No futuro, as multinacionais controlam as últimas fontes de combustível. Uma delas envia seu melhor investigador à Estação 44, para descobrir quem é o responsável pela sabotagem que está diminuindo a produtividade e pondo em risco as vidas dos funcionários.
O moldurista Jonathan Zimmerman sofre de uma doença fatal. Ao cruzar o caminho de Tom Ripley, traficante de obras de arte falsificadas, ele é arrastado para o mundo do crime. Zimmerman recebe a oferta de matar em troca de dinheiro, o que asseguraria o bem-estar de sua família após a sua morte.
Winnie is desperate and doesn't know what to do next. She is about to marry her lover Paul, who has returned from war captivity. Both want to emigrate to America short after marriage. But the young woman has an illegitimate one-and-a-half-year-old son, whom she has kept secret from her fiancé. The short-tempered Paul would never understand that. When she is on her way to the orphanage, the grumpy senior civil servant Hieronymus Spitz and his little dog Tobby get into her train compartment. After a short observation, Winnie is certain that the misantrope actually has a good heart, because he lovingly takes care of his dog. Without further ado she leaves little Niki with the tax accountant and disappears from the train. Only a note with a request remains. The overwhelmed old gentleman initially wants to get rid of the child, but then takes it home and takes care of it together with his housekeeper. Both take the bundle of joy to their hearts. But then everything turns out differently.
Two nine-year-old girls—rude Luise Palfy and respectful shy Lotte Körner—meet on a summer camp. Apart from their different hair-do, they look alike. They have never seen each other before, but soon find out that they are identical twins. It turns out that their parents divorced, each keeping one of the girls. They decide to trade places at the end of the summer. Lottie curls her hair, Lisa braids hers, and both go off to where they have never been before. The adventure begins.
Eva acaba de se casar com um homem mais velho, porém descobre que ele não tem tanto tempo para ela. Em viagem para casa de seu pai, enquanto toma banho no lago, ela conhece um rapaz e eles se apaixonam.