Police call 110: The man in the tree

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Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title The man in the tree
Country of production GDR
original language German
Production
company		 DEFA
on behalf of
DDR television
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 118 ( List )
First broadcast March 13, 1988 on GDR 1
Rod
Director Manfred Mosblech
script Manfred Mosblech
production Siegfried Kabitzke
music Günther Fischer
camera Günter Heimann
cut Ilona Thiel
occupation

The Man in the Tree is a German crime film by Manfred Mosblech from 1988. The television film was released as the 118th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

Small animal breeder Karl Silawske, who lives in a rural area with small settlements, regularly urges his wife to sleep with him. He always urges her to have his own way until Margit Silawske can no longer stand it. When he tries to take her again against her will and even kicks in the locked door to get to her bedroom, she threatens him with scissors, and he withdraws. Even before this incident, Karl was regularly spying on young women in the vicinity and peering into their bedrooms from trees. He lurked in front of Frau Otto's door and tried to gain entry with false statements about her husband, but she saw through the peephole that he was wearing a mask. She screamed for help and Karl fled. A little later, in a disco, he approaches 20-year-old Marietta and touches her immorally, which she takes as a random pick-up and then reprimands him.

One morning Karl watched the young Ingrid Willert say goodbye to her husband for work. He observed Ingrid from the tree several times. Once she caught him doing it, but he was able to hide so that her husband couldn't see him and Ingrid reassured her that she was wrong. Now Karl goes into her garden and rings her doorbell. Ingrid, who wants to breastfeed her baby, who is a few days old, opens the door and is attacked by him. The masked Karl ties up and rapes her. Then he flees on his moped. Neighbor Mrs. Kuster later hears Ingrid screaming and finds her bleeding profusely. The rape tore Ingrid's dam scar. The young woman is admitted to the hospital, severely traumatized. Your newborn, who should have been breastfed long ago, is also taken to the hospital. Mrs. Kuster is horrified because her dog had hit her. The young Unterleutnant Gorizia also reacts disturbed, as this case is one of her first.

The investigation is led by Lieutenant Thomas Grawe and Lieutenant Lutz Zimmermann. Forensics can find numerous important clues about the perpetrator, including footprints and fibers of clothing. Thomas Grawe and Lutz Zimmermann set up an investigation site near the two crime scenes and increase the presence of police officers on the streets. The population is informed about the perpetrator.

Karl has looked for a new victim in Marietta, but the young woman defends herself vigorously. She bites his hand, tears his shirt and is finally able to escape. The police officers are quickly on site and can, among other things, record a tire profile of the moped. A large-scale inspection of the mopeds in the area begins, but Karl changes the tires so that his moped is not suspect during an inspection. Margit Silawske, however, found out during the village gossip that the perpetrator was bitten in the hand and now knows that her husband is the rapist. She leaves him and leaves a corresponding letter on the apartment table. However, she cannot bring herself to report. Meanwhile, Karl has started to cover his tracks. He burns incriminating material and throws his crime clothes into a river, where they are found a little later. Since the only yard is close to that of Silawske, the building is checked again. Not only are the replaced tires on one of Karl's trailers, but the investigators also discover his wife's suicide note, in which she accuses her husband of the deeds. However, Karl is on the road with the motorcycle. A large manhunt is initiated. Meanwhile, in the forest, Karl sees Lieutenant Gorizia alone and attacks her. Full of anger, Gorizia tries to overpower him alone, brings him down several times, hits and kicks him and steals his drawn knife. Nevertheless, Karl manages to escape. Reinforcements for Gorizia were close by. Over the radio she announces Karl's escape route and he finally gives up, surrounded by numerous police officers. When he was arrested, Gorizia slaps him again. In a later conversation with Thomas Grawe, Gorizia pretends that everything happened too quickly to call for help. She also admits that she wanted to arrest Karl alone. Although Grawe points out that teamwork is essential, he shows her respect for her actions.

production

The Man in the Tree was filmed in Potsdam from August 5th to mid-October 1987 . The costumes of the film created Dorit Gründel that Filmbauten submitted by Christoph Schneider . The film premiered on March 13, 1988 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 58.4 percent and thus far above the average of previous Polizeiruf films.

It was the 118th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Oberleutnant Lutz Zimmermann investigated in his 15th case and Lieutenant Thomas Grawe in his 13th case. The critics noted that the director Mosblech designed "the end of the film downright as a hunt for the perpetrator". The arrest scene went differently than planned. Anne Kasprik, actress of the young Unterleutnant Görz, had gotten into her role so much that she spontaneously slapped the actor of the rapist Silawske, Günter Schubert. In retrospect, Schubert referred to this as Kasprik's reflex action.

literature

  • Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , pp. 168–170.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=118 (link only available to a limited extent)
  2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 126.
  3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 168.
  4. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 170.
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