A brutal attack on the homeless Lennard in downtown Frankfurt links the fate of three women: Irina, a 28-year-old nurse, has witnessed the violence. The young Sam lives on the street. She was protected by Lennard after she was beaten up in search of food. The single mother Anne is from the clouds when her 18-year-old son Rio is led away by the police. He is accused of involvement in the violence against Lennard. This is hard to understand for Anne; she struggles to get her son to talk.
Jan meets Judith by accident and realizes that she is the woman who was supposed to have shot and killed his father, who worked as a security officer at the bank.
Ambientada en el siglo XIX. Se basa en la leyenda alemana de Fausto, un sabio que hace un pacto con el diablo, y en las adaptaciones literarias del mito por parte de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe y Thomas Mann.
Roland, un banquero influyente conoce por casualidad a Svenja en una exposición de arte contemporáneo. Este hombre poderoso se siente fuertemente atraído por la joven mujer, cuyo marido trabaja para él. Entre ellos nacerá una relación secreta, que se vuelve cada vez más seria.
