Police call 110: Bullerjahn

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Bullerjahn
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Polyphonic film and television for NDR
length	85 minutes
classification	Episode 158 ( List )
First broadcast	January 30, 1994 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Manfred Stelzer
script	Gert Möbius , Manfred Stelzer
production	Werner Uwe Kraft , Walter Heigl
music	Uwe Buschkötter , Mario Lauer
camera	David Slama
cut	Marion will
occupation
Kurt Böwe : Kurt Groth Uwe Steimle : Jens Hinrichs Jörg Gudzuhn : Uwe Jahn Günter Junghans : Harald Schollack Irene Kleinschmidt : Kerstin Jahn Dietmar Mössmer : Ludger HH Müller : Dr. Stuber Karl Kranzkowski : Nils Lüdeking Heike Jonca : Gisi Lüdeking Sabine Kotzur : Barbara Kober Gabriele Völsch : Juliane Groth Anke Neumann : Annemarie Schollack Ralf Lehm : Kai Kober Jutta Breu : Mrs. Lück Harald Kempe : Bronski

Bullerjahn is a German crime film by Manfred Stelzer from 1994. The television film was released as the 158th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

The Mecklenburg farmer Nils Lüdeking is stolen from his farm in Kladrum in broad daylight. The cattle are being transported by truck for a criminal gang from West Germany by the independent forwarding agent Uwe Jahn, who lives in nearby Dobberkow. Jahn is only the driver, however, and does not know where the cattle come from. His own shipping company is doing badly. He receives only a few orders, which he always queries Harald Schollack's company in Dobberkow, as Schollack is one of the few residents of the village with a telephone connection.

As cattle thefts are increasing, Chief Detective Dr. Stuber from the Schwerin criminal investigation department met the young chief detective Hinrichs with the investigation of the case. It is Hinrichs' first case in Schwerin. The investigator, who graduated with honors from his criminal studies degree in Dresden , is considered to be familiar with modern investigative methods and can use computers. Chief Detective Groth is placed at his side as an assistant. He was given leave of absence after the fall of the Berlin Wall and 30 years of employment and had previously held Hinrich's post. In Schwerin he is considered to be the last veteran of the authority. In contrast to his new partner, Groth doesn't think much of modern achievements, as egg thieves have never been caught using mere technology.

The unlikely team travels to various farms where cattle were stolen and finally comes to Dobberkow. Harald Schollack's cattle disappeared, but reappeared. Nils Lüdeking appears and asks for his case to be dealt with urgently, as the theft means the end of his career for him. The investigators put him off until the next day. While Hinrichs drives back to Schwerin, Groth stays with the Jahns. This puts forwarder Jahn on heightened alert. Although he warns his employers, they enforce another herd theft.

The next day the commissioners find Nils Lüdeking hanged in his stable. Jahn now wants to get out of the illegal business for good, but the gang puts him under pressure. An attack was carried out on his daughter's pony, and an incendiary device was later thrown into his house. Jahn was forced to take part in one of the last cattle transports. Hinrichs and Groth have meanwhile recognized that a vigilante group has formed in the area ; The investigators set themselves three days to catch the cattle thieves. You can identify Dobberkow as the center by looking at the location of the villages where cattle were stolen. Only Harald Schollack has the necessary logistics to keep the thieves up to date about the respective courtyards. Hinrichs can spy on the data on his computer and thus confirm Schollack's role. When they hear of the attack on the pony, Hinrichs and Groth go to Jahn, who is about to drive away in the truck. Hinrichs smuggles himself on board. He gets to the cattle loading area and can alert Groth before he is knocked down by the head of the gang. The gang was caught by the vigilante shortly afterwards. Hinrichs and Groth can finally just prevent the gang and Jahn from being hung by the vigilante.

production

Bullerjahn was shot from July to August 1993 in the Prignitz and in Tramm and the surrounding area in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district . The Lewitz singers from Tramm appear as the choir in the film . The costumes of the film created Heidi Plätz that Filmbauten submitted by Detlef Brinkmann . The film was broadcast for the first time on January 30, 1994 on ARD and achieved an audience rating of 23 percent.

It was the first police call produced by the North German Broadcasting Corporation . Until 1991 the NDR was a broadcasting company of the old federal states. After the dissolution of German television at the end of 1991, NDR in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania became its direct successor in this state. It was also the first case for the Schwerin commissioners Kurt Groth and Jens Hinrichs , who were played by Kurt Böwe and Uwe Steimle.

The film, originally shot with an aspect ratio of 4: 3, was shown for the first time on December 21, 2014 by NDR in a version trimmed to 16: 9, which meant that image information was lost.

criticism

The Tagesspiegel praised the film:

“The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania commissioner duo is mercilessly provincial in 'Bullerjahn'; and in this self-limited remoteness more credible, more tense than the sterile yuppie police officers from the west. As the story of cattle theft is based on reality and is also plausible in itself, the actors as characters are also conclusive. "

- Der Tagesspiegel 1994

literature

• Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 167, 208ff.

Web links

• Police 110: Bullerjahn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police call 110: Bullerjahn at filmportal.de
• Police call 110: Bullerjahn on Das Erste.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefanie Hoffmeister: Inspectors with a special character . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 27, 1994.
2. ↑ Tramm on die-lewitz.de
3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 167.
4. ↑ Made the jump at a slower pace . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 29, 1994, p. F26.
5. ↑ Uta-Maria Heim: Viewed critically - Police call 110. ARD . In: Der Tagesspiegel , February 1, 1994.

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