Streets of Berlin Nothing but the Truth (Part 1)

Streets of Berlin Nothing but the Truth (Part 1)

Robert Karow (Mark Waschke) is called to the scene of a crime. At first glance, everything points to suicide: it seems clear that the young police officer, Rebecca Kästner (Kaya Marie Möller) took her own life in her home the previous evening. Drugs, a custody battle; it had all become too much for her. But when Karow finds her terrified little boy, four-year old Matti (Yvon Moltzen), outside in the garden, he starts to doubt the suicide theory. What kind of mother would do that in front of her child? Then there is the matter of the dead woman's last phone call, which was made to an unusual number, that of Susanne Bonard (Corinna Harfouch), a former high-ranking police officer, now teaching at the police academy. Susanne is an expert in her field, having quite literally written the book on police work. Every cop is familiar with her work. Before Karow knows it, she is at his side investigating the case with him. 62-years-old and back on the street?

Bonard has just discovered right-wing influences at her academy, is sick and tired of the muzzle her director (Jörg Pose) imposed on her and wants to crack down on the dubious teaching methods of her colleague Götz Lennart (Thomas Niehaus). In their investigation into Rebecca's death, the detectives also discover connections to the right-wing political scene, which Bonard suspects will lead to a large right-wing network. Karow thinks she's paranoid. Until he too must accept that they are indeed dealing with a much bigger case than he initially thought …

The real danger for our society is not that a small, radicalized group wants to launch a coup, not even that a larger group of citizens are busy arming themselves. The critical question is: what happens when democracy is being attacked not from the outside, but from the inside instead? And when this has been going on for a long time, step by step, almost imperceptibly, and above all, "democratically". When those who are supposed to protect us are the ones who want to destroy everything?

Robert Karow (Mark Waschke), Chief Inspector

Robert has a photographic memory, which often provides results that astonish even his fellow cops. He's a brilliant logical thinker with frighteningly fast cognitive skills and powers of abstraction. Unlike Nina, he's more interested in the big picture, not individual fates. He has a fine sense of irony and absurd humor, as well as a melancholy streak and an inherent mistrust of others. Robert lives alone, and enjoys the advantages of being single.

Mark Steinke (Tim Kalkhof), Assistant

Mark is Karow and Rubin's techie with a sense of gallows humor.

Anna Feil (Carolyn Genzkow), Trainee

Their ambitious young rookie trainee urgently wants to be a homicide cop, too.