Gerold Plassek is an unsuccessful journalist on a free sheet. As an ex-girlfriend who suddenly has to go abroad and entrusted him with her son Manuel, his everyday life changes suddenly. The critical 14-year-old becomes a real challenge. Manuel has no idea that this "failure" is his father - "Geri" lacks any drive, the local pub is his living room and alcohol is his most reliable friend. But his misanthropic life is moving.
Harri Pinter, 46, has his best days behind him, not only on the outside: in the 80s, the notorious "drecksau" won the Klagenfurt ice-skating team KAC its master title. As trainer of the youth team, he likes to reminisce about his past successes in dim bars drinking beer. When his longtime girlfriend Ines risks making the break with an university professor, his worldview and self-perception starts to falter...
Unos padres encuentran a su hija ahogada en el estanque de casa. Al llegar al hospital, el médico se niega a tirar la toalla y se agarra con fuerza a una remota esperanza de salvar a la niña.
Imperio Austro-húngaro, siglo XIX. Historia de amor imposible entre Rodolfo de Habsburgo (hijo de Francisco José y Sissi) y la joven Marie Veetzera, que tiene como telón de fondo la crisis del Imperio de los Habsburgo a causa de las tendencias separatistas de las diversas nacionalidades que lo integraban. Las ideas liberales y modernas de Rodolfo, el heredero del trono, contrastaban con el absolutismo de la Corte austríaca.