Susanne, una meteoróloga de Hamburgo, ha detectado indicios de una incipiente tormenta marítima que podría asolar la ciudad. Aunque da la voz de alarma, las autoridades locales no escuchan sus advertencias. Para asegurarse de la magnitud del maremoto, Susanne decide trasladarse a una plataforma petrolífera situada en alta mar, donde comprueba que sus terribles predicciones se van a convertir en realidad, ya que la tormenta alcanzará pronto la costa, poniendo en peligro la vida de miles de personas.
In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly in love with an East Berliner. Jenny’s parents are foaming from wrath and offer a reward: One-hundred thousand, later even a million, deutschmarks for whoever brings them their daughter back. The prospect of so much money gets east and west into quite a disarray – and in the end, the Wall really falls.
Mia is dreaming of one day being the youngest driver in the Dakar Rally. She's pretty and loves the challenge. One day she gets to know the driving instructor Sherin, an exotic beauty of mid-twenties. She takes Mia to a secret car race out of town.
Joy can not accept the fact that her career as a model is over at 24. The star photographer Tom Kurz shows no interest in her. Joy meets the broke and unemployed Andrea.
