Siska: The new man
| Episode in the Siska series | |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| classification | Season 1, Episode 1 1st episode overall ( list ) |
| First broadcast | Friday, October 30, 1998 on ZDF |
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| music | Eberhard Schoener |
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The new man is the first episode of the ZDF crime series Siska . It premiered in 1998. The main roles were with Peter Kremer as Chief Inspector Peter Siska , Werner Schnitzer as Chief Inspector Jacob Hahne and Matthias Freihof as Chief Inspector Lorenz Wiegand .
action
Peter Siska, chief detective from Mülheim an der Ruhr , is sitting in the passenger seat of his car in the parking lot of the Mülheim police station when his pregnant wife dies due to the hasty use of an overzealous officer during a hostage-taking. Thereupon he can be transferred to Munich and he takes over the management of a homicide squad.
In his first case, Siska is dealing with a gang of car thieves who stun their victims with chloroform in rest area toilets and then steal their vehicles. When the young people on the Autobahn 8 between Munich and Salzburg try to relieve a Dutchman of his car, they are noticed and followed. They lure the persecutor into a quarry, where their client Weiding and his henchman Rotter wait and execute him.
The murder leaves visible traces on the younger people, who were only interested in owning the fast cars, which Siska subsequently makes use of. Urias Sutter in particular is quickly identified as a suspect. Siska is supported by his two new colleagues, Chief Inspector Jacob Hahne and Chief Inspector Lorenz Wiegand , who are initially skeptical of their new boss due to his initial reticence and idiosyncratic investigation methods. They manage to sow suspicion within the gang and gradually break the silence. After the first interrogation by the gang leader, Sutter is beaten up in hospital, confides in Siska and then commits suicide. As a result, Melitta and Benny Daum, two also involved, are now cooperating with the police. In a showdown at the gravel pit, the investigators succeed in arresting Rotter and Weiding and discovering the Dutchman's body.
The episode ends with Siska inviting his two colleagues to coffee in the office, not without making coffee a top priority.
Others
- The melancholy nature of Siska, which is due to the death of his wife and is particularly evident in the ICE scene between Mülheim and Munich, runs through the entire course of the crime series.
- Siska is immediately reminded of the death of his wife in several situations, for example at the end when Rotter aims the gun at him in the vehicle and when the corpse of the Dutchman, who was also murdered with a shot in the head in his car, is discovered.
Web links
- Siska Official website of ZDF
- The crime thriller homepage: Siska Comprehensive information (background, episode list, content and staff information on all episodes)