Released in August 1986 as the 106th episode of the series Polizeiruf 110.
The car Winfried Dosse is driving in the episode is a white VAZ-2106 Zhiguli, a sedan produced by the soviet automaker VAZ. In export markets like East Germany it was known simply as Lada 1600. At the time a very popular car and one of the most successful Lada models, it was in serial production for almost 30 years.