Police call 110: You never catch me!
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | You never get hold of me! |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Television of the GDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 117 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | January 24, 1988 on GDR 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gerald Hujer |
| script | Thomas Steinke |
| production | Hans-Jörg glasses |
| music | Reinhard Lakomy |
| camera | Martin Schlesinger |
| cut | Brigitte Hujer |
| occupation | |
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You never get hold of me! is a German crime film by Gerald Hujer from 1988. The television film was released as the 117th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .
action
On May 18, 1987, an attack was carried out on a Berlin post office early in the morning. Liesbeth Rietz, who brings the newspapers to the branch early, is overwhelmed, and later Walter Krämer, who comes to work. Both are tied up and their view is taken with stocking masks. The hooded perpetrator then empties the cash register and steals around 100,000 marks. Captain Peter Fuchs, First Lieutenant Lutz Zimmermann and Lieutenant Thomas Grawe take over the investigation. The perpetrator apparently left no trace. There are no usable fingerprints, no clues from neighbors and no special features that Ms. Rietz and Mr. Krämer could put on the record. Neither of them recognized the perpetrator and can only vaguely describe his age and voice. The perpetrator only tied her up loosely and used a spray gun as a weapon. Both indicate that this is a beginner.
Some time later the police received a letter composed of newspaper letters in which the perpetrator wrote that he would return the money if the police placed an ad with a given text in a certain BZ newspaper that evening . However, Peter Fuchs rejects this because it would admit that the investigators had failed. Instead, he officially hands the case over to Thomas Grawe. Grawe hardly gets any further with his investigation. The type of typewriter can be determined from the sentence of the letter "You never catch me!" Written with a typewriter, but checks in Berlin offices do not lead to any results. The examination of the sewn masks with which the two robbery victims were provided, reveals that the sewing machine must have been an old model. In addition, the specialists see Line of repeated Wilhelm Busch citing Dr. Tretow in the fabric of the masks an increased number of pollen from Gleditsia triacanthos L. , the rare three-thorn leather-husk tree . Together with specific contamination particles in the tissue, Thomas Grawe tries to encircle the perpetrator area, but in vain.
A psychological perpetrator profile shows that the perpetrator must be an intelligent man, who is misunderstood by those around him, i.e. who may not be able to live out his skills and therefore has complexes. In fact, the perpetrator Norbert Schumann is underutilized as a draftsman, proves to his superior in an insidious way that he understands more about the work and, as he is not capable of criticism, wants to quit after a subsequent reprimand. Although he is very capable in his work, his arrogant manner excludes himself. He starts the game of cat and mouse with the police in order to prove his superiority to himself. One day he called Thomas Grawe while he was working and said the letter asking for the newspaper advertisement was meant seriously. He emphasizes again that the investigators will not get him. After a long and unsuccessful search and an investigation period of two weeks set by Peter Fuchs, Thomas Grawe uses a new tactic. He publishes the ad requested by the perpetrator to give him a sense of achievement and to get him to react. At the same time, he remembered a statement from Ms. Rietz, which told him about renovations at the post office when he was being questioned. Thomas Grawe has the company responsible for the renovation investigated at the time, as the perpetrator, as an employee, could have scouted the place. The employees are screened for the perpetrator profile and there are four men left. Everyone is called and the voice profile is compared with the call received by Thomas Grawe from the perpetrator. This is how Thomas Grawe finally finds Schumann.
Since the evidence is still very thin, Grawe looks for further clues from Schumann's mother. In front of her house there is a three-thorned leather hull tree, which was not included in the list of locations previously used to narrow down the area. He also receives curtains from neighbors that Ms. Schumann once sewn with her sewing machine. The neighbor also introduces Thomas Grawe to Ms. Schumann as a new potential customer for further sewing work. Thomas Grawe found out that Ms. Schumann had received an expensive sewing machine from her son. Mrs. Schumann also tells in the village that her son wants to buy a new car. Suddenly Norbert Schumann comes home and Thomas Grawe introduces himself to him. Schumann immediately developed a new tactic and admits that he called the police as an alleged perpetrator. He wanted to allow himself a joke. He knows that Thomas Grawe wants to take him to the station and is preparing to leave. Grawe insists that Schumann take the money with him that he has hidden in the house. In fact, Schumann leads him to his room, but is able to outsmart Thomas Grawe there and flee the house. He has proven his superiority one last time and waits outside the house for Thomas Grawe who hurries after him and who finally leads him away.
production
You never get hold of me! was shot from May 18 to July 15, 1987 in Berlin and Dresden . The Gleditsie was recorded on April 29, 1987 in the Arboretum of the Humboldt University Berlin, Späthstraße 80/81. The costumes of the film created Ruth peoples who Filmbauten derived from Monika Rockelmann-Ecker man . The film premiered on January 24, 1988 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 52.3 percent.
It was the 117th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Captain Peter Fuchs investigated in his 71st case, Oberleutnant Lutz Zimmermann in his 14th case and Lieutenant Thomas Grawe in his 12th case. The criticism named the culprit in you never get hold of me! the "only offender in the police call series who acts out of a kind of sporting ambition."
literature
- Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 166.
Web links
- Police call 110: You never catch me! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Police call 110: You never catch me! at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=117 (link only available to a limited extent)
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 125.
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 166.
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