Breslau in the 1920s is haunt of marquises and merchants, gamblers andgutter-rats. Eberhard Mock, the hardened Criminal Councillor, fits rightin as he sways from the basements of grubby casinos to his beautiful youngwife in their palatial mansion. But his beautiful young wife is feelingneglected. A series of sinister murders linked by the dates of past crimeshas
taken Mock out of the bedroom and into the archives. While Mockransacks the city for clues, driven mad by the killer's tantalizing notes,his wife is seeking attention elsewhere. Engaging in perverted games withher less-than-innocent girlfriends, Mock's wife is being seduced by amysterious sect which preaches the imminent end of the world.