A comedy about three men who have reached the lowest rung on the social ladder. This story about lust for life and miracles that are possible only with the aid of extraordinary women unfolds at a place which reflects life, love and death like no other.
The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.
Boat builder Helen Brody and insurance agent Liam Shaw couldn't be more different - at least at first glance. Nevertheless, fate brings them together. When Helen's husband Jonah is left at sea after a storm, Liam is supposed to pay out her life insurance a year later. But first Jonah has to be officially declared dead. However, there are growing doubts as to whether he is really dead. In order to find out the truth about Jonah's disappearance, Helen and Liam have to team up and follow Jonah's trail. In doing so, they not only get closer to the truth. They discover more and more things in common and fall in love. But just at the moment when Helen could finally let go of Jonah, he turns up again. Helen is faced with a dilemma that takes her to her emotional limits.
Frank Drannemann, a passionate star chef and single father, is in a professional and private crisis. Since the tragic accidental death of his beloved wife, the soul of the gourmet restaurant "La Vie", business has been bad. Daughter Franzi, handicapped by a stiff knee joint since the accident, doesn't let anyone get near her. The little son Michael also feels neglected, because Frank mainly concentrates on cooking. When preparing his famous lobster or seasoning one of his irresistible sauces, the gourmet chef is in his element. But Frank has lost sight of reality: Since the friendly reception from Frank's wife has been missing, far too few guests appreciate his exquisite cuisine, and so "La Vie" is on the verge of bankruptcy.
When being sent to a boarding school for classical music, teenager Julia discovers rock music - and rock musicians. Torn between these two musical worlds, she has to find her own way.
Christmas is coming, and Linda knows exactly what she wants as a gift. For a start she needs a father. Then - a mother. And if you just be lost in daydreams - little brother or sister. Linda is 9 years old orphan. She understands that Santa Claus will not be able to fulfill her wish. And if she needs a father, she should find him by herself! ..
Because of shoplifting and property damage Jessie Fischer, a single mother with a rather big mouth, is sentenced to charitable work in a nursing home. There she meets Walter Voss, known as the General. The fate of the grumpy pensioner, who was disenfranchised by his adult children and deported to the home, touches her and she decides to fight for him. But when the general's expensive pocket watch disappears, Jessie, already convicted of theft, is suspected. But the general stops by and they both embark on an adventurous journey to the sea.
Two couples on vacation in the Austrian alps is a recipe for adultery? Dr. Helmut Baer falls on the first day there and twists his leg. The lady next door is a masseuse. She stays behind while their spouses go with the children on an overnight hike in the mountains. Both couples become tempted by each other, but only one acts upon it. Adultery is in the air!
Alice Tanner, chief analyst of a rating agency, almost made it to the top in the main metropolis of Frankfurt. Then Michael von Marck is served to her as a competitor. Because one of the company chairpersons expressed doubts about Alice's judgment when it became known that she had a one-night stand with a married customer. Alice gets support from her friend from the bowling club and her half-sister: a secretly hidden bug in the men's washroom in the office complex of the rating agency is supposed to reveal the strategies of the male competitors to the female eavesdropper
Lotte has two children, an ex who doesn't pay and a job that is shaky. Meanwhile, investment banker Matthias sits alone in his luxury mansion. It takes a while for the mismatched couple to find each other. And then Matthias jeopardizes his happiness by concealing the fact that his bank is in the process of destroying Lotte's company.
Stefan Ahrens works very successfully as a tax consultant. One day at a wedding he meets the attractive tax official Ulrike Stechlin, with whom he immediately falls in love. Unfortunately, the two are unable to exchange addresses and only meet again a few weeks later... Stefan Ahrens represents his client Adele Auerwald, whose hotel is undergoing a tax audit, which Ulrike is in charge of. The conflict of interest also causes friction in the private sphere and it takes quite a long time for Stefan and Ulrike to get closer again... Normally you don't kiss public prosecutors, but in this lively comedy the same applies to tax officials: great entertainment for the whole family!
It's clear to the children: single dad Peter and his colleague Anja belong together. But the widower is too scatterbrained, and when he wins a sports car in a competition, he finds himself in bad company: with the car, he attracts the attention of the glamorous but ice-cold PR snipe Xenia...
A comedy directed by Jürgen Bretzinger.
After more than 20 years, the marriage of Bevon consultant Thea and car mechanic Rainer has been worn down by years of routine. Thea lacks appreciation from her family and no longer has access to her teenage daughter Janina. Her husband Rainer is still mourning his missed chance of a career as a rock star and is hopelessly at odds with his son Patrick. When Heinrich Bittner, a supposedly close friend of Thea's deceased father, suddenly moves in with the Cronpichels, Thea enjoys his presence and begins to see her life with new eyes. But is the charming and mysterious Heinrich really who he claims to be?
Assistant Pastor Josef Mohr arrived in Oberndorf in 1818. In a time of political upheaval and economic hardship he writes a Christmas carol together with the teacher Franz Gruber. The main roles in Franz Xaver Bogners fictive history of the most famous Christmas song in the world "Das ewige Lied" play Tobias Moretti, Heio von Stetten and Erwin Steinhauer.
A presumed virus outbreak during a flight from south Asia to Munich. Most of all, the scientific premise is utterly wrong. Retroviruses is shown as multiplying in erythrocytes, which lack a) DNA (necessary for retrovirus replication) and b) the enzymatic apparatus for multiplying any viral nucleic acids.
After 16 years, Sabine travels back to her home village. The occasion is a class reunion. She wants to return to Vienna that very evening. She has only come anyway because things are still not settled between her and her childhood sweetheart Leonhard. The joy of their reunion is overshadowed by the disappearance of his daughter. The events awaken a sense of déjà vu in her. In addition, she learns of the suicide of her former best friend. She directs her suspicions towards her former teacher, the village's great patron, Dr. Körbler. "Körbler loves children", she writes on a note, which she anonymously passes to Leonard. The girl had tutored with Körbler before she disappeared. Sabine obviously has good reason to suspect the seemingly harmless old man.
The Taschenbiers could actually lead quite a contented life - if it weren't for the strange fact that if you have a Sams in your home for 10 years, you slowly but steadily become a Sams yourself. And this is exactly what happens to Mr. Taschenbier. You can't see his recurring transformations from the outside. But his behavior changes all the more: he's just as greedy, chirpy and cheeky as our Sams. But when he changes back again, he can't remember anything. And what only we know: If Sams stays with the Taschenbiers, then this transformation will continue until Mr. Taschenbier himself has completely turned into a Sams!
The ENT doctor dr. Arnold Fischer, called Arnie, always tries to please everyone. His friend and colleague Gregor is quite different: Purposeful and enterprising, he thinks especially of his own progress. Together, they want to expand the practice to a state-of-the-art tinnitus center. For this they need the neighboring apartment, but lives in the Mathilda, in which the shy Arnie is secretly in love. He does not have the heart to show Mathilda out of the apartment. And so Gregor tries with not always fine methods to get rid of the unpleasant tenant - which ends in a complete disaster ...
The action of the melodrama takes place in the late 19th century, in an idyllic mountain village. Behind the façade of law and morality there is stubbornness, depravity and fear. As a dedicated teacher , Franz Gattl has been caring for the children of the mountain village for years . The kids love him.The progressive assistant teacher is a thorn in the side of the village priest Kleiber, who reports to Franz , and he uses every opportunity to spoil his future ; Especially when he found out about his assistant teacher 's love for Anna Rissbacher . When Anna becomes pregnant , he sees hishour has come. The young couple has to leave their home country head over heels .
An ageing physics professor finds himself in an old people's home against his will after suffering a stroke.
Jackies' quiet life as a housewife and English teacher ends abruptly when her husband informs her that he is leaving her for a younger woman. In a quest for revenge, Jackie makes arrangements with a plastic surgeon for a general overhaul with the goal of landing a younger husband. A newspaper leads her to Peter who is as bored by his insurance job as he is by the young women he has been dating. Written by John W. Wrist
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.
Andreas Kramer wants to save his parents' carpentry business from ruin. His brother Jojo persuades him to join a shady shareholders' club. Andreas does indeed make some money. But shortly afterwards Jojo disappears and the club boss is found murdered. Andreas is suspected of the crime.
"Mom, tell her he exists!" Taffy begs her mother Julia. Her stupid classmate doesn't believe that Taffy's father, supposedly a polar explorer, really exists. So Julia fibs that he's coming to visit for Christmas. But Robert has actually absconded before his daughter is born. Where to conjure up a daddy now? Julia persuades her colleague Volker to step in. Everything is going well when the "real Robert" turns up...
Ulli wants to surprise his partner Susanne with a very special gift: a painter to paint a portrait of her. When Markus Marberg arrives at Susanne's house, it turns out that the two of them know each other from school. However, they didn't like each other at all in the past... During the portrait sessions, which Susanne is initially reluctant to attend, they both confess that they were actually in love with each other at school. Suddenly the two are overcome by old feelings...
The film is based on a true story about HIV-contaminated blood products in Germany in the 1980s. The brothers Ralf, Stefan and Thomas are hemophiliacs and live in constant fear of injury. When a new type of coagulant comes onto the market, they seem to be able to lead a normal life. It soon becomes apparent that a disproportionate number of hemophiliacs are contracting HIV, but the Federal Health Office remains inactive. Stefan is the first to die, but he is only diagnosed with pneumonia. While Ralf does not want to accept this, his brother Thomas refuses to accept it, as he is afraid of his family being ostracized by society if his HIV disease becomes public. This leads to a bitter argument between the brothers.
Christine and her friend Linda live together and get on very well - except when it comes to men. While Christine is still mourning her ex-boyfriend, Linda takes things like sex and relationships rather casually. Barbara, the third in the group, is completely different: she has been in steady hands for seven years and still believes in the one great love.
For organic farmer Andi Gruber, the single father of his eleven-year-old daughter Lena, his world suddenly collapses when it turns out that his cattle are contaminated with harmful substances and have to be slaughtered by the authorities. His livelihood is threatened. He desperately tries to find out what the pollutants are and how his cattle could have been contaminated. He goes to biochemist Dr. Kroetz and finds him dying, fatally wounded by a bolt gun. As Andi was seen at the scene of the crime, he is suspected of murder and is wanted. After he knows his daughter Lena is safe with his sister on the neighboring farm, Andi takes up the fight. With the help of young scientist Silvie Kraus, he discovers that an entire cartel of abattoir operators, chemical companies, vets and politicians are apparently testing new vaccines on the farmers' livestock without their knowledge and are not even afraid of murder.
Crying children, changing diapers, baby food - everything around Jan seems to revolve around having children. Not only is his best friend Theo a new father, but his sister-in-law Marion's children also keep the successful engineer on his toes. So it's all the better that Jan's marriage to Hanna is a child-free zone. Until now - because Hanna's family plans are becoming more and more concrete... When she brings up her desire to have children one evening, a heated argument develops that ends in a compromise: To test whether the couple is even ready to take responsibility for a child, they first want to look after a dog for a few weeks. If that goes well, they can start thinking about having a baby. A short time later, bulldog Lucky moves in with them and causes a huge stir in the couple's lives...
6 weeks before her 18th birthday Katharina inherits her mothers farm with all it's problems. At the funeral she meets her two uncles, which she never met before, but turn out to be very helpful.
Christine Keller, successful at work, but still single, has a burning desire for a child. However, the search for the right father gave her up in frustration. She would like to have a child without a husband - but where does she get a grower from? Isa, her best friend from youth days, would love to help and has a tricky idea: Fabian, Isa's partner, should be "loaned" to the girlfriend - and may not notice. But the not quite everyday friendship service has unimaginable consequences.
Vacation in Mauritius! Frank Kowalski simply treats himself to one with his wife Sandy and son Jochen. When the Ossi happens to save the blasé Renate von Zangenheim from a purse snatcher, her husband Hubertus wants to return the favor with a dinner. But the subsequent trip on the Protzwessis' yacht ends fatally in a fiasco. Shipwrecked, both families end up stranded on an uninhabited island...
The talented, young veterinarian Dr. Tana Fechner falls in love with the riding stable owner Bernhard Bausch. However, love is not a good star, because the doctor is suspected of killing two of Bausch's horses in order to support her work on a rare virus by presenting suitable cases.
Lilian has had enough of men and says goodbye to the world of men for the time being. But due to a technical error, she keeps getting calls from a stranger called Marc. He wants to conquer her and pretends to be the Italian Michele.
Passionate horse breeder Saskia lives a secluded life at her idyllic stud farm in the Rhineland. One day, however, the well-established everyday life of the shy woman is thrown into disarray: Her childhood friend Andrea dies in an accident and Saskia is asked to take care of her daughter Lucy, at least temporarily, as her godmother. Not an easy task, as the 16-year-old had lived with her mother in London and doesn't know what to do with the monotonous country life.
After separating from her husband Werner, who now has a new wife, Paula lives alone with her young son Philipp. After the little boy runs away from home, the ex and his new wife try everything to take advantage of the situation. It doesn't all seem to be right either, because shortly afterwards there is a fire in Paula and Philipp's apartment - and it looks as if someone set the fire on purpose.
A gamekeeper sets out to Berlin with a tame bear and a journalist to free a bear cub from the clutches of animal dealers.
After the death of his spouse Robert Senden,professor of literature in Graz (Austria) has become a solitary man.His housekeeper, the Italian Maria hardly tolerates his pedantry.Suddenly Maria must travel to Italy for family reasons and Robert Senden will take care of Rick, Maria's godchild till Thomas, the father of Ricky can come for him.But bad news Thomas had an accident and stays now in an hospital.Ricky is desperate and escape from Graz to Italy and Robert Senden will follow him and now begins some days of rest in the house of Maria's mother.
Anna is a farmer with heart and soul. Until now, there has been no room for men in her life, but now it's high time. Her father Hans and mother Elisabeth want to retire and hand over the farm to her. But Anna can't manage the work alone, and she can't afford an employee. A husband is needed. He should be attractive, humorous, intelligent and imaginative as far as the erotic side is concerned. And above all: a farmer, organic of course! Internet dating doesn't prove to be very helpful in her search. On top of that, her parents want to set her up with her sandpit friend Ludwig.
Gregor Schnitzler's heartbreaking drama focuses on a traumatized woman, who has to deal with a clinging young girl. After one of her students has died tragically, Thea Winkler quit her job as a teacher, and her husband Michael wants to end their marriage. She avoids to much contact with other people, but the grumpy woman -unfortunately- gets to know Rosa, a 10 years old overweight girl, searching for a substitute mother...
During a business meeting at the Exotarium, beauty journalist Eva Christ falls over a bucket of fish. This rude misstep not only brings her into the life of the likeable zookeeper Max Hay, but also causes her a tricky relationship problem: Her growing affection for the unconventional zookeeper jeopardizes her long-term relationship with her lover. Karl, who has two children with his wife Ines and works as a lawyer in his father-in-law's office, leads a perfectly organized double life - until rival Max crosses his path.
In the Bavarian provinces around 1880, waitress Zilli gets into bed with young priest Michel. Pregnant and rejected, she flees to Munich and promptly falls under the wheels. A dubious procuress wants to force Zilli into prostitution.
The Berlin teacher Anna Wiegand takes over the management of the elementary school of a contemplative Black Forest village. But the attempt of the dedicated teacher to bring a fresh breeze into the well-worn school life, met with her stubborn colleagues in the province on little love. When Anna also approaches the local size, Count Alexander von Schönberg, whose daughter reveals a long covered reading weakness, she finally brings him up against her.
Magdalena has to wash glasses at her own graduation ball. Rudi, who is in love with her, has to endure the presence of her boyfriend Julian. Julian doesn't have to do anything, but lets his mother look after him. They are united by one wish: To find their own path in life - not an easy task when, firstly, there is no guidance and, secondly, the dear family with all its lived compromises, lost ideals and a good dose of resignation stands in the way.
Management consultant Max Tanner is an airman as he stands in the book. This painful experience must make his new friend Anna, as she caught him just on her birthday with another. In her anger, Anna cursed him with the words "From now on you are air!" And indeed, from that moment Max is invisible to all the world. For Max, who was used to everything revolving around him, a situation as unpleasant as it was instructive. After the first shock, however, he does everything possible to become visible again and to recapture Anna's heart.
While his wife Linda jets through the world as a pilot, the architect Jan Weber takes care of the son as a full-time houseman. When Jan unexpectedly slips into an affair with the equally successful and attractive businesswoman Sophie Berger, who also makes a comeback in his professional life, Jan faces a difficult decision: Will he continue to stay a houseman or return to work as a "real man"?
A child death in a small german town dismay its inhabitants, who start to think that the death is related with an old leyend.
The lively Else does not allow herself to be restricted by the Jewish traditions that are intensively cultivated in her family.
Oscar and Elle have been married for 25 years and, in the eyes of their daughter Lexie, they have the perfect marriage. But appearances are deceiving Oscar and Elle have lost the desire of the past. It will be his friend Oscar who will propose a solution that will revive their relationship: allow themselves a betrayal without affecting the feelings they have for each other.
Ever since the death of his wife, the famous and once highly-respected general Michael Strogoff has fallen steadily into a state of decrepitude.
Five friends from diplomatic circles (including Thomas Heinze) strap on their skis. At the suggestion of the Russian cultural attaché Dimitri, they want to search for their missing friend Jack in the Alps. Mountain guide Monika (Carin C. Tietze) joins them on site. Suddenly the group is targeted by a gunman...Great nature shots and fast-paced action make up for the small lapses in logic.
Unemployed Nikki (37) is taken to a movie set for the first time by his uncle Olaf (67) as a security guard. But the seemingly casual job of briefly stopping a few pedestrians and motorists during the takes turns into a series of failures.
The Munich business lawyer Marc is not happy: Instead of going to New York as planned, he has to travel to the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at short notice to represent his sick grandfather as a pub owner for four weeks. The lawyer juggles millions of dollars every day - it should be easy for him to get grandpa's ailing tavern going with Western know-how. But the down-to-earth Ossis are not in the mood for tapas and Thai food. Marc only realizes this when he gets to know and love the young, single parent Carmen. When Marc's fiancée Lisa shows up, decisions are pending.
Kaminsky is a long-distance driver disappointed both in life and other people. His last duty as a drives takes him to Estonia where he decides to fulfill an old promise. By chance, Kaminsky meets an Estonian cellist Stella on his road. Her career in Germany has ended already before it ever started. Kaminsky's trailer truck is being steadily followed by a catafalque where an Estonian beginner bank robber Wolf is chasing his eluded prey. Undertaker Manfred with dark past tries to lead Wolf closer to God. In Estonia, everyone's wishes will come true, even if not exactly the way they ...
Anna, an outstanding software specialist, is entrusted with the creation of a computer program designed to ensure the most complete possible surveillance of the immigrant scene. The fact that her boyfriend, Max Haugsdorff, is head of section at the Ministry of the Interior and as such also responsible for foreign police agendas, is probably one of the coincidences of affection and for both of them - at least initially - devoid of any professional calculation. The relationship becomes more difficult when Anna meets the young Turk Hikmet.
To reveal the secrets of a photo and a postcard of her late mother, the art historian Lena goes to St. Veit, where she wants to climb the Simonskopf. To do this, Lena first has to learn to climb. The attractive hotelier and mountain guard Martin helps her overcome her fear of heights. The two fall in love. Then it turns out that Martin's father and Lena's mother knew each other very well.
Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped Ruth escape. Hannah, Ruth's daughter engaged to a gentile, goes to Berlin to find the woman, Lena Fisher, now 90. Posing as a journalist investigating intermarriage, Hannah interviews Lena who tells the story of a week in 1943 when the Jewish husbands of Aryan women were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse. The women gather daily for word of their husbands. The film goes back and forth to tell Ruth and Lena's story. How will it affect Hannah?
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere - stranded in the South African savanna: After an emergency landing, the von Zangenheims and the Kowalskis are fighting for survival in the wasteland. Two parents, who are both about to separate, actually wanted to celebrate the wedding of their offspring on a farm in South Africa. But instead of feasting in the lap of luxury, they now have to hold their own against snakes, lions and hippos... Will they make it to the festival in time?
The "men's vacation" that her husband, the owner of an advertising agency, treats himself to for a week every year turns into a nightmare when his wife finds out that the agency is bankrupt and her husband is wanted for fraudulent bankruptcy.
When Hanna (Fanny Krausz) unexpectedly inherits half of her deceased grandmother's farm in Lower Bavaria, the young woman's life is turned upside down. Because the testamentary conditions have it all! She has to run the farm for four weeks with her cousin Max (Daniel Gawlowski) and worse: spend every night there - otherwise everything goes to church. A bad time, because Hanna is about to step into Alex's Munich coffee bar. And it just so happens that Alex (Matthias Gärtner) is also the man of her dreams. Hanna throws herself into adventure and tries to master the balancing act between town and country. But the longer she is in her old home, the more she realizes her true longings. She doesn't just uncover a family secret,
A woman is faced with a big decision. As the young mother of a 15-year-old son, she believes she has missed out on something. Without further ado, she leaves her husband, who is 30 years her senior, and rediscovers life with a sporty surfer.
For their bicycle tour to Catmoor, the friends Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin Georgina, called George, and her dog Timmy have long looked forward to. But the camping holiday in the countryside ends with the kidnapping of Dick, confuse the two underprivileged hoodlums with the same age millionaire's son Hardy. With sophistication and courage, the five friends take on his trail that leads from a mysterious traveling circus to the castle "Owls Nest" where the kidnappers force Dick to coax the clue to a giant emerald.
In court for violations of the Foreign Trade and Payments Act and the War Weapons Control Act, the managers of HSW try to wriggle out of the trial while their opponents in Mexico search for evidence.
42-year-old Anna is happily single and doesn't want to be tied down for life. Her best friend Daisy, who wants nothing more than a marriage proposal, and Anna's daughter Clara, who is planning her lavish dream wedding, are completely different. All the hustle and bustle unexpectedly throws Anna into an identity crisis.