Das Geheimnis der Wale

2010 film

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Das Geheimnis der Wale (lit. 'The Secret of the Whales') is a German 2010 two-part TV film directed by Philipp Kadelbach.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Anna Waldmann flies to New Zealand with her 14-year-old daughter Charlotte to join Charlotte's father Professor Johannes Waldmann, who is working as a respected whale researcher on a report commissioned by a local authority. He is about to decide whether or not a large gas company can prospect for oil off the New Zealand coast when he is killed in a boat accident. Anna becomes suspicious and joins forces with Chris (an opponent of the company) to uncover an environmental scandal.