Abgeschlagen

Synopsis of Abgeschlagen

Kiel, in winter. In the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the University, in the dissection room, lie a dead violent offender, who has just been released from prison, and a dismembered woman's corpse, whose individual parts were packed in two suitcases. The young forensic doctor Paul Herzfeld is irritated when his superior, Professor Schneider, during the autopsy of the dismembered corpse, hastily decides on a machete as the murder weapon. But shortly afterwards, a blood-smeared machete is found in a park in Kiel. The media celebrate Professor Schneider as a forensic genius, and his rise to director of forensic medicine in Kiel seems to be a mere formality. But then the university janitor reveals a secret to Herzfeld, and suddenly all the clues lead to the institute. When Herzfeld tries to shed light on the darkness, not only his career is at stake, but also the life of his family...