Rex Resolution 27: Ueber den Daechern von Wien

Okay. Australia Day (today, the 26th January) is typically a big barbecue day. However, setting alight to a car containing an unconscious woman, before pushing it over a drop, is probably taking things a little too far.

When the corpse is first discovered, it looks like a simple car accident but some irregularities mean Moser and team are called in to investigate.

The woman's husband seems distraught when Moser and Stocki visit to pass on the bad news. What they don't know is that he has a very 'naughty' female hidden away in his apartment, with whom he seems to do little else but eat luxurious food and make love. Probably the reason why he's soon out buying oysters (got to boost that libido a little more....), when he gets challenged by a woman who lets him know she knows everything he's up to! Such a silly thing to say really. Such a statement never bodes well for the mutterer in an episode of Inspector Rex.

When Dr. Graf manages to reconstruct the face of the car victim, it becomes apparent all is not as thought and the team must look a little closer at the husband.

Oh, and get your tissues ready, this episode prepares us for the departure of Stockinger to greener pastures (Salzburg) and an offshoot series.

Other players include Christian Haid as Dr. Hellwig (is that anything like 'bed hair'?), Alexandra Timmel, above, not credited with IMDB for this episode, and Paul Rumpel, not listed with IMDB at all.


Recycled Rexers Katrin Reisinger as Ingrid Hellwig and later as a vet in Attentat auf Rex (2003), Hemma Clementi as a prostitute, also appearing as Gaby Schmoelzer in Gefaehrliche Jagd (1995) and as Christa Augustin in Tod im Museum (1996), Michael Gampe, above, here and in Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1994) as fireman/expert and Alexandra Sommerfeld, above, not listed with IMDB for this episode or for Stumme Schreie.