Robert Notsch

Horst receives the monthly pension from his grandmother. The only problem is, that she is dead. As a local politician wants to congratulate the grandmother to her birthday Horst "borrows" an old lady from a hospital nearby, not recognizing that he just kidnapped actress Elfriede Ott.

Max Liebermann, élève de Sigmund Freud, aide le détective Rheinhardt à enquêter sur une série de meurtres inquiétants perpétrés aux alentours des grands cafés et des opéras de Vienne des années 1900.