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