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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- 'Die, you pig!'. The words are emblazoned on the wall of school principal Höpfl's home for all the villagers to see. Soon after, this very man is found lying dead as a doornail on the train tracks. Franz Eberhofer, the local policeman in the sleepy Lower Bavarian province of Niederkaltenkirchen, suspects murder. And the prospect is one that does not entirely displease him, as this backwoods offers very little excitement other than the fantastic meals with his cooking-obsessed Grandma or the constant stress with his Beatles-loving Dad. He is supported by Rudi Birkenberger, now a department-store detective but previously with Franz in the Munich detective squad until both were suspended. The Höpfl case gets even more tangled when a second corpse is found, that of a drug-addict hustler with whom Höpfl had been in contact. Franz must also cope with the fact that his Susi is having an affair and he thinks the lover is the Thai offspring of his estranged brother, who is supposed to be their babysitter.
- The family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.
- Seventeen-year-old Jennifer recently moved to a new city with her parents, but finds no connection with her new classmates. The dreamy and in social interaction with others insecure and shy girl thinks that her social environment finds her ugly. She takes refuge in the virtual reality of the online game 'Avalonia' and spends more and more time in the artificial world. As a result, she completely neglects her obligations at school and at home. Parental prohibitions and sanctions can not keep her from her passion. The desire to play has long become a menacing addiction.
- Light-hearted comedy about nuns who are constantly dodging attempts by the mayor to take over their cloister in order to create business opportunities for his party supporters. It is in German only.
- So now he has a girlfriend. And what a. In contrast to his big sister Milli, 17-year-old Franz was previously a quiet, shy loner. His parents are all the more impressed when he brings home the pretty, self-confident Zoe one night. Zoe quickly finds her way into the heart of Franz's family. Or is this young woman just telling people what they want to hear because she sees her hidden addictions? After an intoxicating night, Zoe disappeared and Franz's heart was broken. He has to see her again and goes looking for Zoe.
- Under suspicion crime series.
- When three generations of one family temporarily have to live together under one roof chaos ensues.
- Pastor Tonio and family therapist Julia know each other from their youth. Julia returns to her Bavarian homeland after years in Berlin to take up a position as a family therapist at the church, but the locals distrust her.
- Frederike Bader will ihrem ehemaligen Zeugenschützer Jochen Mohn helfen. Der hat einen Verdacht: Ist der neue Lebensgefährte seiner Ex-Frau, Anwalt Jürgen Ritter, Handlanger organisierter Geldwäscher? Offiziell kann Mohn - inzwischen Passauer Kripo-Chef - gegen Ritter nicht ermitteln. Die Berliner Ex-Polizistin Frederike begibt sich mit Privatdetektiv Ferdinand Zankl auf die Spur des Anwalts, der sich gerade eine Auszeit hinter Klostermauern verordnet. Frederike folgt ihm dorthin, doch die Bekanntschaft währt nicht lange: Der Anwalt verstirbt in einer Meditationsrunde - plötzlicher Herztod. Ritters überraschendes Ableben löst eine Kette von Ereignissen aus, bei der Bader and Zankl am Ende in den niederbayerischen Wäldern um ihr Leben bangen müssen.
- While studying in Milan, the talented glass designer Marie Haller fell in love with the young nobleman Max, the heir to the traditional Wartenborg crystal cutting factory. After the announcement of their spontaneous marriage, it wasn't just the Wartenborgs who were amazed. Marie's mother Hanna also panics because she has to confess to her daughter that she had an affair with Max's father Julius von Wartenborg 20 years ago: Marie married her half-brother. Shortly afterwards, Max dies under tragic circumstances. Julius' wife Alexa and the imperious patriarch Johannes von Wartenborg blame Marie. Disappointed, she withdraws from her noble relatives and also from her mother. By working in Franz Leitner's crystal cutting factory - the von Wartenborgs' competitor - Marie recovers from the severe blow of fate. Julius, who has now realized that Hanna is the true love of his life, seeks contact with his illegitimate daughter. But Marie believes he is only interested in her talent as a designer and wants to poach her for the von Wartenborgs. Only when Marie realizes that she is just being used by Leitner, who is planning a hostile takeover of von Wartenborg's crystal cutting factory, does she understand where her real place is.
- Simon falls head over heels in love with pretty and quick-witted Verena. When his father, who suffers from schizophrenia, has a relapse, Simon devotes himself completely to his mother and little sister and endangers his budding romance. Maneuvering himself into a near-fatal situation, Simon realizes that he cannot change the others' lives, but only his own... 'Flights of Fancy' is an emotionally gripping account of a first love and of a son's loyalty to his father, played with mesmerizing intensity by sensational newcomer Jonas Nay and by internationally acclaimed Tobias Moretti. Both actors were honored with the Best Actors Prizes at Bavarian Film Award 2013 for their outstanding performances.
- Die Konditorin Roswitha Hertel (Bettina Mittendorfer) bekommt Überraschungsbesuch aus Texas: Dave Henigan (Jeff Zach) will der Geschichte seines Vaters nachspüren, einem US-Soldaten, der nach Kriegsende in Passau stationiert war. Roswitha und ihr Halbbruder Arthur (Charles M. Huber) hoffen mit dem Auftauchen des Texaners mehr über ihre eigene Familiengeschichte zu erfahren. Hier wittert Mia Bader (Nadja Sabersky), angehende Journalistin beim "Passauer Kurier", sofort eine spannende Story. Doch als Mia nachts verfolgt wird und der Texaner spurlos verschwindet, befürchtet ihre Mutter Frederike Bader (Marie Leuenberger), Ex-Polizistin aus Berlin, dass ihre Zeugenschutz-Tarnung aufgeflogen ist: Das unkonventionelle Ermittler-Duo Frederike und Privatdetektiv Ferdinand Zankl (Michael Ostrowski) sucht fieberhaft nach den Zusammenhängen aller Vorkommnisse.
- In a bus, a dead man lies next to a dummy bomb, who died from an overdose of insulin. Germeringer junior can quickly identify the perpetrator: a prostitute at Munich's Ostbahnhof. But the murderer's motives remain a mystery.
- Als die Kinder der Familie Sonntag in ihr Elternhaus zurückkehren, ist Chaos vorprogrammiert.
- Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.
- After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.
- The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.
- A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.
- Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.
- Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.
- After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.
- In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.