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- In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
- A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
- Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- A dramatization of Christiane F.'s memoirs and her hard beginnings in Berlin.
- Finn Kiesewetter had left the police force to convert to an organic farm. But after a fire destroyed it, Finn found himself ruined and forced to return to law enforcement.
- Nora from Berlin struggles with growing up and her own identity. Her sister and her best friend are only interested in fashion and social media. Nora tries to do the same, but it does not make her happy. Then she meets Romy.
- Set in the Friedrichstadt-Palast music hall in the late 1980s, follows twin sisters as they search for their roots.
- Der 78-jährige ehemalige Architekt Richard Gärtner möchte seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. Dies soll jedoch nicht im Ausland, sondern ganz legal mit der Hilfe seiner Hausärztin geschehen. Für Dr. Brandt kommt es aus persönlicher Überzeugung nicht infrage, ihrem zwar betagten, aber gesunden Patienten ein todbringendes Präparat zu besorgen. Richard Gärtners Fall wird exemplarisch vor dem Deutschen Ethikrat diskutiert. Strittig ist dabei nicht die Frage, welche Formen von Sterbehilfe für Ärzte straffrei sind, sondern ob Mediziner dem Patientenwunsch eines Lebensmüden gerecht werden müssen - egal ob jung, alt, gesund oder krank. Ethikrat-Mitglied Dr. Keller befragt die Sachverständigen und lässt so die unterschiedlichen Experten zu Wort kommen. Die Verfassungsrechtlerin Prof. Litten und der Anwalt von Richard Gärtner stehen Bischof Thiel und Ärztekammerchef Sperling dabei mit unterschiedlichen Meinungen gegenüber. Am Ende richtet sich die Ethikrat-Vorsitzende direkt an das Publikum: Soll Richard Gärtner das tödliche Präparat bekommen, um sich selbstbestimmt das Leben zu nehmen?
- A young man learns that his dying father was once deeply in love with a man.
- It follows a group of police officers who are sent to Berlin to form a special investigations unit: ZERV. As they dig deeper into the crimes in the East, they uncover that many of them originated in the West.
- A young police officer leaves for overseas training for about three months, right after his wife has their baby, and his wife must take care of herself and their baby alone. The day before her husband is to return, she finds the baby dead of SIDS, and the trauma leads the devastated mother to spontaneous activities that amplify the tragedy.
- A couple facing fertility issues finds their marriage tested on a vacation to a Sardinian resort - and the family next door only adds to the tension.
- 'Die, you pig!'. The words are emblazoned on the wall of school principal Höpfl's home for all the villagers to see. Soon after, this very man is found lying dead as a doornail on the train tracks. Franz Eberhofer, the local policeman in the sleepy Lower Bavarian province of Niederkaltenkirchen, suspects murder. And the prospect is one that does not entirely displease him, as this backwoods offers very little excitement other than the fantastic meals with his cooking-obsessed Grandma or the constant stress with his Beatles-loving Dad. He is supported by Rudi Birkenberger, now a department-store detective but previously with Franz in the Munich detective squad until both were suspended. The Höpfl case gets even more tangled when a second corpse is found, that of a drug-addict hustler with whom Höpfl had been in contact. Franz must also cope with the fact that his Susi is having an affair and he thinks the lover is the Thai offspring of his estranged brother, who is supposed to be their babysitter.
- With an anxiety disorder in his luggage, Chief Inspector Sörensen is transferred from Hamburg to the Frisian town of Katenbüll. He hopes that the small town will provide him with a quiet, tranquil working life.
- The Salzburg police duo Heilmayr and Merana is looking for the murderer of a noble call girl.
- Mati, a small-town Austrian tomboy wrestles with gender identity while her parents confront their own buried truths.
- Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country: some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would appear to be well-planned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along, chance, and trial and error. The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along, crushed between self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.
- The year 2034: The consequences of the climate catastrophe are dramatic. Drought and floods destroy the livelihoods of millions of people. After the third storm tide in a row, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice in The Hague was evacuated. In a provisional interim building in Berlin, the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. Two lawyers represent 31 countries of the global South, which are doomed to destruction without the support of the international community. They raise the question of responsibility, demand compensation and a right of nature to integrity in order to ensure their own survival. High-ranking representatives from politics and industry are invited as witnesses. The court must decide whether German policymakers are to be held accountable for their failure to protect the climate and thus set a precedent for climate justice.
- Good soldier Jakob expect the promised pay on top of glory after a victorious war, but king Karl gives only his standard speech and worthless medals. Returning home wounded and penniless, Jacob passes out, trying to boil his wrecked shoes in the forest. He's spotted by the witch, who seduces him as a foxy woman and, as he smells a rat and seeks to run, tricks him as last favor to fetch from her well an ever-shining blue lamp. Not gullible enough to hand it over first, he's dropped down, but finds lightening the lamp awakes a stylish European equivalent of a jinn, Lampman, who can give him anything. Seeking revenge, he demands Karl's most prized possession. Initially displeased with the crown princess Augustine, promised in marriage to seal a warlike dynastic alliance, Jacob and she soon fall in love. Their plans to liberate her get Jacob on the gallows at her arranged wedding day with warrior prince Philipp, the only hope being the lamp, which only thieving beggar knave Johann, which he spared arrest, knows enough about.
- In a Nordic hamlet, Kay and Gerda are best friends, bonding over things like growing roses in a greenhouse. But the evil Snow Queen gets a hold on Kay, first from far, then kissing him to lure him to her ice palace, where her third kiss after fulfilling the tasks she sets him can turn him into an ice pillar. While roses keep rekindling Kay's memory, Gerda encounters weird creatures, from a flower fairy and a couple of engaged royals to a band of robbers, refusing to be distracted by any temptation from the search for her beloved Kay.
- The lawyer Franziska Schlüter works for the Aescuria insurance and is responsible for processing applications for disbursement of occupational disability policies. The company policy provides as a guideline to prevent the approval as far as possible. When the widow of a victim, who committed suicide after being rejected, storms the office to loudly accuse these machinations, Franziska begins to doubt the correctness of her work and to rethink. She quits and works as a freelance lawyer to help injured parties legally to get their rights. First she deals with the case of a family in the neighborhood. The father has been in a wheelchair since an accident. However, the Strelaus have not yet seen any money from the insurance company. Initially not taken seriously by colleagues, the shy woman takes on the fight against the health insurance system and has to fight against resistance and above all with her own self-doubt.
- Charlotte Kler returns to Germany with her husband, a famous conductor, after many years on the world stage. She is just setting up her new home when the doorbell rings and an unknown man with a bucket is standing at her door. He wants to collect some soil from the garden in memory of his late wife, because a long time ago his wife lived in Charlotte's house, and the garden in back of the house was her favorite place.
- Adaptation of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale.
- When the daughter of a local dignitary is found dead in a closed mine in the Austrian mountains, a local detective tries to solve the case before the detectives from the big city can do so.
- Goofy farm boy Max Klopstock seems good for nothing, although the mean goat makes him look worse then he actually does. Feeling an utter disappointment to his dad, he decides to follow his two brothers' example, wandering out of the village to learn a profession. Emil and Jockel become carpenter and miller, learning those trades regularly. Max first adopts a vagrant rascal dog and trough his own honesty gets apprenticed by a tailor. He makes slow progress, but by inventing the overall saves his master from bankruptcy. each brother gets a magical gift before returning home. The miller's donkey, under whose tail gold is produced, and the carpenter's table which magically produces any desired meal, get stolen by an inn-keeping couple. Max uses his gift, a self-propelled cudgel, to make them return the rest black and blue.
- 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.
- LKA-Zielfahnderin Hanna Landauer and her new colleague Röwer travel to Montevideo to provide the couple Tezlaff. It once kidnapped an industrialist and extorted 10 million ransom. The money has since disappeared.
- First several barns burn down, then an old house goes up in flames: For months, one arson attack follows the next. When a body charred beyond recognition is found in the rubble of the burned down house, the state police gets involved.
- Since the little Kingdom of Lichterwalde is not well-ordered, the Queen (Margarita Broich) tries to convince her son Augustin (Emilio Sakraya) that he must marry a wealthy lady. The handsome prince, who only wants to enjoy his free life, decides that he will marry none other than the Emperor's daughter. Without further ado, he leaves the kingdom to win the heart of beautiful Victoria (Jeanne Goursaud). After she refuses him, he takes on a position as swineherd at the imperial court and tries to change her mind with all sorts of funny ideas and lots of charm. While the two get closer, the Emperor is trying to arrange a marriage between his daughter and Prince Ferdinand (Max Schimmelpfennig) .
- Model pupil Ben Winkler deserves only proud support, yet understanding stepfather Felix, a devoted youth worker, can barely keep bossy mother Johanna Winkler from having a go at Ben when he announces, out of the family's atheist blue, he discretely joined the Lutheran church's catechism class to do his confirmation like most classmates. Though she rages at the 'invasive' pastor Tabea, Felix talks her over to join the parents' group. Regretting to have opted out of every great celebration herself, Johanna decides to show off Ben's confirmation, but can't afford it due to her casino addiction and refuses to let his happily married father Simon help out. Gentle, sensible Ben quietly deals, helped little, with Felix 'cheating' on his ingrate mother with Tabea, suspected-queer classmate Konstantin's appropriate attention, the gambling problem, a party getting out of hand and his own failed attempt to win a US scholarship, having confided only into grumpy grandpa Alex and next Felix, who suggests visiting Nepal together first.
- A baby shakes the life of a patchwork family.
- Urs is a single doctor who looks after his alcoholic brother Falk. Trying to prevent his daughter Jette from getting stuck in their little province, he persuades her to volunteer in South America.
- Everyone deserves a second chance - there is no doubt about that for the experienced probation officer Klara Sonntag. On the arduous path to the prescribed improvement, nobody can fool her so easily. Who, if not her, could get the insolent bankruptcy fraudster Merle Scheffler on course? That's what judge Thomas Aschenbach thinks, who has had an affair with Klara for 15 years and knows her stubbornness like no one else. He gives her the care of the snooty ex-millionaire who continues her luxury life with brazen tricks. Klara first gains respect in her resolute way. She soon learns that Merle has even cheated her former workforce out of social security contributions. Now the probation officer really wants to know - and puts the velvet gloves aside completely. Klara shows her caring streak with 80-year-old Rudi, who has to relearn freedom after half a century in jail. To her astonishment, Rudi's life story points to her own childhood, which she spent in homes and with foster parents. When old wounds tear open on her, Klara's previously irrefutable credo begins to falter: whether everyone really deserves a second chance, suddenly she no longer seems so sure.
- Friendly, ever-helpful simpleton Till is his carpenter brothers Paul and Peter's dogsbody and the town laughingstock. When he generously shares his lunch with an old beggar, the character is actually a sorcerer and rewards him with a living golden goose. Till wants to offer it to the ever-sad Princess Louise, whose aunt and strict governess Edeltraud want to marry her off to haughty Prince Amandus and dreams of succeeding king Eduard herself, to cheer her up. The greedy townsfolk, including the curate, find that anyone who attempt to steal the goose sticks to it, while the bully brothers get their comeuppance in--and from--the forest.
- Freddy and his wife Juliana leave the Konstanz comfort zone and move to Berlin. With Grandpa Fritz in tow, the Kleemanns come to live with Grandma Regina. In contrast to his sister Zoe, little Niko is happy about living with his grandparents. While Freddy and his trusted colleague Lara finally want to implement their own concept as a daycare manager, Juliana sees an unexpected stop sign in her career as a doctor: She is unplanned pregnant. Now a difficult life decision is imminent: A third child does not fit into the current family and couple concept of two full-time workers. The self-absorbed parents initially pay little attention to the problem that Zoe is anything but happy after the new beginning. Only when the teenage girl runs away do Freddy and Juliana react. Now they have to find each other again as a couple in order to stay together as a family. Again the question arises: Who is backing up and how?
- Kreuzeder was once a successful commissioner, but now he rarely solves a case. After more than 20 years in the service, he just wants to retire as quickly as possible and leave everyday life in the homicide squad in Lower Bavaria behind. Kreuzeder is of the opinion that humanity is coming to an end anyway, so he prefers to get drunk in the tavern and flirt with the waitress Gerda Bichler there instead of going about his work.
- "Snow White Must Die". Part 1 of 4 Nele Nauhaus Mysteries. A young man returns to his village after serving time for a murder he may or may not have committed. Will old truths be dangerous even now? Pia and Oliver investigate.
- Teacher Laura Hoffmann wakes up the morning after a romantic date with single father Hendrik Voss with memory lapses. While she believes she was raped, Voss denies forcing his son's teacher to have sex.
- Major German wine merchant checks up, with his romantic side agenda, on his oenologist Sandra in Sicily where she must find him an extraordinary claret, preferably from a local grape varietal. She refuses to 'settle for' the "nero d'avola" presented by local wine tycoon Vincent, but after running from his 'excessive flirting' after dinner accidentally finds in a grocery shop the right stuff, In Vino, alas without clues to the supplier. Stumbling upon a beached-up man, whom she brings to hospital as "Robinson" Sandra gets a crush on the amnesiac mystery compatriot and meets local commissioner Velani, who suspects an illegal refugee or crook but wants to help defeat crooked Vincenzo, thus provides tips where to look for the winemaker. He turns out to be Vincenzo's old neighbor and hereditary feud rival Ludovico Veritas, whom he sabotages by bribing the waterworks. She hesitates to tell Robinson he's identified as family father Bruno Haller until her brother Jens Brinkmann, whim she invited for a holiday with high-pregnant wife Alma, kicks her a conscience. All may still work out 'the Italian way'.
- The former mostwanted gangster Liviu Caramitru succeeds in breaking out of a prison in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Within a few hours, experienced LKA special investigators Hanna Landauer and Sven Schröder begin a large-scale manhunt across the country. The first attempt to apprehend him fails on the banks of river Oder on the border with Poland and Caramitru manages to narrowly escape yet again. His path leads the two police detectives via Bucharest to a remote village at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. There, far away in Caramitru's Romanian homeland, Landauer and Schröder hunt down the fugitive - from the traditional wedding of his sister to the inevitable Western showdown high-up in the mountains.
- The story of a seemingly settled bank employee who breaks the shackles of his everyday life and becomes a wanderer between worlds. Frederik is an up-and-coming young bank employee who lives an ordinary life. When a bank customer, whom Frederik has denied a loan in the face of the bank crisis, shoots himself in front of Frederik, he snaps. Together with ex-con Vince,he begins to live out a new, dark side of himself. He robs his rich bank customers' homes and gives the money to the needy. The initial rush of crossing social boundaries soon develops into an addiction to ever greater thrills.
- In Hessen region Taunus's zoo, posthumously severed adult male limbs are found in different animal cages. Director Christoph Sander points at vandalizing animal rights activist, popular private gymnasium language teacher and former party animal Hans-Ulrich 'Uli' Pauly's unruly bunch, but the corpse is found in a field and identified as his own. Oliver von Bodenstein's Hochheim police team tracks down Uli's bunch and former study friends, ac olourful bunch yielding private and business motives. As they discover links to more citizens, arson and a hanging occur, but a cop's own dark secret also ties in.
- Probation Officer Benno finds in Hotte a real challenge. Shit gets his authority on petty criminals anyway, but Hotte is by far the most cunning rogue ever to enter his office. When Hotte is also given custody of his 2 children Dennis and Jenny, Benno sees red. Under no circumstances may Hotte move with the adolescents to a shared apartment and take over their education. Initially interested only the child support, but slowly he finds pleasure in living together with his children and a permanent residence. And while Hotte makes a sincere effort to rearrange his life, Benno develops an unimaginable energy to prevent just that .