Review: THE CARD WITH THE LYNX' HEAD - A KAI FISCHER KRIMI EXTRAVAGANZA IN THREE SEASONS
THE CARD WITH THE LYNX' HEAD - A KAI FISCHER KRIMI EXTRAVAGANZA IN THREE SEASONS (1963 (4 Episodes), 1964 (4 episodes) and 1965 (5 episodes)). If there is one femme fatale of German Krimi, it has got to be Kai Fischer. You can read all about her HERE . In 1962 she pitched her idea of a family-friendly Krimi-series to the newly founded national tv station ZDF. The concept of "The Card" was devised by Kai Fischer herself (according to the opening credits). And it shows. This is basically Pippi Longstockings having grown up and being a PI. In each of the half-hour long episodes, she has got to solve a criminal case and has to show a different side of her potential each time. Teaming up with Wolf Neumeister, with whom she had already collaborated in "Grabenplatz 17" , she developed the ideas for the series. This hits very close to home, obviously with a lot of dialogue and characters centered around her real life (nose-jobs, boxing boyfriends, actors asf.). The ...
