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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- A servant girl falls in love with the god of the valley. The Baroness wants nothing but the gold of the god. A fight to win the lands he protects and his love.
- Fickle hedonist Eric Steiner lived carefree in Berlin with girl friend Verena, ignoring family, commitment or responsibility. When brother Christoph, a dairy farmer in Sachsen-Anhalt, dies, heir Eric wants to sell the unprofitable estate and send Christoph's rebellious kids Nico and Leonie in foster care or state home. Visiting, Verena pushes him to take responsibility and drops her own bomb shell. Finding that a ruthless milk industry cartel drove debt-crushed Christoph to medicinal suicide, Eric declares war, refusing to sell to the bank or EU subsidy-parasitic neighbor Otto, and bonds gradually with his kid cousins.
- The 1920s: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmanns have realized the upcoming and growing fascism in the country, and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing ...
- A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
- Orphan crown prince Sigismund is domineered by queen-regent Freya, but manages to climb the highest tower to put something in the Falcon dynasty's eponymous falcon's nest, thanks to the sorceress Eleonor, who was prodded finally to reuse her powers by adopted daughter Rapunzel, who became friends as kids with 'Sigi' and his buddy Pip, who becomes the court jester. Eleonor, who abandoned magic after failing to save the king in battle and withdrew into the forest, refuses to return s the queen's sorceress, so is thrown into he dungeon with the girl, but Sigi helps them escape. He and Pip find the castle ruin tower Eleonor retreated into even further, only accessible by Rapunzel's magical long hair. A final confrontation is inevitable when the queen has the boys followed.
- The story of Beauty and the beast.
- Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
- Pawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.
- Based on the true story of boys from Brazilian jails taken to the state border, stripped naked and abandoned to get jail numbers down. A huge scandal in Brazil in the 1970s.
- The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for 28 years, 18 of these living in sin, 10 a married couple. Christiane's rival, Charlotte von Stein, a former favorite of Goethe, begins plotting and scheming against her. Christiane puts up with countless insults and humiliations like having to 'disappear' with their son into the servants' quarters and to stay at home on official occasions. Goethe marries her when she saves his life during an attack by plundering Napoleonic soldiers. Her new social position as Goethe's wife is resented and envied by all. When she is openly attacked by the snooty, jealous people, Goethe is only half-hearted in coming to her defence. But she stays with him for he is her great love, even when she turns to the charms of many youthful admirers...
- A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
- This drama explores the grim lives of Turkish "guest workers" living in Germany.
- Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
- Set in 1904, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins.
- The everyday life of a boy coming of age, living with his prostitute mother, saving money, dreaming of a bicycle.
- A nearly illiterate woman becomes one of the founders of Poland's Solidarity union.
- German corporate lawyer Max takes on a job in an Amsterdam real estate firm rather than joining his father's construction company. He's relatively happy, yet doesn't quite fit in with his narrow-minded way of thinking -however hard he tries to relax- in the libertine city. Then he falls in love with Dutch snack-bar owner Sophie, who claims to not be interested in him. Unexpectedly Max's parents invite themselves to come 'celebrate' his birthday with a stuffy dinner in a near-by German restaurant and invade his small apartment. After his father's car crashes into to Sophie's father's bike, conflicting loyalties clash, but deep-rooted commitments win out breeding surprising alliances.
- Germany, 1920. First World War is lost. The peace treaty of Versailles obliges Germany to reduce its army, the "Reichswehr" to 100,000 soldiers. Influencal groups of economists and military leaders connect in the "Nationalen Vereinigung" a national convention to plan the coup d'etat. Among them the chief of landscaping and member of the board of directors of the German Bank, Wolfgang Kapp and the highest ranked commanding General Walther, Freiherr von Lüttwitz. General Ludendorf, who used to be the chief of the Supreme Army Command during the World War, pulls the strings in he background by his middlemen Pabst and Colonel Bauer. When the government wanted to dissolve the "Brigade Ehrhardt", the most powerful Freikorps, General Lüttwitz disobeys this order and orders the troupes to march against the government in Berlin. The Government has to flee, first to Dresden, then to Stuttgart. Large parts of the army follow the putschists, who however, are not united themselves. First victim is Secretary of Finances Erzberger.
- The retired Chief superintendent Jakob Franck who often had to inform relatives as a "death messenger", now hopes to lead a life beyond the dead.
- Divorced, withdrawn Inga buries herself in her work as a forensic biologist while neglecting her friends and her grumpy father who lets her know she has a half-sister. Everything changes when Inga agrees to take care of a tame falcon.