Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries Season 1 Episode 6 Friends in High Places

In German with English subtitles. The man whose skeleton is found in a field outside Venice spoke his last words two years ago; the ring on his finger, however, continues to speak. It bears the coat of arms of a powerful Venetian family that places itself above the law. Brunetti soon runs into an icy wall of disdain as he chips away at the family's recent past.