let ▁Co il ▁stamp ▁ ▁References ▁and ▁sources ▁ ▁Category : Ph il atel ic ▁termin ology ▁Category : Print ing <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Sil ence ▁() ▁is ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁German ▁thr iller ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Bar an ▁bo ▁Od ar , ▁after ▁the ▁German ▁crime ▁fiction ▁novel ▁ ▁The ▁Sil ence ▁() ▁by ▁Jan ▁Cost in ▁Wagner . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Summer ▁ 1 9 8 6 : ▁Pia , ▁an ▁ 1 1 - year - old ▁school g irl , ▁is ▁ra ped ▁and ▁murder ed ▁in ▁a ▁whe at ▁field ▁near ▁a ▁small ▁provincial ▁German ▁town ▁by ▁one ▁man ▁while ▁another ▁man ▁watch es ▁sil ently ▁from ▁the ▁passenger ▁seat ▁of ▁his ▁red ▁car . ▁The ▁murder er ▁pack s ▁Pia ' s ▁body ▁into ▁the ▁tr unk ▁of ▁the ▁car ▁and ▁leaves ▁her ▁b icy cle ▁behind . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁exactly ▁ 2 3 ▁years ▁later , ▁ 1 3 - year - old ▁Sin ik ka ▁Weg ham m ▁goes ▁missing ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁fair . ▁Her ▁b icy cle ▁is ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁spot ▁where ▁Pia ' s ▁bi ke ▁had ▁been ▁found . ▁ ▁Senior ▁detect ive ▁Kr isch an ▁Mitt ich , ▁who ▁investig ated ▁the ▁original ▁murder , ▁has ▁just ▁retired . ▁The ▁new ▁murder ▁investigation ▁is ▁undert aken ▁by ▁David ▁Jah n , ▁a ▁detect ive ▁who ▁is ▁still ▁em otion ally ▁over wh el med ▁by ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his