Police 110: A little alibi
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
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| Original title | A bit of an alibi |
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| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Television of the GDR |
| length | 62 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 8 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | August 20, 1972 on GDR 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt |
| script |
Tom Wittgen scenario Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt |
| production | Uta Rabenalt |
| music | Wolfgang Pietsch |
| camera | Tilmann Dähn |
| cut | Marion Fiedler |
| occupation | |
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A bit of an alibi is a German crime film by Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt from 1972. The television film was released as the 8th episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .
action
As every week, pensioner Wilhelm Hoppe gets ready to meet his friends Tanne and Frosig for an evening of skat at the Gasthaus Klause . The former tailor Grandpa Hoppe, as he is called by the residents of the house, is considered wealthy and generous. When caretaker Uhlig met him in the hallway and asked for money, Hoppe refused: Uhlig treats his wife badly, who has to raise the three small children almost alone, and drinks the household money in the pub. Hoppe gives him some good advice and leaves. Uhlig furiously calls after him that a few thousand should be stolen from him.
In the hermitage, Hoppe, angry about what happened, drinks more than usual. He becomes talkative and gets drunk and admits that he has no savings book or account because he once lost a lot of money. Hoppe also brags a little about his fortune, spends a few rounds and finally leaves the bar together with Frosig as the last. Other guests, like Bodo Wendler, who is in love with waitress Anette Fleck, have long left. The married landlord Hermann Stelter has a relationship with Anette, who allows him to pay for her love services. In the middle of the love game, the drunk Uhlig knocks on the window and receives a bottle of schnapps from Stelter. Uhlig spends the night drunk in a gazebo in front of his apartment building.
The next morning a neighbor checks on Grandpa Hoppe and finds him dead in his bedroom. Apparently he was slain. First Lieutenant Peter Fuchs, Lieutenant Vera Arndt and the new Lieutenant Lutz Subras take on the case. At first they suspect caretaker Uhlig. Blood-stained shoes can be found in the arbor. However, they do not belong to the victim Hoppe, but to the perpetrator. The signs of wear and tear can be used to determine, among other things, that the perpetrator is standing up. The investigators question landlord Hermann Stelter, who has at least one "small alibi" to show because of the night they spent with Anette. However, he reports that Hoppe's departure that evening was delayed because Hoppe's hat was missing. He didn't find himself either, so Hoppe left without a hat. The hat was in Hoppe's apartment. The investigators reconstruct that the perpetrator must have known Hoppe. He must have known about the amount of money in Hoppe's apartment and must have taken the hat in order to gain access to Hoppe's apartment by bringing the hat back.
Be found on the shoes of the offender 's grains traces that arises, for example when working with wine and malt. The heel of the shoes is also peculiarly fastened and the shoemaker who attached the heels can actually be found. He referred the investigators to Bodo Wendler, who works in a malt factory and was present on the evening of Hoppe's Skat game. When the investigators enter the factory, Bodo flees. The investigators rush after him, but they only find him hanged in his apartment. Nudes and a photo collage showing Anette naked are evidence of a certain mania. At the hairdresser where Anette used to work, Vera Arndt learns that Anette has been dismissed for stealing. She was in debt and kept taking money out of the cash register.
The investigators question Anette in the presence of host Hermann Stelter. They pretend that Bodo testified against Hermann. When Hermann sticks to his version of having been with Anette that evening, the investigators corner Anette with an alleged statement by Bodo. Hermann, in turn, confirms that Anette had left earlier that night, as agreed, and then came back to the rendezvous through the back entrance - however, she only came back an hour later than agreed and had her pocket full of money. Anette reacts upset that Hermann betrays her. She confesses that Bodo was a slave to her. He wanted to sleep with her but had no money. She persuaded him to get the money from Hoppe. When he wanted to get out, she went alone, which made Bodo change his mind. She brought the hat to Hoppe, which she left in the apartment. Bodo also entered the apartment unnoticed. Anette began to search the apartment and Hoppe, who was not as drunk as expected, reacted indignantly and horrified. Anette killed him with an iron. She got Bodo, confused, to swap his blood-stained shoes for Hoppe's. After a short time, she had also found Hoppe's savings, of which Bodo received a third.
Peter Fuchs has her taken away and tells her that Bodo has committed suicide. Anette collapses. Peter Fuchs also addresses the landlord Hermann Stelter seriously: he knew about the money in Anette's pocket and said nothing to the investigators. His plan to blackmail Anette with his knowledge later did not work out.
production
A bit of Alibi was filmed in Berlin and the surrounding area from April 24th to early June 1972. The costumes of the film created Ruth Karge , the Filmbauten submitted by Christoph Lindemann . The film had its television premiere on August 20, 1972 in the first program of GDR television.
It was the 8th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . First Lieutenant Peter Fuchs and Lieutenant Vera Arndt investigated their 7th case, while Detective Sergeant Lutz Subras made his debut as an investigator. In the film, the first robbery in the series is solved.
criticism
The critics praised the very good cast of the film, but found that it was "the lack of skill of the East German television criminalists to deal with such a crime [robbery]." The case seems predictable and partly implausible, while some characters like Anette and Bodo, they did not appear well-profiled.
literature
- Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , pp. 50–52.
Web links
- Police 110: A little alibi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Police call 110: A bit of an alibi at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=008 (link only available to a limited extent)
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, pp. 50–51.
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