Enter Heinz Engelmann! He will go on and play police officers in six further episodes, more then any other actor in the series. Confusingly he always played different officers, never the same. Although, beside the name there was not much difference in the way he played them. But he is best remembered because of his voice. He was a regular in the "Synchronstudios" where he lent his voice to stars like John Wayne and William Holden. Be aware that American films have only been shown in dubbed versions at that time. The voice of an actor was an important factor and the dubbing studios tried to keep the "Synchronsprecher" (dubbing actor) for all subsequent films of a star. With Heinz Engelmann's voice the series got an American touch. Besides, he did play those officers quite well. Another actor who already played a police detective in an earlier episode can here be seen as a sidekick to Engelmann.
Speaking of earlier episodes: it is quite amusing to note that a remarkle number of actors do appear again and again, sometimes in a key role and next time in a bit part with just a few lines of text.
Until here, Stahlnetz did some experiments and developed its language. From now on the series is well established, became a "Strassenfeger" (street sweeper) and would continue to do so till its end in 1969.
This episode is better made than the last ones with quite a lot of action and off-leading trails. The story is far more complicated then previous episodes. At one point I almost forgot what the original crime was that started the investigation.
Throughout the series, WWII seems to be taboo. This is the more stunning when you consider that the war was only just over 15 years away and practically every one in and on the show must have lived through it. And the criminals in the stories too. But if you listen closely you can detect references to it. In this episode we hear an interesting fact mentioned. When one police officer pities Engelmann for having a second murder case on his hands in only one week, he answers that this is not as bad as things were after the war in 1945 and 1946, where there used to be two or three murders a day! I never heard this anywhere else.
