After a night out at a disco, 17-year-old Finn is hit by a car driven by aspiring judge Maxim Vollert. He leaves the seemingly uninjured man behind, who succumbs to his internal injuries. Finn's brother Mike, who reproaches himself for letting the drunk Finn walk home alone, meets Sylvie Vollert at Finn's grave, who was sitting next to her husband in the car on the night of the accident. A passionate relationship develops between Mike and Sylvie. Mike soon suspects that Sylvie was involved in his brother's death. When Mike tells his parents about the growing suspicions against the Vollerts and his mother finds out about the liaison between Mike and Sylvie, her world collapses.
Acting
Laura de Boer's brittle, unraveling complicity.
Direction
Fabrick milks every grim coincidence for maximum soap.
Director
Johannes Fabrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Johannes Fabrick specializes in this exact niche: German TV movies where bourgeois families commit crimes and sleep with the wrong people.
The title 'Winterherz' (Winter Heart) refers to Sylvie's frozen emotional state — she can't feel anything until Mike forces her to confront what she helped hide.
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