Sternstunde der Mörder
Prague in the turmoil of the last months of the German occupation: Czech inspector Beran and his assistant Morava are faced with a tricky task: they are to solve the murder of the widow of a German general with the help of German chief detective Buback. But what role does Buback play? Is he just an informer whose job is not to solve the murder case, but to find out how deeply the Prague criminal investigation department is involved in the resistance against the German occupiers?
Meanwhile, the murderer strikes again, a psychopathic serial offender who makes no distinction between German and Czech victims. But when the armed uprising against the occupying forces breaks out in May 1945, it is no longer just about a murderer, but about the problem of guilt and atonement, perpetrators and victims, revenge and retribution.
THE WIDOW KILLER by the Czech master of his craft Pavel Kohout is not only a precise, gripping crime novel, but also a profound parable about the mechanisms of violence, murder, hatred and their religious and nationalist justification – a topic of burning topicality.
A Zeitgeist series production in co-production with Epo Film Austria, ARD Degeto and Servus TV. In cooperation with Hessischer Rundfunk and Česká Televize. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Pavel Kohout.
Directed by Christopher Schier.
SCRIPT
Holger Karsten Schmidt
DIRECTOR
Christopher Schier