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At Christmas, the four Maillinger siblings want to spend quality time together in peace and quiet. That's why Miriam, who is now heavily pregnant, invited Anna, Vince and Tom, with their families, to her boyfriend's farm. This project threatens to fail because her unpredictable father Karl appears uninvited in the idyllic wasteland because he is on the run from tax investigators.

A teenager who does not have a good relationship with their parents, travels with them to Africa. During the flight, she notes that his father flirts with a stranger while her mother sleeps. Upon arrival she meets a handsome diving instructor for which she feels a powerful attraction and enrolls in a course to be near him. But in her first dive she suffers an assassination attempt. A surfer saves her from drowning, but when she returns to the hotel no one misses her. Her parents are having dinner with her ​​exact double ...

Franziska only wants the best for her bright grandson Tobias. That's why the retired teacher is very worried when the boy starts to drop off at school. His mother Silke, a hands-on woman from a modest background, is not worried. She doesn't want to raise Tobias to be a bookworm anyway, but is annoyed that her dedicated grandmother spoils the little boy rotten. The fronts harden. After an ugly argument, Silke forbids her grandmother to have any contact with Tobias. Franziska doesn't want to put up with this and goes to court.

A small paper umbrella attracts the attention of Fredo Schulz when chief detectives Milan Filipovic and Lola Karras visit him at the North Sea. A seven-year-old girl has disappeared. Ashley Bols is already the third missing girl. Schulz was unable to rescue the other two. They have still not been found, but Schulz simply knows that they are dead. He also knows who the perpetrator is: Roland Bischoff.

Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.

Mia fulfills her role as a picture-perfect wife and mother of two perfectly. Even too perfectly: Florian, a wealthy dentist who is only ever thinking about his next tennis match, takes his wife's commitment all too much for granted. For their spoiled teenage daughter Sarah and little Leon, mom's all-round service is as normal as the luxurious house with pool. Even her mother-in-law Helga, a dreamy old 68-year-old who lives with the family, doesn't lift a finger in the household. At some point, Mia is at 180: no one recognizes her achievements. This changes when she surprises three burglars in the house next door and behaves so professionally that she is encouraged to attend special training for "older applicants" at the police station.

Swim coach Anne trains her niece Juli for a state championship, sparking clashes with Juli’s mother, Anne’s sister Miriam, who fears Anne’s strict methods stem from her own abrupt, mysterious career halt years ago. At their mother’s 65th birthday, old secrets surface, triggering Anne’s panic attacks - visions of a shadow beneath the pool. Haunted by past disorientation at a key race, Anne must confront her fears to uncover the truth.

A 60-year-old journalist falls in love with a young woman, abandons his wife and children and ends up falling into loneliness.

For more than a decade, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's right-hand man during the infamous Third Reich, assembled a collection of thousands of works of art that were meticulously catalogued.

High season on Usedom. Sophie Thiel has accepted a holiday job and waits tables in the café on the Heringsdorf pier. She becomes friends with her young Polish colleague Jadwiga Gryn. After work, they make their way home together on their bikes. Shortly after the girls have parted ways, Jadwiga is ambushed, drugged and kidnapped.The search for the missing person is the first job that inspector Julia Thiel takes on again after her serious accident. Jadwiga's friend Christoph Dierwald fears the worst.

She is one of the most mysterious icons of the pop world; fame at any price was always her credo: Amanda Lear. She became Salvador Dalí's muse at an early age and had relationships with musicians such as Bryan Ferry, David Bowie and Brian Jones. She developed as a model, painter, writer, singer and androgynous disco queen. "Queen Lear" tells the story of her many lives.

Valerie (Stefanie Stappenbeck) is about to get married to the first and only man she ever slept with. But before that happens, she wants to at least try on other guy. So she asks her friends Minza (Mina Tander) and Edda (Simone Hanselmann) to find her a single and suitable match. When they realize there is no other choice than best man Tim, long buried feeling are revived.

In the feature film "Seed of Terror", a German secret service agent during her assignment abroad in Pakistan recognizes that attacks on civilians in Mumbai are imminent. It does everything in its power to thwart the attacks, but it must experience that their use is counteracted on different levels. Their fight becomes a race against time and various intelligence services.

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a bright future try to manipulate Ann's imagination in such a way that she loses her mind.

Beyond the Day is a 2015 drama about a retired Professor and a taxi driver who accompanies him for a whole day of driving and talking.

German television adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s story The Tell-Tale Heart.

Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840 to the end of the World War I. The story of the so-called German South West Africa (1884-1915) is hideous; a hidden and silenced account of looting and genocide.

Adult dreamer Tristan still lives under his mother's thumb. After she has a health scare, he realizes how much he wants her gone... permanently.

Jean Berlinger is a gentleman and master thief. With playful ease he breaks into well-secured museums and steals their most valuable exhibits. The police are always in the wrong. With the money he receives for the precious loot, he supports retirement homes and homeless shelters. In preparation for his next coup, Berlinger meets the beautiful educator Julia. She runs a kindergarten next to the Egyptian Museum, from which Berlinger wants to steal the world-famous Nefertiti.

Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, they try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will leave them alone.

The film traces the history of the camera obscura, the understanding of perspective and anamorphosis, peepshows and it shows the beauty of historical shadowtheaters and shadow toys.

Pharmacy student Thomas has been in love with his fellow student Denise since the first day of their studies together. But the shy young man doesn't dare to speak to his chosen one. It's only when Denise asks Thomas to give her tutoring that the two come into contact. Shortly afterwards, Denise invites Thomas and his friend Sebastian to her birthday party. There Thomas gets a big opportunity - and takes advantage of it. But then a baseball messes everything up...

Where is Paul Holthaus? The investigative journalist Rommy Kirchhoff, together with his son Max, is looking for the disappeared lobbyist Paul Holthaus, who has negotiated several times in Cape Town on behalf of Lilian Norgren for their agricultural corporation Norgreen Life. Norgren makes it clear to Rommy that the search for the whistleblower is unwanted and puts her and the boy in danger.

Christmas time at the orphanage at Westerheide Castle. However, director Anna Stolberg does not feel like celebrating. Castle owner Witt has instructed estate agent Merkel to initiate the immediate eviction of the building, which is in need of renovation. Anna tries to find a solution with doctor Flimm. But the dismissal is legal...

Baker Katharina Achternhagen and pastry chef Alberto Puccini have been neighbors for almost 20 years. As their ideas about baked goods could not be more different, they have nothing but derision for each other. While Puccini offers real sugar bombs, Achternhagen is only interested in wholemeal products. Both have successful businesses with regular customers for years. The quality of their baked goods also speaks for itself. Puccini wins awards from the bakers' guild year after year and Achternhagen's Kraftmeier bread has also won several awards. Only this year, Achternhagen also won the cake competition with its diet cake. This is mainly due to the fact that the new chairman of the bakers' guild, Günter Zichorius, has secretly fallen in love with Achternhagen.

Bettina and Martin meet again, one year later on New Year's Eve. This time, they are trapped in the backroom of Moosbach's sports hall since Martin risks being beat up once he comes out.

Simone, head of a catering company and mother of Timo and Nelly, separates from her unfaithful husband Stefan.

Anyone looking for Austrian cuisine in Dresden goes to the restaurant "Lieblich an der Elbe" in the idyllic Elbschlösschen, which Maria Lieblich has successfully established together with her friends Steffi Krieg and Carola Bleibtreu. But the bank is breathing down the necks of the ambitious restaurateurs with high loan demands. When the elegant ship owner Hermann Augartner offers them a lucrative catering job, the ladies see their big chance to get out of their business predicament. However, it soon becomes clear that Augartner has no interest in helping the ladies out financially.

Second TV movie to precede the German series Der Clown (1998-2001). On the grave of his parents, who disappeared under terrible circumstances, Max Zander vows to fight crime and terrorism for the rest of his life. He becomes one of the best agents in an elite intervention group. During a dangerous mission, his best friend is killed before his very eyes. To defend the law and justice, he decides to die and be reborn as a ghost: the Clown is born. Max Zander is the Clown!

Acquired in July 1909 by art collector Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929), director general of the Prussian Art Collections and founding director of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, now the Bode-Museum, the Bust of Flora, Roman goddess of flowers, has been the subject of controversy for more than a century.

Architect Willi receives a surprise visit from Rick, who once saved his life. However, his initial joy at Rick’s sudden appearance doesn’t last long. The guest turns out to be a complete idiot with absolutely no tact. To make matters worse, the uninvited guest doesn’t seem to have the slightest intention of leaving. The usually calm host is growing increasingly nervous.

The washed-up pop star “Black Jack” meets the young burglar Jeff Stankowski. He helps him out of a dangerous situation, takes him to Hamburg, and befriends him. Jakob is fascinated by Jeff's profession and the thrill that comes with it. Jeff trains him to be a safecracker, and in return, Jakob promises to make Jeff a huge star in the music business.

Lilo is a resolute woman, creative in her mind and images, until a devastating diagnosis tears her from everyday life and forces her to face unpleasant truths. Without further ado, she makes her escape with the help of the illegal truck driver Sami and unintentionally sets the whole family in motion.

Anne is a sixth grade student. Every school day, with beating hearts, she waits for her to meet Tom in the stairwell to go to school with him, and perhaps there are signs that Tom may return Anne's feelings. The boy is for her something like the first love, which always changes something every day. But more and more Anne has to realize that Tom is interested in another girl, whereby the disappointment with her is great. But when Jens Anne's new companion on the way to school, Anne can overcome her first heartache.

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.

Television entertainment in the southwest from 1954 to the present day: Frank Elstner recalls the best moments, the great shows and the famous stars of television entertainment from the beginnings in the 1950s of SDR, SWF and SR to today's SWR television program. The retrospective with many excerpts shows the great show hosts, such as Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger, Michael Schanze and Paola and Kurt Felix. Memories of the legendary music galas such as "Bonsoir, Kathrin" with Caterina Valente, "Baden-Badener Roulette" from the Kurhaus with the world stars of the time or the various hit shows. In addition, interviews with contemporary witnesses who worked in front of or behind the scenes offer insights into one or two exciting moments in television history.

Thomas Winter crashes his sports plane into the sea off Corsica. His wife Julia is looking forward to four million marks in life insurance. During the settlement, an employee of the insurance company is remarkably helpful - too helpful for the taste of a detective and an inspector who don't really want to believe in an accident. And suddenly the man who was believed dead runs into his not-so-sad widow...

The mountain spirit Rübezahl falls in love with the young maid Rosa. Blind with love, he does not notice that the Baroness of Harrant wants to plunder his gold treasures in order to build a sawmill in the Giant Mountains.

Maggie and Paul senior meet in a chat room. They are so taken with each other that they decide to take the plunge and meet up in real life. There's just one catch: both have made themselves younger - as young as Maggie's daughter Eva and Paul's son Paul junior. The two "children" agree to go on a date instead of their parents, which turns out to be quite a flop. It remains to be seen whether Maggie and Paul will dare to meet in person...

For the young prosecutor Daniela Mauriac, everything seems to be going according to plan. Chief Prosecutor Julius Stern offers her the chance to succeed him. Full of enthusiasm, she throws herself into her first case: a serial killer who calls himself Cupid pierces his victims’ hearts with arrows and arranges their bodies as if they were crucified.

Charlotte resigns without notice when a less qualified person gets the promotion she was working for.

Germany, 1945: The 25-year-old Ellen is active in the resistance movement against the Nazis. When she meets Robert, a charismatic English secret agent, the two begin to have an affair. Ellen is ordered to spy on the German naval officer Hans. He is scheduled to serve as Chief Officer aboard the submarine U 864, which has been given a secret mission. Against her will, Ellen falls for Hans. Although he is engaged to another woman, Hans is strongly attracted to her as well. Eventually, Ellen succeeds in delivering critical information the submarines precise route to Japan. The English had suspected that Hitler planned to deliver his ominous wonder weapon to the weakened Japanese. The U 864 leaves its port. Because the war has been going badly for the Germans, the mood onboard is grim.

A young, talented but penniless tennis player attracts the attention of an ex-champion who offers to train him. He works hard to achieve his meteoric rise, but loses sight of his familiar surroundings and falls in with the wrong friends.

Antonia lives happily with her aristocratic husband on their Bavarian mansion until a child is abducted and their idyll comes to an abrupt end

Using one of the Lumière Brothers' first films of workers leaving the Factory as his starting point, Farocki provides an insight to changes in industrial production, workers' strikes and motion pictures-- via images of workers leaving factories throughout the years.

Daniel gets jostled on a crowded street and imagines teaching the stranger some manners. For Marie, a first date is one thing above all else: pure stress! What if he notices how disturbed she is...? Robert sees the other parents at the playground and is overcome with self-doubt. Alone in her room at night, Yara hears strange noises—a monster or her mom? Karsten is in the fast lane. Whoever slows down loses. Agathe seeks inner peace after a breakup, but the anger remains. And Lenny dreams of Mo, his idol—and of finally being seen.

The story of Buffalo Bill, born William Frederick Cody (1846-1917), a self-made man who went from working as a bison hunter to becoming an international showman who practically created pop culture's idea of the Wild West.