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Hella loves her work as housekeeper in a grand hotel in Hamburg. One day, she witnesses a sexual assault on a chambermaid. The perpetrator is the charming hotel director Braunstein (Kai Wiesinger).Hella is shocked and cautiously tries to speak to Shirin the chambermaid. But the young woman is frightened and won’t talk. There are more and more signs that Shirin is being abused by Braunstein on a regular basis – and not just her. But the more Hella tries to find out about her boss’ double life, the greater the wall of silence she encounters from her workmates. Is she imagining it all? A film about the moral courage of a woman who won’t be put off.

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