Wolfsburg (2003)

Car dealer Phillip Gerber negligently causes a traffic accident while driving on a country road near Wolfsburg, seriously injuring a child riding a bicycle. Gerber notices what has happened but flees the scene. Later, tormented by guilt, he goes to the hospital where the boy is being treated. There, he does not reveal that he caused the accident and meets the boy’s mother. The boy wakes from his coma and gives the police clues, but they do not help the investigation. Gerber carries on with his life and tries to save his troubled relationship by getting married. He goes on vacation with his fiancée. When he returns, he learns that the boy he injured has died as a result of the accident. The boy’s mother desperately tries to find the person responsible, searching junkyards and repair shops. Gerber himself seeks her company and even saves her life when she attempts suicide. She falls in love with him, but later discovers that he caused her son’s death. While riding in a car with Gerber, she stabs him with a knife and causes a traffic accident. Gerber is seriously injured.