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00:00Not everyone can enter the door of one of the crime museums, which are located in the police headquarters of some German cities.
00:24They serve to show young law enforcement and police officers
00:28how the modern science of criminology brings silent witnesses to the fore.
00:33Each of the objects here, such as these broken armor cabinets,
00:36has once played a role in the endless fight
00:39that the police have to wage against crime.
00:43The clarification of a difficult case depends on
00:46how the experience, the instinct and the stubbornness of the police
00:50connect with the methodical care of the criminals,
00:53i.e. that of a staff of scientists,
00:56whose headquarters is the Federal Office of Criminology.
01:00The intrusion tools, weapons, gauner props, murder instruments,
01:04smuggling devices, the police photos of crimes,
01:07crime scene sketches and evidence of this educational collection
01:10have all been examined.
01:13We want to report on one of these cases.
01:16Of course, we have changed all the people and locations
01:19so that no feedback on the actual processes is possible.
01:23And today we will show you the story of this mail order.
01:53Apparently, the authorities won't get any further.
01:56And they will turn to the murder department.
01:58As if we didn't already have enough to do.
02:00They have it much easier than we do.
02:02They just need to look up in their lists where the man should bring money
02:05and then ask at the individual points whether he was also there.
02:07I thought so too. But such lists do not exist.
02:10A moneylender gets the mail order for his district early.
02:14Gets the total amount at the cash register
02:16and calculates according to his return and on the basis of the
02:18signed instructions there again.
02:20Then the mail doesn't even know where the man was in detail?
02:22Exactly.
02:23She only noticed that Mr. Seidel, the wanted moneylender,
02:26had given 11,374 marks and a few pennies along the way.
02:30Maybe he's out of his mind.
02:32Hard to say.
02:33The man is 63, will retire in two years, has a good mouth.
02:36Such stupidity is not to be trusted.
02:38Can you tell?
02:3911,000 marks would be a nice addition to his pension.
02:43And if he went through with the money,
02:44his pension ends up in prison.
02:46But it should have already happened.
02:48He will probably reappear in two hours
02:50and tell the sad fairy tale of the evil stranger
02:52who beat him down and robbed him.
02:54Let's hope he reappears.
02:56After all, in the last five years,
02:57three moneylenders have been robbed,
02:59which unfortunately prevented the dead
03:01from telling any more fairytales.
03:03What did the post actually think
03:04how we should find the man?
03:05Without the slightest clue.
03:07Yes, we have him.
03:08A cigar with a belly band.
03:09What?
03:10The missing postman told his colleagues this morning
03:13that he was bringing money to a company
03:15where the cashier always gave him a cigar with a belly band.
03:17Do you know the company?
03:18Yes.
03:19Ritter & Co., a fur shop.
03:21One of the post security was already there.
03:23Seidel brought the fur man 2,746 marks.
03:27Since it was already early at half past nine,
03:29the business must be pretty much at the beginning of his tour.
03:32Unfortunately, every other trace of him is gone.
03:34But that makes it pretty clear
03:36that he didn't go through with the money.
03:37Where does this Mr. Seidel live?
03:39Margaretenstrasse 14.
03:41He's not at home.
03:42Has he left?
03:43No, he hasn't come back yet.
03:45Is there something wrong with him?
03:46Nothing at all.
03:47What could it be?
03:48I just wanted to ask you something.
03:49I was also surprised
03:50that he didn't come home after work today.
03:52He never does that.
03:53Have you seen him today?
03:54Yes.
03:55Before he went to work,
03:56he always had breakfast with me in the kitchen.
03:58And then he asked me to bring him a loaf of bread.
04:00And he didn't say
04:01that he might want to travel or something like that?
04:03No way.
04:04For four years,
04:05since his wife died,
04:06he's been living with me in a boarding house
04:07and he's never traveled.
04:08Well, that would be the moment.
04:09If Mr. Seidel should come,
04:10he would like to call here right away.
04:11What now?
04:12It's already after nine.
04:13That doesn't matter.
04:14You can reach him all night.
04:15Goodbye.
04:16Criminals don't do that, Maja.
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05:20See you at 5 o'clock.
05:22Don't forget, this is Christmas Eve after all.
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07:54Hurry up!
08:10Good morning, Mr. Blümlein.
08:12Hello, Mrs. Langfeld.
08:14I thought it was Tonio.
08:16I met him. He's getting a beer.
08:18You make yourself comfortable.
08:20Your boss promised me
08:22that Mrs. Sebald's return would be ready in a week.
08:25Don't worry.
08:27We'll do it next week.
08:29I hope so.
08:38Mr. Blümlein!
08:40Open the door when I ring.
08:42I'm in the washroom.
08:44I have to wash the curtains.
08:46Yes, Mrs. Langfeld.
08:52Come on.
09:02Mr. Blümlein!
09:06Mr. Blümlein!
09:14Hello, is the police there?
09:16A dead man lies in the basement.
09:18No, I don't think I'm mistaken.
09:20He's dead. In the cellar in the laundry room.
09:24Steinerstrasse 54. No, no, that's my address.
09:27Roberto Salvi, 22, near Seewald.
09:29Yes, but please come quickly.
09:45Maybe this will help you, Mr. Marquardt.
09:47The ID was in his pocket.
09:49Thank you, doctor.
09:50It's true, unfortunately. Take a look at the photo.
09:54That's the yellow-breasted guy.
09:56Hans Seidel, 63 years old.
09:58He would have been retired in two years.
10:00One more reason to find him who didn't grant him that.
10:03Were you able to determine the cause of death?
10:05Probably a skull fracture due to a hard blow.
10:08A bruise on the back of the head suggests
10:11more details about the time of death only after the abduction.
10:14When can I get the report?
10:15Tomorrow morning.
10:16Thank you, doctor.
10:17I don't think he was killed in the laundry room.
10:19If you look at him, he's lying on his back.
10:21His arms and legs are outstretched.
10:23He was probably brought here after his death.
10:25That's what it looks like.
10:26Well, you'll figure it out.
10:28I'm going upstairs to see what the people have to say.
10:30Thank you, I don't need you anymore.
10:31Lohmeyer, you keep an eye on everything here.
10:33Come, Mrs. Langenfeld.
10:34Now let's have a nice coffee and then we'll talk.
10:36With pleasure, Mr. Commissioner.
10:38Come in.
10:47The door here, Mr. Lohmeyer, leading to the garden house,
10:49is locked.
10:50No key.
10:51The lock is rusted, but was recently oiled.
10:54Fingerprints?
10:55No.
10:57How long have you been friends with Mrs. Seewald?
10:59Since our school days.
11:00We were together in high school.
11:02And when we got married...
11:04You said earlier, Mrs. Seewald is a widow.
11:06What does your husband do for a living?
11:08He was a chemist in a large factory.
11:11Dr. Fritz Seewald.
11:12Do you have children?
11:13Yes, a son, Horst, 25.
11:15Wait a minute.
11:18This is him.
11:20Does he live here in the house?
11:21No, he's already self-employed.
11:23A broker.
11:24He sells properties, houses.
11:27He doesn't live at home anymore.
11:29Any adult son would like to have his mother look at the cards.
11:32You're right about that.
11:33Thank you.
11:35So Mrs. Seewald has been living alone in this house?
11:37Yes, since her husband died.
11:39Two years ago.
11:40And when my husband died at the same time,
11:42we got closer again.
11:44That's why I'm taking care of her apartment here.
11:46It's a mess.
11:48Come in.
11:51Excuse me, Mr. Commissioner.
11:52Mr. Lohmeier would like the key for the door to the bathroom.
11:55It leads to the garden.
11:56I'll get it right away.
11:57It's in the dealer.
11:58Dear God, the coffee.
11:59The water must be boiling.
12:01One moment, I'll be right back.
12:03Did you find anything?
12:04Not much.
12:05Just the cigar on the dealer.
12:06Ah, with a belly button.
12:08Where's Lohmeier?
12:09He's listening to the two painters upstairs.
12:11So you worked here yesterday.
12:13Where?
12:14First we were in Mrs. Seewald's bedroom.
12:16And when we were done there, we started here.
12:19Was anyone else in the house?
12:20No, no one.
12:21Mrs. Seewald is out of town.
12:22But today, for example, Mrs. Langenfeld is also there.
12:24But not yesterday.
12:25Sometimes she comes all of a sudden because she's afraid.
12:28Afraid?
12:29What are you afraid of?
12:30That we don't do any work.
12:32That we take a break and drink beer.
12:34Don't talk nonsense, Tonio.
12:36She comes here every now and then to look to the right.
12:39Or to get rid of the dirt when we're done with the rooms.
12:43Now listen to me carefully.
12:46Where were you yesterday between half past nine and twelve?
12:49In which room?
12:51Were you always both here, or did one of you bring beer?
12:55If so, how long was he gone?
12:57Please, gentlemen, think about it carefully.
12:59I expect a precise answer.
13:01Well?
13:06We worked in Oberwaldstrasse yesterday.
13:09On a new building.
13:10But you always claimed you were here.
13:12We were, too.
13:13You didn't ask us what time.
13:15We only come at six o'clock in the afternoon and stay until eleven at night.
13:18Black work here.
13:19A lot of money.
13:20But you won't betray us, will you, Inspector?
13:23I don't care what you do in your free time.
13:26But I will check whether your statements are true.
13:28You can do that.
13:29This is our master, Mr. Kurzbach.
13:31He will confirm your statement.
13:33Mr. Lohmeier, come with me for a moment.
13:39He's not here.
13:40I don't want to hear your excuses.
13:41He's squeezing us out here, and you say he's not here.
13:44Ah, let's have a beer.
13:46Beer? You can't live like that.
13:48When were you both, or one of you, in the cellar the last time?
13:51In the cellar?
13:52That must have been eight years ago.
13:53I was down there with Mrs. Langenfeld.
13:55She thought we might as well do it in the cellar.
13:57Then you said it wouldn't be necessary,
13:59and since then we haven't been down there.
14:01Where do you move around? Do you get water and so on?
14:03We move around where we work,
14:05and we always get water from the kitchen.
14:07And none of you was in the cellar?
14:09No.
14:10Why not?
14:11I only go away once to get beer.
14:14Beer and goulash, gentlemen.
14:16That's something very nice, isn't it?
14:18Goulash? I always understand goulash.
14:21Because there are two bags of goulash in here.
14:23One for each of you.
14:24Or don't you know the bag?
14:26Never seen it.
14:27Then a ghost must have stolen the two bags from the storage room in the cellar.
14:31They are missing there.
14:32The places where you were standing are still clearly visible in the dusty shelf.
14:37But they could have been stolen yesterday.
14:40And yesterday a man was beaten up in this house.
14:44But, Inspector, the bags could have been taken by someone else.
14:48Since there was no one else in the house,
14:50it's only our ghost that comes to mind.
14:52However, a very stupid ghost, I must say.
14:54He took the two bags from the cellar,
14:56put them here in this room,
14:58smeared the bag with paint,
15:00and then threw them out of the window.
15:03Because they were found right under this window.
15:08Here.
15:10The paint is still very fresh.
15:12Wait a minute.
15:13Let's see what color the dye is.
15:18Ah, here.
15:20Pearl white.
15:25Come.
15:27You have nothing to say to me, gentlemen?
15:30Good.
15:31So you continue to deny that you were in the cellar yesterday or today.
15:35You even deny in a case where it is about the clarification of a murder.
15:39Don't I have to think that you have something to hide?
15:42Something much worse than the theft of two goulash cans?
15:46Maybe even a...
15:47No, Inspector, I have nothing to do with that.
15:49Certainly not.
15:50I promise you that.
15:51I admit honestly that I stole the two goulash cans,
15:54but that's why you can't put a murder in my shoes.
15:58That's completely puzzling to me, Inspector.
16:01The key to the garden of the laundry always hangs on the key board in the cellar.
16:05And today, all of a sudden, it's not there anymore.
16:07But it won't be needed anyway.
16:09Why not?
16:10The lock doesn't work anymore. It's completely rusted.
16:13Besides, so little is washed down there since Mrs. Sebald has been alone.
16:16What a big mess.
16:18You're lucky that you wanted to wash today.
16:21You call that lucky? For me it was terrible.
16:23I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.
16:25I just thought that if the laundry is used so little,
16:29it's possible...
16:30It would have been terrible here.
16:32My friends would have come back from vacation,
16:34and down there would still be nothing to think about.
16:37Now don't think about it anymore.
16:39Oh yes, I forgot.
16:40Otherwise you won't miss a key.
16:42Key to the house, for example.
16:44There must be a lot of people who tell me who goes in and out of here.
16:48It's not that bad.
16:50How many keys, for example, do you have, Commissioner, from your apartment?
16:53If you have a safe lock.
16:55Me? Let me think about it.
16:58Not necessary. You have three.
17:00So?
17:01Well, I have one.
17:03And the other one...
17:05...was my daughter's. Yes, you're right, exactly.
17:08But how do you know that?
17:09It's very simple.
17:11In the safe lock, the manufacturing company only delivers three numbered keys.
17:15The other one has to be made specially.
17:18And that's usually too cumbersome for people.
17:21You've lost a criminal right away.
17:23Thank you.
17:24But to calm you down, there are only three keys to this house.
17:28And who has them?
17:30One would be Mrs. Seewald.
17:32That is, if she is here.
17:34At the moment her son has it.
17:35He goes to the post office every few days to send her what is important.
17:39The second one is the painter Meister Kurzbach,
17:41who renovates the house with the people here.
17:43And the third one, from Bennings, I have it.
17:46Who are the Bennings?
17:48A young couple of students who lived here until a few days ago.
17:53In the room where the painters work now.
17:55Nice young people.
17:57And Mrs. Seewald's tenants.
17:59Yes, they moved out because they wanted to continue their studies at some other university.
18:04But where, they didn't know exactly.
18:06And the key to the Bennings, you have it now?
18:08Yes, they gave it to me on the 30th.
18:12That was Tuesday, Wednesday ...
18:14Yes, five days ago.
18:16You don't happen to know where these Bennings went?
18:18Did you leave an address?
18:20No, nothing at all.
18:22You just told me about the son of Mrs. Seewald,
18:26who now has the keys to his mother.
18:29When did you last see him here?
18:32That was at the beginning of the week, in the evening,
18:35when he got the mail and ...
18:38And?
18:41I don't want to talk about it.
18:44It's certainly not important to you, Commissioner.
18:46Dear Mrs. Langenfeld, please tell me everything.
18:49Believe me, it is often the smallest detail
18:52for the outsider, something completely unimportant,
18:55secondary, which can help us.
18:58Well, I put Horst up for a few days,
19:00because of a certain matter,
19:02and since then he's been getting in my way.
19:04Because of what?
19:06Mrs. Seewald always has a small stock in the cellar,
19:09of alcohol, wine, cognac, a few bottles of rum,
19:12for a grog when she's cold.
19:14And there he used his mother's absence
19:17and a few bottles for his private needs.
19:20If it were just a few bottles,
19:22but he regularly looted the cellar.
19:24And that's why I accused him.
19:26After all, he deserves more than
19:28what the pension does to your mother.
19:32Two days ago, I checked the cellar for the last time.
19:35Everything was gone.
19:37Except for the rum.
19:39Well, he doesn't seem to like it.
19:41He seems to be a pretty smart young man.
19:44I don't want to talk about it.
19:47But I can assure you that if it were my son...
19:49Well, what would it be?
19:51Then I would read the Levites properly.
19:54He only took all the bottles,
19:56because he's probably sitting there without money again.
19:58Not a condition for a 25-year-old person.
20:00It's not your son, Mrs. Langefeld.
20:02Thank God.
20:03My mother is going on a business trip
20:05to the Mediterranean.
20:06When she left three weeks ago,
20:08she gave me her house key and asked me
20:10to send her the most important mail.
20:12I gave the last one yesterday, to Bayreuth,
20:14Hotel St. George.
20:15Were you at your mother's house yesterday?
20:17I think so. Wait a minute.
20:18What time exactly?
20:19How should I know that today?
20:21So forgetful?
20:22I have more to do than look at the time
20:24where I am right now.
20:25What a pity.
20:27In your case, it's particularly regrettable
20:29that you can't even remember it.
20:31Will you leave your memory in the dust
20:33if I ask you now if you were in the cellar yesterday morning?
20:36Of course I shouldn't.
20:37Besides, I always get the mail in the evening,
20:39when my business hardly has a minute of time.
20:41How nice for you that it flourishes like this.
20:43What's the point of all this inquiring?
20:45The criminal police send me an unannounced officer
20:47to the apartment.
20:48The officer's name is Lohmeier,
20:49and he also introduced himself.
20:51I asked you earlier what you wanted from me.
20:53You only said a few things.
20:55What's the point of all this drama?
20:57Mr. Seewald, if you're acting in a play, then do it.
20:59Why do you look so red?
21:00Just because I asked you if you were in the cellar yesterday morning?
21:03But I wasn't down there.
21:04How many more times do I have to tell you?
21:07If I only knew the reason
21:09why you so stubbornly deny
21:11that you were in the cellar,
21:13where I know so well...
21:15Even if I did,
21:17who would have told you
21:18that no one was there to see me?
21:21No one.
21:24But this rum bottle,
21:26it was still in the cellar the day before yesterday.
21:32Don't try to find a new excuse.
21:34You won't find one so quickly.
21:36I'll give you until Monday morning,
21:38at 10 o'clock.
21:39Please don't forget.
21:40Then you can tell my boss everything in person.
21:42Here's the address of his office.
21:45May I?
21:54Oh yes, I almost forgot
21:56why I came here.
21:58I wanted to ask if you knew the man
22:00who was lying dead in the cellar.
22:02Goodbye.
22:19Hello Peter, this is Horst.
22:21I have to talk to you urgently.
22:23I have a very unpleasant situation.
22:25You could help me.
22:27The sooner the better.
22:28Every minute is important.
22:30I'll get in the car and come right away.
22:32Goodbye.
22:34After what you told me,
22:36he seems to be a pretty insecure boy.
22:38He's definitely lying.
22:40The fact that he fell for your trick with the rum bottle
22:42speaks for him again.
22:44It wouldn't have happened to a regular criminal.
22:46After all, there are such bottles
22:48to buy in every shop.
22:50Yes, there are.
22:51Down in the cellar, I know.
22:52But how can you prove it to him?
22:54One of the painters, for example,
22:55also stole from down there.
22:57And why couldn't he do the same?
22:58Exactly.
22:59There are Seewald's fingerprints on the rum bottle.
23:01For two years now,
23:03no one has tried to teach a person
23:04logical thinking.
23:05And that's the result.
23:06What's wrong with him?
23:08We assume
23:09that Seewald stole the bottle from down there.
23:11But he claims to have bought it
23:13and denies the painter of the theft.
23:16Is that clear?
23:17Absolutely clear.
23:18How many fingerprints are there on Seewald's bottle?
23:20His own, of course.
23:21And on the bottle that the painter stole?
23:23The one from the painter.
23:24So, now bring me the bottle from the painter.
23:27You're right.
23:28This bottle doesn't exist.
23:30So there can't be any fingerprints on it.
23:32Do you understand?
23:33Yes.
23:34But it's a pity
23:35that I love fingerprints so much.
23:37I have to disappoint you again.
23:38Mr. Eines has done the investigation
23:40around Seewald's house with certainty.
23:42The murderer left no fingerprints.
23:44These gloves
23:45were found in a garbage can
23:47and were never found.
23:51Do you have to be the culprit?
23:53I would say
23:54with a certain probability.
23:56Because who spreads flour in his gloves
23:58if he doesn't want to cover all the tracks inside?
24:00And then he adds this here, too.
24:03A baton.
24:05On which the blood of the murdered Seidel
24:06could be found.
24:07So we would have the victim,
24:09the murder weapon and the motive by now.
24:11So only the culprit is missing.
24:13He has so far managed
24:14to cover all the tracks.
24:16Do you still have the money?
24:17According to the deduction
24:18of the already paid post,
24:19it would have to be exactly 8,120 marks.
24:22But I'm least interested in that at the moment.
24:24Here you are, sir.
24:25Thank you.
24:26You wanted to have the paint checked again, boss.
24:27Whether you actually worked
24:28on the new building yesterday morning.
24:30I already did.
24:31Yes, you were there.
24:32Perfect alibi.
24:34I think we can get rid of them.
24:37But what I got from you
24:38is not uninteresting.
24:40The required research
24:41about our model boy Seewald.
24:44Fraud report by Dr. Rudolf Weiland
24:47against the broker Horst Seewald
24:48concerns real estate fraud.
24:50Well, that's nice.
24:53Payment orders,
24:54one-time receipt,
24:55court order.
24:56But in the end,
24:57he always paid.
24:58But only under threat
24:59of a prison sentence.
25:00Say what you want.
25:02I quite like the man.
25:04After all,
25:05he's the only one
25:06I don't see
25:07in the dark anymore.
25:08I hope the gentleman
25:09will be able to tell me a lot more.
25:11And since I'm a forethought person,
25:13I've already invited him here
25:14on your behalf
25:15at 10 a.m. on Monday morning.
25:17A fine description
25:18to make the guy
25:19fall for me.
25:20But don't worry, boss.
25:21After all, you know best
25:22how much I like to work.
25:23Well, then I'm sure
25:24I'll make you very happy
25:25if I put you up
25:26to the student couple
25:27Benninger on Monday morning.
25:28Why actually?
25:29They moved out
25:30five days ago
25:31and are on vacation.
25:32Still,
25:33with the usual routine inquiry,
25:34it has been eroded
25:35that the two were not
25:36reported to the police at all.
25:42Good day.
25:43Good day, please.
25:44My name is Lohmeier.
25:45I come with a request.
25:46I'm looking for the address
25:47of a student couple
25:48who lived here with you,
25:49Jochen and Christiane Benning.
25:50Yes, may I ask
25:51what case it is?
25:52Oh, criminal police.
25:53No need to get excited.
25:54I only need the couple
25:55for an information.
25:56It's a case
25:57where the two
25:58could possibly be helpful to me.
25:59Yes, gladly.
26:00I'll take a look at it right away.
26:01Thank you.
26:02Good day.
26:03Good day.
26:04Good day.
26:05Good day.
26:06Good day.
26:07Good day.
26:08Good day.
26:09Good day.
26:10Good day.
26:11Good day.
26:12Good day.
26:13Good day.
26:14Good day.
26:15Good day.
26:16Good day.
26:17Good day.
26:18Good day.
26:19Good day.
26:20Good day.
26:21Good day.
26:22Good day.
26:23I'll take a look at it right away.
26:26I know Benning,
26:27but he is not married.
26:29Here is the ticket.
26:31Jochen Benning,
26:32Herne, Westphalia,
26:33Bismarckstrasse 6.
26:35And the native address?
26:37Well,
26:38Mr. Ullrich, my fellow student. Mr. Lohn was from the criminal police.
26:42You know Mr. Ullrich?
26:44Yes, Jochen Benning, if you mean him. But he's not married.
26:47Ah. But there are also Christians, students and...
26:50That's his girlfriend. She also studied German.
26:53You've known Mr. Benning for a long time?
26:55About five semesters. He came from West Germany at the time.
26:58Then he enrolled at the University of Bonn.
27:00I think mainly because of Bares.
27:02Mr. Ullrich, I don't want to disturb you here.
27:04Could we talk outside for a moment?
27:06Of course.
27:08Thank you.
27:10I was wrongly informed.
27:12I thought you two were married.
27:14No, just friends, but for a long time.
27:16Maybe you've seen each other. Rentalists are often very strange.
27:19Who do you say I am?
27:21But to get back to Jochen Benning,
27:23do you know if he's still here or maybe he's gone home?
27:25I don't think so.
27:27The last day before the end of the semester, he told me he wanted to go to Turkey.
27:30He's just like me, an art historian.
27:32An Anatolian is being excavated right now.
27:34And Mrs. Christiane?
27:36I can't tell you if she's gone with him.
27:38But wait a minute, your friend, Moni von Wiese, she must know.
27:41Can you reach her somewhere?
27:43Yes, she should be in the Germanic seminar.
27:45Come, I'll take you there.
27:47The corridors here are the purest maze.
27:53I'm just glad, Mr. Commissar, that my mother is still on vacation.
27:56In four days, when she comes back,
27:58maybe a little grass has already grown over the whole unpleasant story.
28:01Don't you think it's a little easy-peasy
28:03to deal with a robbery as simple as an unpleasant story?
28:06Besides,
28:08that grass will have grown over it in four days,
28:11I dare to doubt.
28:13I just meant that my mother will have nothing to do with it.
28:15Investigations, raids and interrogations will be spared.
28:18Cigarette?
28:19No, thank you.
28:20Mr. Seewald, I asked you to come here.
28:22I wanted to take a personal picture of you.
28:24Only I regret to say
28:26that it fits exactly into the framework
28:29that I imagined after your files.
28:31Why?
28:32Wasn't I open and honest with you?
28:34Didn't I admit right away that I was in the cellar
28:36and I took a bottle?
28:37If we could prove it to you,
28:38it would only be stupid to deny it any longer.
28:40But I know some other things
28:42that don't cast a favorable light on you.
28:45For example,
28:47the fraud report of a certain
28:50Dr. Weiland.
28:52Already done, Mr. Commissar.
28:54Since yesterday, the man has had his money
28:56and withdrawn the report.
28:58Here is the remuneration of 6,000 marks.
29:00Donnerwetter.
29:01But you switched quickly.
29:02Switching quickly is part of my job, Mr. Commissar.
29:04And that's why I know what you're going to ask me now.
29:06Yes, what?
29:07Whether it could not be the money of the murdered postman.
29:11I am also armed against that.
29:13A good friend lent it to me.
29:15I have always helped him a lot.
29:16You know, one hand washes the other.
29:18His name is Peter Krohn.
29:19He has a restaurant on Wannsee.
29:21You can call him.
29:22He is happy to come here and will confirm it to you.
29:24He really thought of everything.
29:26I'm sure you also have his phone number.
29:29He gave me a menu of his.
29:31There are phone numbers and everything on it.
29:33If you want to eat well,
29:34it's not cheap, but exquisite.
29:40Her name is Christiane.
29:41Christiane Mörsbach.
29:43Even if Jochen Benning is not married to Mrs. Mörsbach,
29:46there is still no reason not to report to the police to Mrs. Sebald.
29:49Do you have an idea, Mr. Lohmeier?
29:51But you don't know the room renter well.
29:54If you can't keep an eye on him right away,
29:56you don't even have to knock on the door.
29:58He's right.
29:59It's really hard to have an unmarried couple here.
30:01Especially if they're both students.
30:03But gentlemen, do you think I'm a moral apostle?
30:05That's not the point.
30:06I just wanted to say that if both of them had been reported to the police,
30:09then I wouldn't have had to walk from Pontius to Pilate.
30:12What do you want from Christiane?
30:14To know if she went to Turkey with Jochen Benning.
30:16I just have a few questions for you.
30:17That's all.
30:18If you hadn't thought about it last minute,
30:20she would have definitely gone with you.
30:22We promise to write to Anatolia right away.
30:24Maybe she left her address to her parents.
30:26Do you know where Mrs. Moesbach lives?
30:28Yes, I visited her there once.
30:30Braunschweig, Schillerstrasse number 8.
30:32I can ask around.
30:34But first of all,
30:36if Christiane should write to you, please let me know.
30:43Mr. Kronacher.
30:44He should come in.
30:45I'm already here, I'm already here.
30:47Permit me, Kronacher.
30:48Peter Kronacher.
30:49That was fast.
30:50When it comes to helping the police,
30:52you can't be fast enough.
30:53Besides, as a citizen of the state,
30:55I'm obliged to do so.
30:56It's a matter of course, Mr. Criminal Court.
30:58Still criminal, Inspector.
30:59What, still?
31:00But I mean, it will be determined in due time
31:02that the Inspector...
31:04Let's get down to business, please sit down.
31:06Well, I'm so free.
31:10So, please, Inspector.
31:11You ask, I answer.
31:15Very right.
31:16As I see it, you are most familiar with the conduct of the interrogation.
31:19You know Horst Seewald?
31:20Well, actually, more than that.
31:22I've been friends with Mr. Seewald for many years.
31:25Actually, even very close friends, if I may say so.
31:28You may, Mr. Kronacher.
31:29He once helped me in a very unpleasant matter a long time ago
31:34and I was just happy
31:36that I could finally take revenge on him.
31:39Do you understand?
31:40I understand. One is worse than the other.
31:41Yes, that's exactly what I meant, Mr. Inspector.
31:43And I see you speak the same language.
31:46Yes, at least in German.
31:48Yes.
31:49But could you perhaps tell me
31:50what kind of friendship service Mr. Seewald assigned you back then?
31:54Do I have to, Mr. Inspector?
31:56I'm a discreet person.
31:59It was really just a very private matter.
32:02I swear to you, without the slightest criminal background.
32:05Hopefully.
32:06Well, it doesn't matter at the moment.
32:08What's important to me is
32:10did you lend Horst Seewald 6,000 marks?
32:13I did, Mr. Inspector.
32:14Helping a friend is a matter of honor to me.
32:17I have to say, you let a friendship cost you something.
32:196,000 marks is a respectable amount
32:21and you can shake it out of your pocket so easily?
32:23Well, not out of my pocket.
32:25I shake it, if you allow me to use your expression.
32:29I shake it out of my business.
32:31After all, my restaurant is not cheap.
32:33Mr. Seewald must have gotten a check from you.
32:35On which bank?
32:37Well, it would have been too late for the check.
32:41I have Horst, I mean, Mr. Seewald needed the money immediately
32:46and I gave him the 6,000 marks in cash.
32:48In cash?
32:49That much you had at home?
32:50Surely by chance, of course.
32:52Well, not by chance, Mr. Inspector.
32:54I mean, a businessman has to have a little money in his pocket after all.
32:58By the way, I brought the receipt.
33:01I know the police.
33:03They are always a little suspicious.
33:07How well you know us, Mr. Kronacher.
33:09Where did you come from?
33:10One or the other of your gentlemen
33:12sometimes come to eat with me.
33:14I've been to your place before.
33:15Oh, that pleases me.
33:17And were you satisfied?
33:18I mean, drinks, service, was everything okay?
33:20Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to state that.
33:23At that time, I was only in my privilege as an officer of the department
33:26forbidden gambling with you.
33:28But of course, Mr. Inspector, I remember.
33:31Well, your face immediately seemed so familiar to me.
33:34But you will not copy my disguise from back then,
33:37I mean, the little game in the back room.
33:40How could I?
33:42After all, you cleaned up the mess afterwards.
33:44With four months.
33:46Yes, Mr. Inspector, if I may just say something.
33:49These four months were spent on probation
33:52and I proved myself.
33:53And my hands have been completely clean since then
33:56and I have to say, I'm proud of it.
33:58I can understand your pride.
34:00Mr. Inspector, do you have any other questions for me?
34:04Or can I go now?
34:06Unfortunately.
34:07Of course, I mean.
34:10And what about my friend Mr. Seewald?
34:13He's next door. You can take him with you.
34:23Tell me, where can I find Mr. Benning?
34:25Benning, he's back there.
34:33Are you Mr. Benning?
34:35Yes.
34:36We suspected you were in Turkey.
34:38What do you mean, we?
34:39The colleagues of the Berlin Criminal Police and...
34:41Criminal Police?
34:43Since when is the police interested in what a student does in his vacations?
34:47We are investigating a murder case.
34:49Murder? What kind of murder?
34:51A moneylender was beaten and robbed.
34:53In the house where you lived.
34:55Berthelsallee 22 near Seewald?
34:57Just there.
34:58That was terrible. When did that happen?
35:00Last Friday.
35:02I can say for sure that I left before that.
35:05But where were you during that time?
35:07Wednesday, Thursday, Friday?
35:09A few days in Klinike, that's a fort from Berlin.
35:11Hotel Heidekrug.
35:13Alone?
35:14No, with my wife.
35:15You mean Miss Christiane Mürsbach?
35:17Oh, you know that?
35:19Yes, the war broke out quickly.
35:21Whether you are married or not, I don't care.
35:23But if you make false statements to the person and don't register yourself politically,
35:27then the matter will no longer be quite so private.
35:30You don't have to do something like that, Mr. Benning.
35:32You're just making yourself uncomfortable.
35:34Why didn't you go to Turkey?
35:36You had such big plans.
35:38No money or...
35:40Do you think I'm working here to make a living?
35:42Why no money? You said that before.
35:44Not really.
35:45An uncle promised me to hold me in his arms,
35:48but he left at the last minute.
35:51And why?
35:52Because he found out that Christiane was coming back.
35:54And where is your girlfriend now?
35:56She's at home.
35:58When we were in Klinike for a few days,
36:00she found out that her mother had suddenly become ill and...
36:03then she went straight home.
36:05Why were you in Klinike for the last few days?
36:07Because of my car.
36:09The old one suddenly didn't want to slide anymore,
36:11and we thought, hey, we risk a breakdown in the zone,
36:14so we'd better get it right right away.
36:16What was the name of your hotel in Klinike?
36:18Heidekrug.
36:25After what colleague Dan Herrner found out,
36:27Benning actually makes a very good impression.
36:29He writes, Benning seems open and friendly.
36:32And how did he react to the murder in Seewald?
36:34Completely normal.
36:35Astonished when he heard about it,
36:36frightened about the crime as such.
36:38So Benning seems unharmed.
36:39No new facts.
36:41Except for one little thing, maybe.
36:43He told his colleague that his girlfriend Christiane
36:45suddenly had to go home because her mother was ill.
36:48Meanwhile, I called Braunschweig at her parents,
36:50and it turned out that the mother is not sick at all.
36:52What did Meersbach say about it?
36:54I haven't been able to get a hold of her yet.
36:56She was only at home for one day
36:57to pack her suitcase again after the blasted Turkey trip.
37:00Then she left with an unknown holiday destination.
37:03She told her parents that she was going alone
37:05because she had turned herself in to Jochen Benning.
37:08And probably Benning didn't want to admit
37:10that he had been hurtled out of nobility,
37:12and that's why he made up the story about the sick mother.
37:14That's possible.
37:15I also mentioned her to Amranda.
37:16What actually happened to our special friend Horst Seewald?
37:19So far, a misrepresentation on the widest front.
37:22But if you want to eat first class,
37:24I know a restaurant by the Wandsee.
37:26Yes, please.
37:27Miss von Biese is here.
37:28Please come in.
37:29Please.
37:31It's nice of you to visit us, Miss von Biese.
37:33May I introduce you to Commissioner Marquardt?
37:35Please take a seat.
37:36Thank you. No, I'm afraid I don't have time.
37:38I just got here from the university.
37:40Christiane wrote to me.
37:41Miss von Biese is a friend of Mrs. Meersbach.
37:43I asked her to give us a message as soon as she heard from you.
37:46I got a letter from Christiane this morning.
37:48Then I thought I'd better bring it to you myself.
37:51Thank you.
37:53The card is the Füssen in the Allgäu,
37:55the stranger's home Edelweiss.
37:56Your colleague has to be there.
37:59And Jochen really didn't go?
38:01Why are you surprised?
38:02He didn't have any travel money.
38:03Didn't you know that?
38:05Yes, yes.
38:06But I never thought he would give up his plan so quickly.
38:09He's a gentleman.
38:10He works in a car workshop.
38:11But why don't you know that?
38:13You were still...
38:14Friends, yes.
38:15But we broke up.
38:16Very suddenly.
38:18Don't you think so, too?
38:20We fought again.
38:21I thought I couldn't stand it anymore and went home.
38:25To her sick mother.
38:26Sick? Why?
38:46It was really a good idea of yours to take me with you.
38:51The thought that I...
38:52Don't get upset.
38:53We can't change anything anymore.
39:01Would you rather get tuna fish salad or wiener sausages?
39:04Sausages.
39:05Do you have any idea how often we got to eat fish?
39:08Once in Cairo.
39:10Or was it in Beirut?
39:12Wait.
39:13Your mail is on the desk.
39:15Your mail.
39:19Quite a mess.
39:22Nothing has changed since I left.
39:24You know, Mama, it's no use anymore.
39:29So, in Cairo.
39:31By the way, it was hot there.
39:33You can't imagine that.
39:36Even the Italians who were on board.
39:38Financially.
39:39What should the bank do?
39:41Black bread or white bread?
39:42Black bread, of course.
39:43As I longed for it.
39:45By the way, I'd love to come home again.
39:48That's typical of you.
39:49You're saving up for your so-called dream trip.
39:51Then you can't wait until you come home again.
39:53Don't make fun of me.
39:54Didn't you pay the newspaper?
39:56No, I didn't know whether I should.
39:57Yes, but of course you should.
40:01What?
40:02Bennings has been fired?
40:05That's a shame.
40:06They were very nice tenants.
40:09Now I'm all alone in the house.
40:11Right now.
40:12We'll find a nice husband for you.
40:14I'll have to visit Mrs. Langenfeld more often.
40:17How is she?
40:18Did she get my mail?
40:20I don't know.
40:21Why don't you know?
40:22What would she have said?
40:24What's that?
40:26Who's sending me 20 marks?
40:29Look.
40:30Flemming, Lichterfelde East.
40:34Who is that?
40:35No idea.
40:36By the way, I was very angry with Mrs. Langenfeld.
40:40Wait a minute.
40:44Show me the date.
40:46What's the matter?
40:48What happened to Mrs. Langenfeld?
40:50It happened on the 1st and 3rd.
40:52I can't believe it.
40:54It's like this.
40:55The police, I didn't want to tell you.
40:57They suspected everyone who had a key to our house.
41:00But not you, Horst.
41:02Yes, Mama.
41:03It was him.
41:04Didn't you say you weren't him?
41:06Do you think they believe you?
41:08And then there was the story with the cellar and Mrs. Langenfeld.
41:11She wasn't in the suspicion, was she?
41:13No, but she was terribly important to me when she got me a bottle from downstairs.
41:17Oh, a bottle.
41:19You know, Mama, sometimes you get a little more thirsty.
41:22And a little less money, what?
41:24It all came together.
41:25And when they asked me on the 1st if I was downstairs, of course I said no.
41:28All because of Mrs. Langenfeld.
41:30And the man was in the cellar.
41:31No, but later he must have dragged someone down there.
41:34And because I only denied that I was downstairs.
41:37Oh, boy.
41:38Such stupidity.
41:40But that's why they can't think you're a murderer.
41:43Not anymore, Mama.
41:44Now we have the mail order with which they lured the man into our house.
41:47P. Flemming, Berlin, Lichterfelder Ost, Grabenstrasse 5.
41:50And I'm the idiot who has it on my desk all the time.
41:53Well, I'll bring it to them tomorrow.
41:55They'll be surprised, you know.
41:56Maybe you can explain to me why you're bringing this mail order today.
42:00Because I found it last night.
42:02That means my mother...
42:03Why your mother?
42:04When she saw through the rest of your mail.
42:06Everything that had run up during your absence.
42:09Newspapers, adverts, bills.
42:11Just the mail that wasn't as important as I should have had to send it.
42:14And now you want to persuade me that this mail order was also very coincidental?
42:18But I don't want to persuade you, Mr. Commissioner.
42:20It's really like that.
42:21I've never seen the mail order before.
42:23As a result, I don't even know when it arrived.
42:26Maybe it was already on the desk before the murder.
42:29Unfortunately, you don't like that.
42:31It's made exactly by the post office...
42:34...for which the mail carrier Seidl served for years.
42:37And stamped exactly on the day he had to die.
42:40And it was with this mail order that the murderer lured his victim into the house.
42:44But not just to receive the 20 marks.
42:46Here.
42:47The instruction is still complete.
42:49Neither has it been quoted by signature...
42:51...nor has the section for the receiver been separated.
42:53And you had a key for this house.
42:55Others also have a key.
42:56But you were able to teach a perfect alibi for the morning of the murder.
43:00While you have already admitted to being down in the cellar.
43:03But not on this day.
43:04I got the bottle the next day.
43:06In the morning.
43:07The painters had just arrived.
43:08That would have been Saturday.
43:10The only day the painters had already worked in the morning.
43:14Until now, you have always said that you have not seen anyone when you were in the house.
43:18They couldn't see me because I was hiding.
43:20Why hiding?
43:21When I heard that someone had locked the door, I thought it was Mrs. Langenfeld.
43:24And he didn't want to run into my arms.
43:26Today you tell like this, tomorrow like that.
43:28Or do you still want to lie to us?
43:30Go to the next room and wait there until I call you again.
43:38It's getting crazy.
43:39Now I have already believed that he will kill us.
43:41And all of a sudden he throws our whole beautiful theory with the rum bottle over the heap.
43:44That's why he could have been there on Friday when Seidel was murdered.
43:48Because there was really no one in the house.
43:49Can, can, can.
43:51How do you want to prove that?
43:53The more I think about everything, the less I see through.
43:56Would you, for example, hand over such a heavy evidence as this letter of instruction personally to the police?
44:00I would have destroyed it.
44:02The Bursch is torn here.
44:03Who knows what he wants to do with it.
44:05Do we actually have anything handwritten by Sebald?
44:08Our writing experts would have to compare that.
44:10Whether Sebald possibly wrote the letter of instruction himself.
44:13Man, Lohmeyer, sometimes I can doubt you.
44:15Just now you explained to me how torn the Bursch is.
44:17And in the same breath you suggest him so much stupidity
44:20to bring his self-written letter of instruction here.
44:23But even the smartest criminals make the stupidest mistakes.
44:26Perhaps you are right.
44:27At least you have brought me to an idea.
44:29Let's really get our writing expert.
44:32I'll go myself, Dr. Graumann is only two doors away.
44:35And Sebald should come in again.
44:37Mr. Sebald, please.
44:42Please, take a seat.
44:46How is your friend Kronacher?
44:48Have you been with him again?
44:50Since he was here with you, I haven't seen him anymore.
44:52It was actually very kind of him
44:54to give you 6,000 marks right away.
44:56He told me back then that you would have helped him a lot.
44:59Would you perhaps tell me what it was about?
45:01Do I have to, Mr. Commissioner?
45:03You don't have to, but I would be happy
45:05if you would say it openly and honestly.
45:07Well, no one can tell you that today anyway.
45:10It was like this.
45:11Five or six years ago, Kronacher once,
45:13he was completely broke,
45:15wrote on a change with the wrong name.
45:17The man who gave him the money, it was only 500 marks,
45:20and suddenly he started cheating,
45:22so I bought the change back quickly.
45:24That's how Kronacher got out of the cut.
45:26Was he able to adjust his writing so well?
45:28Not so well again, otherwise the money man
45:30wouldn't have become so clumsy.
45:32You're right about that.
45:34Ah, Dr. Graumann.
45:35Good day.
45:36I have a favor to ask of you.
45:38If I can help you, I'd be happy to, Mr. Marquardt.
45:40I absolutely need some writing analysis from you.
45:42Take a look at these instructions.
45:44Do you have a pen?
45:46Yes.
45:47Put a few numbers on it, something.
45:49But why?
45:51You don't believe that I'm the one who wrote the instructions.
45:54Tell me, Mr. Commissar,
45:56how stupid do you think I am?
45:58So write, please.
45:59We just want to prove that you weren't the one.
46:01With the greatest pleasure.
46:07Please.
46:08If you'd like to wait outside for a moment.
46:11You're being treated here.
46:14I'm beginning to believe what he's written.
46:17I'm not a murderer.
46:19Well, what can you tell us, doctor?
46:21Is this writing identical to the one on the instructions?
46:24No.
46:25But not the slightest resemblance,
46:27because it's a completely different writing.
46:29Visible at first glance.
46:30I almost thought so.
46:31But please compare this receipt with the instructions.
46:35The debt is over 6,000 marks.
46:38Croner wrote it out for Sebald.
46:40That's out of the question.
46:42No identity at all.
46:44Even at first glance,
46:46the writing on the instructions
46:48shows typical female features.
46:50These two writings, on the other hand...
46:52Just a moment.
46:53The postcard.
46:59But we have the writing.
47:00Indistinguishable.
47:01Both from one and the same person.
47:03Look here.
47:04The arc of the G.
47:06The T-line.
47:08So whoever wrote that,
47:10and I bet any woman
47:12didn't even bother to adjust her handwriting.
47:15Christiane Mörsbach.
47:22But of course I know them both.
47:24That's Benning's husband.
47:25When and how long did they live here?
47:27That was last week.
47:29Just a moment, I have to look it up.
47:33Here.
47:34They met on the 30th at noon.
47:36That was a Tuesday.
47:37Until the evening of the 4th.
47:39But they left right after breakfast.
47:41He still had something to do with the car,
47:43and that's why his wife probably
47:45took the train.
47:46But of course I don't know
47:48exactly what happened today either.
47:50Did they go out a lot?
47:51Did they go for walks?
47:52Never.
47:53They were always in the garden
47:54or in their room.
47:55I noticed that.
47:57Probably because the young woman
47:59didn't feel well.
48:00Was she sick?
48:01She must have had something.
48:03Because she never left her room before noon.
48:05I know that from the girl in the living room.
48:06She was not allowed to disturb.
48:08And where was her husband
48:09during the whole morning?
48:10Upstairs.
48:11He didn't leave her alone for a minute.
48:13I assume the two of them
48:15were still very young when they got married.
48:18Excuse me for a moment.
48:21Here, Hotel Heidekrug in Glienicke.
48:23Yes, please.
48:25Wait at the device.
48:28Mr. Lacherbauer,
48:29you are requested from Stuttgart.
48:31I connect.
48:35But maybe you didn't see Mr. Benning
48:36when he left in the morning?
48:38Exclusively.
48:39I work from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays.
48:41Nobody leaves.
48:42After all, everyone has to pass by my store.
48:45Of course.
48:46That was all I wanted to know.
48:48May I ask what the police
48:49want to know from the gentlemen?
48:51Nothing important.
48:52A small traffic accident.
48:53Goodbye.
48:55Hello.
48:58Here, porter.
49:01Two breakfasts with eggs for room 9.
49:04Yes, coffee.
49:06Right away.
49:08Kitchen.
49:09Two breakfasts, coffee, eggs for room 9.
49:12Mr. Porter?
49:14Yes.
49:15You were just...
49:16Yes, and now I'm here.
49:18Yes, of course.
49:20You called me?
49:22Oh, yes.
49:23You see Mr. Benning?
49:24Dead certain.
49:25I would ask you to give him this key.
49:28He left it in his room.
49:30It was found when cleaning up.
49:32Good.
49:34How long do you still want to deny
49:36that you wrote the letter?
49:37I didn't write it.
49:38Oh, then our writer was mistaken.
49:41It's almost every day in the newspapers
49:43that one expert judges so and the other so.
49:45What kind of strange disease
49:47did you have every morning in the hotel?
49:51I just didn't feel well.
49:52I want to tell you what you had.
49:54The alibi disease
49:55with which you had to cover your friend Benning
49:57when you left and came back to the hotel.
49:59How else would he have been able to observe
50:01the moneylender every day,
50:02which way he takes every day?
50:04A perfect attack
50:05ultimately requires a perfect plan.
50:07The pot would have had to see him.
50:09No.
50:10I tried that myself.
50:11Why did you actually
50:12turn yourself in after the murder with Benning?
50:14Maybe I gave you too little of the stolen money?
50:16Or did you want nothing to do with the whole thing
50:18when you found out that the moneylender...
50:20Stop it!
50:22Stop it now.
50:29Please come.
50:31Please.
51:01But this afternoon at the meeting,
51:03we're going to kidnap someone.
51:04With the evidence we have.
51:06Sure, Lohmeier.
51:08Evidence.
51:09So you call that evidence against me.
51:12A baton and a pair of gloves.
51:15I can only laugh about that.
51:17I don't know him. I've never seen him.
51:20Just like the instructions
51:21you want to put in my shoes.
51:24Or maybe there are my fingerprints on it.
51:27Unfortunately, no.
51:28How do you want to prove that it belongs to me?
51:30I'll tell you. Just wait and see.
51:32Do you want to deny
51:33that you sneaked out of the Heidro hotel every day
51:35to look for the moneylender
51:37and at the same time to find out
51:39that there was never a person in the house this afternoon?
51:41Now your assistant comes up with hypotheses.
51:44Inspector, please explain to him
51:46that after all the evidence is a double-edged sword,
51:49that hypotheses could possibly be
51:51that a good criminalist
51:53really shouldn't be used as a means of evidence.
51:57And now I want to prove to you
51:58how you came into the house
51:59and knocked down the postman.
52:02Come with me.
52:04I'm looking forward to it.
52:10There, where Mr. Lohmeyer is now,
52:12you were waiting.
52:14After the postman rang the doorbell,
52:16the door opened for you.
52:17Seidel stepped into the cell.
52:18Just like the police officer now.
52:20And since he couldn't see you,
52:21it was easy for you to knock him down.
52:24It's a pity that you missed
52:25the postman who had fallen down.
52:28After that, you carried the dead man
52:29through the cellar into the laundry room
52:31and robbed him in complete silence.
52:34That's exactly how it was, of course.
52:37But you made a small mistake.
52:39Behind the door was not me, but someone else.
52:42Because I couldn't have been there.
52:44How was I supposed to get into the house
52:45where I didn't have any keys anymore?
52:47Of course not through this door,
52:48but from behind the garden through the laundry room.
52:50Aha, how did I get in there?
52:52I didn't have any keys either.
52:54Yes, you did.
52:56Here, the key to the laundry room.
52:58Unfortunately, you left it in the hotel
53:00in your room.
53:02I don't know that one.
53:03That's what I thought.
53:05Please ask Mrs. Langenfeld downstairs.
53:07Mrs. Seidel doesn't want to see you anymore.
53:10I have one more question on my mind.
53:13Let's assume your theory is correct.
53:17Could you explain to me
53:18how I opened the door
53:20that was locked from the inside
53:21to the postman,
53:22where I didn't have any keys
53:24like you admitted.
53:27You would have disappointed me
53:28if you hadn't come up with this.
53:31Please.
53:32Hello, Meier.
53:34This lock was once used in the door.
53:36So you can unscrew it again.
53:39I told you, you can learn from the police.
53:42Please, Mrs. Langenfeld.
53:43Confirm, Mr. Benning,
53:45that this key we found
53:47belongs to the outside door of the laundry room.
53:49I don't recognize it at all.
53:51I'm sorry, Mr. Inspector,
53:52but I don't recognize it either.
53:53Mrs. Langenfeld,
53:54this must be the missing key.
53:56Please go to the cellar
53:57and prove it, Mrs. Langenfeld.
53:58That's not necessary.
53:59The next day, I found the key.
54:02It fell off the keyboard
54:04and was under the dresser.
54:06This is the key to the laundry room.
54:08What a shame.
54:10But maybe I can help you, Mr. Inspector.
54:12It could be that I
54:14accidentally took the key
54:16from upstairs.
54:18Maybe that's it.
54:19You can take a look.
54:23I'm really sorry
54:24that you had to make so much effort with me,
54:26but if I had come to the conclusion
54:28with the key,
54:29it would have looked really bad.
54:31Your investigation would have broken my neck.
54:33This time, Mr. Benning really told the truth.
54:35It was his key to the room.
54:39You can see, Mrs. Langenfeld,
54:41how quickly you can slip into such a thing
54:43without being guilty.
54:44I hope Mrs. Seehofer isn't angry with me anymore.
54:46Don't worry.
54:47I'll fix it.
54:48Thank you.
54:49Oh, yes.
54:50I don't need you and your colleagues here anymore.
54:53Could I go to the cellar again?
54:55Maybe I missed something.
54:57I don't think so, but...
54:58Do I have to go with you?
54:59No, of course not.
55:00Thank you.
55:01I'm sure Mr. Benning is so nice and won't lead us.
55:03I don't know, downstairs...
55:04But with pleasure, Inspector.
55:05The cellar is more or less unknown to me.
55:10I'm even convinced
55:11that the perpetrator only deliberately wanted to kill his victim.
55:14Before that, he should have known
55:15that Seidel, as the autopsy revealed,
55:17had been seriously ill.
55:18With people like that,
55:19a strong shock is often enough to kill them.
55:22But whether it's a death sentence or a murder for low-level crimes,
55:25it will be up to the judge to decide.
55:28He must have come across the corner of the property.
55:31Because he couldn't have entered the front door without a key.
55:35Besides, he avoided being observed from the street.
55:39You would have been a good police officer.
55:41Certainly not.
55:42I was just thinking about what I would have done as a criminal.
55:44Then you would have become an even better criminal.
55:46But the fact that he used the same escape route again after his crime
55:49is clear.
55:50Because he threw the sledgehammer and the gloves
55:52into the garbage can there.
55:53Oh, yes, the gloves.
55:54That's why you didn't find any fingerprints.
55:57No, nothing at all.
55:58That's the stupid thing.
55:59We'll never get him with that.
56:00That's why there are no traces of him even at the wash house.
56:03Which he probably oiled before
56:05because it was so rusted.
56:07Everything is clear to me.
56:08I am of the opinion that everything has played out exactly the same way.
56:11Only one link is missing in your chain of evidence.
56:14How did the perpetrator get into the wash house?
56:17And how did he lock the door behind him after the crime
56:20where the key to it was on the keyboard?
56:22It was our great fortune that he was still hanging there.
56:26Why?
56:27When Mr. Lohmeier wanted to try out the key to your room
56:31that you had taken and forgotten in the hotel,
56:33he also had the key to the wash house in his hand.
56:36When he arrived at your door, he tried both of them out.
56:38And look, he could lock it with both of them.
56:40With that we had the proof that you, with the key to the room you took,
56:43also had the door to the wash house.
56:48Now his fuse is burned through.
56:50And his escape is the final proof.
56:58If only our famous colleague hadn't helped us again.
57:02Commissioner Zufall, right?
57:40Yeah.