THE SILENT DANCER (Vol. I)

Hamburg in 1928: for a year now, Hamburg’s town hall has had a female crime squad under the leadership of resolute Josefine Erkens. Even freedom-loving Paula joins the force. When a dancer is murdered and obscenely disfigured, Erkens succeeds in bringing Paula and another female detective into the previously all-male murder squad. The investigation team is headed up by Martin Broder, who escaped from the hellish battle fields of Flanders. At first, he struggles with the ‘incompetent women’, but the women work with precise logic and cool wit. Initially, their investigations lead to the red-light district, but when another victim is found, Paula has a monstrous suspicion …