Der Fall Lucona (1993)

In 1977, the cargo ship Lucona founders in the Indian ocean while under contract to Viennese businessman Rudi Waltz (David Suchet). When Waltz tries to collect an insurance fee of a whopping $20m, he sets off one of the biggest scandals in post-war Austria. Journalist Strasser (Jürgen Proch-now) investigates the flamboyant entrepreneur who is convinced his many high-level political contacts make him untouchable.