Christian Wahnschaffe, Part 2: The Escape from the Golden Prison

While roaming around a poor neighbourhood, wealthy heir Christian Wahnschaffe rescues a prostitute from the brutality of her pimp brother. At the home of the siblings, he meets Ruth, a caretaker for the poor. Wahnschaffe takes Ruth’s charitable deeds as a model for himself. He burns his money and moves in among the poor. He gives the seriously ill prostitute a valuable pearl necklace that belongs to his mother. After the girl’s death, Ruth ends up with the jewellery. Shortly thereafter, she is murdered and there seems to be an obvious perpetrator. But Christian has his own suspicions. (Berlinale)