Police call 110: Committed to the truth

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Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title Committed to the truth
Country of production GDR
original language German
Production
company		 DEFA
on behalf of
DDR television
length 83 minutes
classification Episode 132 ( List )
First broadcast October 1, 1989 on GDR 1
Rod
Director Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
script Ulrich Waldner
production Harald Andreas
music Karl-Ernst Sasse
camera Hans-Jürgen Sasse
cut Thea Richter
occupation

A German crime film by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik from 1989 is bound to the truth . The television film was released as the 132nd episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

A human skeleton is discovered during excavation work in the backwaters of the Baltic Sea. Grandma Kramer knows immediately that the bones are the remains of her son Max, who disappeared 15 years ago. According to her, he was murdered by his wife Lucie. However, the investigation 15 years ago brought no evidence, especially since the body was missing. Now the case is transferred to Captain Günter Beck and the young Lieutenant Ikser. Both were not involved in the investigation at that time and should therefore investigate the case impartially.

The facts at the time are quickly established. Lucie and Max were drinkers, the welfare staff often stopped by the family, but Lucie took care of their eight-year-old son and four-year-old daughter. The man was violent, beat his wife and children and ended up being unable to work as a truck driver. There was a close bond between mother and son. Lucie was considered easy to get in the village, and she was said to have had numerous affairs. Shortly before Max disappeared, there was an argument with Lucie, Max stayed with his mother for several days and was finally seen by his drinking buddy Pieske in the district town.

During the investigation, Beck and Ikser meet a completely different Lucie. She leads a solid life, has a responsible job in the fishing business, earns well and lives in a lovingly renovated house. She has been in a relationship with Kurt Schüßler for a long time. She has long since renounced alcohol. Daughter Ilka in particular reacts aggressively when the investigators question Lucie. The new investigations put the newly built life in danger, even if the family has got used to the never-ending village gossip. Grandma Kramer, who would rather see her daughter-in-law in prison today rather than tomorrow, also reacts aggressively. Only her husband, like 15 years ago, rigorously stands in front of his daughter-in-law. He had already recognized then that his son had degenerated into a violent drunkard.

The surveys hardly reveal anything new. The still alcoholic Pieske family testifies that Max won the lottery shortly before his disappearance and came to them with 6,000 marks in his pocket. The money would be a motive for murder. Ikser learns from Lucie that she was sleeping with Kurt Schüßler when Max happened to come home. This was the trigger for the last argument before Max went to his parents. It now seems possible that Kurt Schüßler committed the act with Lucie.

A grindstone is recovered from the backwater. It was possibly used to weigh down the corpse. Lucie's son Jens realizes that this grindstone once belonged to the family. Günter Beck also sees the stone in an old photo from the courtyard. For a while now, he has been wondering who would benefit from clearing up the case. He begins to cover Lucie. When he makes it clear during an interrogation that he does not believe that she could have murdered her husband for 6,000 marks, Lucie bursts into tears. She wants to make a confession, but Günter Beck interrupts her and instead gets a photo of the happy couple Lucie and Max. Meanwhile, Ikser is assigned by him to determine irrelevant facts for the case. He does not read your interim report and puts you off several times. Only when she complained to her superior about Günter Beck's behavior does he face his concerns. He considers giving up the case because of bias and finally confesses to Ikser that he covered Lucie. Now he has recognized that a solution can also be a relief for the perpetrator. If Lucie had also acted in self-defense, the sentence would be statute-barred.

When asked, Lucie admits to her son that she killed his father back then. Shortly afterwards, the investigators arrive and Lucie tells the story. After the binge drinking with his friends, Max came back to Lucie. He had a document with him in which Lucie was supposed to admit that the children were not from Max. In addition, according to the document, she should put the children in a home. Lucie refused to sign and Max hit her hard on the tabletop, causing her nose to bleed. He tried to drown her in a bucket of water and Lucie killed him in self-defense with a hatchet. Then she sank the body in the backwater. The document was on the table but was missing when she returned to the apartment. It would be proof of Lucie's explanation. With a suspicion, the investigators go to Grandpa Kramer, who admits to have followed Max at the time. He had previously seen Grandma Kramer Max dictating the text. When Grandpa Kramer came to Lucie's house, the lights were on, but Lucie himself was on the water. He found the document and took it away. Now he hands it over to the investigators: he has kept it safe for 15 years. Blood stains on the paper are the final evidence of Lucie's report.

production

Obliged to the truth (working title: Cui bono ) was filmed from January 24 to April 10, 1989 in Rostock and the surrounding area, on the island of Hiddensee and on the Darß / Fischland . The costumes for the film were created by Ruth Kiecker and Hans Linke , the film structures were created by Georg Kranz . The film premiered on October 1, 1989 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 39.9 percent.

It was the 132nd episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Captain Günter Beck investigated in his second case, Major Jäger, as his superior, is also active in his second case.

literature

  • Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , p. 140.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=132 (link only available to a limited extent)
  2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 140.
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Films from the DFF

The Crossword Case (1988) | Committed to the Truth (1989) | False Jasmine (1990) | The Duel (1990) | The Greenhouse (1991) | With the Call Comes Death (1991)

Films of the MDR

and you're dead (1993) | Death in the Power Plant (1993) | Smoldering Fire (1995) | Brother Lustig (1995) | The Swap (1997)