It′s been so many years now, yet Boran, alias Felix Novak, will never forget ... the man he killed, his escape from jail, the accident he believed was fatal to his wife and young son. Now, after living more than 20 years as a fugitive along the canals of the Spreewald, he learns that he has a grandchild, Clara, who is in trouble. He finds her, flees with her to his hut and forces the fiercely
rebellious girl to confront her actions as he tries to put together the
puzzle of their history. It emerges that his wife survived the
accident, but has been paralyzed ever since. Her brother Martin
Rogatzki, a police inspector, has been caring for her – and he intends
to make Boran pay for it.
After
getting wind of Boran′s whereabouts, he and Inspector Akim re-open the
case against him and head for the Spreewald, where they find a
tight-knit community that refuses to betray Boran. While Rogatzki
tenaciously pursues his personal vendetta, Akim falls in love with a
young local woman who opens his eyes to Boran′s integrity, to his
beneficial influence on Clara, and to the mercy that he deserves...
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