At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, the Volkspolizei - the GDR police force - starts to look into the case. Two seemingly unrelated cases are the starting point for the investigation by second lieutenant Schellenberg of the department for optics racketeering: An old woman who was arrested in the Berlin city railway for trying to smuggle a pair of binoculars to West Berlin, and a dead person in an area of allotments who was involved in obscure dealings with optical devices.

Eva-Maria Hagen
Marion Stöckel

Wilfried Ortmann
Hasso Teschendorf

Carola Braunbock
Charlotte Gansauge

Fritz Diez
Captain Gerner

Herwart Grosse
Captain Polland

Hartmut Reck
Sub-lieutenant Schellenberg
Hanna Rimkus
Sabine Falk

Ivan Malré
Bob Georgi
Loni Michelis
Johanna Stöckel
Heinz Scholz
Ferdinand Stöckel

Peter Kiwitt
Eskamillo Lohmann
Gerd Biewer
Teniente Petro Lopez

Acts of Violence
Acts of Violence

The Human Hyena
The Human Hyena

Dancer in the Dark
Dancer in the Dark

When the Love is Gone
When the Love is Gone

Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Black Crown
Black Crown

2046
2046

It Happened in Broad Daylight
It Happened in Broad Daylight

Sliver
Sliver

Tsotsi
Tsotsi

Dolls
Dolls

Heat
Heat