Pocos días antes de su boda, Christian es abandonado por su prometida. Lejos de apoyarle, sus padres no lo quieren aceptar y quieren ayudarle a que se case lo antes posible.
Inspector Susanne Landauer is called to a mission in the country. A schizophrenic woman admitted anonymously years ago has disappeared from Dr. Mangold's clinic. Susanne can only recover the woman dead from the nearby river. A DNA comparison reveals that the dead woman is her biological mother. Luckily, Susanne's partner Isabell is there for her.
Eleven years ago, an 8-year-old girl disappeared from a small German town on the German-Czech border. Although her body was never found, nor were there any traces of blood or DNA evidence, a mentally-disabled man was coerced to confess to the crime. Even though he withdrew his admission of guilt two days later, the forced confession was enough to convince the ruling judge. The responsible investigator Altendorf was discharged so that the investigation could be sped along by another colleague.
Berlín, 1942. Friedrich, de 16 años, que acaba de finalizar el bachillerato elemental y es un hábil boxeador aficionado, sueña con ser alguien en la vida. Su oportunidad le llega al fijarse en él durante un combate de boxeo por un joven simpático que es profesor de una escuela de elite de los nazis y ayuda a Friedrich a ingresar en el centro. Allí, el joven profesor se convierte en el mentor de Friedric, a quien ayuda a soportar el rigor de una escuela sometida a una estricta disciplina. Entre los nuevos amigos de Friedrich se encuentra Albrecht, hijo de un alto funcionario. Albrecht, un chico frágil que prefiere desarrollar su mente más que su cuerpo, se muestra crítico con la ideología nazi que se pretende inculcar en la mente de los educandos.
A group of young people become involved with the kidnap of a local politician with the aim of halting construction work on a nearby nuclear power plant.
August 1914. In the village of Öd, the maid Rumplhanni has a love affair with Simon, son of the farmer Hauser. Before he goes to war, she dizzy to him, she expects a child from him. Simon can persuade his parents to say goodbye to Hanni as a daughter-in-law. Thus she has achieved what she wanted: to come out of the state of an illegitimate maid and to become peasant woman with house and farm. Since the old farmer wants to give her but nothing written, Hanni sets out another plan ...
