Das Schweigen der Lämmer

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FBI trainee Clarice Starling meets the brilliant and dangerous Dr. Hannibal Lecter in order to catch a brutal serial killer with his help - but he has his very own plans. ➥ Best of Cinema on Tue., 4.11. - Masterpieces back in the cinema. A selected movie highlight every first Tuesday of the month.

The FBI tries in vain to track down a serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill", who abducts and murders his female victims and then removes parts of their skin. In order to create a psychological profile of the killer, the young FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) visits the imprisoned psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a cannibalistic murderer, in the high-security wing. However, the highly intelligent doctor pursues his own interests during their conversations: In return for any information, he demands intimate insights into the agent's past, who becomes ever more deeply entangled in his perfidious web of manipulation, power and psychological games. While Clarice loses precious time, Buffalo Bill already has his next victim in his sights ... (Source: distributor)