Berlin 1930 Sound film is conquering the big screen leaving many by the wayside producers cinema owners
- & silent film stars Investigating the violent on-set death of actress Betty Winter Inspector Gereon Rath encounters the dark side of glamour & an industry in turmoil When his father requests that he help his friend the mayor of Cologne Konrad Adenauer & his ex-girlfriend Charly makes a renewed attempt at rapprochement things start to get out of hand Trapped in the machinations of rival film producers he roams Berlin's Chinese quarter & the city's underworld as he works ever closer to the edge of legality Meanwhile the funeral of the murdered Horst Wessel leads to clashes between Nazis & Communists