The Legend of the Mask

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Archaeologist Katja Bennecke leads an excavation site at the foot of a Mayan pyramid on the Mexican headland of Yucatán. By chance she discovers the mask of Gonzalo Guerrero, a Spanish warrior described in legends who rose to become the highest general among the Majas: a sensational find. Of all people, her colleague Gerd, for whom she would have put her hand in the fire, tries to steal the valuable piece. But she catches the thief, who is immediately arrested and dies shortly afterwards under mysterious circumstances in a Mexican prison. In this tense situation, Katja's daughter Maren arrives unexpectedly. The relationship between the two is tense and an argument breaks out, during which Maren runs away in anger and is kidnapped on the street. The kidnappers are apparently in cahoots with the police. They want to release Maren in exchange for the mask. But the precious find doesn't belong to Katja. To save her daughter, she has to become a thief herself. Her assistant Nayeli and the excavation manager Kai Wieland suddenly behave very strangely. Katja no longer knows who she can trust.