Dampfnudelblues (2013) Synopsis

Franz Eberhofer resigned to quitting Münich PD back to his native village Niederkaltenkirchen near Landshut as a sanction, living inconspicuously on the family farm, drinking at the pub with local hick mates like butcher Simmerl and heating-cleaner Flötzinger. Granny cooks great for Franz and his Beatles-fanatical deadbeat Vater, left by Franz's mother years before; for brother Leopold and his Thai mail-order wife and their baby Uschi, who only quiets down for Franz; and Franz's steady, wedding-eager girl Susi. Shortly after troublesome reverend and hated school principal Höpfl complains about a death-threat graffiti on his house, he's atypically absent; Police Chief Moratschek rules his decapitation on the rail-track suicide. Franz doubts that, wriggles out of babysitting the soccer team's African 'star,' and starts an informal murder investigation. Then his former Munich partner Rudi Birkenberger--who got Franz suspended, was duly fired and now turned PI--arrives and won't be turned away from meddling as if he were still on the force. While they snoop, another corpse turns up: junkie Marcel, son of recently-returned Bruno, who left town after knocking up Angie 20 years before. Marcel and Höpfl had contact in his cellar dungeon.—KGF Vissers

Franz Eberhofer resigned to quitting Münich PD back to his native village Niederkaltenkirchen near Landshut as a sanction, living inconspicuously on the family farm, drinking at the pub with local hick mates like butcher Simmerl and heating-cleaner Flötzinger. Granny cooks great for Franz and his Beatles-fanatical deadbeat Vater, left by Franz's mother years before; for brother Leopold and his Thai mail-order wife and their baby Uschi, who only quiets down for Franz; and Franz's steady, wedding-eager girl Susi. Shortly after troublesome reverend and hated school principal Höpfl complains about a death-threat graffiti on his house, he's atypically absent; Police Chief Moratschek rules his decapitation on the rail-track suicide. Franz doubts that, wriggles out of babysitting the soccer team's African 'star,' and starts an informal murder investigation. Then his former Munich partner Rudi Birkenberger--who got Franz suspended, was duly fired and now turned PI--arrives and won't be turned away from meddling as if he were still on the force. While they snoop, another corpse turns up: junkie Marcel, son of recently-returned Bruno, who left town after knocking up Angie 20 years before. Marcel and Höpfl had contact in his cellar dungeon.—KGF Vissers

Published Time: 2023-10-26 06:49:18