Stubbe - Case by case: The fourth commandment

Episode of the series Stubbe - Case by case
Original title	The fourth commandment
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
length	92 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 21 ( List )
First broadcast	December 21, 2002 on ZDF
Rod
Director	Stephan Meyer
script	Peter Kahane , Henry Schneider
production	Alfried Nehring
music	Jürgen Corner
camera	Michael killer
cut	Elke Carmincke
occupation
Wolfgang Stumph : Wilfried Stubbe Renate Krößner : Caroline Stubbe Stephanie Stumph : Christiane Stubbe Margret Homeyer : Charlotte Hoyn Lutz Mackensy : Bernd Zimmermann Kostja Ullmann : Frank Stolze Gerit Kling : Frauke Seeberg, judge Bernhard Bettermann : Bernhard Seeberg Georgette Dee : Arabell Mink Peter Franke : Udo Daniel Minetti : Hans van de Straat Reiner Heise : Knut Börges Mirjam Heller : Tamm, secretary Ben Hecker : Home Manager Heidenreich Jochen Baumert : landlord Konstanze Ullmer : laboratory assistant Kristian Bader : Forensics Rolf Bach : Old X Brigitte Rohkohl : reporter Leon A. Kersten : Jens
chronology
←  Predecessor angel of innocence Successor  → Deadly Way to School

The fourth commandment is a German television film by Stephan Meyer from 2002. It is the twenty-first film contribution in the ZDF crime film series Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall with Wolfgang Stumph in the title role.

action

Commissioner Wilfried Stubbe has to solve the murder of the journalist Knut Börges, who was found strangled in his car. Before his death, Börges was last in contact with the 16-year-old child, Frank Stolze. Stubbe and Zimmermann are looking for him and flees after being discovered by them while searching Börge's office. In addition to documents of interest to him, his pistol also falls into his hands, which he now uses for his defense without thinking too much. The commissioners are stunned because the suspicion is growing that Stolze killed his fatherly friend out of anger.

Based on the documents from the youth welfare office, which Stubbe looks at, it can be seen that Frank Stolze was given up for adoption as a baby and had not had much luck with foster parents in his life. Today's judge Frauke Seeberg is registered as the mother, but not a father. Apparently Frank Stolze is bitter and looking for the people who, in his opinion, are responsible for his unsatisfactory life, because according to a report a man has just been shot at. He claims that there was a boy with him who believed that he was his father because he had been in a relationship with his mother once. He was able to convince Stolze that he was not his father, but gave him details about his mother, of whom Stolze had only one photo so far. Stubbe and Zimmermann fear that the boy could do something to Frauke Seeberg. They inform the judge of the danger she is in. But she is too busy with the current proceedings against the construction mafia, which brings half of the Hamburg Senate into disrepute that a minor, even if violent, does not seem to scare her. According to her, the pregnancy came about through rape, which is why she did not know the child's father. Stubbe doesn't really believe her and wants to ask the Seeberg family a little. She is very closed and the only thing he learns there, however, is that the judge's brother wants to get married shortly and she hardly visits the parental lock herself.

There are signs that someone was in the journalist's office before Frank Stolze and it was not Stolze but the burglar who stole the documents. According to Stubbe's guess, a story about the upcoming marriage of Bernhard Seeberg. By chance he becomes aware of the scope of the judge's ongoing proceedings against the construction mafia. Perhaps someone is looking for a way to push the woman out of the process.

While searching for his biological parents, Frank Stolze comes across Seeberg Castle. Here he meets his uncle, who treats him surprisingly fairly and does not hand him over to the police straight away. He even offers him a room to stay here. The boy refuses initially because he wants to go to Hamburg again to meet someone he is sure he knows who his father is. He reveals the name to his uncle. Bernhard Seeberg immediately goes to Hamburg. Meanwhile, Stubbe has discovered the secret of the judge and is looking for Bernhard Seeberg. When he finds him, he takes his nephew hostage and flees. Stubbe pursues him and takes Seeberg's sister with him. On the way she talks to Stubbe about her past and that the child is from her brother. They would have loved each other and would have found it very difficult to give away their baby. When she now meets her son, she is relieved.

Bernhard Seeberg, who has recognized the hopelessness of his situation, gives up and asks that Frank be allowed to believe that he is just his uncle.

background

The film was shot in Hamburg and the surrounding area and premiered on ZDF on December 21, 2002 at 8:15 pm .

criticism

For the critics of the TV magazine TV Spielfilm , Das vierte Gebot was a Stubbe crime thriller that "finally puts you in a good mood" because it is "really exciting and interesting", although "Stubbe's family problems are as snore as always". They gave the best possible rating by pointing their thumbs up.

Web links

• Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall: The fourth commandment in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Stubbe - case by case: The fourth commandment at Fernsehserien.de
• Stubbe - case by case: The fourth commandment at crew united

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for stumps - case by case: The fourth commandment . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 140964-a / V).
2. ↑ On a case-by-case basis: The fourth commandment. In: tvspielfilm.de . Retrieved September 15, 2019 .