Silent Screams

Jana completes her training as a medical specialist and is offered an internship at the prestigious Berlin Institute of Forensic Medicine: a dream come true. The dream becomes a nightmare, however, when she is confronted with a number of cases of injured and abused children. Jana discovers firsthand the difficulty in calling those responsible to account and separating the children from their tormentors. When an infant is killed by shaken baby syndrome, it's too much for Jana. Against the advice of her professor and mentor, Kurt Bremer, she becomes actively involved in the circumstances surrounding the baby's mother, her other children, and her boyfriend. In doing so, Jana is breaking the law. She not only risks the opposition of parents and the child welfare office, but also risks endangering herself. (Filmfest München)