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(Wind, rustling of grasses)

(bird crows)

(Ominous music swells up)

(Electronic music, whispering voices in the background)

(Quiet ticking of a wall clock)

(Vibrating of a cell phone)

Hey.

(She's asleep again.

Nice. Did you give her the drops again?

Yes.

I'm sorry.

That's okay. What's going on?

I have no idea. I'm still waiting.

Try, to sleep a little longer.

Roland Voit?

Commissioner Voit.

Close the door and please sit down.

(You come from Krewlow

and were KKA in Seelow, three years of training.

Do you still have a connection to the place, Krewlow?

Kre-lo. My father still lives there. I visit him regularly.

Do you know your way around there? Country, people...

Well, not much has actually not changed much.

So yes, I know my way around.

Why don't you tell us a little about Krewlow.

Small village. Something under a hundred inhabitants.

Rather fewer than more. Lots of old people.

So I don't know now, what you want to hear.

Located in the Oderbruch. So on the Polish border.

So the Oder is the border.

Is the most sparsely populated region in Germany.

Why do you think that is?

Well, war, reunification crisis. Two flood disasters.

Almost only agriculture, then rural exodus. Dying farms.

It's not easy there.

It's a forgotten village.

Two anglers did it early this morning

on a fallow field in Krewlow.

This is the property of Magdalena Kring's father.

We do not know,

who could have done this, or why.

Thanks to your local knowledge you would be the man for us

for the surveys of the inhabitants in Krewlow and the surrounding area.

Your knowledge would be of great importance. -I apologize for the interruption,

but I think I'm just not the right person for it...

You go to Krewlow. Either with an order

or we will send you there as a witness because of 97'.

(man) How involved were you involved in the case at the time?

Well, I was in training, so I was involved...

With your colleague at the time. Magdalena Kring.

All you have to do is exclude them,

that the case had something to do with '97.

Then you can go home again.

(cow mooing)

(shot)

(cow falls)

Yes?

Why do you want to know that?

She doesn't want to talk to you.

She doesn't want to talk to anyone.

Yes, I'm still here.

You can ask me all that ask me all that here.

No. That is not necessary.

You said, you burned it all.

It was the right thing to say, that I said that.

And it's also right that you look at it now.

When you go back, take the box with you.

I'm too old, to do that again.

It's only for one day.

(airplane noise gets louder)

(Aircraft noise becomes weaker)

Roland Voit?

Zajak. CID Warsaw. -I was supposed to meet someone else.

Short-term change.

At least one victim comes from Poland. So we will work together.

It's an hour's drive.

Can we get to know each other a little.

Are you also from the area?

I am here, because I can speak German well.

Hmmm.

I'm only here, because that's where I'm from. -Hmm.

We can also say "you". Stanislaw.

Roland.

Let's talk about 1997, shall we?

You've read everything.

Have you been instructed to question me?

So what happened back then?

Oder flood, July '97.

Three missing persons in the Oderbruch.

Two weeks later, only the body the body of a missing person was found.

Death by drowning.

The other two, the Seidel couple,

remained missing, are considered flood victims.

That's the official version. What is yours?

I don't have another one.

What about your colleague from back then? Magdalena Kring?

I've never seen them since.

The person who was was found was called Kai Kring.

Seventeen years old.

Related to Magdalena Kring?

Your brother.

ID, please.

(sniff)

(Wait here.

(door opens)

(Is that blood?

Um...

Yes. -From whom?

I can tell you that, but you won't like it.

From the cow I slaughtered this morning. slaughtered this morning.

And why did you do that?

What are you eating?

Sausage.

And where does the meat come from?

Every time you eat meat, I kill an animal.

Comm.

(Shouts from emergency services barely audible)

Voit! Powder Paul, hey? -Go home, Olaf.

Stanislaw Zajak.

Roland Voit.

(Loudspeaker) If you are a resident and have relevant information,

please contact to our colleagues

outside the barrier.

This way.

Thank you.

(Ominous music swells up)

It looks like we're going to stay here.

Your further instruction will be by the respective group leader.

The most important are the owners of the neighboring properties.

Create profiles of all neighbors, then of all residents.

We also get support from someone who knows the area. Already there?

Please report directly to container 2 with colleague Kochel.

Hmmm. Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes, good. Thank you very much.

Who are you and what can you do for me?

Stanislaw Zajak. I am investigating for the Polish side.

Voit, the local expert.

I am to carry out the survey of the locals.

Well, assisting perhaps.

But while you're here...

We are currently investigating - or trying to -

the owners of these properties.

Well, actually there are only

the Krings and the Conradys landowners.

The remaining farms belong to Olaf Lehnard,

Doris and Rüdiger Schenk...

...Edith Trebur's pension and Paul Möbius.

The land around it belongs to Sativum AG.

An agricultural group.

Hmm.

(Loudspeaker) Entering the area...

Okay. Everything is still a bit improvised here.

Inside are Haskel and Wieczek... something.

Wieczorek. -Exactly, the two anglers.

And here in container 1 is Frank Seeger.

Also known? -Hmm.

Good. You listen in a minute and then I'll see to it,

that you can still talk to the two anglers afterwards.

And, um, Arthur Kring?

Yes... he's still in his house.

With his wife and a shotgun.

Maybe there are more people in there.

Does not come out. Won't let anyone in.

SEK is on its way.

SEK? The man is over 90. The last time I saw him,

he could hardly walk.

There is a pile of corpses in his field and he threatens to shoot.

He can be 150 for all I care.

Unless, you can bring him to his senses.

I'm not going to be any help there.

(policeman) Why were you called to the place where the bodies were found?

I'm always fetched when mortal remains are found here.

(door knocking)

How do you do?

Dr. Seeger, does that happen often? that bodies are found here?

(Dr. Seeger) In April '45 in the Oderbruch

the bloodiest battle on German soil.

The last bulwark of the Wehrmacht in front of Berlin against the Red Army.

Over a hundred thousand have lost their lives here.

Every year we still find dozens of fallen.

The soil in the Oderbruch...

...is soaked in blood.

I work on a voluntary basis

for the association for the recovery of war victims.

I recover soldiers, trying to identify them...

...and give them a worthy burial place.

This was initially assumed,

that the find are fallen bodies.

I am always on standby and came immediately.

So you have access to mortal remains?

Roland, can you explain to the gentlemen here who I am?

Just answer the question.

Out there...

They are not the fallen.

But with me you are wasting your time.

I know who did this.

Paul Möbius.

He owns the property next door. He's a known lunatic.

Have constant trouble with that.

Collects war material, weapons, explosives...

Hence the name: Pulver Paul.

I have one more question, if I may, please.

You are a pathologist, right?

Also responsible for criminal cases? -Yes, but that's rare here.

In 1997 you performed the autopsy of Kai Kring,

the son of Arthur Kring, right?

This was not a criminal case.

The boy drowned in the flood.

And your investigations have confirmed this? -Yes.

Thank you.

(Loudspeaker announcements barely audible)

I could have told you could have told you all that.

I know.

(helicopter noise)

(helicopter noise louder)

(Ominous music and hissing voices)

(loudspeaker) ...may have important traces.

We went night fishing on Lake Kiez.

(Roland) And then out at Kring?

A short detour through the forest? Past Paul?

Hmm.

Why didn't you not along the Richtgraben?

We had another smoke.

We always walk through the forest. -Hmm.

Forbidden to walk through the forest?

Nope. I just want to know,

why you were in the middle of the night in the middle of the night.

We've told you now like all the other cops.

One of them even co-wrote it. And you have it on video.

Do you still want it as a picture story?

Aside from the bodies, did you-- -No!

We have seen seen anything out of the ordinary,

felt, smelled, tasted.

We shat ourselves and called the cops.

And Seeger. He was here first.

And it was foggy. I would say 15°C.

Mild wind from the southeast.

And I had a slight scratchy feeling in my throat.

Caught something? -No, nothing.

No luck at all.

All night at Lake Kiez and you didn't catch anything?

New lures. Were not so good. What do you want to do?

(shots from outside)

What happened?

Kring has fired two warning shots. SEK is going in now.

His daughter is here, I want her to talk to him.

She refuses. Not a chance.

(radio) position one occupied.

Team two go. -Understood.

Wolf in A position.

Position two occupied.

His daughter will talk to him.

Give me five minutes... Please.

Cancel. No access.

(Radio) Waiting for instruction.

Understood. Freeze.

Hold position.

(door opens)

Do you work here?

Hmm.

I'm not going to talk to him.

Then they go in.

I have no idea, what your father does then.

(Maggie.) I'm not here by choice.

I do what I have to do, then I'm off again. -Hmm.

Me too.

Come along.

(Roland) You've always said,

that something is happening here, that nobody wants to talk about...

...that your father and Kai's death have something to do with it.

I said that our fathers have something to do with it.

Whatever happened here...

Perhaps we could have prevented it.

If it goes wrong with your father, we'll never know.

Do you want to know?

(radio) Team 1 ready. -Team 2 ready.

KOK and daughter to position 1.

(Maggie, be careful.

(feedback)

Arthur. Your daughter is here.

She's coming in now.

(sheep mowing)

You shouldn't be here.

(Old woman) [Sighs]

(Arthur) ...police contingent. They're going to storm my house.

I can't hold out forever. I know that.

I stick to the plan.

My daughter is here. I have to hang up.

(Attention. Person is approaching the exit. The daughter comes out.

My parents are coming out now.

To all emergency services: People are coming out now.

Maggie.

What did you tell him?

Nothing.

He just said on his own, that he was coming out.

Perhaps he wanted to buy himself some time.

Time? For what?

He was on the phone with someone.

You know that I have to ask you that.

I have no explanation for this.

I haven't been home for 20 years,

hadn't seen my parents since then.

I'll make my statement, then I'm gone.

The animal carcasses remind me of Kai and the cave.

Are you speaking as a commissioner now?

I'm just doing my job.

Twenty years too late.

(Woman, Polish) You'll make friends quickly here.

Everyone here is like you.

Everyone is an orphan. Your loneliness is over.

You are now part of of a big family.

This is the start of a new life.

Former students who are now studying studying or working all over the world.

One day your photo can hang there.

If you stick to the rules.

You will have to change. Not just on the outside.

Your phone.

Comm.

Good morning. -Good morning.

Your new home. Welcome.

[Polish mumbling]

Good morning.

You share this room with Luba.

She'll show you everything tomorrow. Get some rest.

These are your clothes, your uniform.

You will wear them every day.

Go on.

The Kring house is clean.

No traces, no other persons.

There is nothing on the entire property.

There are also no matches for his weapon no matches.

DNA analyses are still ongoing, but so far nothing matches our bodies.

The old Kring still says nothing.

His wife only says that she knows nothing.

We can no longer keep him here any longer.

He soon tips us off our chairs.

Let them go.

House is guarded around the clock.

And what about her?

We can't force them to help us.

Send them home.

I could try something again.

They don't want to let you go.

They think you want to protect your father.

As long as he doesn't cooperate,

they will find reasons to keep you here.

Maggie, if you want to go home, get Arthur to talk.

What is she doing here?

I don't want her to be here.

I'm not going to say anything.

You can say nothing, if you want to.

But then you'll be sitting here forever. Tomorrow again.

The day after tomorrow again. Until... -I have time.

(They all think that you're hiding something.

That you have something to do with it.

I look like I care,

what anyone here thinks about me?

And Minna?

Leave your mother out of it.

Leave them out of it.

She's sitting one box away,

has been answering the same the same questions for hours.

You drag them into it. You torture them.

When this is over...

...you leave the Oderbruch immediately...

...and never come back.

The field has been fallow since '99.

That's when our farm went bankrupt.

And I've never never set foot in it again.

My eyes are broken.

Even with my glasses see further than ten meters.

My ears are fine, but...

...we heard nothing that night.

We were asleep.

Everyone here knows that my land is no longer cultivated

and anyone can enter it...

...without me noticing.

Just before you you left the house,

Who were you talking to on the phone?

I didn't use the phone.

My daughter has always had a vivid imagination.

Are you still taking your tablets?

Mr. Kring, in 1997 three people disappeared three people disappeared.

One of them, her son Kai, was found dead two weeks later.

Mr. and Mrs. Seidel remained missing.

I know the facts.

And also my daughter's theories.

What are the facts and the theories?

My son drowned.

What happened to the other two only the tide knows.

My daughter was right to blame herself blamed herself for Kai's death.

That's what broke her.

I think that's where their... conspiracy theories.

Why was her daughter to blame?

She had the task of a t watch over Kai.

What exactly do you mean by conspiracy theories, Mr. Kring?

That Kai and the other two did not drown in the flood...

...but were murdered.

But they found Kai and she gave up the police force.

I assume that you too...

...drug abuse played a role in this.

Mr. Kring, 1947...

...more than fifty years ago...

are in the Oderbruch after a flood

two bodies were washed ashore.

Do you also remember the facts and the theories?

Take your time. It's been a long time.

You were 22 years old at the time.

This is a police document from Poland from that time.

May I translate for you?

(Stanislaw) Two missing field workers

found dead.

According to the autopsy the official cause of death:

Drowning.

History repeats itself, Mr. Kring.

However, it was previously assumed to be murder.

And there were also two suspects.

One of the two is mentioned in this document.

I know her eyes are bad,

but please take the trouble and read the name.

It is my name.

It was purely routine that I was on the list of suspects.

The missing people worked on my land.

That was quickly, but...

...you probably already know that.

All I want to know from you from you, Mr. Kring, is,

whether you remember the name of the other suspect.

No.

(policeman) Mr. Kring, you can go now.

They are under house arrest for the time being.

Do you want someone to bring you?

I don't need any help.

Your wife is already back at home again.

[Groans]

Leave me alone!

Help me up.

Then I'll go on alone.

Let me go!

(Please go. And never come back.

Arthur was a suspect in a murder case in '47. in a murder case. Did you know that?

If you know anything about these dead...

You're leaving now!

And if you don't do what I said,

you will regret it.

Get out of here.

We apologize for the inconvenience,

I should bring this directly to you.

Rainer Seidel.

I was looking for you for a long time back then.

I found you too.

On your new farm.

Then I wanted to go to you, but...

...just couldn't found the right words.

For what you did to me.

Now you've found them.

You still have to stay here. They want to question you again.

There's a match with a missing person from '97.

Rainer Seidel was found among the bodies.

I hope you are looking for what you find here.

Quay.

You have to stop doing that.

I can't stand it anymore.

I have to get out of here.

Where do you want to go?

No matter.

The main thing is to get away.

I will protect you.

Forever.

(Goldhofer) We do not yet have an exact figure,

but they are the mortal remains of over a hundred people.

The timing of the murders

are distributed over at least the last 50 years.

The same applies to the animals, that were also killed.

The world will be watching Krewlow from today.

Keep your distance from journalists

and don't talk to anyone here, you don't need to talk to.

It is up to us

and smooth German-Polish cooperation,

this exceptional case as quickly as possible.

Some of the victims have already been assigned to missing persons

and identified.

They could be ritual murders of some kind of sect

or intergenerational community.

We have not yet been able to recognize a modus operandi.

Arthur Kring could play a role in the perpetrator group

or have played,

but due to age and physical condition

it is unlikely,

that he was involved in the recent murders,

transportation and construction of the of the pile of bodies.

The fact that animals were also killed makes investigations into a motive

and narrowing down to one type of offender is particularly difficult.

The only thing they have in common,

that we have been able to determine in the victims we have been able to determine is...

...that apparently blood was taken from them.

In some cases almost completely.

(Ominous music)

(Maggie.) I will protect you. [Echo]

Forever.

[echoing groan]