Police call 110: The last chance

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	The last chance
Country of production	GDR
original language	German
Production company	Television of the GDR
length	75 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
classification	Episode 56 ( List )
First broadcast	October 22, 1978 on GDR 1
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Director	Helmut Krätzig
script	Helmut Krätzig
production	Helga Lüdde
music	Puhdys
camera	Helmut Borkmann
cut	Bert Schultz
occupation
Peter Borgelt : Captain Peter Fuchs Sigrid Göhler : Lieutenant Vera Arndt Henry Hübchen : Gerd Paulus Simone von Zglinicki : Elfie Bösler Otto Mellies : Dr. Leopold Mauser Hildegard Alex : Rosalinde Binetti Horst Weinheimer : Hans Erich Franzke Manfred Mosblech : Gerd Heidemann Mathilde Danegger : Mrs. Mauser Manfred Richter : Criminalist Meisinger Klaus Nietz : Criminalist Böller Harald Warmbrunn : Fire Brigade Commander Berg Hans Schmidt : Mr. Holzknecht Regina Beyer : Ursula Rudolf Ulrich : construction worker Susanne Düllmann : Clinic employee Ulrike Hanke-Hänsch : Neighbor Sonja Hörbing : department store thief Janina Hartwig : department store customer Ruth Glöss : Hospital Secretary Heinrich Schramm : Section authorized representative Helmut Krätzig : Street vendor Wiebke Fuhrken : Cleaner Harald Moszdorf : Emcee

The Last Chance is a German crime film by Helmut Krätzig from 1978. The television film was released as the 56th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

The young Gerd Paulus takes refuge from the police on a factory roof. He threatens to jump off. Captain Peter Fuchs and Lieutenant Vera Arndt are alerted to stop him. Looking back, it becomes clear how the situation came about.

Gerd Paulus began to study medicine at the urging of his father. Because of laziness and exam fraud, he was forcibly de-registered and since then has gotten through life more badly than well. He quit working as a carer because he didn't want to look after old people. He doesn't want to work in construction, after all he has a high school diploma. He meets the single worker Elfie Bösler, with whom he is staying. However, she soon realizes that he is only taking advantage of her. Since he still brings money home, she fears that he has become a criminal. In fact, Gerd pretends to be a department store detective and collects money from people who tried to steal goods. At some point it gets too much for Elfie and she throws him out.

Gerd cannot go to his father because he has renounced his son. At first he tries to find a place as a supposed doctor with Ursula, whom he recently lent money at the department store. Their friend Dr. However, Mauser realizes that Gerd is a fraud. A short time later, Gerd robbed Dr. Mauser's apartment and steals his business cards and some prescriptions. On another tour as a fake department store detective, he turns the singer Rosalinde Binetti off and spontaneously pretends to be a fan of her who only used the detective scam to get into conversation with her. He pretends to be Dr. Mauser out. However, when the nervous Rosalinde wants to get a prescription from him before a performance, he randomly prescribes her a drug. During her appearance, Rosalinde collapses and is taken to hospital a little later with symptoms of poisoning.

Gerd has started work as a street vendor. This is also where the police find him, who have been on his tail for a long time. A trick he used when breaking into Dr. Mauser's house came from the former prisoner Hans Erich Franzke. He was one of the men Gerd spoke to in the department store. Back then he had told him about the break-in. On the run from the police, Gerd runs onto the skyscraper roof. The investigators have since found out who Gerd is. They bring Ursula and later Elfie up on the roof, who are supposed to persuade Gerd to turn back. Gerd pauses, confused, only when the safety net is secretly installed. The investigators use the situation to overwhelm him and lead the raging Gerd away.

production

The EAW Treptow, a location for the film

The last chance was from March 27th to May 12th 1978 under the working title Gefehlt in Berlin , u. a. filmed in the Schmöckwitz district . The house on which Gerd stands belonged to the Elektro-Apparate-Werke Berlin-Treptow "Friedrich Ebert" . Further scenes were created in the department store on Alexanderplatz in Berlin. The costumes for the film were created by Doris Wolf, the film construction was done by Gudrun Müller . The film premiered on October 22, 1978 in the first program of East German television. The audience participation was 61.9 percent.

It was the 56th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . Captain Peter Fuchs investigated in his 35th case and Lieutenant Vera Arndt in her 36th case. The soundtrack comes from the Puhdys . Especially for The Last Chance they wrote the title But the grids are silent , which is used as a leitmotif in the film and became a hit with the group. In addition, the title Alt wie ein Baum can be heard instrumentally . The critics certified that the film had a “moralizing attitude”.

literature

• Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , pp. 106-109.

Web links

• Police 110: The last chance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police call 110: The last chance at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} illustration according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=064 (link only available to a limited extent)
2. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 64.
3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 109.

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