Police call 110: poor pigs

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Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title Poor pigs
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Delp film and television company
for MDR
length 84 minutes
classification Episode 159 ( List )
First broadcast March 13, 1994 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Bernd Böhlich
script Bernd Böhlich
production Wolfgang Bremke
music Uwe Buschkötter
Mario Lauer
camera Roland Dressel
cut Brigitte Hujer
occupation

Poor pigs is a German crime film by Bernd Böhlich from 1994. The television film was released as the 159th episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

The body of the Pole Kowalisch is found on the construction site at Schloßplatz in Dresden , who apparently fell to his death from a high scaffold. Chief Detective Thomas Grawe takes over the investigation. Sensational journalist Rethmann, in particular, is annoyed about his death, as the worker wanted to give him explosive information about the construction site or the SaBau construction company shortly. Grawe soon had the impression that illegal workers were being employed on a large scale on the construction site , as Kowalisch's wage tax card did not seem to be found. The foreign workers, in turn, prove to be taciturn. Grawe can secure license plates that Kowalisch had hidden in his bed. They are not allowed on wagons.

There is tension among workers and members of the construction company. The chief secretary Yvonne Hellwig, who is married to site manager Hannes, has started an affair with the Polish worker Stan, which Hannes found out. Stan and Dittrich, who is responsible for looking after the foreign workers, are involved in a criminal cause. They crack into cars and sell them on with fake license plates. The other workers know about it and threaten Stan who, if caught, would endanger all workers. It is the Czech worker Ragolski who pleads for Stan. Ragolski has a seriously ill child at home that he could only have operated on in an expensive hospital. For this he needs 10,000 marks, which Stan has to get him, since Ragolski would otherwise reveal his machinations to the police. A planned major theft fails, however, because the selected limousine belongs to the interior minister and is specially secured. Grawe has the fingerprints on the car analyzed and finds out that Stan is the car thief he is looking for.

Hannes watches Stan with Yvonne. He later sets a trap for him and lies in wait to kill him. On the same day, Ragolski waits for Stan to receive the money for his son from him. The next day, Stan's body is found in his car. Although Hannes admits that he wanted to kill him, he did not commit the act, which is proven by traces at the scene. The second dead worker in a short time stirs up dust; The company management becomes nervous and begins extensively to search for culprits for the numerous illegal workers on the construction sites. Company owner Dr. Former pretends that his branch manager Steinberg should know everything while Dittrich blames him. He knows that in the end everyone knew about the illegal workers and turns to journalist Rethmann. He tells him about the illicit work on a large scale, just as the dead Kowalisch intended. Before Dittrich can leave, however, he is arrested at Grawe airport. It turns out that Dittrich is part of the Polish Automafia, which deals in stolen cars on a large scale. Dittrich worked with Kowalisch, who suddenly demanded more money from him and otherwise would have betrayed the illegal work to the press. So Dittrich killed Kowalisch and made it look like an accident.

Dittrich's statement to Rethmann is sufficient for the police to carry out a major raid on the SaBau construction site for illegal work. Stan's death can also be cleared up. A stone with the inscription Karel belonging to Ragolski is found in his car . The investigators drive to Ragolski's hometown, where he and his wife are burying their son. When Ragolski sees the investigators, he goes to them without a word.

production

Construction site of Dresden Castle, a location for the film

Poor pigs was shot in Dresden in the summer of 1993. The shooting locations included the construction site of the Dresden Castle (Kowalisch's death) and the construction site of the Dorint Hotel on Grunaer Strasse (construction site after the first relocation of the workers). You can also see the Semperoper , the Hilton Dresden (theft of the interior minister's car) and the Catholic Court Church (where Yvonne and Stan met). The costumes of the film created Isolde Müller-Claud , the Filmbauten come from Rose-Marie Halfpap .

The film had its television premiere on March 13, 1994 in the first . The audience participation was 18.8 percent. It was the 159th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Chief Detective Thomas Grawe investigated his 31st and penultimate case. In addition, " poor pigs " began a "new crime era" for the police call, as it was the first film in the series to be released as a joint project of the ARD stations ORB, MDR, BR, SFB, SDR, WDR after official acceptance and takeover of the police call and ORF was broadcast. It was also the first police call that was broadcast by arte in 1996 and could also be seen in France.

criticism

The Süddeutsche Zeitung found that "the political-social weighting of the special police call appeal" lies, the beginnings of which are also present in poor pigs . Nevertheless, one would like to see “more realism once again, that is, more intense exposure to the milieu. This is the only way to avoid surface defects. Undeclared workers are now difficult to imagine right in the middle of the Dresden Baroque. ”“ Sobering crime thriller full of gray sadness ”, summarized TV Spielfilm .

literature

  • Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, pp. 214–215.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p.
  2. ↑ a b K.W .: Police call 110. The first case of Inspector Grawe . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , April 26, 1996, p. 9.
  3. ↑ KW: Sunday 8.45pm ARD - poor pigs . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 12, 1994, p. 0 / FIFU.
  4. ↑ From far away. Police call 110: poor pigs (ARD / MDR) . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 61, March 15, 1994, p. F20.
  5. ^ Police call 110: Poor pigs on tvspielfilm.de
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