Das Fräulein von Scuderi

Mysterious murders shake Paris during the Ancien Régime. The Sun King Louis XIV commissions the President of the Court to solve the crimes. All the murders have one thing in common: the victims were carrying jewellery from the workshop of the esteemed goldsmith René Cardillac and were killed with a stabbing weapon. The police have no leads until Olivier, Cardillac's journeyman and his daughter's fiancé, comes under suspicion. Could the quiet young man be the culprit? Only the 70-year-old Miss von Scuderi harbours doubts and is able to shed some light on the case. Like a Miss Marple character in historical garb, Henny Porten investigates the real murderer in her final role with acumen and empathy. Filmed in lavishly constructed studio rooms in Babelsberg. (Anett Werner-Burgmann)

MI 9.10.: With an introduction by Brigitte Mayr