Police call 110: Ball of Lonely Hearts

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Lonely hearts ball
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Production company	DFF
length	80 minutes
classification	Episode 140 ( List )
First broadcast	September 2, 1990 on GDR 1
Rod
Director	Helmut Krätzig
script	Helmut Krätzig
music	Karl-Ernst Sasse
camera	Walter Küppers
cut	Renate Foldesi
occupation
Peter Borgelt : Chief Commissioner Peter Fuchs Andreas Schmidt-Schaller : High Commissioner Thomas Grawe Peter Reusse : Klaus-Peter Kern Gert-Hartmut Schreier : Jürgen Honz Barbara Schnitzler : Monika Bund Regina Beyer : Mrs. Storch Walfriede Schmitt : Elvira Barthel Heidrun Perdelwitz : Sister Monika Hellena Büttner : Sister Vera Marga Legal : Grandma Ev-Katrin Weiß : hairdresser

Ball of Lonely Hearts is a German crime film by Helmut Krätzig from 1990. The television film was released as the 140th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

Klaus-Peter Kern has a hit with women and uses it for his criminal machinations. Together with his accomplice Jürgen Honz, they go into action at dance events. While Honz stays in the background, Kern steals the lonely lady's apartment keys in order to pass them on to his partner unnoticed. He then drives to the apartments to steal money and valuables. Then the keys find their way back into the handbags. After several successful attempts, Honz is caught in Mrs. Storch's apartment by her daughter. The daughter suffers serious injuries during a fight with Honz. The criminal police begin their work and are soon on the trail of the perpetrators, as the two perpetrators leave too many traces. So they break into health clinics several times in order to provide relief for Klaus-Peter Kern, who has a sick back, with mud packs and water treatments. In the meantime they find shelter with Elvira Barthel. During another break-in, Jürgen Honz is shocked when he finds himself in a snake cage.

production

The film had its premiere on September 2, 1990 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was over 20 percent.

It was the 140th episode of the Polizeiruf 110 film series . Chief Inspector Fuchs investigated in his 78th case, Oberkommissar Grawe in his 27th case.

literature

• Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 147.

Web links

• Police 110: Ball of lonely hearts in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 147.

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