Crime scene: the last murder

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Episode of the series Tatort
Original title The last murder
Country of production Austria
original language German
Production
company		 ORF
length 89 minutes
classification Episode 199 ( List )
First broadcast November 29, 1987 on ORF
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Director Kurt Junek
script Fritz Eckhardt
production Peter Müller
Ernst Petz
camera Wolfgang Koch
cut Hildegard Leitner-Ohandjanian
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The last murder is an Austrian television thriller from 1987. The screenplay was written by Fritz Eckhardt and directed by Kurt Junek . It was the 199th Tatort episode and the fifth case by Oberinspektor Pfeifer ( Bruno Dallansky ), but of the eight episodes only three were episodes of the official Tatort series, the remaining five were Tatort episodes of the ORF, which were only available in Austria were first broadcast and sometimes not shown on television in Germany. Pfeifer and his team face three murders and one attempted murder in connection with a planned bank robbery.

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In a car repair shop, a couple is surprised by a stranger making love, the stranger shoots the woman, the man escapes. The next morning, the workshop tenant Blaschek finds the body. He couldn't explain how the unknown woman got into his workshop. The apartment building that goes with it is only inhabited by one woman and her partner. It turns out that the house and the workshop were given to the chief inspector a. D. Marek belong. His grandson Erwin from New Zealand, who came to study in Vienna, currently lives with Marek. However, he focuses more on his new girlfriend Martina than on studies. Fichtl seeks out Marek, who tells Fichtl that he has inherited the house, which is ripe for demolition and is encumbered with mortgages. The dead woman, Anna Höller, is a married woman from the neighborhood. Marek can't figure it out either. Fichtl learns that Marek's grandson Erwin works in Blaschek's used car dealership alongside his studies, but he also says he doesn't know anything, he only knew Ms. Höller by sight.

While Erwin excitedly tells his girlfriend Martina about the murder - Erwin had given Martina's dodgy friends a plan for Marek's house the night before - Fichtl brings Alex Höller the sad news of the murder of his wife. The man is shocked and has no idea who the perpetrator could be. The last two residents of the house have seen or heard nothing after Hollocher's investigation. Pfeifer asks Höller, who had recently quarreled with his wife. In addition, Höller recently owned a weapon and is the beneficiary of her life insurance. However, he denies having anything to do with her death. He cannot explain what his wife was doing in the workshop at night. While Pfeifer and Marek are discussing the case, Fichtl and Hollocher are called to Harry Losch's apartment, who apparently shot himself. Pfeifer suspects that Losch died as a result of outside influences. Pfeifer visits Ms. Pokorny, whom he knows from previous crimes, she was a former accomplice of Losch. She says he was murdered by a bank robber named Ullmer. She warned him about Ullmer, but he didn't listen to her. He was in love with Anna Höller, the dead woman from the workshop. Pokorny finally reveals to Pfeifer that Losch was her son. Dr. Putner informs Pfeifer about the official results of the investigation that Losch killed Anna Höller and then judged himself. He wants to close the act, but Pfeifer continues to investigate.

Fichtl and Marek go to Ullmer, who spent four years in the Federal Republic for bank robbery. He is currently discussing with his accomplice Seibel, both are unimpressed by the questioning by the police. In the pub where the two gangsters met, Marek happened to see his grandson Erwin. Marek learns that his grandson is with the prostitute Martina. Marek is visited by his neighbor Höller the next day, he found letters and photos in his apartment which clearly document that his wife cheated on him with Losch. Based on the photos, Marek recognizes that Losch was left-handed, but according to the tracks, Losch is said to have shot himself with his right hand. Pfeifer and his team then inform Dr. Putner, who officially resumes the investigation. Ullmer and his accomplices are planning a break-in on Marek's premises, based on the plan that Erwin sent them. Marek quits the workshop tenant Blaschek because he wants to sell the property and emigrate to New Zealand. Blaschek calls the underworld lawyer Dr. Breissel, who notifies Ullmer. Blaschek goes to Ullmer and makes him a proposal. He tells Ullmer that he knows that he wants to break into the vault of a neighboring bank through the basement of Marek's house and steal the money from all the surrounding banks. Blachek wants to blackmail him with this knowledge and demands 500,000 schillings from Ullmer so that he does not reveal his plans to the police. Ullmer had Blaschek's lawyer break into his office and steal his reassurance, a will, in order to be able to get rid of Blaschek. Blaschek meets with Seibel, Ullmer's handyman, to hand over the money in the park, who shoots Blaschek. A teacher who happened to be in the park with her school class and found the body recognizes Seibel on a card photo, but she is not sure.

Pfeifer and Fichtl hear Ullmer and Seibel, but they are unimpressed. Pfeifer tells them that he and his team are on to them, both in the murder of Losch and that of Blaschek. Meanwhile, Erwin learns that Martina has a new boyfriend, so Ullmer is considering getting rid of Erwin and his grandfather Marek because they could now be dangerous to their plan. Mrs Navratil, the last tenant from Marek's house, reports to Pfeifer and Fichtl. She saw the murderer of Frau Höller, who pursued Losch, and can identify Seibel, but the officers have doubts. Meanwhile, Erwin is looking for Martina, with whom he is still in love. He threatens Ullmer that he knows that he has put Martina on him. He'll go to the police if Ullmer doesn't make sure Martina comes back to him. Ullmer finally decides that Seibel should get rid of Erwin. Hollocher, who is assigned to Ullmer and Seibel, sees Erwin and shortly afterwards Seibel come out of the bar and suspects that Erwin's life is in danger. He calls two colleagues together and manages to thwart the assassination attempt on Erwin at the last second, but Erwin is seriously injured. Despite the clear evidence, Seibel refuses to confess. Erwin finally confesses to Marek in the hospital that he gave Ullmer the plan of Marek's house. Marek rules out the planned bank robbery from the basement of his house and informs Pfeifer.

Ullmer wants to complete the plan, although the police are on his heels. His people break into the bank via the basement of Marek's house as planned, but Pfeifer and his people are able to thwart the attack and arrest the entire gang. Marek seeks out Höller, whom he accuses of murdering his wife and her lover Losch. Then Höller threatens Marek with a gun, but he lowers the gun and finally confesses to Marek the deeds. After Marek explains to him how he got involved in the crime, Höller shoots himself after Marek has left. Erwin is sentenced to 14 months probation and deported to New Zealand. Marek flies with him and assures Fichtl that he will never come back.

background

The last murder was filmed in Vienna between August 15 and September 30, 1987. Fritz Eckhardt has his last appearance here as Chief Inspector Marek in the crime scene series.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The last murder" at tatort-fundus.de, accessed on March 29, 2015.
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