Winter in Vienna. Children disappear. For now without a trace, then their bodies are found. A gift for the tabloid press. For the police a series of defeats. Politically a problem. And at the same time the long-awaited opportunity for the ambitious interior minister. The organized crime is in trouble. The child murderer must be found so that all other dirty jobs can go on.
Episodes
Episode 1
After the mysterious disappearance of a refugee girl, it comes to another crime in the snowy Vienna. The Eight-year-old Elsie is missing. While the parents act extremely suspicious, the ambitious interior minister uses the chance to use the act politically in his favor.
Episode 2
The police desperately searches for the bodies of the disappeared children. The nervousness in the city increases. The authorities are in the dark. Suspects are being randomly detained. The interior minister uses the helplessness to enforce his security act. At the same time he draws the public attention to a therapy center for sex offenders.
Episode 3
After finding the three children's corpses, the question arises: who is the third child? A necklace with an M on it is the only clue. The police are baffled. The pace of the serial killer leaves no time to breathe. To give a sense of security, the police starts to "clean up" the underworld. But the underworld isn't just sitting and waiting...
Episode 4
The interior minister takes drastic measures to achieve his political goals. To clarify the identity of the third dead child, he puts images with the portrait of the corpse all over the city. The atmosphere is heated. The interior minister declares the Case M for a public case. Meanwhile, the Romanian beggars go in search of the murderer.
Episode 5
Things escalate. More children disappear. The fear of the people and the pace of the perpetrator allow the interior minister to shake the democratic foundations. At the same time, the police are able to identify the perpetrator. A race between the police investigation, the underworld hunting for the murderer and the political interests begins.
Episode 6
The curfew imposed by the interior minister is accepted without resistance from the population. In this ghostly atmosphere, the police hunts the perpetrator. But the underworld is also not just standing still...
Top Cast
Moritz Bleibtreu
Verleger
Lars Eidinger
Vater
Udo Kier
Fuchspelzmann
Brigitte Hobmeier
Exfrau
Verena Altenberger
Mutter
Sophie Rois
Die Wilde
Bela B.
bleicher Mann
Julia Stemberger
Psychologin
Sarah Viktoria Frick
Kommissarin
Christian Dolezal
Kommissar
