Title: The silent death
Description: March 1930: The film business is in a process of change. Talking films are taking over the silver screen and many a producer, cinema owner, and silent movie star is falling by the wayside. Celebrated actress Betty Winter is hit by a spotlight while filming a talkie. At first it looks like an accident, but Superintendent Gereon Rath finds clues that point to murder.
Subjects: Murder, Police, Investigation, Gereon Rath (Fictitious character), History, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
Places: Germany, Berlin (Germany)
Time periods: 1918-1933