Police call 110: Kurschatten

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Course shadow
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Saxonia Media on behalf of the MDR
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 231 ( List )
First broadcast	June 24, 2001 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Marco Serafini
script	Scarlett Kleint , Michael Illner
production	Susanne Wolfram
music	Guest Waltzing
camera	Bernd Neubauer
cut	Ilana Goldschmidt
occupation
Jaecki Schwarz : Herbert Schmücke, Chief Detective Inspector Wolfgang Winkler : Herbert Schneider, Chief Detective Inspector Marie Gruber : Rosamunde Weigand, forensic technician Andreas Schmidt-Schaller : Achim Zoch Oliver Stritzel : Ferdinand Taube Anne Kasprik : Dorle Mikisch Oliver Stokowski : Valentin Kleefisch Dieter Monday : Suchon Uwe Steimle : Theodor Illgen Sigrid Göhler : Mrs. Raven Günter Naumann : Dr. honey Kathrin Angerer : Tatjana Schiefel, course nurse Marita Böhme : Edith Reger Susanne Böwe : Sister Agatha Arianne Borbach : Patricia Kniestedt Heidemarie Fabian : Mrs. Taube Marie Gruber : Rosamunde Weigand, forensic technician Manfred Möck : carpenter Thomas Rühmann : Gaffke Dirk Schoedon : masseur Angela Stresemann : Jürgen Zartmann : Bank Director Dennenesch Zoudé : detective assistant

Kurschatten is a German crime film directed by Marco Serafini in 2001. It is the 231st episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Chief Inspector Herbert Schmücke is investigating his 17th case undercover in a health clinic, while Chief Inspector Schneider acts as a contact man.

It is the anniversary episode for the 30th birthday of the series with numerous former and contemporary police call actors.

action

Spa patients are blackmailed with videos of their loving hours. Schmücke and Schneider are sure that the blackmailer must be found in the health clinic. Although extortion is actually not her department, Schmücke wants to use his long-awaited spa stay in this way at the same time. He explains Edith Reger to camouflage his wife and colleague Schneider, initially appearing inconspicuously as a pharmaceutical representative and so he can stay in contact with Schmücke.

Schmücke soon came into contact with the attractive teacher Dorle Mikisch and secretly wanted to use her as a decoy. In their respective Kurbekanntschaften include the banker pigeon, the chocolate maker Suchon, for the horse lover Theodor Illgen, contractors Achim Zoch and its " Kurschatten " Patricia Kniestedt.

During the first night he watched Patricia Kniestedt drop an envelope in a hiding place. When Schmücke wants to look, he is knocked down by Zoch, who was waiting for the blackmailer. In the subsequent declaration, Schmücke immediately had an ally, because Zoch promised to inform him of the status of the blackmail if the commissioner kept silent about his affair in return.

While Schmücke is investigating, one of the nurses is murdered in the health clinic. Schneider drops his cover and comes out as a homicide commissioner. Everything indicates that Tatjana Schiefel was the blackmailer and that one of her victims has now taken revenge. Inspector Schneider thinks Achim Zoch is the murderer, as there are various indications that speak against him. While Schneider devotes himself to solving the murder, Schmücke continues to concentrate on convicting the blackmailer, because he is convinced that Tatjana Schiefel had an accomplice. It looks like the masseur Valentin Kleefisch. When the commissioners want to arrest him, he runs away and confides in the banker Taube in order to get the money in Tatjana Schiefel's account.

When searching for clover fish, only the car can be found. On the surveillance video of the parking lot, the investigators discover banker Taube as he parks the car. When researching him, they find out that he was released two years ago for embezzlement that he promised to repay in order not to be reported. In addition, he maintains a lifestyle that is far beyond his financial means. The commissioners conclude that he therefore regularly pretends to be a spa patient in clinics and continues to be a banker in order to deprive unsuspecting investors of their savings. In this context, he may have got hold of the two blackmailers, whom he may now have both got out of the way.

In order to convict pigeon, Schmücke sets a trap for him. He pretends to invest a large amount of black money and hide it from his wife. Taube responds to the bait and arranges to meet Schmücke in his hunting lodge. Before that, the commissioners break in there and replace the ammunition in the rifles with blank cartridges to be on the safe side. While Schmücke drives to his hunting lodge with Taube, Schneider and forensic technician Rosamunde Weigand stay at a safe distance behind them. To make matters worse, they get stuck when Schneider easily strays off the forest path. Schmücke is now alone with Taube and has to discover that he is not threatening him with one of his rifles, but with a revolver. So he is at the mercy of the murderer. In his distress, he cleverly involves Taube in a conversation in which the latter admits the murders. Fortunately, Schneider and Weigand arrive on time and manage to overwhelm Taube.

background

Kurschatten was the Saxonia Media Filmproduktion commissioned by the MDR produces and June 24, 2001 First for prime time first aired. Most of the shooting took place in the spa town of Bad Kösen . In addition to Schmücke and Schneider, the following can be seen in the line-up of former police call detectors and those who were still current in the broadcast year :

• Peter Borgelt : Peter Fuchs, Lieutenant / Captain from 1971 to 1991, as a photo at the end of the film
• Jürgen Frohriep : Jürgen Hübner, first lieutenant from 1972 to 1994, as a photo at the end of the film
• Kurt Böwe : Kurt Groth , High Commissioner from 1994 to 2000, as a photo at the end of the film
• Sigrid Göhler : Vera Arndt, lieutenant, from 1971 to 1983, as restaurant owner Ms. Raven
• Jürgen Zartmann : Manfred Bergmann, first lieutenant from 1981 to 1991, as bank director
• Andreas Schmidt-Schaller : Thomas Grawe, lieutenant / first lieutenant from 1984 to 1995, as a building contractor Achim Zoch
• Günter Naumann : Günter Beck , chief inspector from 1988 to 1997, as spa director Dr. honey
• Anne Kasprik : Ikser, lieutenant from 1989, as a teacher and spa guest Dorle Mikisch
• Heidemarie Fabian : civil investigator 1991, as Mrs. Taube
• Arianne Borbach : Detective Inspector Kleinert from 1993, as Patricia Kniestedt
• Dirk Schoedon : Jens Hoffmann, Commissioner from 1993 to 1995, as a masseur
• Manfred Möck : Lindemann, detective inspector 1997, as a guest carpenter
• Oliver Stokowski : Robert Grosche, Commissioner from 1998 to 2002, as a pseudo-blind masseur Valentin Kleefisch
• Dieter Montag : Rene Schlosser, Commissioner from 1998 to 2003, as a chocolate manufacturer
• Dennenesch Zoudé : Carol Reeding, Commissioner from 2001 to 2003, as a detective assistant
• Oliver Stritzel : Karl-Heinz Küppers, commissioner from 1995 to 2004, as Ferdinand Taube
• Uwe Steimle : Jens Hinrichs , chief inspector from 1994 to 2009, as horse betting specialist Theodor Illgen
• Kathrin Angerer : Role of forensic technician Tamara in films with Horst Krause from 1999 to 2003, as nurse Tatjana Schiefel

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm show their thumbs up and say: "In this 30-year-old anniversary episode, 19 inspectors from the 'Polizeiruf 110' series appear as investigators or suspects!" Conclusion: "A funny rendezvous for the 'Polizeiruf' cops . "

Web links

• Polizeiruf 110: Kurschatten in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Crime scene in East Germany. In: Die Welt , June 23, 2001.
2. ↑ Filming there at Internet Movie Database .
3. ^ TV thriller from Halle. Accident, murder or suicide: the death of a forger raises questions. Short review by TV Spielfilm at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on August 17, 2015.

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