Anno 1790 — Season 1, Episode 7: The Blind Hand of Fate
Drama, Crime • 60 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 5.6/10
Episode synopsis
A number of children are found dead in the great piles of excrement and trash that line Stockholm's shoreline. Daadh's investigation leads him to the Great Orphanage, where they claim to know nothing about the bodies. Each year, one of the orphans is chosen to carry out the drawing in the Number Lottery, a popular event where large amounts of money are in play.
About Anno 1790
A 200-year-old modern crime story showing life as it was in 18th century Stockholm where a controversial surgeon and police commissioner use unconventional means to solve murder cases during the Age of Enlightenment. The murder cases and the methods of solving them differ from those of our time. But the motives stay the same: revenge, greed, love, jealousy and politics.