Police call 110: Jutta or the children of Damutz

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Jutta or The Children of Damutz
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	ORB
length	90 minutes
classification	Episode 178 ( List )
First broadcast	December 3, 1995 on Das Erste
Rod
Director	Bernd Böhlich
script	Helmut Bez Bernd Böhlich
music	Tomas Kahane
camera	Martin Schlesinger
cut	Karola Mittelstädt
occupation
Dagmar Manzel : Jutta Pahl Katrin Saß : Tanja Voigt Gudrun Ritter : Emmi Pahl Barbara Dittus : Edda Melchior Heino Ferch : Uwe Rockstroh Michael Greiling : Herbert Melchior Hermann Beyer : Alfred Henschel Manfred Möck : Policeman Petra Kleinert : Elvira "Beverly" Batzke Ilona Schulz : Rosi Christine Schorn : Mrs. Hoyer Luise Helm : Sabine, Jutta's daughter David Schelle : Roland, Jutta's son Michael Kind : Gerd Jürgen Watzke : Hotte Erhard Marggraf : Heinze Oliver Korittke : Policeman Klaus Schindler : Doctor Walfriede Schmitt : Frau Weißfang Ute Lubosch : Mrs. Henninger Claudius Freyer : Jutta's boss Angelica Howland Hans-Gerd Sonnenburg : Mayor Pastor Zastrow as a guest

Jutta or Die Kinder von Damutz is a German crime film by Bernd Böhlich from 1995. The television film was released as the 178th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

The mother of two Jutta works in a mail order company near her hometown Damutz. Men adore her and so she has no trouble putting a heavily patterned dress aside for herself as a supposed return. She has big plans: the next day there is a bridge inauguration in Damutz; She is also expecting the father of her son Roland, Herbert Melchior, and his wife Edda in town, as she and her boyfriend Uwe Rockstroh want to leave for a two-week vacation in Mallorca in two days . Herbert is supposed to have his son with him for the first time during this time, as Grandma Emmi Pahl refuses to look after both children alone for two weeks. Emmi is also of the opinion that she has looked after both children for years and that Herbert should now also do his part. He once cheated on his wife with Jutta and Edda has never forgiven him for this. Edda doesn't want to know anything about Roland and so they both come to Damutz to tell Jutta that they won't take the child into their home.

Jutta brings Herbert and Roland together shortly after their arrival. Herbert gives his son a camera and is unable to tell Jutta that they will not take Roland, especially since Herbert himself has nothing against time with his son. The unyielding attitude of his wife and her accusations over the infidelity several years ago wear down Herbert and finally lead him to separate from his wife in Damutz. He spends wonderful hours with Roland at the pond and both of them run paper boats. Meanwhile, the whole of Damutz is celebrating the inauguration of the bridge with a big party, with tension between Jutta, Uwe and the blonde Elvira Batzke, whose flirtation Uwe gets involved in.

Jutta's daughter Sabine alerts her mother that Roland has disappeared. A search begins, but Emmi Pahl anonymously informs the police and points out the location of Roland's body. She is floating in the pond. Chief Inspector Tanja Voigt cannot initially rule out murder due to the massive injury to the back of the head. Since Sabine, who helped Jutta to find Roland, also disappeared, the residents of Damutz suspect the silent shepherd Alfred as the perpetrator. He had once disappeared with a child, even if both were found again and the child was fine. Tanja Voigt finds a children's sweater with Alfred and takes him into custody. Only after a while does she find out that Alfred lives in the Damutz bakery in winter; Sabine can be found in the house, who assures that Alfred did nothing to her. Medical examinations confirm this and Alfred, who has since attempted suicide, is released.

Herbert Melchior is also considered a suspect, as he made a pocket calendar with the pages of which he built the boat for Roland disappear. He claims to have been to the pond with Roland, but to have left the boy unnoticed because he did not want to confess the truth to him - his aversion to him forced by Edda. Roland's camera is found in the water shortly afterwards. Druggist Heinze gradually develops the pictures, which relieves Herbert. He did not disappear unnoticed, as he had suspected, but was photographed by Roland as he left.

Sabine appears at Tanja Voigt's and confesses that she pushed her brother into the water. You read a fairy tale in which the child was spared all coming evil. Alfred wanted to hide them from the police. Roland's last photo, however, shows Jutta's eye-catching dress that she picked up at her job. Tanja Voigt checks Jutta at the airport because she wanted to travel to Mallorca despite everything. At the station, Jutta admits to having found Roland that evening. When she pulled him by the arm to take him with her, he tore himself away and fell over backwards into the water. He didn't move anymore, which is why she went back to the festival. Tanja Voigt also knows from previous interviews that Emmi Pahl saw the body swimming in the pond shortly afterwards and therefore anonymously notified the police. Jutta is led away, even if Tanja Voigt shows sympathy. Sabine returns to Damutz alone, from which more and more people are leaving and where in the end, according to her words, only Roland remains.

production

Jutta or Die Kinder von Damutz is based on the play of the same name by Helmut Bez, who was also involved in the script. In the play, which premiered in 1980, Dagmar Manzel had already played the role of Jutta. The film was shot in the summer of 1995. Christine Zartmann created the costumes, Eduard Krajewski designed the film . The film had its television premiere on December 3, 1995 on ARD . The audience participation was 16.2 percent.

It was the 178th episode of the Polizeiruf 110 film series . Tanja Voigt investigated in her 6th case. It was the film debut of the then 12-year-old Luise Helm , who can be seen here as Jutta's daughter Sabine.

criticism

"Depressing, with reasonable tension," summarized TV Spielfilm . The Süddeutsche Zeitung drew parallels to American films, so “the wide, landscape-accentuated images by director Bernd Böhlich [...] were reminiscent of American road movies. Damutz may not sound like Paris, Texas , but it has a lot to do with Böhlich's production: beautiful area, but people so depraved that only the toughest can stay there. "

Peter Hoff described the film Polizeiruf 110: Jutta or The Children of Damutz as an outsider in the Polizeiruf series. It is less of a crime film than a women’s film, since only women have individuality.

Web links

• Police 110: Jutta or The Children of Damutz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police call 110: Jutta or The Children of Damutz at filmportal.de
• Police call 110: Jutta or the children of Damutz on Das Erste.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Retzlaff: In the thicket of lies. A very special kind of idyllic village: a “Polizeiruf 110” by Bernd Böhlich . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 2, 1995, p. 31.
2. ↑ Markus Elsen: Out in the country. "Polizeiruf 110" leads to Damutz in Brandenburg . In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 3, 1995.
3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 187.
4. ↑ Police call 110: Jutta or The Children of Damutz on tvspielfilm.de
5. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 217.

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