Horst Rehberg

El film alemán gira en torno a la violencia y el amor que rodea a una joven familia que se traslada a un pequeño pueblo. A Uwe, policía de profesión, le ofrecen un puesto con un sueldo mayor en un poblado al oeste de Alemania, lo que animará al agente, su mujer Christine Perkinger, y su hija de 4 años, Clara, a mudarse. Sin embargo, en el nuevo hogar todo son dificultades. La adaptación es complicada, los conflictos familiares crecen. Christine nota que su esposo ha cambiado, el trabajo le desborda y le echa de menos. ¿Qué es lo que ha ocurrido para que su familia feliz acabe tan desestructurada?

Ella no lo buscó. Ocurrió. Primero fueron miradas de soslayo, una atracción. Pero nada de eso debía pasar. Inge tiene unos sesenta y pico años. Lleva 30 años casada y quiere a su marido. Pero se siente irresistiblemente atraída por Karl, un hombre mayor que ella, de 76 años. Hay pasión. Sexo. De pronto, vuelve a sentirse joven otra vez.

Protected from the intrigues of con-men by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany, at first it seems that Ada Fenske, the elderly widow living on a farm near a soon-to-be abandoned Russian island military base is fair game. The (West) German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm. At first, their agent attempts to buy the property openly, but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques. He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the township's mayor to get his cooperation. However, the hard-working and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border, a woman who works in the mayor's office and has been to the West. She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent.

A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party comrades live in the lap of luxury. When Ulla meets Winfried after a summer bathing trip, the two fall in love. Winfried is the son of an influential general director and owns things from West Germany that others only dream of: a computer, a games console, a walkman. On an excursion with her biology class, the high school student discovers that a dacha is being built in the middle of the nature reserve and the creek has been dammed. Winfried's father turns out to be the culprit, but the mayor is on his side. Ulla rebels against this environmental destruction connected to political corruption and organizes a protest. Her activism not only endangers her own future, but also her first great love.

A creature bearing the ominous name "Mishap" is hot in pursuit of an unfortunate lumberjack and eventually decides to live with him. It soon gets bored, however, and asks the lumberjack to hand it over to the rich merchant Habermoos. Habermoos manages to sell Mishap to the king, although he is being attacked by robbers. The king is bankrupt and threatened with war by other countries. Young Michael has to go to war for the king. The creature tries to secretly join him. When Michael gets hold of the situation, he manages to get rid of Mishap once and for all. After all, he has more important things to do. At the last moment, he prevents his girlfriend Kathrin from getting married to the pompous merchant Habermoos.

Two farmers, Grimm and Melcher, were once on friendly terms, but a petty argument over a piece of land has since turned them into implacable enemies. Their two children- Veronika and Fabian- used to be childhood friends. When they meet again as young adults, they instantly fall in love, despite the bitter feud between their families. With no hope for a future together, the two seek to end their lives in this retelling of the classic story by Shakespeare.

The motto for the 13-year-old narrator Bärbel Fielow, as far as school is concerned, must always be the opinion in class.

Caroline and Tobias have a lot of fantasies. But one day everything they tell suddenly become true.