Summary
Amidst the opulent chambers of the World Court in Geneva, Professor Heinrich von Malten, a silver-haired academic radiating moral conviction, stands alone against the entrenched hypocrisy of global powers. His incendiary defense of prostitution as an economic necessity and societal mirror fractures diplomatic decorum. Through fragmented flashbacks, we witness the brutal realities of Berlin's underworld: young Gretchen's descent into exploitation after factory dismissal; Anita, a morphine-addicted cabaret dancer bartered by her lover; and Margot, whose bourgeois facade crumbles when her secret life is exposed. As von Malten dissects systemic failures with surgical precision – linking poverty, militarism, and puritanical hypocrisy to the trade – his courtroom becomes a psychological battleground. Conservative delegates seethe while clandestine sex workers weep in gallery shadows. The trial crescendos when von Malten forces nations to confront their complicity in a global ecosystem of flesh and desperation, culminating in an ambivalent verdict that leaves justice dangling like a chandelier above a bloodstained carpet.
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A scholar defends prostitution before the World Court.
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