Edward Lawrence investiga los restos de un barco hundido para la compañía de seguros cuando encuentra en él una cinta con mensajes de amor. Está grabada por el hombre que falleció en el accidente, David Mitchell, y dirigida a Debbie, su prometida. Sus palabras son tan conmovedoras y se refiere a ella de una manera tan fascinante, que Edward decide ir en su busca, conocerla y entregarle la cinta. Nada más verse, el amor empieza a nacer entre ambos.
Journalist Jakob Goltz visits his parents at Bodenee for the first time in many years. The encounter with his hard-hearted mother Jonah tears up old wounds in Jacob, who has only sad memories of his childhood. When his wife Madlon plunges into an affair with Jonas estate manager Rudolf, Jacob's worst fears seem to be reaffirmed: All those who are close to his mother become unhappy. But Jakob does not suspect that Jonah has a sad secret in him
La granja donde Hatschipuh (un gnomo) y sus amigos viven va a ser vendida porque los propietarios están en bancarrota. Los gnomos necesitan ayudar a la familia a salvar la granja.
Based on the actual case of Marianne Bachmeier from 1981, the film tells the story of a mother who in a calm and determined manner shoots the murderer of her daughter seven times in the court room.The man dies at the crime scene. The media jumps at this tragedy and Bachmeier′s action is even spontaneously applauded by some. But soon, the attractive woman is cast under a pall when the media starts to look for "disclosing" details from her private life.