Escape into Death
Episode 3, Germany 1993
Director: Olive Hirschbiegel
Screenplay: Peter Moser, Peter Hajek
Actors: Reginald von Ravenhorst as Rex
Tobias Moretti as Richard "Richie" Moser
Karl Markovics as Ernst Stockinger
Wolf Bachofner as Peter Höllerer
Fritz Muliar as Max Koch
Gerhard Zemann as Dr. Leo Graf
Ralph Herforth as Steiner
René Schoenenberger as Wallisch
Ralf Weikinger as Dr. Klein
Summary
The corpses of Russian immigrants are turning up in Vienna, frozen to death in the middle of summer weather. Moser and his colleagues realise that someone is selling their kidneys on the black market. This time, however, Moser may have got more than he bargained for and is shot and kidnapped. Can Rex find him in time?
The good
The bad guys are not too stupid - they don't bother to introduce Moser to the boss or tell him their plans. The black market kidneys was a clever idea. Also this episode features my favourite scene ever between Moser and Rex - a tug-of-war match involving Rex's rope.
The bad
Some of the events are a little too convenient, such as Moser's phone cutting out just as Stockinger tries to give him a warning. Also disappointing is the short screen time for Stockinger and Höllerer. It’s obvious that the tug-of-war scene is just to establish that Rex knows how to pull on command but it was so sweet I think I’ll forgive them.
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