Der Kalte Fritte

mdr 2018

During a break-in at his Weimar villa, billionaire Alonzo Sassen is murdered. His young wife Lollo shoots the perpetrator – apparently in self-defense. Detectives Kira Dorn and Lessing observe Lollo, who then seeks work at the brothel "Chez Chériechen," run by Fritjof "Fritte" Schröder. His brother Martin operates a quarry near Weimar with his wife Cleo, which is on the brink of insolvency.

As a special geological formation, this is one of two potential locations for the planned "Goethe Geo-Museum." This use would be the Schröders' financial salvation. However, Sassen had announced plans to donate property in Weimar's prime location, at Frauenplan, to the city for building the museum there. Was this his death sentence?

Their investigation leads Kira Dorn and Lessing to the Bauhaus University. Architecture professor Ilja Bock chairs the jury deciding the museum's new location. He's having an affair with his childhood sweetheart Cleo, putting her in the detectives' crosshairs. When it emerges that Fritte Schröder has a seat at the table in this property roulette, and his hate-filled relationship with his brother Martin becomes apparent, the case heads toward an explosive finale.