Swiss police captain Martin Jakobi's daily battle in a corrupt system, is compounded when his current murder investigation ties into a mysterious mass suicide in the Jura Mountains. The trail of clues leads him to an ancient parchment that exposes a religious cover-up of epic proportions, with the power to change the course of the modern world. The film 12 Theses is freely based on the thrilling novel, 'Cruor', by Herbert Blaser. The action, largely set in Basel and Bern, Switzerland, expands to Italy and Spain in its search for a truth that began 2000 years ago in Palestine.—Stefan Asang, Director and Producer of the 12 Theses
After a magazine scoop in Switzerland on the "12 Theses," everyone associated with it dies. As a series of mysterious and deadly events unfold, Captain Martin Jakobi and theology student Claire have to find out why and who.