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To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.

Countess Irma finds Empress Sisi in Greece, away from the etiquette of the Austro-Hungarian court. They live in freedom, but no matter how much they resist, in the end they are left with only one fatal path that will bind them forever.

A woman in the early 17th century, who is disguised as a man and wants to be a good citizen at any cost.

At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything.

A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways, and all of them have dark sides which may shock us to the core.

Intelligence expert Martin Behrens supplies information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist. Then his lover - a political journalist - is killed in a terrorist attack. Martin starts to investigate on his own.

Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and beatings are a daily occurence. It is hard for Kevin to establish himself. Especially Marc and Andy are after him. He's afraid of not sticking it out. Only Tommy gives him an amicable advice: In this system, you're either a victim or a culprit. If he doesn't want to be a loser anymore, he has to start fighting. A piece of advice that will trigger most dire consequences...

Concluding with Bückling: Frederick Schopner (Volker Bruch) is fed up with the fact that his so-called team colleagues have the laurels for his ideas. At the upcoming outdoor company event, he is finally able to give the three distinguished egomanians a lesson in "High Performance". But team optimization in the Hochseilgarten was yesterday. PR manager Vanessa Kramer (Lavinia Wilson) wants to land a press coup and is based on unusual methods: she lets a perfect hostage take place - however, from detached actors. For the two spaghetti Western actors, nothing is closer than to improve their salary with real ransom and real weapons. While Vanessa is doing everything to cover up the breakdown in front of her boss (Hanns Zischler) and the media representatives present, the inexperienced hostesses have to deal with quite different problems: how to make it clear to the successful managers that they are no longer in an ingenious Rolling game?

Violent youth gangs and a police force way out of its depth. When a police operation goes awry and two policemen die, the powder keg threatens to ignite as the SWAT team knows only one goal: revenge - irrespective of the law.

Bernd drives with his family to his grandmother's summer house, who has recently died. But the anticipated countryside holiday happiness is spoiled from the beginning.

Hamburg in the 1920s. From the grave, 12-year-old Oscar tells the story of his death. Just days ago, his sarcastic grandpa caught him masturbating and revealed to him, that he must die, if he masturbates one more time. And grandpa is always right. Push comes to shove when grandpa proves his dark prophecy - by dying himself. Inspired by anecdotes of Billy Wilder.

In 2007, a group of young men began planning the largest building in the world - a gigantic pyramid. They envisioned a tomb, 800 meters tall, for the ashes of one billion dead people. People of all nations and faiths, to be built on a field in East Germany. The documentary "The Great Pyramid" features a group of eccentrics who woke up one morning with a huge pyramid-shaped idea, but instead of getting on with their lives they actually decided to see it through. This is the story of their dream, of how they thought they could single-handedly save the German economy, of people who helped them and people who hated them.

After three of her newborn children have died, Klara prays to God to send her a healthy baby. But her violent husband Alois is quick to crush her every desperate hope.

Kerstin, mother of Juliane is very sick and is living in a nursing home. She just wants to die in peace for this she stops drinking and eating, Juliane can do nothing but find a way to accompany her.

Maria is looking for her old pen pal in Poland. 20 years ago she promised Janek to bring him chocolates from Germany. Her husband Christoph joins her reluctantly in her trip. While trying to find Janek's city they meet young Agnieszka, who should show them the way to the village. First the couple exploits the young Pole to carry on their conflicts within their marriage. But soon it turns out that each of the three palters with the others in the dark. Nostalgia for old dreams is Maria's motive. She wants to confront herself with her youth to find out who she is today. But it won't be Janek who shows Maria her current live.

The 11 year old boy Buma lives with his grandparents in the steppe. With a homemade hang-glider he tries to fulfill his dream of flying in that flat region. More often than not his attempts end in falls and injuries though. Only when his grandparents send him to a Buddhist monastery as an apprentice to an old monk, things start to change... A parable

Powerful images of tree and stone are swirled together with the train of thought of a philosopher, hermit and outright weirdo. This is connected with some young people who have free time and the freedom to just roam around.