They had disappeared since the end of the war – the valuable Cranach Bibles from Dessau. A trace of the books emerged in the early 1990s during a tax investigation involving a West German entrepreneur. This began a detective search that spanned many years and several countries, but with patience and perseverance the tax investigator not only found one of the most valuable Bible volumes but also discovered that the proceeds from the sale of the Bible were used to conceal income from the illegal trade in military material. The film is an exciting cinematic detective puzzle. The very different facets (history, art history and police work) give a special appeal and the viewer can practically experience the detective work of the tax investigators, and – the story has a happy ending.

Director: Dagmar Brendecke, Walter Brun
Camera: Martin Langer, Ralf Ilgenfritz, Mario van den Dungen
Editing: Regina Fischer
Scound: Martin Kretschmann
Editing: Heribert Schneiders
Production lead: Andrea Ufer, Frank Egner (MDR)
Production: Andrea Ufer, Gunter Hanfgarn
Statuion: MDR