The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until he can take up his new position. Together with his colleague Dirk, he is sent on foreign assignments to West Germany. Franz soon has to use blackmail to get innocent people to talk. But his superiors go even further: GDR refugees and their relatives are targeted to be psychologically destroyed, forged letters, medical diagnoses, surveillance and wiretapping are on the agenda. However, this is more than Franz can bear: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
Aos quarenta anos de idade, Armin (Hans Löw) está entediado, ele trabalha como freelancer e ganha pouco dinheiro. Durante a noite, ele frequenta festas noturnas e se relaciona com mulheres muito mais jovens. Ele sabe que as coisas não vão bem, mas não acredita que possa ser capaz de mudar sua vida.
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.
Com 17 anos de idade, Phil não gosta de falar sobre sua mãe e sua irmã gêmea. Mas, em vez de enfrentar as duas, ele se refugia numa nova paixão misteriosa da sua classe. Phil tem de perceber que às vezes é melhor enfrentar a verdade que viver com a incerteza, mesmo que isso lhe cause dor.
Somewhere in the majestic Chinese highlands of our days: The Pandas' survival is severely endangered as the bamboo is becoming scarce, and humans continuously expand into their habitat. And laziness being one of the Pandas' most significant character traits, what the community now requires is someone to rouse them. Manchu, with the help of his friends, stands up to all the trials. The group has nearly reached their destination when suddenly the humans unleash the floods of their newly-built dam, aimed at the Pandas' valley!
