Salamander (English)

Chief Inspector Paul Gerardi is called to investigate a murder in the Matonge district of Brussels. The victim is Léon Tchité, a political opponent of General Bombé, the leader of the rebels in the African state of Kitangi, a former Belgian colony. While fleeing, the murderer is involved in an accident. At the hospital, Paul Gerardi discovers that he turns out to be a member of Salamander. When...

The murder of the African refugee Tchité sparks anxiety in the highest political circles in Brussels. The Prime Minister wonders if Paul Gerardi can be withdrawn from the investigation. It becomes clear that the murderer was looking for film footage showing the rebel leader Bombé committing a double murder. Paul follows a trail that leads to the high-class call girl, Jackie Lanciers, on whom Lé...

After an accident caused by Paul Gerardi, he is suspended from the case. Paul makes an appointment with call girl, Jackie. Through her, he obtains material against General Bombé, who wants to seize power in Kitangi. Paul discovers the Private bank Minnebach is financially supporting the mass murderer Bombé to bring him to power. At stake: two diamond mines. Paul the bank turns to Martine Carlie...

Paul now has a photograph of the murder committed by General Bombé, but the film footage remains missing. Martine has a plan for stopping Paul from finding the film. She enlists Jamie as a ‘lover-boy’ to seduce Nicola. She is hoping this will gain her access to Gerardi’s home, where the film is presumably hidden. The Secret Service P9 is also after the film footage, because it could ‘damage Sta...

Upon closer examination, Chief Inspector Paul Gerardi learns that the diamond he got from Jackie is, in actuality, a blood diamond from Kitangi. Meanwhile, Jackie goes on the run in order to sell her diamonds in Cannes.

The diamond that Paul has had examined through his friend, the lawyer Kroneborg, turns out to be made of glass: someone has switched them. Jamie accompanies Nicola to her safe deposit box and steals the film showing the murder by General Bombé. Jackie comes back empty-handed and wants to tell Paul everything about the connection between the Minnebach bank the diamond mines in Kitangi, but is un...

Paul is trying to reach Jackie, who has supposedly committed suicide, but Paul doesn't believe it. Kroneborg is bothered by his conscience and is about to betray the entire conspiracy. Bombé asks the Belgian Prime Minister to recognise him as president. The Prime Minister is apparently under tremendous pressure and doesn't dare refuse him. Now that Jamie has the film, he wants to cut ties with ...

Sofie and Jamie spend rapturous nights of love on the coast of northern France. Meanwhile, Paul discovers Jamie is working for Salamander. He wrongly believes his daughter has been kidnapped. Jamie demands that Martine and Salamander cough up a large amount of money for the film. But Martine refuses and has a plan of her own. Unbeknownst to him, it will be Paul himself who leads Salamander to S...

Salamander is hot on Jamie’s trail. Jamie decides to come clean and tell all. His love for Sofie is genuine. He wants to hand over the film to Paul Gerardi. The footage, showing General Bombé committing two murderers, could be hugely damaging, not only to Bombé, but to the Belgian government as well. Paul is suspicious and arranges to meet Sofie, but Salamander is eavesdropping on the conversat...

Paul now has the film and wants to take it to the press. But Adams from P9 has a different plan and together and goes to the Prime Minister. The heads of Salamander arrive in Kitangi to attend the inauguration of Bombé as president. The Prime Minister refuses to take any action against Bombé, manages to take possession of the film and shows Paul the door. Paul is devastated when Sofie, too, aba...