Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994) s01e13 Episode Script

INSPECTOR REX UNDER THE STREETS OF VIENNA Alfred! Alfred! Come here.
I've found something.
What's up? I've found something.
All right, one second.
Where are you? At the grit trap.
What's the matter? Look at this.
Shit! Rex? Rex, where are you? Rex, come on.
Come! Come on.
You can have a sausage.
Two.
Yes, that's a good boy.
There Stockinger will be so glad you've had a bath.
What a good dog Just a bit more.
Good boy.
Good.
I'll go.
I'll get it, okay? Stay in the bath.
Moser speaking Shit.
What? Where? I'll be there in quarter of an hour.
If I'd known we were going in a sewer So a big heavy bag can float underground through Vienna? If there's enough water in the drains, it can.
Great.
I'll throw my next victim in the sewers.
You forget that our men work down here regularly.
They're very observant.
Smells good, doesn't it? Never mind.
Stockinger, where are you? Here.
Follow your nose.
Okay.
Morning.
Hello, Richard.
Stay there.
You had your bath.
Good morning.
Hello, Richard.
They found a bag containing body parts about an hour ago.
There are arms and legs but the arms have no hands.
There.
Take a look.
Lovely.
Anything else? The bag was probably ditched elsewhere and washed up here.
There's no evidence that the murderer was down here.
I contacted a council official.
- Mr Krejci? - Yes? Moser.
It was bad timing to throw a corpse in the sewers now.
Why? Our men are working down here.
Otherwise it might not have been found for weeks.
That drain is normally full.
When the grit pit is cleaned the water is diverted.
That's why the bag showed up.
Does all the waste pass here? No.
There are several main sewers.
This is the waste from west Vienna Penzing, H ötteldorf, Dornbach, D"bling To dump something, must you come down here? No.
There are other possibilities.
I'll give you a map, but it won't help much.
There are about So the bag needn't have been thrown down a manhole? No, no.
There are other ways.
That would be too noticeable.
But there are Some of them are in parks or backyards.
Richard, look at your dog.
His old handler taught him to do that.
It means he smells a body.
Well, that is a coffin.
He doesn't know that.
He's just doing his job.
Vienna's sewers.
So there are even more places to ditch things.
But we can limit it to a certain area? - Yes, to half Vienna.
- Thanks a lot.
Don't go public with this, okay? Hello, Leo.
Hello, Richard.
I'm afraid I can't tell you much yet.
I'm glad of anything you can tell me.
We have the extremities of a male.
Arms and legs.
No hands.
Yes, Stockinger told me.
What else? One thing after another.
The deceased was roughly about 1 80 cm tall and weighed approximately Very fit, didn't drink, non-smoker.
There are no signs he put up any resistance.
- And the cause of death? - You can rule out poisoning.
I can tell you when he died.
Almost exactly two days ago.
How did the dead man get like this? By mechanical means.
With a saw, for example.
The edges of the wounds have regular, jagged indentations.
- Are you all right? - What? Sure.
Are there any other clues? The missing hands suggest someone wanted to conceal the dead man's identity.
- Fingerprints? - Exactly.
So the victim probably had a police record.
And the murderer probably knew the victim.
Good thinking.
One more thing The arms and legs were wrapped in ordinary plastic.
I found something in the bag.
What? Female hair.
Blonde.
Not bleached.
See you tomorrow.
See you tomorrow, Erika.
What are you doing here? You gave me such a shock.
Did you follow me? I quite forgot I left my car down here.
It looks bad if you loiter here.
Why do you say that? We all know about the hidden door in the advertising pillar.
Everyone in the bank thinks the thief Went down through it into the sewers and got away.
I wouldn't linger here.
Come on.
The bag was dumped somewhere here.
Great.
An area of over 70 square kilometres.
of private drains.
Plenty of opportunity to dump a bag.
You've clearly smelt it out.
What about the people with a police record? Plenty of them, but no one's missing.
By the way, the bag can be bought everywhere.
Is there any good news? Yes, Dr Graf called.
He found traces of cleaning fluid and bath lotion.
What does he think it means? The corpse was dismembered in a bathtub.
I'm sorry.
I didn't think we'd find anything.
It never hurts to take a look.
Things turn up all the time.
Where's the dog? Rex! Rex! There must have been a body here recently.
Or parts of one.
Where's the nearest access? - There's a big drain ahead.
- Where does it go? If something was dumped recently, there are two places we might find it in the main sewers.
Good.
Check it, please.
Rex? Let's go.
Take a few men and go to tunnels 1 1 and 1 4.
Look out for a floating object.
Call me if you find anything.
Done.
You can drive.
It's near Friedensbröcke.
All right.
Moser speaking.
Where? Good.
I'll go there and you meet Mr Krejci at Friedensbröcke.
Can you access the sewers from the advertising pillars? From a couple of them.
I didn't think it was important.
Why? A witness saw a man emerging from one.
Evening.
Who saw something? Me.
- Are you a policeman? - Yes.
I'm Elvira.
Elvira, right.
What exactly did you see? I happened to be on the corner.
Yes? Suddenly the pillar opened and a man came out.
- I got such a fright.
- I bet.
- Can you describe him? - It's hard.
He had a parka with the hood up.
But it was definitely a man.
- And young.
- How do you know? He set off pretty fast.
That gives your age away.
Did he see you? I don't think so.
I ducked out of sight.
I understand.
Did you see anything else? His face? Sorry, it was too dark.
- Richard? - Yes.
We've found the torso.
Near where the first bag was.
Send it to Dr Graf.
What about the head? Not yet.
Keep looking.
You may find it yet.
Okay.
I won't be long.
Rex, what have you found? What's that? Okay, search.
Search, Rex.
What is it? What have you found? Let me.
How did I ever manage without you? Hello, Rex.
Rex, not now.
I haven't got a hand free.
No! Stop it.
Find it funny, do you? That's all that counts.
I washed him for you.
- Today? - Yesterday.
Great.
I spent all morning buying all this stuff.
- What did you do? - Me? I got our press office to pacify the newspapers and bought a few days' peace.
The word gets out when we spend all day in the sewers.
H"llerer has already put air freshener on my desk.
Morning, Stockinger.
Richard, Dr Graf called.
He's got news.
Great.
You can take him all this stuff.
Have you been on a shopping spree? Dr Graf asked for some electric knives so he can compare them.
- He thinks the corpse was - Thanks.
We get it.
Anything else? The gumboots you found can be bought anywhere.
The lab's working on it.
Wonderful.
Did you know that these are bought mainly by women? Hello, Richard.
We've made good progress.
I hope so.
Stockinger sent these to you.
Good.
Ernst, please! The torso matches the arms and legs.
But with no head and hands he can't be identified.
It confirms the theory he was known to the police, maybe even had a record.
So I took a close look.
See for yourself.
See that? No.
It looks like a graze, or something like that.
Take a good look.
A tattoo that's been removed.
A scorpion, or something.
Perhaps we can find it in our special file.
What's that? I've already had a few photos taken for you.
Where are you going, Erika? - To the snack bar.
- I'll join you.
I'm sick of having Chinese.
- It still beats the canteen.
- True enough.
Don't stop.
Keep walking.
Honestly! Everyone in the bank knows about the sewer entrance.
Did you tell the police? No.
We're only guessing that the thief went down there with the money.
The police were puzzled as to how he got away.
You really didn't notice anything? Notice anything? Why should I notice anything? You faced him.
You were the one he held up.
He looked like anybody.
An ordinary man.
I already said everything in my statement.
He pocketed five million.
He timed the robbery just right.
Perhaps the police will think one of us tipped him off.
Don't be silly.
I check all the accounts.
I know who needs money.
You, for example.
The scorpion tattoos in the database look different.
Besides, the men don't fit.
Two are in jail - One is - How about him? That's it.
Why isn't it in the computer? No one entered it.
I'd be amazed if it were up to date.
I'll tell them off.
Josef "Joe" Hartmann.
Released from jail four weeks ago.
One conviction for bank robbery.
Stockinger, fetch me the file on Hartmann Rex! I'm on the phone.
Is no one looking after you? See, one of us has to work.
Police.
Can I help you? Hello? Hello? What do you want? Hello! Yes, hello.
Sorry about that.
Stockinger's coming for a file.
Has there been a hold-up recently? Yes, a bank robbery.
I see.
Any leads on that? None? Do you know the name Joe Hartmann? I just gave Stockinger the file.
I see.
Yes, he's here.
Thanks.
Guess what Hartmann did to set up the bank job.
He had an affair with a teller.
First he pumped her, then he dumped her.
Was the recent robbery similar? In the recent hold-up the teller was a woman.
She pressed the alarm too late because she was in shock.
Odd, isn't it? Did Hartmann have an accomplice back then? No.
It seems it was a one-man job.
Like the recent hold-up.
What's the teller called? Don't worry.
I've got it.
Erika Reichel.
Let's have a word with her.
- Did you get his number? - All right Erika Reichel is slim, blonde and dressed in a beige suit.
Did you ask to speak to her? I cashed a cheque and chatted to her a bit.
Just another curious customer.
She won't be long.
The bank's closing.
Now? Nice working hours.
They earn more than us too.
Here she is.
Monsieur! Rex, not now! Come on.
Ms Reichel! Yes? - Can I talk to you? - Why? I don't know you.
Sorry.
My name is Moser.
I'm from the police.
Wait Where did I put it? Here we are.
There we are.
Please have a seat.
I know you've spoken to our colleagues But would you tell us again? Perhaps you'll remember why you sounded the alarm so late.
I panicked.
Wasn't it because you knew the bank robber? Are you insinuating Of course not.
Just tell us what happened.
He came in before lunch.
He was masked and he said "This is a hold-up.
" He was pointing his gun at me.
So he said "This is a hold-up"? In High German, dialect or a foreign accent? High German.
That's new.
In your first statement you said you recalled nothing.
I'd had a shock.
I still can't sleep at night.
Then you handed over the five million.
Yes.
And you simply forgot the alarm? What a coincidence! At the end of the month the bank holds cash.
It's for construction firms that pay their wages in cash.
Do you know Josef Hartmann? Also known as Joe Hartmann.
Joe Hartmann? No, I've never heard of him.
You're divorced? Have you got a boyfriend or a new partner? Must I answer? No, but it looks better if you do.
No, I haven't got anyone.
I've already told your colleagues everything.
We think the thief had an accomplice.
- He came alone.
- Maybe he had a pal outside.
Or inside behind the counter.
- Stockinger - What? See if Steiniger's there, will you? I don't think he's there.
I see.
Goodbye.
I'm sorry.
My colleague can get a little He acted as if I had something to do with it.
We aren't suggesting anything.
We just have a crime to solve.
Can I go? If there's nothing you want to say, yes.
Thank you.
I was the victim, after all.
Goodbye, Ms Reichel.
Steiniger's going to follow her.
We'll look at the other employees too.
Hello? It's Fritz.
He pressed her buzzer.
Why can't you talk on the phone? Come in.
The police questioned me.
So? They've been to the bank a few times.
They were from Homicide.
Homicide? How come? I don't know.
They asked me again why I sounded the alarm so late.
You'd had a shock.
They can't doubt that.
They asked me about a Joe Hartmann.
Do you know him? Not that I know of No, I don't know him.
They think he's the thief, or his accomplice.
- I'm not sure which.
- Thanks.
Sit down.
You're making me really nervous.
They asked me about my private life.
What did you say? Nothing.
Of course.
Stop worrying about it.
You've got nothing to do with the whole affair.
They want to pin it on someone.
They know nothing.
Nothing at all.
Goodbye.
See, what did I say? Ms Reichel has a visitor.
They're going to bring him in.
Steiniger's staying with her.
I'm sure she's mixed up in it.
But she needed an accomplice.
Maybe she'll lead us to the killer.
The victim won't.
Hartmann didn't even have an address.
So where did he go after he was released? Let's assume he carried out the hold-up with a pal.
They fought over the booty.
Hartmann was killed and dumped.
Only question is, by who? Not by Ms Reichel alone.
There's one more thing.
Where's the money? Police.
Your lD, please.
Don't tell stories, Mr Stanek.
We can find out when and how often you met Ms Reichel.
I work with Erika.
We often eat out together.
What about tonight? You went to her flat after we questioned her.
She called me to tell me about it.
She was in a state.
Maybe you wanted to discuss your next move.
We could arrest you for obstruction of justice.
Me? I've got nothing to do with this.
Do you know a Josef Hartmann? No, I don't.
Who's he? He held up the bank.
You've caught him? Did he escape by the sewers? What? What gave you that idea? We used to talk about how anyone who robbed our bank could escape by the sewers.
And then our thief really disappeared into thin air.
We'll come.
She realised she was being trailed.
She's taken a taxi to the 1 5th district.
Let's go.
Rex! - Does that mean I can go? - Yes, Mr Stanek.
But don't leave Vienna.
Hello, Ms Reichel.
May we come in? You didn't tell us you had another flat.
It's my mother's flat.
She's been in a nursing home for some time.
I come here once a month to collect her mail.
And today? You came to see if the postman hid it, or what? My mother asked for some things.
I was looking for them.
What things? May I look around? Certainly.
Good boy, Rex.
You didn't know Joe Hartmann? No, I didn't.
Why do you keep asking? He was probably dismembered here.
I'm arresting you on suspicion of murder.
Thank you.
Has anyone else a key to this flat? No.
Not even my mother.
She's afraid of losing her keys.
Have you had any visitors recently, Ms Reichel? There? Is this yours? No Yes, it's my mother's.
How did that get there? Did you know that we can detect minute drops of blood? Ms Reichel, if we find anything on the knife or in the tub, we've got you.
For murder.
No one could do that alone.
Do you want to take all the blame? I can't believe he'd do a thing like that.
We only talked about it once, and that was as a joke.
Who did you talk to? My boyfriend.
We met here secretly.
Why here? He's much younger than me and hasn't a proper job.
He just does unskilled work.
You were married, weren't you? But it was never going to last.
I had to look after my mother.
He held that against me for years.
And then it was over.
I lived alone for years.
And then you met him.
Yes.
I wanted a life at last.
Can you understand that? Yes.
You told him about the access to the sewers? I told him about the bank and the door in the pillar.
Once.
He said it was a good plan, but And he has a key to this flat? Yes.
But he didn't rob the bank.
At the time he had a job.
Does he work at a petrol station? Yes.
We found a boot near the door into the sewers.
With traces of oil and petrol.
Do you know him? - No.
Who is he? - Josef Hartmann.
Could your boyfriend have known him? Ms Reichel? He never mentioned the name to me.
What's your boyfriend's name? Hans Felber.
He lives in the 3rd district with his parents.
I can't believe he'd do a thing like that.
Did he mention the plan again? It wasn't serious.
We were only joking.
Have you got a photo of him? That's him.
Behind him is Josef Hartmann.
Shit.
- Richard? - Yes.
This is the map we found in Felber's flat.
Those are the two pillars and that's his escape route.
And he marked where he hid the money.
- What did his parents say? - Nothing.
Except that he hung around here at night.
A search is underway.
Let's see if we can find the money.
Felber waited till Hartmann got out of jail.
And then he told him about the idea Ms Reichel gave him.
Come on.
No! Felber! Stop.
This way.
Felber! I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Rex Okay, Rex.
Well, Felber The money's gone.
It was all in vain.
You quarrelled over the money.
Then you killed Hartmann in Ms Reichel's flat.
- Admit it.
- You have no idea.
We met in the army.
He was the wildest guy in our outfit.
Joe and I wanted to cut and run afterwards.
While he was in prison I met Erika.
No spring chicken but hungry for love.
Without realising, she gave me the hold-up idea, and I told Joe.
Go on! A few days after the hold-up Joe and I met in Erika's mother's flat.
He was making fun of me.
He suddenly said he didn't need me.
And he was going off with his share.
It wasn't about the money.
But you went back for it.
We'd agreed he'd hide it.
But Joe Should I have left it? And the head and hands of your supposed friend? Where are they? Where they belong.
You'll never find them.
Never! Never.
What you've told us so far is enough.
Let's go.
Stockinger, go and look.
I think it's the rest of Hartmann.
See.
Never say never.
Well the case is solved, isn't it? No, Rex.
Don't.
Mercy.
Mercy!