent and Hinrichs excuses him. After the party, which Hinrichs leaves on his bicycle, he meets the three homeless people who jointly sell the homeless magazine “Berberpost” in the adjacent park and drinks wine with them. Meanwhile, Achim Dancer, who has just escaped from prison, steals his bike and uses it as an escape vehicle.

Dr. Stuber introduces Hinrich's chief inspector Robert Dieckmann, who has come from Hamburg to optimize the Schwerin authority, and also hands him over the "dancer" case; he should track down the escaped prisoner again. He is supposed to begin his investigation in the laundry business of dancer's girlfriend Beatrice Wiedemann. But at the address he only finds one shop for electrical goods. However, the saleswoman can help him and sends him to Grimnitz, where Mrs. Wiedemann now sells lingerie directly. Hinrichs has to go to Grimnitz am See and also takes his wife Nina and the two children with him after trying in vain to get rid of them.

Beatrice Wiedemann, with whom the dancer has found shelter, meets the three editors of the "Berberpost" in the tram. She is the woman who was saved by the three men and makes it clear to Jaecki, one of the rescuers, that only Lacleur has benefited from it and tries to get him to testify that the rescue was only faked.

When they arrive in Grimnitz, Hinrichs and Nina are received by Groth's granddaughter Juliane. Hinrichs also notes that elections will be held in the town soon and that Lacleur, who had been awarded Hinrichs, is one of the top candidates. Lacleur is campaigning and defending a weir that he has built to help the lake be further dammed. Beatrice Wiedemann also reappeared in the village after helping to escape. Hinrichs see her to talk to her about Tänzer's escape, but quickly breaks off his efforts when Ms. Wiedemann's customer service is too detailed for him.

Lacleur ambushes Beatrice Wiedemann and confronts her. He is worried that she is back in the village, even though he has financed a shop for her. She explains to him that the business has gone bankrupt and tries to extort new money from Lacleur.

During the night, two perpetrators sabotage Lacleur's defense. Hinrichs is alerted by the noise, but cannot arrest the perpetrators and only meets a village police officer. From him he learns that an attack had also been carried out on Lacleur's office that night. The weir turned out to be badly damaged the next day, delaying further construction projects for months. Because of the two attacks, Dr. Stuber Robert Dieckmann to reinforce in Grimnitz, which the career-conscious Hinrichs doesn't like at first.

Dieckmann and Hinrichs visit Lacleur in his office, but only learn that he considers the attacks to be politically motivated. Hinrichs then continued his investigations at the land registry office and learned that the properties near the weir now belong to Lacleur, among others. Beatrice Wiedemann is one of the previous owners of the land. While Hinrichs and Dieckmann go out to eat fish, Beatrice Wiedemann visits Lacleur in his office, but after a short banter she is shown outside the door. In the meantime, Hinrichs discovers a photo of Lacleur and Frau Wiedemann in the fish restaurant. He learns from the landlady that the third man in the picture is Mr. Lundberg. He was the winner of the last election and former fiancée of Mrs. Wiedemann, but has now disappeared from the village. After dinner, the two inspectors are called to a corpse that has been found in the lake, but have not yet found anything essential.

In the evening, the dancer lies in wait for Lacleur in front of the old people's home and shoots him. However, Dancer has to flee because he is being followed by two keepers, leaving behind his escape vehicle, which Hinrichs can identify as his own bicycle. Nevertheless, he was provided by Hinrichs after a short time. Ms. Wiedemann can also intercept Hinrichs shortly before she leaves. She leads him to the two homeless rescuers who are supposed to tell Hinrichs the true story. But these stay with the fictional story, since they have obviously been bribed.

Hinrichs and Dieckmann confront Lacleur with their investigation results: The corpse is Ole Lundberg, who won the last election and later died during a dispute with Lacleur from the consequences of an injury that was not treated years ago. The destruction of the weir turns out to be a deed by some anglers who saw the fish population in the lake endangered.

production

Kurt Böwe was actually supposed to have his last appearance as Commissioner Groth in this film . However, since the actor became seriously ill, the shooting had to be postponed first. After his death, Jürgen Schmidt took over his role as police call commissioner early; he should have succeeded Boew in the next film. In this episode his name is different from the following films Robert Dieckmann and not Holm Diekmann.

The film only deals indirectly with the death of Kurt Böwe. At the award at the beginning of the film, Groth is only missed by Hinrichs: “Mr. Groth is at the moment, unfortunately. - I miss him too. ”Later in the film, Hinrichs wishes Groth was by his side and would help him with the investigation. His whereabouts are not discussed directly. Groth's granddaughter, who was played by Gabriele Völsch again, appears for the last time.

Uwe Steimle determined as Jens Hinrichs in his 15th case.

The audience rating of the first broadcast was 19.4 percent.

literature

• Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 212.

Web links

• Polizeiruf 110: The power and its price in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Polizeiruf 110: The power and its price at filmportal.de
• ARD.de
• Criticism on tittelbach.tv

Individual evidence

1. ↑ After the death of Kurt Böwe: Shooting of “Polizeiruf 110: Die Macht und Ihr Preis” with Jürgen Schmidt. Retrieved September 6, 2014 . 
2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 231.

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