Police call 110: The devil made the schnapps

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Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title The devil made the schnapps
Country of production GDR
original language German
Production
company		 DEFA
for television in the GDR
length 81 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 69 ( List )
First broadcast January 18, 1981 on GDR 1
Rod
Director Manfred Mosblech
script Manfred Mosblech
production Volkmar Leweck
music Hartmut Behrsing
camera Günter Eisinger
cut Margrit Brusendorf
occupation

The devil made the schnapps is a German crime film by Manfred Mosblech from 1981. The television film was released as the 69th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

The alcoholic Theo Lute leaves his wife a letter in which he confesses to the murder of a person and disappears. He wants to kill himself, but chooses differently. He exchanged his wristwatch for two bottles of schnapps and was found drunk and battered in Berlin. At the police station, he finally reports to Captain Peter Fuchs that he had killed a woman. This has now been found after a large-scale search. It is the single young mother Hilde Ziehlke, who was known in the village for her affairs and has an illegitimate child. In addition to Theo, his friend Eugen Zoch is also suspect, as Hilde met both men in Eugen's holiday home on the lake. One of Hilde's ear clips was lying in Eugen's bed. A witness also saw both men sink Hilde's bicycle in the lake. Theo tells the whole story.

After the accidental death of his eight-year-old son, Theo became addicted to alcohol. He began to ignore his wife, whom he held responsible for the death of his son. She soon picked up the bottle too, so Theo couldn't drink so much. Both ran an auto repair shop, but kept Theo's illness a secret. It soon became a problem because Theo couldn't stop drinking while at work. When Theo suggested to his wife to spend another weekend with his friend Eugen, she was not very enthusiastic. Eugen regularly induces Theo to drink excessively. The two days in Eugen's hut were no exception. However, Eugen brought Hilde in and slept with her while Theo drank uncontrollably. When Hilde wanted to leave, Theo insisted on accompanying her for a while. Drunk he tried to make it clear to her that she and her little son are the ideal women for him. When she fought him off, he eventually fell on her, raped her and inadvertently broke her neck. The next morning he confessed to the murder to Eugen and he sank the body in the lake so that his career would not be endangered. He talked Theo out of going to the police, but he couldn't get rid of the burden on his conscience. Theo is arrested, but Peter Fuchs also assigns Eugen a moral guilt.

production

The devil made the schnapps was filmed from April 14th to June 3rd, 1980 in Potsdam and Berlin . The costumes for the film were created by Lilo Sbrzesny , the construction of the film was created by Harald Horn . The film premiered on January 18, 1981 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 64.3 percent. The film, which at its time was “one of the most hotly debated contributions from the series”, was approved by the FSK in 2011 for children aged 12 and over.

It was the 69th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Captain Peter Fuchs was investigating his 43rd case. It was also the first case for Lieutenant Manfred Bergmann to solve a total of four cases. Critics praised Ulrich Thein's portrayal: "As Theo Lute, his portrayal of alcoholism in its normally barely perceptible details is downright frightening."

literature

  • Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , pp. 117-120.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=069 (link only available to a limited extent)
  2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 77.
  3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 117.
  4. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 120.
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