Police call 110: kiwi and rat

Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title	Kiwi and rat
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	Polyphon Film- und Fernseh GmbH for NDR
length	88 minutes
classification	Episode 161 ( List )
First broadcast	August 7, 1994 on Das Erste
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Director	Manfred Stelzer
script	Peter Kahane
production	Klaus-Dieter Zeisberg
music	Uwe Buschkötter Mario Lauer
camera	David Slama
cut	Marion will
occupation
Kurt Böwe : Kurt Groth Uwe Steimle : Jens Hinrichs Jürgen Vogel : Kühnert Daniel Graf : Rainer, called rat Karsten Kramer : the fat one Steven Merting : Schmitti Katka Kurz : Alex Marie Anne Fliegel : Eva Storm Eva Weißenborn : Mrs. Schröder Martin Seifert : Mr. Schröder Hans-Helmut Müller : Dr. Stuber Gabriele Völsch : Juliane Groth Christel Peters : tenant Arnim Mühlstädt : Landlord Jill Böttcher : Kiwi's sister

Kiwi und Ratte is a German crime film by Manfred Stelzer from 1994. The television film was released as the 161st episode of the film series Polizeiruf 110 .

action

A male corpse, run over by a train, is discovered on the railway tracks in Schwerin . Chief Inspector Hinrichs and Chief Inspector Groth find jewelry in the man's pockets and believe that they are dealing with a burglar. Hinrichs guesses on drug-related crime and suicide. His thesis seems to be confirmed, as the dead man was on drugs. Research shows that there have been a number of break-ins in the area recently. The trail leads to the small Hotel Linde , where the host can identify the phantom image as one of his guests. Karsten Winter, known as “Kiwi”, was part of a column of pushers who has currently stopped in the linden tree to sell goods to the citizens of the city. Hinrichs and Groth seek out the gang headed by the dominant Kühnert. The members Rainer, called "Ratte", Schmitti, the fat and the young Alex come from problem families, have no school leaving certificate and hope to have earned enough money for Kühnert at some point so that they can set up their own mail order company.

Hinrichs and Groth visit Kiwi's family, to which stepfather Schröder has been a member for six years. Groth later learns from neighbors that Kiwi stole money from his stepfather and also later got money from his mother. It was only three weeks ago that Schröder made the apartment door burglar-proof. Hinrichs finds out that Schröder has a criminal record for bodily harm and that Schröder's car purchase stated on the day of the incident cannot be proven. For him, Schröder is his stepson's murderer, so Hinrichs hands the case over to the public prosecutor. Groth makes it clear to him that he acted prematurely, which leads to tension between the two investigators. Schröder turns out to be innocent and Hinrichs is withdrawn from the case because of overstepping the authority. Groth continues to investigate secretly alone.

He discusses with the head of the criminal investigation department, Eva Storm, whether Kiwi could also have been tied up. A belt buckle was found on the dead man, like the belts sold by the pushers, but Kiwi's belts were in his sales case. Research on kiwi hair suggests that kiwi had not been on drugs for long. Groth suspects that Kiwi became a nuisance to the gang and therefore had to die. He begins to observe Kiwi's best friend, the Rat. A jealousy scene - Kiwi loved Alex, who also likes rats - Groth thinks possible. Groth's presence particularly disturbs Kühnert, who at first threatens Rat to shut up and then actively excludes him from the group.

A closer examination of the rails reveals leather fibers on the underside of the rails. Kiwi must have been tied to the rails. Groth lets Hinrichs in on his results and they both visit the group. Meanwhile, Ratte packed his things and left, because he couldn't stand being excluded from the group. While Groth is looking for rats, Hinrichs questions the pushers. Only Alex reports from the day of the tattoo: Kiwi and rat had put on a test of courage and lay down on the rails. Kühnert wanted to make sure that Kiwi was doing the “right” and tied him to the rails. They missed the approaching train. While Ratte was just able to get to safety, Kiwi was run over. Alex gives Groth the tip that Rat could be found in a granary not far from the embankment. In the last second, Groth manages to keep Ratte from jumping off the roof of the attic.

production

Speicher in Schwerin with the year 1877 mentioned by Groth in the film

Kiwi und Ratte was filmed in Schwerin and the surrounding area from August to September 1993. Among other things, the warehouse in the Paulsstadt district of Schwerin served as the filming location . The costumes of the film created Heidi Plätz that Filmbauten submitted by Detlef Brinkmann . The film had its television premiere on August 7, 1994 on ARD . The audience participation was 16.7 percent.

It was the 161st episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . The inspectors Hinrichs and Groth investigated in their 2nd case.

criticism

"Jürgen Vogel shines as a pusher villain," wrote the TV Spielfilm . "The cliché [...] cannot always be avoided in the details of the plot, as is the case with the portrayal of a column of pushers in 'Kiwi and Rat'", summarized Peter Hoff looking back.

Web links

• Police 110: Kiwi and rats in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Police call 110: Kiwi and Rat at filmportal.de
• Police call 110: Kiwi and Rat on Das Erste.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 170.
2. ↑ Polizeiruf 110: Kiwi und Ratte on tvspielfilm.de
3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 235.

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