Police call 110: head in the noose
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Head in the noose |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion on behalf of the MDR |
| length | 88 minutes |
| classification | Episode 248 ( List ) |
| First broadcast | March 16, 2003 on Das Erste |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hartmut Griesmayr |
| script | Sabine Thiesler |
| production | Susanne Wolfram |
| music | Joe Mubare |
| camera | Hans-Jörg Allgeier |
| cut | Claudia Fröhlich |
| occupation | |
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Head in the Loop is a German crime film by Hartmut Griesmayr from 2003. It is the 248th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and the 21st case for the Halle inspectors Schmücke and Schneider .
action
Else Berger, an old woman is found dead in her apartment. During the investigations, the psychologist Maria Steinert, the inspectors Schmücke and Schneider is at the side and can quickly create a perpetrator profile with the two inspectors, which leads to a quick result. To thank the psychologist for solving the case quickly, Inspector Schmücke visits Maria Steinert in her country house. There he meets Reiner Münster, whom he knows from a rape case a few years ago. Steinert explains that he is her patient and that she is taking care of his rehabilitation. Now and then he would help her around the house and in the garden.
The next day the son of the architect Lars Köhler disappeared and was found seriously injured and unconscious in the forest on the same day. Someone tried to suffocate him. DNA traces on a handkerchief of the child lead to Reiner Münster. Münster cannot explain any of this, but is taken into custody.
In addition to Reiner Münster, Maria Steinert also takes care of Benno Brack. The psychologically conspicuous young man lives in the neighborhood and feels like Maria Steinert's guardian angel. After overhearing an argument between her and her lover Lars Köhler, he visits Köhler's wife. He talks to her in a very childlike way and asks her to make sure that Lars Köhler no longer comes to Maria Steinert. He wasn't doing her any good and he couldn't let that happen. Susanne Köhler then reports her husband to the police. He would be to blame for her son's condition, because if he hadn't taken him to his lover's house, then he would not have been able to meet Reiner Munster, whom she also believes to be the perpetrator. Hence her husband is complicit in her eyes.
Maria Steinert has felt persecuted for some time and asks Schmücke for assistance, but as long as there is no real crime, the police cannot intervene. Nevertheless, Schmücke and Schneider become aware of Benno Brack, who is always sneaking around Steinert. After little Jonas Köhler does not regain consciousness and dies, Schmücke and Schneider investigate murder. A witness claims to have seen a silver BMW in the forest on the day of the crime. This lead leads to Markus Klose, who works as a car mechanic and had test-driven this car. Since he even saved Jonas' cell phone number, the investigators consider him convicted. They want to bring Maria Steinert the news of Münster's innocence and find her hanged together with Benno Brack in their country house. According to the evidence, Steinert was killed while Benno hanged himself because he thought he had failed as her protector.
For Schmücke, everything points to Lars Köhler, as he cannot yet know that Munster is not his son's murderer and that he, too, considers Steinert to be complicit in the child's death. Since he has an alibi, only Susanne Köhler can be the perpetrator. They follow her as she is driving away in the car. They try to stop her but cannot prevent her deliberately crashing into a bridge pier and dying.
background
Head in the Loop was produced by "Akzente Film und Fernsehproduktions GmbH" on behalf of the MDR . The shooting took place in Halle and the surrounding area of Halle. On March 17, 2002, the German first broadcast took place in the first program of the ARD in prime time .
criticism
The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best possible rating (thumbs up) and wrote: “Clearly one of the better cases of the Halle duo.” And drew the overall conclusion: “Routine, but in a good sense”.
Web links
- Police 110: head in the noose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ locations at the Internet Movie Database retrieved.
- ^ Police call 110: Head in the noose at tvspielfilm.de
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