Felix Everding

In "Feuerteufel" an arsonist is on the loose in Bamberg. When a camper van explodes, it becomes clear that the perpetrator is willing to kill. A man dies immediately, a young woman survives with severe burns. She is the daughter of the mayoress. The desperate mother puts pressure on the police: Inspector Behringer and his team are to hunt down the arsonist. However, the closer Behringer gets to the murderer, the clearer it becomes that nothing in this case is what it seems at first. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

ドイツの現役弁護士作家フェルディナント・フォン・シーラッハの世界的ベストセラー小説を映画化した社会派サスペンス。新米弁護士カスパー・ライネンは、ある殺人事件の国選弁護人を担当することに。それは、ドイツで30年以上にわたり模範的市民として働いてきた67歳のイタリア人コリーニが、ベルリンのホテルで経済界の大物実業家を殺害した事件で、被害者はライネンの少年時代の恩人だった。調査を続ける中で、ライネンは自身の過去やドイツ史上最大の司法スキャンダル、そして驚くべき真実と向き合うことになる。主人公ライネンを「ピエロがお前を嘲笑う」のエリアス・ムバレク、被告人コリーニを「続・荒野の用心棒」の名優フランコ・ネロが演じる。監督は「クラバート　闇の魔法学校」のマルコ・クロイツパイントナー。

Young Danny has left his home town in the middle of nowhere (="Nirgendwo") behind and moved to Berlin to study business. The twentysomething enjoys big city life and independence. When his father dies unexpectedly, however, Danny has to return to the Bavarian hinterlands for better or worse. He reunites with friends from his youth, Kirsten, Rob and Fresi, and the eternal couple of Tom and Mischa. Moreover, Danny's feelings for his first love Susu are rekindled. Everything seems like it used to be. It soon turns out, however, that Danny's friends are all still searching and have not found their places in life yet.