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Quietly in their sleep : Mysterious deaths in a Venice retirement community are brought to Inspector Brunetti's attention by a young nun who is then nearly killed herself. Brunetti's investigation turns up some unsettling connections to a secret church organization and to one of its charismatic members, a priest who is the community's resident confessor.--Container.
Acqua alta : First a museum director and an antiquities dealer are murdered. Then...
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When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. The story is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929.
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Episodes include: Episode 17: Looks Are Deceiving - A ten-year-old Roma girl is found dead in a Venetian canal. Brunetti goes to the encampment where she lived, but his attempts to speak with the community there are futile. Episode 17: The Girl Of His Dreams - The murder of a trucking entrepreneur strikes close to home when Brunetti learns that the victim was involved in shady deals with a friend's husband.
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Young Leon is new in town and wants to fit in. He tries to join a local club of self-styled sleuths called the 'Mountain Bike Detective Club,' but he's got a problem: his bike isn't cool enough for the group and he doesn't have enough money for a better one. That's when a mysterious helmeted figure on a motorcycle approaches Leon with an offer to make some money, and Leon just can't refuse.
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Episode 15: Through A Glass Darkly - The Venetian island of Murano is known for its artisans who specialize in the traditional craft of glassmaking. Episode 16: Suffer The Little Children - When an illegal Albanian immigrant gives birth, she's told that her baby has died and she should ask no further questions.
6) Undine
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Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water. Will Undine defy fate when she meets a diver offering her a chance at new love?
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Willful behavior: A young woman is murdered, but Brunetti can find no sexual or financial motive. Blood from a stone: Fake designer sunglasses and handbags - reason enough for murder? As Commissario Brunetti investigates what seems to be a gangland execution among rival immigrant African peddlers of knockoff luxury goods, he discovers dozens of raw diamonds in the apartment of an informant.
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"Babylon Berlin is one of the most critically acclaimed European televisions shows of the decade, a sumptuously paranoid thriller set in 1929 Berlin, a metropolis in turmoil. In Seasons 1 and 2, the glittering excesses of the city's nightlife sparkle while an army of the impoverished strives for a better life. Organized crime and political extremists take advantage, extending their power throughout town. Gereon Rath, a young cop from Cologne, is transferred...
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Vendetta : A high profile attorney and a prominent tax adviser are murdered within days of each other, and Brunetti's investigation leads to Senora Ceroni, and a human-trafficking syndicate within the cream of Venetian society.
The anonymous Venetian : The investigation of a murdered bank executive, whose body is found clad in women's attire, leads Brunetti to the subculture of transvestites and male prostitutes, among whom are many characters that...
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Fatal remedies : In nighttime Venice, a woman shatters the window of a travel agency. When the police arrive, she puts up no resistance. The woman is Paola Brunetti, Inspector Brunetti's wife. She is convinced that the agency caters to paedophiles seeking sex in poor Asian and African countries.
A noble radiance : Brunetti's search for justice puts him against a powerful Venetian family. The man whose skeleton is found in a field outside of Venice...
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Doctored evidence. Signora Battestini is dead and to everyone who knew her, it wasn't a moment too soon. Her impoverished Romanian cleaning lady gets pegged for the crime and Brunetti's boss declares the case closed. What continues to mystify Brunetti is why the old woman had so much money with no visible means of income. And what exactly has her lawyer done with her many scattered bank accounts?--Container.
Uniform justice. Brunetti is deeply affected...
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Death In a strange country. The body of a young man found floating in a Venetian canal has been stripped of all valuables, except for a very visible packet of cocaine. When the man is identified as a health inspector at the U.S. military base in nearby Vicenza, Brunetti's boss Patta gets worried about political reverberations and is eager to dismiss the case as a drug-related murder.--Container.
A sea of troubles. When the murder of two fishermen...
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Death at La Fenice : After a famous conductor dies from cyanide poisoning during the intermission of his concert, Brunetti probes into the maestro's past, and uncovers a shocking picture of immorality and ruthlessness, as well as a legion of bitter enemies, some of whom have held a grudge for many decades. Based on Donna Leon's first Comissarrion Brunetti novel which introduced Guido Brunetti to crime fiction fans worldwide.--Container.
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14) Cut off
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While performing an autopsy, coroner Paul Herzfeld discovers a note in the skull of a corpse with a phone number which belongs to his all but estranged daughter, whom he soon discovers has gone missing. The sinister clue leads him on the trail of a deranged killer, who has planted similar clues that must be uncovered in order to save the young woman. Enlisting the reluctant help of an artist and an eager intern, Paul unravels a mystery.
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A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
17) Spies
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Spies: First "modern" spy film. A power-hungry banker with many disguises marshals his forces to steal the secrets of an important treaty.-- M: Perhaps the greatest example of German expressionism on the screen. Drama, social commentary, satire, and an anatomy of a crime are some of the elements of this dark masterpiece. Peter Lorre plays a psychopathic killer of children who successfully evades police but is eventually confronted by the code of the...
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A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
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A former police detective turned funeral home director investigative instincts always seem to get the better of him. These days his job is to comfort and console the bereaved, but as soon as Luc starts to suspect foul play his inner sleuth takes over, and so do the headaches for his on-again/off-again girlfriend, police inspector Anna-Maria Giovanoli.
A former police detective turned funeral home director whose investigative instincts always seem...
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A criminal discovers that stealing from a child isn't as simple -- or as easy to get away with -- as he thought. Emil is a 12-year-old boy who lives in Germany with his father after his parents were divorced. While taking the train to Berlin, Emil's money is stolen by a con artist. With the help of a group of streetwise youngsters, Emil soon has dozens of kids in Berlin acting as his eyes and ears as they scheme to get Emil's money back.