La novela de 550 páginas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, narrada por la muerte, cuenta la historia de Liesel Memminger desde el momento en que es acogida con nueve años por una familia trabajadora alemana en el barrio obrero justo después de haber robado su primer libro.
Entrepreneur Mathilda Beer is extremely successful professionally and newly engaged. Suddenly the past enters her life in the form of Mathilda's disabled half-brother Matze - and throws it into chaos. Professional bankruptcies and private crises are the result. Of course, Mathilda tries to get rid of Matze, but all attempts fail. Because Matze's love for Mathilda is unshakable and quite persistent...
Murat, a Turkish gay youth living in Berlin’s Turkish ghetto, decides to come out to his family. What he doesn’t know yet is that his family has even bigger secrets to hide.