Robert Hültner
Author of Walching: Roman
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- Birthdate
- 1950-06-04
- Nationality
- Deutschland
Germany - Birthplace
- Inzell, Bayern, Deutschland
- Occupations
- writer
screen writer
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 96
- Popularity
- #196,089
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 31
- Languages
- 1
Well, yes, unfortunately this is about as predictable as a Weimar Krimi can be, and the thrilling underground episodes of the closing chapters are only missing Timmy the dog. Hültner has a long and distinguished career writing for film and TV, and it shows.
But, despite that, I liked the way he treats his main character: Kajetan isn't a rebel ahead of his time, he's a perfectly believable Bavarian policeman, who's grown up believing in the infallibility of the courts, the universal guilt of the poor, and the inestimable value of investigative techniques based on shouting a lot and hitting suspects where it doesn't show. It's only in the confused new post-war world that he's starting to question the morality of some of the things he and his colleagues are asked to do.… (more)