Police call 110: Big Band Time

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Big band time
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	DFF
length	76 minutes
classification	Episode 147 ( List )
First broadcast	March 31, 1991 on DFF
Rod
Director	Wolfgang Huebner
script	Eberhard Görner
production	Volker Holecek
music	Günther Fischer
camera	Kurt Bobek
cut	Brigitte Hujer
occupation
Peter Borgelt : Chief Commissioner Peter Fuchs Holger Franke : K technician Alexander Wikarski : coroner Manfred Müller : Head of K Lossow Christian Steyer : Anton "Antonio" Lasch Jan Spitzer : Bosowski, band leader Frank Matthus : guitarist Nina Lorck-Schierning : Maria Lasch Justus Carrière : Otto Lasch Marco Krause : Anton as a child Andreas Rudloff : Anton as a child Annemone Haase : Mrs. Schmidt Joachim Tomaschewsky : Mr. Schmidt Herbert Sand : Photographer Keller Gisela Morgen : Ms. Lübeck Helmut Müller-Lankow : Mr. Lübeck Renate Heymer : Ms. Auerbach Werner Dissel : Mr. Auerbach Ortwin Player : Master Plumber Walter Hildegard Walter : Mermaid Walter Fritz Bornemann : Dr. Zabel Hansi Jochmann : Mrs. Zabel Christa Löser : siblings Leitner Christa Wagner : Leitner siblings Volker Holecek : ship photographer Detlef Neuhaus : tour guide Gerd Blahuschek : Captain Peter Friedrichson : 1st officer Wolfgang Huebner : Archivist Günter Drescher : prison guard Christine Heinze : Correctional Officer Sabine Wang : Cleaner Peter Kaden : Field Policeman Heini Müller : Field Policeman

Big Band Time is a German crime film by Wolfgang Huebner from 1991. The television film was released as the 147th episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

After various concerts with their big band, saxophonist Anton Lasch, band leader Bosowski and the band's guitarist start their engagement on the cruise ship "Arkona". They play for tea and for the cruise carnival and especially the curly-headed Anton, who calls himself Antonio, is swarmed by the women. Mermaid Walter, the frustrated wife of master plumber Walter, would especially like to seduce Anton. However, he always reacts cool and calm. In quiet minutes, his thoughts always go far back into childhood. His father Otto was a pianist and was drafted and sent to the front during the Second World War . His mother Maria awakened Anton's love for playing the saxophone during the time without a father. In January 1945 Anton discovered a stranger in the ash container while disposing of ashes. It was his father Otto, who had deserted. A neighbor who had previously photographed the family saw Maria bring Otto into the apartment. The neighbor Keller was a Wehrmacht investigator and reported the incident. Otto was arrested and shot as a deserter. Maria was deported to a concentration camp, where she also perished shortly before the end of the war. Anton grew up in an orphanage after the end of the war. He vowed to kill his parents' traitor if he ever found him.

On board, the other two band members notice during the test alarm that Anton is inattentive. One passenger seems to be known to him. One morning Anton lies dead in his cabin. Chief Inspector Peter Fuchs is flown to Arkona with a K technician and a coroner. The investigations reveal that Anton was strangled. A photo is missing that shows him with his parents and a second picture in which he can be seen with his mother. There were fiber remains under Anton's fingernails and traces of nail polish in his hair. However, both traces turn out to be false. Mrs. Schmidt, who is celebrating her silver wedding anniversary with her husband on board, finds one of the two photos from Anton's possession in her husband's belongings. Mr Schmidt confesses to his wife that he is Mr Keller who betrayed Anton’s parents at the time. On the back of the photo was his note and signature from then, so he took it. Anton recognized Mr. Schmidt alias Keller. A dispute broke out on deck and later in Anton's cabin, as a result of which Schmidt murdered Anton. Mr Schmidt repeats his confession in front of the investigators and is arrested. Ms. Schmidt is left with the question of who she married at the time and loved all these years - Mr. Schmidt or Mr. Keller.

production

Big Band Time was filmed from September 1 to October 31, 1990 in Berlin , Rostock and on the Finnjet ferry . The costumes of the film created Ute Rossberg , the Filmbauten submitted by Gerhard Kulosa . The film premiered on March 31, 1991 at the DFF . The audience participation was 10 percent.

The film was made with the support of the Silja Line shipping company and the crew of the Finnjet ferry . Originally the passenger ferry Rügen (on the way to Trelleborg) was supposed to be used for the recordings on board the ship . The passenger ship Arkona was only used for the total recordings.

It was the 147th episode in the Polizeiruf 110 film series . Chief Inspector Peter Fuchs investigated his 84th case.

literature

• Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 155.

Web links

• Police 110: Big Band Time in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Polizeiruf 110: Big Band Time at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=147 (link only available to a limited extent)
2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 155.

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