Таинственная серия убийств держит весь Лондон в мучительном страхе. Состоятельные горожане подвергаются наглому шантажу. Жертвы, не выполнившие требования или обратившиеся в полицию, безжалостно убиты. На месте преступления убийца оставляет знак – зловещий красный круг. Горячий след приводит детективный дуэт – инспектора Парра из Скотланд Ярда и частного детектива Деррика Ялла к подозреваемому в Париж
Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in the room of the inn where he was staying and the prostitute Maslova was accused of the crime. Nechljudov recognizes in the woman the maid of the aunts he had seduced and abandoned years before and tries to convince the authorities of her of his innocence but to no avail. Convinced that he is responsible for her moral fall, he follows her to Siberia where she must serve her sentence.
10-year-old Rosmarin von Stetten lives with his widowed father Robert in the big city. During the holidays one day in the morning Rosmarin goes to the lake near the castle and meets Thymian, the poorest boy of the village, whose mother did not come back from the war and who has to do several jobs in the village for his living. The boys enter a boat, but both fall into the lake. Thymian crawls out of the water first and is found by a servant from the castle, who thinks he is Rosmarin and bring him to the castle and to bed. The boy doesn't know what happens and thinks he's spellbound...
