Helix

TV Movie

Germany

German

WDR

Thriller

90' / 2024

During a press conference, the Minister of Economy and the Environment, Richard Bauer, collapses in front of the cameras. For Helen Schilling - elite BKA agent and his personal bodyguard - there’s no doubt: it’s an attack. What begins as a routine investigation quickly turns into a race against time to unravel a conspiracy that threatens to redraw the limits of science and of humanity.

Caught between political forces, corporate interests, and secrets that should never see the light of day, Helen steps into a conflict where genetic manipulation is both promise and curse. And while the world watches, she fights a silent, deeply personal battle: like her younger sister, Helen carries an incurable hereditary disease. When the possibility of having a child free from that sentence appears, everything changes. A clandestine offer, a brilliant and dangerous doctor, and a choice that puts everything on the line. As chaos erupts, Helen must decide how far she’s willing to go for the truth, for her family, and for the future.