In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg, goes to a meeting with the Fuhrer in charge of exploding the place. However, Hitler survives and the officers are executed. This unsuccessful operation was called "Valkyrie Operation", and this realistic movie discloses this true event.
On a winter morning, a mother goes to waken her son Heinrich; his bed is empty. She leaves her flat to find him. The neighbors' door, with a Star of David painted on it, is ajar, the furnishings in disarray, the family gone. She asks passersby, runs to the police then on to the rail yard. Flashbacks show that Heinrich and the neighbors' son Paul are six years old and best friends. Paul's family's deportation is expected soon; Heinrich's mother tells her son that they're going to Toyland. Heinrich wants to go with them, has a bag packed, and listens for their departure. His mother realizes he's joined them, and her resolve becomes more urgent. Will she arrive in time to save Heinrich?
Martina and her partner Ralf, who run a restaurant together in Cologne, enjoy their holiday in Brittany - until one day Ralf does not return from a sailing trip. The Breton police believe in a sailing accident and make Martina little hope that her friend has survived. But Martina does not want to accept Ralf's death and begins a desperate search on the coast of Brittany. However, when this remains in vain, Martina returns to Germany.
Anne Berger, wife and mother of two children, is looking forward to the family vacation on Sylt. However, on the day of departure, she must learn that her husband Stefan has an affair with his assistant. So Anne sets off with her children alone. In order not to be found for Stefan, she lodges in a small guesthouse, which is run by the somewhat grumpy, but kind-hearted Lina Hansen. While Anne finds an admirer in Lina's son, the idiosyncratic Fischer Jan, Stefan also makes his way to the holiday island. He is remorseful and wants to win Anne back at any cost.
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates teamwork and sticks the intern with what seems a classic tabloid story about the suicide of a man who had himself torn to shreds by a lion at the zoo. But thanks to the intern’s dogged determination, signs emerge that the story Fabian was working on and the gory zoo story are actually interlinked. Is it pure coincidence? And if it isn’t, how can Fabian fight a nebulous enemy?
Séverine is haunted by a reocurring dream that makes her doubt her relationship with her boyfriend. She decides to spent a couple of days alone at the seaside to think everthing over. But instead, she’s got to face violent criminals and her own primal fears.
New York lawyer Alicia Charles faces a challenge: to help penniless globetrotter Will in a custody battle over his godchild Linus. The nine-year-old Linus lost his parents in a car accident. Will wants custody of his godchild, although as a poor globetrotter he has little chance. He is not even related to the boy. He cannot present more than a snippet from a family video that identifies him as a godfather.
The king turns 70 in a few days, when he is supposed to give up his crown. His sister has waited for this day all her life: Finally, she will step out of her brother's shadow and assume power in the realm. Or will the king's son assume the throne instead? Only if he has a princess at his side.
Two brothers start a sportswear company in the 1920s, hoping to make the best shoes in the world. Their relationship deteriorates until they become bitter rivals.
Nick Neufeld was abused by some classmates, and a judge sentences the main offender to 120 hours of gardening. All good? No: mother Beate sees that Nick is skipping school out of fear and withdrawing more and more. She wants the perpetrators to be expelled from school and the teachers to be held accountable. But for others, the case has long since been closed...
Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, close to the border, people are not prepared to accept this development. When one of the residents accidentally learns of a secret plan from the SED district leadership, which reveals that all unruly residents are to be forcibly relocated in just a few days, the people of Böseckendorf spontaneously decide to flee en masse. But can an entire village escape the GDR state power unnoticed overnight?
Medical-technical assistant Marlen and her husband Henning are happily married, but are unable to have children. They decide to adopt a Chilean girl and hopefully set off for Puerto Montt, where the child lives in an orphanage. After some time, when the ice finally breaks between them, a dramatic incident shocks the parents.
Ever since his wife Paula left him, Felix Keller has been holed up in his apartment, and it is only right that the residents avoid him. But then a leaking water pipe, which turns his apartment into a damp biotope, forces him to make contact with the outside world. The water damage was caused by Marie in the apartment above him. Of all things, Felix is partly to blame for a car accident in which her daughter Amelie broke her leg
A secret love affair puts the friendship between two women to a painful test.
Eva, a single mother of two children, like many job seekers before her, falls victim to a fraudster who talks her into buying a knitting machine. What initially looks like a huge flop turns out to be a real gap in the market thanks to Eva's cleverness. Shortly afterwards, she falls in love with her neighbor Jan. But dark clouds soon gather...
Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The war has scarred this generation, but now things are supposed to be looking up. The workers want their fair share and are fighting for an income that also gives them room to live. In October 1956, 34,000 metalworkers in the shipyards and factories of Schleswig-Holstein walk off the job to fight for justice and their dignity. This strike is still regarded as the toughest and longest in Germany. Employers and politicians stand in the strikers' way.
The wedding of investment advisor Christian Zeiler to Katharina Buchheim, the daughter of a wealthy family, is just around the corner. On the eve of his wedding, his friends Victor and Paul treat him to a huge cake to say goodbye to his bachelorhood. When the enchanting Miriam jumps out of it, Christian is so impressed that the upcoming wedding is almost forgotten. But there is a good reason for his marriage to Katharina: Christian is heavily in debt and is constantly on the run from angry creditors to whom he has sold unsuccessful investments.
The former boxer Ronald has lost his short-term memory after an accident. Now nothing is the same. Roland's world has no future, and the past only exists in his mind up until his accident.
Stefan's mother is interviewed by a television crew at her home. On the subject of how a single mother, who is actively involved in the work process, copes, the son, who is present, only gives snotty answers. Stefan works as an apprentice bricklayer and helps to build the French Cathedral on Berliner Platz der Akademie. On the day of his 18th birthday, he tells his mother that he is moving out. In his new surroundings, Stefan meets Christel, a telegram messenger, with whom he falls in love. An attempt to spend a night together in his mother's spare apartment fails, as Christel immediately wants to tie him down. Stefan's mother also arrives earlier than expected. She still hasn't given up on her son. There is a lot of trouble when she catches him working as a toilet attendant in a pub.
Germany, two days before the general election. In the popular talk show "Sechs gegen Neunzig", the shrewd presenter Frederic Neunzig offers the party candidates the opportunity to present their election platforms one last time. Harald Müllbeier, head of the temporary employment agency "Time for Talents", also sits on the panel as the voice of the people. While everyone is still fighting for their positions in the heated discussion, a woman storms into the studio and takes politicians and the company boss hostage.
Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from the weatherman of a local station to the newsreader in Hamburg.
A former German officer is coming back to USSR in order to help to clear land mines he put during the war.
Just a few minutes ago, Paul Lohmann picked up a hitchhiker at the side of the road when he suddenly sees himself lying badly injured in his car. His car has overturned after a crash and Paul is angry about his apparent demise. He was just about to get his career off to a flying start and get his family life back on track. He still had so much planned! Then the hitchhiker, who turns out to be an angel, explains to him that he is in an intermediate world and still has a chance to overturn his fate. But Paul keeps experiencing situations from his past. Will he manage to turn the catastrophe around in time and prevent the car accident?
Holly Shaw wants to prove her writing talent in a reading of her romance novel. But she achieves the exact opposite with the cynical reporter Aaron Kingsley. On the way to her car, Holly is attacked. Her papers, her books, her coat and her shoes are found by the police on the riverbank.
Lara was severely traumatised as a child and every day this trauma catches up with her. During a photo session, she falls in love with Conrad, a writer who has just been released from prison. What Conrad doesn't know is that everyone around her knows the burden Lara lives with. Her uncle Markus resorts to drastic means to save Lara and risks losing her forever.
While junior boss Beatrice fights for the survival of the textile manufacturer Brunhausen, her mother Karla wants to sell the company. The investor comes in the shape of the attractive Thomas Berger. Beatrice, who has no time for a private life, keeps the supposed holiday guest at a distance. When she finally acknowledges her feelings for him, she has to realize that he is different than expected.