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An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The successful architect Robert Kant, breathless manager for major projects in the Far East, wants to jet to Shanghai for a business meeting with his ambitious partner and future wife Lotta. When checking in, he notices that he is missing important papers and has to go back to the office. In the absence of a taxi, he got hold of an abandoned rental car and accelerated. There is a serious accident with the potter Teresa. A complete load of valuable ceramic tableware breaks, but it seems like miraculously nobody is injured. Teresa would now like to know the insurance number of the other party involved in the accident, but he has lost memory and doesn't even know his name anymore. The police simply call him Cheng - that was the name of the last tenant of the rental car. Since the confused does not know where to go, Teresa takes him in for the time being. The single mother turns out to be downright chaotic. She has notorious financial problems, is moody, and can do without the wise advice of her new roommate. Nevertheless, the two are magically drawn to each other: they even like the same jokes. For Teresa's bright children Max and Lisa, Cheng will soon be a father substitute. When Robert returns to the scene of the accident and finds his ID, he is not even so sure whether he even wants to go back to his old life.

After their most recent loss, a soccer team discovers its goalie is gay and casts him out. He retaliates by bringing back an all-gay team for a game to prove who's better.

An academic couple is still happy after 32 years. In bed, however, there is a lull: she has lost desire, but he hasn't. An arrangement with a young student should help to solve the problem. "Only sex - nothing else!" Clear rules, no feelings. Set in practice things get out of hand.

A group of youngsters, led by skater Laser, enter a shopping mall and hide after closing time. During the night they get lost, robs stores and consume large amounts of alcohol and drugs.

In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.

Gibt es im Leben eine zweite große Liebe? Diese Frage stellt sich eine junge Witwe, Mutter zweier Kinder, die sich völlig unerwartet in einen etwas unsteten Fahrradstadtführer verliebt - für ihre Schwiegereltern, die ihr nach dem Tod ihres Mannes beigestanden haben, eine Unmöglichkeit. Nach dem lebensnahen Drehbuch von Dominique Lorenz inszenierte Regisseurin Michaela Kezele diesen einfühlsamen und humorvollen Liebesfilm mit Lucie Heinze und Golo Euler in den Hauptrollen und mit Miroslaw Nemec und Lilly Forgàch als liebevoll-nervigen Schwiegereltern: Physiotherapeutin Julika ist jung, attraktiv, Mutter zweier süßer Kinder - und Witwe. Vor zwei Jahren ist ihr Mann Michi tödlich verunglückt. Julika vermisst ihn noch immer schmerzlich, spricht ihm sogar regelmäßig auf seine Mailbox. Dennoch lässt sie sich Hals über Kopf auf eine Affäre mit dem leichtlebigen Fahrradstadtführer Konstantin ein. Plötzlich ist das Leben wieder voller Leichtigkeit, voller Zauber und Abenteuer. Aber ist das wirklich Liebe? Kann es nach ihrer großen Liebe Michi eine neue große Liebe für Julika geben? Für ihre liebevollen, aber manchmal auch etwas übergriffigen Schwiegereltern Georg und Christa ist der Fall klar: Die Affäre mit Konstantin kann nur eine "animalische" Verirrung sein. Georg und Christa haben nach Michis Tod Julika und den Kindern sehr beigestanden, die Familie hängt sehr aneinander, wohnt sogar gemeinsam auf einem Grundstück. Doch mit Konstantin kommt dieses ganze eingespielte Familiengefüge in Unordnung. Und wie sicher kann sich Julika Konstantins sein, der sich bis jetzt in seinem Leben noch nie wirklich festlegen wollte?

Laura Vandenberg is shocked: In the middle of the exuberant celebration of her 41st birthday, the criminal police bursts. Her husband Niklas, owner of a medium-sized furniture workshop, is in custody for credit fraud.

In a supermarket in Passau there is an encounter that gives Frederike Bader's life another decisive turn: the ex-police officer rescues the private detective Ferdinand Zankl from a violent argument with a shoplifter. Frederike, until recently the group leader in the Mobile Task Force (MEK), it is easy to put the thief out of action. She no longer waits for the police to arrive. Her professionalism and her quick disappearance arouse Zankl's interest in his mysterious savior. He tracks her down and all alarm bells go off at Frederike: Is the private sniffer as harmless as he pretends to be? Or is it a threat? The suspicion does not seem unfounded. Ferdinand Zankl is not picky about his clients and assignments. At the moment, on behalf of a wealthy law student, he is observing a waitress whose boyfriend recently committed suicide. Which for Frederike, who misses her police work, raises the question: How could an 18-year-old Zankl's client be dangerous? While the ex-policewoman is drawn more and more into this enigmatic process, Ahmed Bahdari, a relative of the imprisoned clan chief, traces the whereabouts of Frederike and Mia in Berlin. His mission: the liquidation of mother and daughter .

After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?

Anne is a swimming coach and talent scout. Full of enthusiasm she trains her niece Julie for the state championship. That's why she often clashes with her sister Miriam. Miriam believes that her daughter is overwhelmed by Anne because she gave up her swimming career many years ago under unclear circumstances. On her mother Inge's 65th birthday, there was another argument. Apparently there's a long-kept family secret that's now threatening to surface. Anne's father tries to calm things down, but Anne leaves the party. A short time later, she is afflicted by a panic attack: she thinks she sees a shadow at the bottom of the swimming pool. The same thing happened to her many years ago when she suddenly lost her orientation during the decisive swimming competition. Anne wants to know what's behind her fears.

After a visit to a disco, 17-year-old Finn is hit by a prospective judge, Vollert. He leaves the apparently unharmed man behind, who succumbs to his internal injuries.

Cabby Robby drives in and around St.Pauli, Hamburg, from sunset to sunrise. He is surrounded by stories of the night.

In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has become a totalitarian system that persecutes dissenters, Muslims and homosexuals. Jan Schneider has stood as a lawyer on the side of dispossessed victims. When he learns that the regime wants to jail him again, he decides to flee with his family. His goal is the South African Union, which enjoys political and economic stability after an economic boom. A freighter is to bring him, his wife Sarah and the two children Nora and Nick together with other refugees to Cape Town, but the tugs abandon their passengers in much too small boats off the coast of Namibia. On rough seas, it comes to disaster, the little Nick is lost, and no one knows if he could reach the shore...

Munich's Oktoberfest: a colorful event, the perfect place to play the most unexpected scenes in human comedy.

So now he has a girlfriend. And what a. In contrast to his big sister Milli, 17-year-old Franz was previously a quiet, shy loner. His parents are all the more impressed when he brings home the pretty, self-confident Zoe one night. Zoe quickly finds her way into the heart of Franz's family. Or is this young woman just telling people what they want to hear because she sees her hidden addictions? After an intoxicating night, Zoe disappeared and Franz's heart was broken. He has to see her again and goes looking for Zoe.

To call or not to call? For young Cora it's not a question. In fact, after the first date you may never call the guy, even if it was the best sex of your life. It's him who must beg for a meeting - and not later than 72 hours after. Otherwise - delete it from memory.

Johanna is taken by surprise when her mother Henriette introduces her new lover: he's 25 years younger and for Johanna, one thing is for sure: Philipp is a marriage swindler and only after her mom's money. So, she's hiring a private detective - and what he finds out causes real problems in the designer house.

A young mother and wife fights with depression which leads to committing suicide. The story follows lives of her beloved ones, husband and children, after this horrifying act.

Daredevil mountain climbers on their attempt to break yet another speed climbing record.

When the misanthropic tile salesman Lothar is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he sells his business and gives his dog and all his money to an animal shelter and checks into a hospice, where it turns out that he was misdiagnosed.

Die Konditorin Roswitha Hertel (Bettina Mittendorfer) bekommt Überraschungsbesuch aus Texas: Dave Henigan (Jeff Zach) will der Geschichte seines Vaters nachspüren, einem US-Soldaten, der nach Kriegsende in Passau stationiert war. Roswitha und ihr Halbbruder Arthur (Charles M. Huber) hoffen mit dem Auftauchen des Texaners mehr über ihre eigene Familiengeschichte zu erfahren. Hier wittert Mia Bader (Nadja Sabersky), angehende Journalistin beim "Passauer Kurier", sofort eine spannende Story. Doch als Mia nachts verfolgt wird und der Texaner spurlos verschwindet, befürchtet ihre Mutter Frederike Bader (Marie Leuenberger), Ex-Polizistin aus Berlin, dass ihre Zeugenschutz-Tarnung aufgeflogen ist: Das unkonventionelle Ermittler-Duo Frederike und Privatdetektiv Ferdinand Zankl (Michael Ostrowski) sucht fieberhaft nach den Zusammenhängen aller Vorkommnisse.

Luisa Jobst is a grade-school teacher in Bavaria. She's as idealistic as she is fair - much to the displeasure of a father who's hoping she'll give his son better grades. One day, a nude photo of Luisa suddenly appears on the school website. The police can't help her, and the whole town is gossiping. By herself, she tracks down the person responsible - and soon goes missing without a trace.