In der Falle (2015)
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Claudia Michelsen, Michael Rotschopf, Bernhard Schütz, Michelle Barthel, Philipp Hochmair, Tina Engel
A woman whose affair spirals into blackmail must confront the pressure and consequences disrupting her carefully balanced life.
The story
Simone Carstensen-Kleebach has been married for nearly 20 years, has a daughter, and holds a seat on the supervisory board of a global corporation. Struggling with the pressure to be perfect in all these roles, she meets Leon while vacationing on Norderney and begins an affair. Back in Hamburg, Leon reappears, and they meet again. Simone gives him 1.5 million euros to settle debts he claims to have incurred as an art dealer. Soon afterward, compromising photographs of the two arrive by mail, bringing the affair into the open and setting off a blackmail demand.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Simone Carstensen-Kleebach has a husband she has been married to for nearly 20 years, a daughter, and a seat on the supervisory board of a global corporation. But she can no longer cope with the pressure to be perfect in all these roles. While on vacation on Norderney, she meets Leon and begins an affair with him. Back in Hamburg, Leon unexpectedly turns up again, and they meet once more. To pay off his debts as a supposed art dealer, Simone gives him 1.5 million euros. A short time later, she receives compromising photos in the mail showing Leon and her making love. She shows the pictures to her husband, who thereby learns about the affair. The photos are to be used to extort 5 million euros; otherwise, they will be published. Leon is arrested during the handover of the money. It turns out that he is married, but he denies all the accusations against him. After further police investigation, Leon is convicted of aggravated extortion. Simone and her husband tentatively find their way back to each other.
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