По сюжету знаменитой сказки, Ганс и Грета оказываются в лесу, куда их заводит отец, чтобы избавиться от детей по требованию мачехи. Брат и сестра попадают в ловушку ведьмы, чей домик построен из сахара хлебобулочных изделий. Ведьма намерена съесть детей, но тем удаётся убить её, забрать драгоценности и сбежать. После того случая в пряничном домике проходит 15 лет. Ганс и Грета вырастают и становятся охотниками за ведьмами
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.
