Shades of Guilt

A married couple fantasize about exploring a darker side to their sexual relationship by inviting a third party into their bedroom. The fantasy soon becomes a reality and what seemed like harmless fun at first soon spirals out of control and creates a divide between husband and wife as one particular encounter leads to near fatal consequences.

In the heart of Berlin, a police raid uncovers a high-level drags trade operating from the apartment of a lonely old man. Arrested by the police, evidence suggests that the old man is guilty of selling drugs, but things are not quite as they seem – the old man is keeping a secret. Not wanting to be defended the old man remains silent finding happiness in the form of a mystery visitor.

A wife and mother silently endures years of phyiscal and sexual abuse inflicted upon her from her husband who is intent on humiliating and tormenting her. When her husband threatens to start abusing their young daughter, she can stay silent no longer and decides to fight back. Soon she finds herself standing in front of a court jury and facing a life-long prison sentence.

Henry, a shy artistic genius is alienated by the other students at his boarding school. Wanting to be accepted he willingly participates in a mysterious satanic ritual organised by a secret society with dangerous and fateful consequences.

15 years ago, a young homeless couple in a panic rob and kill an old man. Using the stolen money, they start a new life, but advances in forensic science catch up with them and DNA tests force them to face their past.

During a national festival, the masked and drunken members of a musical group rape a young waitress. One of the men anonymously alerts the police, proving the identity of the mystery of the caller is imperative and combined with a series of police investigation errors, Friedrich Leonhardt faces one of the most challenging cases of career.