Crime scene: the boss

Episode of the series Tatort
Original title	The boss
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Production company	SFB
length	56 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Episode 13 ( list )
First broadcast	December 19, 1971 on German television
Rod
Director	Peter Schulze-Rohr
script	Johannes Hendrich
production	Heinz Schirk
camera	Gero Erhardt , Michael Karge
cut	Friederike Badekow
occupation
Paul Esser : Erwin Kasulke, chief detective Hugo Panczak : Achim Heribert Sasse : Uwe Ronald Nitschke : Peter Christian Böttcher : Heinz Elke Aberle : Alexandra Barbara Hampel : Karin Gerhard Dressel : Assistant Günther Dockerill : Schtach Inge Wolffberg : Elli Gerhard Wollner : boss Peter Schiff : Police officer Magdalene von Nussbaum : Witness Gustl Bayrhammer : Commissioner Veigl

The Boss is an episode of the ARD crime series Tatort . The episode produced by the broadcaster Free Berlin (SFB) was first broadcast on December 19, 1971 on ARD. Detective Chief Inspector Erwin Kasulke is dealing with a series of fur thefts in his first case.

action

Achim and Peter work as tilers on the construction site. The two meet two girls in a discotheque in the evening and show off their cars in front of them. When one of the girls on the joyride provokes an accident caused by Peter and the car crashes into the window of a fur shop, Achim recognizes the moment and pockets an expensive fur coat.

After Achim succeeded in selling it at a high price, he got the idea to commit fur theft on a commercial basis. The gang's coups, to which they can also win the former furrier Uwe, are getting bigger and bigger and Achim more and more reckless. He begins to brag about the thefts and his new wealth and to give away a fur to his landlady. The rest of the gang then decide to get rid of Achim. After they found out the distribution channels for the stolen furs and no longer need Achim, they forge a perfidious plan to kill Achim.

They make him drunk, suggest that the police are after him, so that he would have to flee with his boat across the Havel along the sector border . Heinz, who is in the boat with Achim, encourages Achim to drive up to the GDR border guards and shoot them. Heinz jumps out of the boat shortly before the sector border, and Achim is shot by the GDR border guards as planned.

Chief Detective Kasulke, who is supposed to clear up the fur theft series, was already on Achim's trail and waited in vain with his colleague at Achim's car on the bank. Meanwhile, his former accomplices drive away with Peter's car and disagree whether they should continue with the fur theft.

background

Gustl Bayrhammer gives a guest role as Inspector Veigl in this crime scene episode. With a broadcast length of 56 minutes, Der Boss is one of the short episodes from the early days of the crime scene.

The first broadcast of Der Boss on December 19, 1971 in Germany achieved a market share of 38.0 percent for ARD .

Web links

• Crime scene: The boss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The boss in the online film database
• Summary of the plot of The Boss on the ARD website
• The boss at Tatort-Fans.de
• The boss at the crime scene fund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Tatort: ​​The Boss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 177913 / V).
2. ↑ Tatort-Fundus.de: Der Boss accessed on September 9, 2015

previous episode November 7, 1971: murder suspicion

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next episode January 9, 1972: Münchner Kindl