As Max tells his family that Clara has broken off their engagement, the Liebermanns are shocked by an act of violence from Max’s sister Leah’s son Daniel. When Leah finds bruises on Daniel’s body, Max persuades Oskar that the military academy he attends should be investigated.

On visiting St Florian’s, the colonel headmaster is unsympathetic and suggests that Max collect Daniel’s things and leave, but in the dormitory Max sees that the bed next to Daniel’s is empty and is told that the boy died in an accident ten days ago. Max finds a coded note in Daniel’s things and begins to suspect some sinister goings-on at the academy.

Oskar admonishes his colleague von Bulow for not conducting a proper investigation into the death at the academy under suspicious circumstances. Show less