숲에 버려진 어린 남매, 헨젤(제레미 레너)과 그레텔(젬마 아터튼)은 추위와 배고픔에 떨던 중 무시무시한 마녀와 마주친다. 두 사람은 가까스로 그녀를 화로에 밀어 넣어 죽이고 탈출에 성공한다. 그로부터 15년 후, 마녀들이 무려 11명의 어린 아이를 납치해가는 일이 발생한다. 마을 사람들은 전설적인 마녀 사냥꾼 헨젤과 그레텔에게 마녀를 죽이고 아이들을 되찾아달라고 의뢰한다. 범인을 찾아 어둠의 숲으로 뛰어든 남매는 마녀(팜케 얀센)가 단순히 아이들을 잡아 먹기 위해 납치하는 것이 아니라, 더 엄청난 계략이 숨겨져 있음을 직감하고 마녀와의 화끈한 대접전을 시작하는데…
Marie thinks to return to her job one year after the birth of her daughter Nora. Her husband Holger is already looking forward to two-month parental leave in which he wants to be totally there for her daughter. Her daughter? They rush into an emotional hell without warning. The youth welfare office informs them that their child has been swapped in the clinic. Sandra, the other mother with the exchanged and actually biological child of theirs, is a single-parent student. While Sandra outwardly comparatively seems to handle it with ease, Marie is completely overwhelmed. Sandra's life situation leads to a dispute with Holger, because Marie can not accept that "her" daughter should grow up with a poor single parent. When the press also gets wind of the matter, there is no turning back: The children must be exchanged.
When Barbara Seeberg learns that her husband is having an affair, she resolutely asks the equally charming and likeable kiosk owner Enrico to accompany her on a trip to Italy. However, when Barbara's grown-up children and their feisty mother travel home completely unexpectedly, the tumultuous events recur. - In the romantic comedy "The most beautiful gift of my life", Jutta Speidel ends up on the idyllic coast of Amalfi due to a marital crisis.