Police call 110: A nice person

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Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title A nice person
Country of production GDR
original language German
Production
company		 Television of the GDR
length 77 minutes
classification Episode 86 ( List )
First broadcast September 25, 1983 on GDR 1
Rod
Director Gunter Friedrich
script Gabriele Gabriel
production Erich Biedermann
music Bernd Wefelmeyer
camera Horst Klewe
cut Renate Mueller
occupation

A nice person is a German crime film by Gunter Friedrich from 1983. The television film was released as the 86th episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

Edith Sass is friends with Ulli Streese, a hairdresser. Both of them dream of having their own hairdressing salon, but they don't have the money for it. Edith, a trained seamstress, begins to target single pensioners. She becomes their confidante, presents herself as a nice person, helps with the house, runs errands and works as a tailor. At some point she borrows money from the pensioners and leaves behind a promissory note that either disappears or is illegibly signed. The victims never see the money again. An old woman died of old age shortly after the fall, and old Otto Schulze also died before Edith paid him back the money. The promissory note for 14,000 marks that the heirs find with him is illegibly signed, especially since Edith Sass introduces herself to her victims as Edith Hausmann. She not only took the money, but also Schulze's car. Edith also mingles with the mourners at the funeral and takes part in the funeral feast, which particularly upsets Otto Schulze's relative Ruth Hinze against Edith.

In the meantime, Edith has found a new pensioner: Her friend points out the single Bruno Gensicke, with whom she “accidentally” becomes acquainted and ends up in bed after going to the cinema together. He's hoping for a steady relationship and they see each other more often now. At some point, however, a valuable family watch is missing from Bruno's always unlocked apartment. Edith took the watch and sold it to an antique shop. She comforts Bruno, who is troubled by the loss of the watch. A little later she indicates that she can buy a freezer, but that she needs money for it. Bruno has no fortune and lends her his last 350 marks, which he actually put aside for the winter coal delivery. Edith disappears. When he sees her in town a little later with a different wig and demands his money back, she pushes him away, Bruno falls, suffers a heart attack and is hospitalized.

The criminal police have long been aware of the case. Captain Peter Fuchs leaves the case to the new Lieutenant Berndt, who actually would have preferred to solve an exciting task, but slowly gets into the case. He finds older frauds based on the same pattern and can have Edith create the first phantom images. Most aptly, Bruno himself draws Edith, since he is a hobby painter. Edith meanwhile wins the trust of Ruth Hinze's sister-in-law Charlotte, takes care of her and helps her with the household. She makes Charlotte go out, goes to cafes and the opera with her, and awakens the old woman's new zest for life. She therefore plans to travel with her sister-in-law Ruth, even if Ruth warns Charlotte about Edith. Ruth finds Frau Hausmann's behavior strange. One day Edith asks Charlotte for money to pay for a car. She secretly looked into Charlotte's savings account and knows that Charlotte is wealthy. She wants to borrow 11,000 marks from her and Charlotte withdraws the money for her. At the same time Ruth reports the case to the police and the investigators rush to Charlotte's apartment. Charlotte, meanwhile, has a bad feeling about giving all of her savings to Edith. She refuses her the money. When Charlotte leaves the room, Edith takes the money anyway. Charlotte sees it when she comes back. In the next scuffle, Edith pushes Charlotte to the ground, where the old woman lies motionless. Edith hastily leaves the apartment. The investigators appear a short time later and see Edith fleeing in the car. The license plate is of little help, however, as the car is still registered to Otto Schulze.

An ABV recognizes Edith on the wanted poster and she is arrested. She surrenders without resistance, because her boyfriend doesn't want to know anything more about her or her machinations. At the station she is confronted with her victims, including Bruno and Charlotte, and finally asks to be taken away.

production

A nice person was filmed from January to February or from February 15 to April 13, 1983 under the working title Oma Hinze in Berlin. The costumes for the film were created by Helene Hohensee , the film structures were created by Knut Lempio . The film premiered on September 25, 1983 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 52.8 percent.

It was the 86th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Captain Peter Fuchs investigated his 53rd case. In the performance comparison of GDR television for works of dramatic art in 1983, Polizeiruf 110: A nice person received the title “Particularly valuable” in 1984.

literature

  • Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 94.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Filmportal.de
  2. ↑ a b representation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=086 (link only available to a limited extent)
  3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 94.
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