Crime scene: The man from room 22

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title The man from room 22
Country of production Germany
original language German
Production
company		 WDR
length 80 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
classification Episode 46 ( List )
First broadcast December 8, 1974 on ARD
Rod
Director Heinz Schirk
script Oliver Storz
production Richard Deutsch ,
Werner Kloss
camera Gernot Roll
cut Lilian Seng
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The man from room 22 is a television film from the television crime series Tatort of ARD and ORF . The film was produced by WDR and broadcast for the first time on December 8, 1974. It is the 46th episode in the crime scene series, the third with Commissioner Haferkamp . This time Haferkamp has to do with a woman murderer and the difficult handling of a witness who wants to keep his adultery a secret.

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Head of Studies Maurer comes from the Hotel "Stella" and wants to get into his car. His wife Anna is surprisingly sitting there. She chased him because she had suspected for a long time that he had a lover. She also knows that his lover is Ursula Danz, the wife of a fellow bricklayer. Anna Maurer is surprisingly calm about her husband's adultery. Maurer confesses to his wife that there was a dead woman in the hotel room next door and that he saw a man flee from the room. He did not inform the police about his situation. Because he's too confused, his wife drives the car home.

Meanwhile Haferkamp has arrived at the crime scene. The young woman has been dead for seven or eight hours. She has been strangled; it is a traveling salesman from Hamburg. The next morning, the checking of the hotel guests is completed, Ursula Danz allegedly stayed the night alone in room 22. The porter watched the room waiter talking to the later dead woman. Since the room waiter has not gone home after his shift, Haferkamp lets the search for him begin.

Meanwhile, Anna Maurer tries to restore marital harmony. However, Maurer shows his wife dismissive and blames her for cheating on him. When he sees the search for the room waiter Elmar Holz on television, Maurer is shocked because he has seen an older man flee. He wants to call the police, but his wife prevents him, as she obviously fears that either her husband would then come under suspicion himself or that his affair could become public.

While Haferkamp and his assistants talk shop about the perpetrator profile, Commissioner Böck calls from Bremen. He informs Haferkamp that Elmar Holz was arrested by a radio patrol in Bremen when he wanted to sell Mrs. Wollnitz's watch in a relevant restaurant. Wood is heard that evening. After work, he still drank alcohol in the hotel kitchen and then went to several other bars. In the morning he wanted to talk to Ruth Wollnitz again because she had felt annoyed by him and therefore wanted to complain about him. He also wanted to give her the stolen watch back, so as not to lose his job. When he heard that Mrs. Wollnitz had been killed, he fled to Bremen because his fingerprints could also be found in the room. Although Holz has difficulty in explaining his innocence in the murder, Haferkamp believes him. Nevertheless, he remains in custody for the time being.

Meanwhile Ursula Danz reads about the murder. In a phone call, Maurer explains to his lover that he recognized Holz as a murderer, which contradicts the statements made by his wife. Shortly thereafter, Ursula Danz heard on the radio that another woman was murdered in another hotel in Essen, just 24 hours after the first crime.

Haferkamp visits his ex-wife Ingrid for a cup of coffee. When she notices that she sleeps like a marmot every night, but in the morning after waking up has the feeling that she has not slept all night, Haferkamp receives a flash of inspiration and he leaves very quickly. He asked assistant Kreutzer to show him the minutes of Ursula Danz's testimony, who on the one hand testified that she slept like a marmot on the night of the murder, but in passing Haferkamp overheard her saying that she hadn't slept all night. He wants to check out Ursula Danz.

Haferkamp drives to Ursula Danz, from whom he learns that she has stayed at the hotel without the knowledge of her husband and mother, who lives in Essen and whom she allegedly visited. She states that she just wanted to be alone for an evening, which Haferkamp doesn't believe. Since he suspects that she has met a lover, he visits Maurer at his school because Ms. Danz is married to a teacher there. He informs Maurer of his suspicion that Mrs. Danz is cheating on her husband and asks him about his colleague's marriage. Maurer blocks and says that his colleague's marriage makes a very good impression on him.

Maurer later drives home with Ursula Danz and the two of them share their conversations with Haferkamp in the car. She wants to talk to Haferkamp, ​​but he talked her out of it. He insists that the police have the right killer in the room waiter. However, Ms. Danz knows that Maurer is lying and tells him that on the head. Maurer then goes to a phone booth in the evening and reports anonymously to the police and gives a description of the perpetrator. Kreutzer dismisses the call as a friendship service from a friend of Holz, while Haferkamp takes the hint seriously because he spent the day investigating Ms. Danz and at school. Haferkamp and Kreutzer visit the Maurers who are currently having an argument. Haferkamp asks about the anonymous caller, he suspects Danz. Maurer says he didn't tell Danz anything about the conversation. Maurer and his wife get caught up in contradictions before Haferkamp and Kreutzer say goodbye.

Haferkamp and Kreutzer have a plan to fake a police announcement. Haferkamp therefore seeks out the Danzs. He drives to the station with Frau Danz under a pretext. On the way, Ms. Danz claims to have seen the murderer. Haferkamp tells her about the anonymous caller and tells her on the head that it was not her but her lover who saw the murderer. Since she still does not want to reveal the name of her lover, Haferkamp wants to take her to the station with her. At that moment the police radio announcement made by Haferkamp and Kreutzer comes. Haferkamp's plan works and Ursula Danz finally admits that Walter Maurer was in the hotel room with her and saw the killer. When Haferkamp arrives at the Maurers' premises, Walter Maurer immediately agrees to go with Haferkamp to the Presidium in Essen. There he identified the killer in a police photo. It's about Holger Sawerts, a psychopath known to the police .

The waitress Helga also recognizes Sawerts through the TV manhunt while working in her restaurant, as she saw him there at noon. Helga goes to the police and tells Haferkamp about her observations. Then she goes back home by bus. Little does she suspect that Sawerts, who followed her from the pub in the afternoon and was able to sneak into her apartment unnoticed, is now there. Meanwhile, Kreutzer thinks about her statement. He realizes that Sawerts could have noticed that Helga is alone in the apartment tonight, because she talked to an acquaintance in the restaurant about her boyfriend who is on Mondays. Haferkamp and Kreutzer then rush to their apartment. Helga already sees Sawerts in the stairwell, at the same moment Haferkamp and Kreutzer arrive and can arrest him.

In the end, Haferkamp and Maurer, relieved to have been freed from the web of lies, drink to the happy end of the case.

Audience rating

The episode achieved a market share of 72.00% when it was first broadcast.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for the crime scene: The man from room 22 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ The man from room 22 on tatort-fundus.de, accessed on August 23, 2014.
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