Police call 110: minutes too late
| Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110 | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Minutes too late |
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| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Production company |
Television of the GDR |
| length | 64 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| classification | Episode 9 ( list ) |
| First broadcast | September 17, 1972 on GDR 1 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Manfred Mosblech |
| script | Horst Bastian |
| production | Hans W. Reichel |
| music | Hartmut Behrsing |
| camera | Walter Küppers |
| cut | Helga Weinl |
| occupation | |
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Minutes too late is a German crime film by Manfred Mosblech from 1972. The television film was released as the 9th episode of the Polizeiruf 110 film series .
action
The preschooler Karin Berger meets the wheelchair user Manfred Teich in the park. He lures her over with a Coke, lifts her onto the wheelchair and touches her seemingly playfully. Karin tells her parents about it, who worried Lieutenant Peter Fuchs and Lieutenant Vera Arndt. Both investigators do not know whether they have to assume a moral act, especially since Karin does not take the matter very seriously. She sees Vera Arndt's questioning as a game. Nevertheless, both investigators decide to report the matter to their superiors. In the following days, the police presence in the park is increased, ABV advise visitors to be more vigilant, and wheelchair users are discreetly photographed in Berlin and the pictures are presented to Karin. The three wheelchair users Schenk, Tröger and Klemper, who regularly play skat in the park, are interviewed personally. In the course of the investigation, Karin eventually claims to have fabricated the incident. It was not a wheelchair user and the man only patted her clothes after she fell. While Peter Fuchs is rather frustrated, Vera Arndt continues to believe in the act.
Weeks pass and Karin starts school. One day, despite her parents' ban, she goes to the park and meets Manfred again. He offers her another Coke, but Karin has become more cautious. He throws her a flower, which she takes. Manfred asks her to come to him, but she refuses. The police are looking for him and they have at least described him to the investigators. Manfred gets nervous and drinks the cola he brought with him. Karin comes up to him because she also wants something to drink, whereupon Manfred grabs her and chokes her until she passes out. On the run, he is seen by Schenk, Tröger and Klemper, who take up the pursuit. In reality, Manfred is not handicapped, runs to his barca in his wheelchair and drives away.
The police investigations begin again, with Vera Arndt in particular making great accusations. Karin is admitted to the hospital and it is soon clear that she will survive the attack. In Berlin and the surrounding area, the search is now for the Barkas, from which the tire profile could be determined. Manfred, however, changed the tires of the barca, who is his company car in a large nursery, after the fact. He still lives with his strict parents who accuse him of not being able to find a wife, but at the same time forbid any women to visit their home. Manfred's colleague Monika is in love with him and is secretly taken home by him - but here he tries to rape Monika.
Meanwhile, the investigators noticed a detail: Karin had collected flowers in the park. In her bouquet there was also a geranium stem , which, after consulting Karin, came from the perpetrator. Manfred's nursery is targeted - there is actually a wheelchair from a former colleague that is no longer in use. It has disappeared, just like Manfred is on a delivery tour with the Barkas. The changed tires, which can be found in the nursery garage, have the profile of the vehicle. A large manhunt for Manfred is initiated. He has just spoken to the girl Helga in a wooded area and sat on his lap. The police car appear and Manfred flees into the forest with the defending Helga. Helga bites his hand, whereupon he drops it and escapes alone. He can finally be caught by the police at a rubbish dump.
production
Minutes too late was filmed in Berlin from May 30th to the end of July 1972 under the working title A Small White Coffin . Filming locations included the Volkspark Friedrichshain and Alexanderplatz . During a scene in a café, the fountain of friendship between nations can be seen in the background . The costumes of the film created Ruth Karge , the Filmbauten derived from Britta Pelzner . The film had its television premiere on September 17, 1972 in the first program of East German television.
It was the 9th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 . First Lieutenant Peter Fuchs and Lieutenant Vera Arndt investigated their 8th case. In the 7th film in the blood group AB series , the investigators had to deal with a sexual offense. In minutes too late , the topic of sexual abuse of children is discussed for the first time, with the working title A Small White Coffin indicating that the original idea was to let at least one of the children die. The almost identical crime novel The Brut of the Beautiful Soul by Horst Bastian suggests this, as in this the first victim of the perpetrator is killed and buried in a white coffin. For the first time, a large police manhunt is shown in the film, and for the first time the "integration of disabled people into the society of the GDR" is included. achieve.
Alexander Papendiek plays Fuchs' supervisor, Captain Thomas. In the previous series 'Blaulicht' he played this role in the rank of first lieutenant in a continuous series role, partly also under Manfred Mosblechs.
Before his act, Manfred whistles a song. This is a cinematic quote from Fritz Lang's M - A city is looking for a murderer from 1931.
The series leader has been changed slightly, the theme music starts later, there is no need to pick up the phone and dial 110, but at the end there are short excerpts from the current episode Episode 68 was used.
literature
- Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-360-00958-4 , pp. 47-49.
Web links
- Police 110: minutes late in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Police call 110: minutes too late at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presentation according to http://www.polizeiruf110-lexikon.de/filme.php?Nummer=009 (link only available to a limited extent)
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 48.
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 47.
- ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 49.
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