Crime scene: all in vain

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title All in vain
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 NDR
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
classification Episode 97 ( List )
First broadcast March 11, 1979 on German television
Rod
Director Hartmut Griesmayr
script Theodor Schübel
music Nils Sustrate
camera Frank A. Banuscher
cut Karin Baumhöfner
occupation

All for nothing is an episode of the ARD crime series Tatort . The episode produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) was first broadcast on March 11, 1979 on ARD. It is the only episode with Diether Krebs as Commissioner Nagel.

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Erich Schmidt and his wife run a prosperous bakery in the suburb of a north German city. He married into the bakery so that he is financially dependent on his wife. He has come to terms with this fact, including the fact that his wife is constantly patronizing and controlling him.

One day, Schmidt falls in love with the young temporary worker Anni Klein. The jealous Mrs. Schmidt does not remain hidden, so that she dismisses Anni Klein. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Schmidt starts a relationship with the single mother.

Since he cannot leave his wife without being financially ruined himself, he eventually plans to kill his wife and wants to commit the perfect murder. He wants to disguise the murder as a break-in at the bakery, and this murder is supposed to take place on his bowling evening so that he has a watertight alibi. He got the idea from his wife when she told him about another break-in nearby over dinner.

He strangles his wife, then smashes the window into the backyard and ransacks the cash register to fake the break-in. Then he goes to the bowling and has his lover Anni Klein call him, who pretends to be his wife and calls him for help because of a burglar. A cone brother then drives him home and should be able to be used as a witness.

Commissioner Nagel is suspicious from the start, as Schmidt is embroiled in contradictions. In addition, no violence was perpetrated against people in the previous break-ins and the perpetrators fled without prey every time they were caught by surprise. Schmidt becomes even more suspicious because the back door wasn't locked. The perpetrator would therefore have had no reason to break the window, since the door could have been opened easily. Furthermore, Nagel finds out that Schmidt has a relationship with Anni Klein. The young men who committed the other break-ins were also arrested. They also have an alibi for breaking into the bakery.

Finally, a secret lover of Mrs. Schmidt contacts Nagel, who came into the house shortly after eight. It was he who, without Mr. Schmidt's knowledge, unlocked the back door with a key that Mrs. Schmidt had given him after Mr. Schmidt left. He found Ms. Schmidt already murdered, whereupon he fled so as not to be taken for the perpetrator.

This statement makes it clear that Ms. Schmidt could not have called the restaurant because she was dead at this time. In addition, the lover has an alibi for the time of the call, because he was sitting in a restaurant and drinking. Thus, only Erich Schmidt can have been the perpetrator and is arrested. Mrs. Klein asserts that she did not know anything about her lover's plans, which Commissioner Nagel does not believe her.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for the crime scene: Everything for free . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 197 V).
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