Police call 110: The butcher's wife

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	The butcher's wife
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	NDR
length	89 minutes
classification	Episode 230 ( List )
First broadcast	June 4, 2001 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Peter Kahane
script	Douglas A. Welbat
production	Pure Milker
music	Tamàs Kahane
camera	Johannes Anders
cut	Claudia Wontorra
occupation
Uwe Steimle : Jens Hinrichs, KHK Jürgen Schmidt : Holm Diekmann, KHK Julia Richter : Nina Karina Krawczyk : Betsy Cordes Uwe Kockisch : Hans Fürst Hermann Lause : Gunther Cordes Martin Glade : Jan Cordes Eva Brumby : Mrs. Rohde Wilfried Dziallas : Farmer Rohde HH Müller : Dr. Harald Stuber Dorothea Kaiser : Dietmar König : Policeman Klaus-Dieter Klebsch : coroner Peter Rühring : Professor, hospital Gert Schaefer : Dr. Firneisen Gabrielle Scharnitzky : Pharmacist Roswitha Schreiner : Ellen Diekmann Antje Straßburger : Librarian Loretta Wollenberg : cook, death register

The Meat's Wife is a German crime film from 2001. The television film was released as the 230th episode of the Polizeiruf 110 film series and was produced by NDR under the direction of Peter Kahane . Chief Detective Jens Hinrichs ( Uwe Steimle ) is investigating his 16th case. For his colleague Holm Diekmann ( Jürgen Schmidt ) it is the 2nd regular assignment in Schwerin .

The detective chief inspectors Hinrichs and Diekmann are looking for the body of Hans Fürst, whose car was found in a river, but he cannot be found himself.

action

In Hinrich's neighborhood, the butcher's wife, from whom he regularly shops, dies of heart failure. Shortly afterwards, the dead brother and family doctor, Dr. Hans Fürst when he drives away from the funeral very drunk. His car is found in a river, but there is no trace of himself. Chief Detective Hinrichs and his colleague Diekmann find information about Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the library from which Fürst had borrowed literature for his studies .

Since Fürst is the brother-in-law of the butcher Cordes and he had issued the death certificate for his sister, Hinrichs and Diekmann suspect that something should possibly be covered up. A Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that might have occurred, which would be a disaster for the butchers and farmers in the region. After Cordes' body was exhumed to clarify the matter, it turned out that Isolde Cordes was indeed infected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, but that this form cannot be traced back to the infectious variant of BSE . She died of an overdose of morphine, which her brother very likely gave her to relieve her from suffering from an incurable disease.

The commissioners assume that Dr. Prince is no longer alive. His brother-in-law Gunther Cordes, who has since gone into hiding and is found dead a short time later, is suspect. For Hinrichs, all of this is more than a mystery. He does not rule out that Cordes was killed by his daughter-in-law because she considers him to be the killer of Fürst, with whom she has a relationship.

In the meantime it turns out that Fürst is not dead, but only went into hiding to go into rehab. Cordes had helped him and given him medicine to get through the withdrawal. When Cordes came under suspicion of killing the Prince, he wanted him to show himself to the public. They quarreled over this, and Prince Cordes had slain in his emotional state. Prince then takes his own life.

background

Jürgen Schmidt investigates in his third case. He appeared for the first time as Robert Dieckmann in Die Macht und Ihr Preis alongside Uwe Steimle in the police call as a representative for the sick Kurt Böwe . In Seestück mit Mädchen he became Hinrich's official partner and his character was renamed Holm Diekmann.

criticism

The critics of the television magazine TV Spielfilm gave the best rating (thumbs up) and said: “Exciting tale about the BSE fear”.

Web links

• Police 110: The wife of the butcher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The butcher's wife Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TV thriller about mad cow disease and euthanasia. Short review at TV Spielfilm.de , accessed on October 1, 2016.

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