Police call 110: Seven days of freedom

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Episode of the series Polizeiruf 110
Original title Seven days of freedom
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 Martens film and television production
for SFB
length 87 minutes
classification Episode 170 ( List )
First broadcast May 28, 1995 on Das Erste
Rod
Director Dagmar Wittmers
script Ulrich Stieler
Dagmar Wittmers
music Andreas Hoge
camera Jürgen Heimlich
cut Dorothea Brühl
occupation

Seven Days of Freedom is a German crime film by Dagmar Wittmers from 1995. The television film was released as the 170th episode in the film series Polizeiruf 110 and was produced by the SFB .

action

In October 1990 a money transporter was ambushed on the open road. One of the perpetrators, Dietrich Bühlau, called the employee Achim Kowalski by name. There is a shootout in which Kowalski's colleague Arnd is killed and Weber is seriously injured. One of the perpetrators, Christian Schwarz, was shot again, but Bühlau was able to escape with the sum of millions. The trial is made in Bühlau and Schwarz; Kowalski also receives a four-year prison sentence, although he protests his innocence and claims that he has never seen Bühlau before.

After four years, Kowalski is the first to be released. His wife Manuela waited for him, but started a life of her own. She opened a small bistro on the market, swapped the Wartburg for an Alfa Romeo and bought all of Kowalski's records as CDs. Kowalski is initially overwhelmed by the change that took place during his imprisonment, especially since his son Sebastian has to get to know him again first. On the day of his release, Kowalski was followed by a stranger who spoke to him shortly afterwards in a supermarket. He plans to get Bühlau out of prison. Kowalski should help him. At first Kowalski defends himself, but then wants to participate in the project. He hopes to receive part of the money and also to prove his innocence. He doesn't know that Berg, who spoke to him, is a police decoy. He works for investigator Penck, who is looking for the millions who are still missing. Commissioner Tanja Voigt is not very enthusiastic about the investigations. She fears that Penck wants to make Kowalski the perpetrator in order to subsequently prove his guilt. Jens Hoffmann is also used to shade Kowalski, so that Tanja Voigt has one less employee available.

Kowalski receives money from Berg to bribe the prison keeper Willi Rindberg. Rindberg is supposed to enable Bühlaus to escape, is inaugurated by Penck and takes up Kowalski's bribery. When leaving Rindberg's apartment, Kowalski sees Jens Hoffmann, whom he believes is a tailor. Kowalski pauses in what he is doing. He goes to Tanja Voigt, to whom he tells about Berg's bribery and contact that he has never seen before. Shortly afterwards he buys a pistol.

Tanja Voigt confronts Penck. He now has other problems: Bühlau's sister Ina knows about the planned escape aid for her brother and reports to Bühlau in encrypted form. Penck lets Kowalski come to the station and confronts him with his behavior and Ina's knowledge. Kowalski protests that he didn't say anything to Ina; he later learns from his wife that she gave the information to Ina because she wanted to put an end to the hustle and bustle. The investigators use Inas act and now actually want to get Bühlau out of prison. On his "escape" Kowalski is supposed to question him. The plan succeeds and Kowalski receives from Bühlau the confession that he was an accidental victim of the attack. One of his colleagues mentioned Kowalski's name during the attack. However, Bühlau suspects that Kowalski is wrong and provokes an accident. As a result, he can flee. He goes to Ina and shortly afterwards to Manuela. It turns out that Manuela and Bühlau had a relationship and that Sebastian is actually Bühlau's son. Manuela also knows where the booty lies. She wants to get the money when Kowalski appears. He surprises Bühlau in the apartment and learns the truth. He wants to shoot Bühlau, but meets Manuela, who throws herself in front of him. She dies immediately. Kowalski rushes out of the apartment with Sebastian in his arms. Tanja Voigt and Penck appear shortly afterwards and find Bühlau next to the dead Manuela. Bühlau doesn't know where the money is.

production

Seven Days of Freedom was filmed in and around Potsdam , among other places . It was the first SFB police call that was produced on video and not on 16 mm film for cost reasons . The costumes for the film were created by Gertraud Wahl , the film structures were created by Günther Halfpap . The film had its television premiere on May 28, 1995 on ARD . The audience participation was 13.4 percent.

It was the 170th episode in the Polizeiruf 110 film series . Commissioner Tanja Voigt investigated in her 4th case; Jens Hofmann in his 3rd case.

criticism

For TV Spielfilm , Seven Days of Freedom was “not very original, but staged in an entertaining way”. The film is a "well-acted crime thriller with its own note". "In the end, all clarity was eliminated - but this in a strong atmospheric and human density", summarized the Süddeutsche Zeitung , and described the finale as "confused ... and bloody ...".

Norbert Hübner from the Federal Camera Association criticized the recording quality of the film in the Frankfurter Rundschau , so the "pictures [...] were of undifferentiated depth of field and the actors were lit up like pancakes", constant tracking shots and the "unspeakable cut" resulted in lighting errors (red light for the Viewer recognizable in reflections) to a technical level of the episode, against which "the ' Lindenstrasse ' [...] passes as a cinematic masterpiece."
The crime scene produced by the SFB in 1998 : The second man was recorded in this format and also criticized.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spelling according to the opening credits, the spelling of the episode is often given as 7 days of freedom .
  2. ↑ a b Norbert Hübner: In plain language. Flat like pancakes . In: Frankfurter Rundschau , May 31, 1995, p. 11.
  3. ^ Peter Hoff: Police call 110. Films, facts, cases . Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2001, p. 179.
  4. ^ Police call 110: Seven days of freedom on tvspielfilm.de
  5. ↑ Birgit Weidinger: Confused and bloody - Police call 110: Seven days of freedom . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 30, 1995, p. 18.
previous episode
April 9, 1995: 1A country eggs 		Police Call 110 Follow Next episode
June 11, 1995: Smoldering fire
Polizeiruf-110 - Follow with Tanja Voigt and ...
… Jens Hoffmann

Blue Dream  (1993) | Dead Track  (1994) | Seven Days of Freedom  (1995) | On the Net  (1995)

… Jürgen Kochan

Sacrifice  (1994)

... Groth and Hinrichs

The Gazelle  (1996)

... Horst Krause

The miracle of Wustermark  (1998)

...

Jutta or The Children of Damutz  (1995) | Short Dream  (1996) | The Commissioner's Son  (1997)