The IEK team investigates the corpse of 1970s-disappeared flower girl Monika Rothmann, both burned and suffocated as drowned. She was believed to have abandoned husband Herbert and daughter Anja without a trace, but it turns out she started a new life as a political and environmental activist, yielding potential motives and suspects, but also an adulterous affair.
In 1988, the East Berlin homicide squad again and again encounters crimes that - according to the opinion of party leadership and state security - do not exist in socialism.
Klaus Berger is a committed journalist who reports to the local department of the Erfurt daily newspaper. Since the death of his wife, Klaus alone is taking care of his eleven-year-old daughter Anna, so that he has his hands full with his job and child care. He does not have enough time for Anna. A woman who could take something away from him is missing in his life. But when Klaus falls in love with the attractive lawyer Judith Wagner, there is a not small problem: Anna can not stand the self-confident lawyer. The tide turns when the two "women" come closer thanks to their shared passion for sailing.
Her busy father is never there. Jane often feels alone in sunny California and longs for her Scottish homeland. When she learns that her father has apparently intercepted all of her grandmother's letters, she immediately packs her bags and travels to Scotland. She is looking forward to seeing her cousin Sinclair again - but he has turned into a ruthless egoist ...
The 24-year-old Andreas works as a mechanic at a tunnel building site in the Bulgarian Rhodopes. One day, he gets the startling news that his girlfriend Sabine, who is supposedly waiting for him in their far-off hometown Berlin, wants to marry another man. Seething with anger, Andreas leaves the building site and hurries to the capital in order to prevent his beloved’s wedding. On the first encounter with his rival, an athletic water polo player, Andreas comes off second best. However, neither his zest for action nor his firm intention can be shaken by this defeat. With passionate energy and some outlandish ideas he takes up the fight for Sabine’s heart.
Перед Сочельником пути многих людей пересекаются. У каждого из них в этот день своя особенная история ... Врач детской поликлиники с радостным сердцем покидает больницу утром 24 декабря. Родители маленького Матиаса снова помирились. На прощание привратник преподносит ей шоколадного Деда Мороза, которого часто следует проходить в этот день: при той или иной мимолетной встрече, в качестве милого жеста для других. Судьба играет немного Кнехта Рупрехта и раздает его дары. Два одиноких сердца спешат спастись от праздничной суеты. Несчастный случай сводит их обоих вместе. За бутылку игристого вина в этом испуге сладкий шоколадный мужчина меняется на разведенного мужа Ильзы, которого каждый год в одно и то же время тянет обратно к семье на колени.