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This family drama deals with a case of Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy, a fabricated illness. Stephanie is an apparently happy single mother of two daughters, Therese and Agnes, although the latter suffers from chronic health problems. When Stephanie's sister Christiane visits them, Agnes collapses during a theater play at their school and later dies in a hospital. Due to Stephanie's odd behavior, Christiane tries to find out the truth about the death of her niece...

After the separation, Julia and Robert try "nesting". But what initially seems good for the children only makes things more complicated for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Marie and seven-year-old Maxi continue to live in the house, while the parents take turns every week. But Robert's only aim with his proposal is to save the house and buy time for Julia to finally come to her senses. Julia, however, doesn't think much of waiting around.

The story of an immigrant Spanish family in Germany. When Isabel's parents decide to go back to Spain, she chooses to stay in Germany. After she meets Manuel, who is half Spanish, she starts to feel homesick.

In England in 1553, the marriage of Queen Mary Tudor to the Spanish crown prince Philip II is being considered. It is Simon Renard's task to force the issue. Maria, however, has lost her heart to Fabiano, who for his part is betraying the queen and is only interested in gaining power. When his relationship with Jane becomes apparent to both her admirer Gilbert and the queen herself, intrigues begin to unfold on several levels...

Matthias, son of popular rural Lutheran pastor Oskar Brendel and his wife Karin, about to graduate without honors unlike his emigrated big brother, is a pubertal rebel and hopelessly in love with local Maren Grothe. After he picks a fight at the village fair with her flirt and storms off, Maren s found comatose under the watchtower. Missing, Matthias is the only suspect, making the clerical family generally mistrusted. Karin finds her son, whose innocence she believes, apprenticing carpentry on the island where his buddy loves with his father Volkmann. Matthias explains he ran having seen his father Oskar refused ending an affair with Maren, who jumped as suicide attempt. The Brendels consider the due consequences.

A comedy of crooks from Zurich's Cheib district: everyone wants to make a fortune. Goran, the owner of a second-hand shop, sells a stolen painting to his friends Don Ermanno from the Italian currency exchange office and Zhu Li from the Chinese strip club. But suddenly the whole neighborhood is interested in the painting. Only one question remains: who is actually ripping off whom?

Criminal networks from Nigeria make money from drug and human trafficking. In their home country, they lure young women with the prospect of a secure future in Europe - a fateful promise. Because it leads to forced prostitution. The women pay thousands of euros for the often illegal journey. Once there, the human traffickers demand the money back and force the young women into prostitution. They are put under psychological pressure by an archaic "Yuyu" ritual intended to prevent them from escaping and escaping their tormentors. "Without demand, the business would not exist," says social worker Princess Inyang Okokon. She herself had fallen into the hands of human traffickers, but managed to get out and is now helping other women to break out of forced prostitution. The documentary accompanies the committed Italian prosecutor Lina Trovato and the German investigator Colin Nierenz in their work and tells of the fate of young Nigerian women who managed to escape from forced prostitution

A summer's day on Lake Chiemsee: children discover the body of a man on a sailing boat. Inspector Hattinger and his colleagues from the Prien police start investigating. Shortly afterwards, a second body is found: The author Annette Kaufmann has been murdered in her vacation apartment. It is a serial murder, the perpetrator seems to know Inspector Hattinger personally and provokes him with bloody clues. There has been a fateful connection between the two murder victims for decades: Both are partly to blame for the death of a young girl who lost her life due to a doctor's blunder.

From the cabinets of curiosities created in Italy during the 16th century to the prestigious cultural institutions of today, a history of museums that analyzes the social and political changes that have taken place over the centuries.

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.

Fun-loving Miri is a genius with numbers. She puts this talent to good use in her job at the town bank in the small village of Hattenstein, where she actively helps her often overburdened boss. When a local winegrower is found dead in a wooded area, she also develops a penchant for detective work. The policeman Nils, one of her old schoolmates, believes it was a sudden heart attack. But Miri's extraordinary powers of deduction tell her that there is something fishy about the case. With the moral support of her ownerless dachshund, Frauchen, she uncovers a large-scale crime in which even the mayor of the town seems to be involved.

Kay Foster has not set foot on the Winley stud farm since her stepsister married Kay's childhood sweetheart. However, when she learns from her father George that an uncontrollable virus is raging there that threatens the existence of the stud farm, the renowned vet puts her feelings aside and travels to her old home, the Hudson Valley - a picturesque region just outside New York. She receives anything but a warm welcome from her stepmother Esther. Esther fears that Kay could jeopardize her daughter Alison's marriage - not unfounded, as Eric soon makes advances to Kay. Kay would prefer to leave again when her father suddenly dies. Esther accuses Kay of having upset George, who has a heart condition, too much and of being partly responsible for his death. Her accusations are not without consequences: Kay feels responsible.

In May 1980, more than 800 people lived for 33 days near Gorleben in the protest camp ‚Free Republic of Wendland‘ and thus prevented for a short time drilling for the planned nuclear waste repository in the nearby salt dome.

In order to be able to marry the princess, the miller boy Hans has to find his way to hell. If he fails to steal three golden hairs from the devil, all is lost.

3 boys and a baby. X-mas is coming and there is a present for 17 years old Frank: his baby daughter. Frank's Mother has gone on a vacation, his father has left the family years ago. Frank will not do the same. He will not desert his child. So - who's going to help? His best friends - Wolle the nice weirdo and Burhan the young turkish macho - decide: if women can raise children real guys like they are can do it too. And the trouble starts....

Anna and Bogdan's decision to say goodbye to each other, made with a heavy heart, is put to the test: Anna is pregnant and decides to have an abortion without involving Bogdan. As is so often the case, however, events in a small community such as the three women at the Pichlerhof cannot be kept secret. Burgi informs Bogdan. But Anna's strategy of silence also involves him in a chain of disastrous misunderstandings. Once again, Anna's thick head gets her into big conflicts. In the end, it is Burgi, the old granny, who turns fate around with her bluntly self-centered wisdom.

In the 2024 elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia, the right-wing extremist party AfD and the socio-culturally right-wing but socio-economically left-wing party BSW performed strongly. A similar result is predicted for Brandenburg. What will the enormous voter support for AfD and BSW mean for the economy, society, culture and local politics in eastern Germany in the future? Will the east of the country become increasingly ungovernable due to the decline of the established parties and the electoral successes of AfD and BSW, will the social mood change or can new compromises be found? In search of answers, the filmmakers accompanied people from Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg for several months, who presented their personal perspectives and life situations and gave insight into their worries, fears, wishes and expectations.

India, the world's largest democracy, has never been a more overtly nationalistic country than since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.

Seven months after marrying and settling on Rosa’s Alpine pasture, fishmonger Hannes flees back to Hamburg. Furious, Rosa follows him to the Hanseatic city.

Psychotherapist Ulf has finally managed to marry his Sarah and become Heinrich's son-in-law, but that's only where the problems begin. Just now, Sarah's parents have planned to visit Ulf's parents for a weekend.

On the banks of the Cauvery River in southern India, wildlife filmmaker Sugandhi Gadadhar studies the behavior of Asian otters. On one of the subcontinent's most dynamic waterways, a conflict has arisen between these small carnivorous mammals and fishermen, whose livelihoods also depend on the river's resources.

To the dismay of his tradition-conscious father, the young Count Carl von Wildberg-Reutlingen has become engaged to a commoner. When his older brother Alexander dies in a hunting accident, Carl finds himself in the role of heir to the house. In order to prevent the family estate from falling to the state, Carl has to sacrifice his great love, as he must now continue the family line by marrying a noblewoman.

Vera Urban is on a ski holiday with her children. Her two admirers - the sailor Winter and Savings Bank leader Martin - travel enthusiastically in the snow to finally conquer the heart of their worshiped in a relaxed holiday atmosphere. There are also times to use unfair means to cut out the side buhler. But the two competitions get unimagined: Vera's ex-husband Georg also spends holidays in the same hotel. Does old love flare up again?

Actually, Kathi should be happy: her best friend Caro marries and wishes on top of Kathi as a maid of honor. Would not it be the unspeakable coincidence that the wedding is also Kathi's ex-boyfriend Markus and his new super-girlfriend Maria invited. For Kathi it is clear: She has to find a companion for Caro's wedding. Easier said than done: All conceivable men in their circle of acquaintances are already taken. So Kathis way leads to the brokerage "Datelink". Already at the first meetings she receives illustrious, colorful and absurd insights into a generation of men in search of the woman for life.

Quirin has the cuddly Anna Hechenbacher come to the house. Quirin and his godfather choose a genuine Parisian woman from her catalog of marriageable women to turn the widowed Jakob's head.

Three friends who have lost their jobs and are not exactly living in blessed family circumstances come into possession of a map and two flight tickets to Cuba. They combine the fact that one of their husbands was involved in the robbery of a money transport and hid the loot in a mine shaft. The women decide to start a new life, but are unaware that they are embarking on a dangerous game of cat and mouse underground.

When the head of Herbi Zidinger is discovered on the head of a scarecrow, Chief Inspector Franz Germinger Jr. is immediately on the scene. His sister discovered the skull, so Germinger Senior quickly learns about the murder and, as usual, gets involved in his son's investigation. The father-son team soon have three suspects.

Violent squalls, hail, waterspouts, lightning... storms put animals and plants to the test. At a time when climate change is multiplying extreme weather events, this documentary plunges into the heart of a storm, from the heavy, dry atmosphere that precedes it to the deluge that follows.

Germany, during the Weimar Republic. In November 1929, traveling salesman Kurt Erich Tetzner is buried at Leipzig's South Cemetery, with his widow in deep mourning. Just three days earlier, Tetzner had burned to death in his car in a mysterious accident near Regensburg. But during the autopsy, forensic pathologist Prof. Kockel begins to have doubts...

Claire's family life is not very harmonious at the moment: her marriage to teacher Frank is in crisis and her children Betti and Daniel are distant. In a quiet moment, Claire immerses herself once again in the world of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in which she once played the leading role. But then she is magically transformed into her 16-year-old self! As a classmate of her children, she not only gets to know them anew, but also her husband Frank.

Aging Knights of the Round Table confront a fading realm as moral decay and disillusionment spread. King Arthur doubts the Grail quest; Gawain and Lancelot return unchanged or failed. Parzival, now a chronicler, refuses to revive past glories. Meanwhile Arthur’s heir Mordret rejects knighthood and the Grail’s existence…

Sina and Sophie are like two peas in a pod - but Sina doesn't even know that Sophie is her twin sister! This is because she was abducted from hospital shortly after her birth and grew up in a different family. She only finds out about her birth parents when her foster mother dies.

Stefanie von Nauenstedt begins a passionate affair with David, her brother-in-law, and realizes only too late how much her husband André and her son mean to her.

Proving that Brocéliande was King Arthur's forest is a high-stakes game.

For the young nun Charlotte, the strict convent life is a liberation from her previous life in the fast lane. When advertising professional Conrad is stranded in the convent on a business trip, Charlotte feels vindicated in her decision to choose life in the convent. But the convent is in the red and has been making losses for too long, which is why the unexpected guest comes at just the right time for Abbess Katharina and Sister Hedi. With his experience and skills, he could make the convent profitable again and save it from being sold. Although Charlotte has another plan to save the convent, she reluctantly agrees to work with Conrad.

The drama is set in a future where remote-controlled rockets orbit planets, and automated vehicles land on the moon, but humans haven’t ventured beyond. The Soviet Union announces a manned moon mission, prompting the US to rush its own mission to maintain its image. Three Americans are chosen for this dangerous task. The story suggests that international cooperation in space travel is essential and beneficial, but only possible if the Cold War ends.

A former gymnast has stolen a computer chip from the vault of the Berlin customs office, which the Mafia is also interested in.

The story of the Bugattis of Milan and Molsheim, the eccentric family behind the brand: Carlo, the patriarch and furniture designer; Rembrandt, the troubled sculptor; Ettore, the gifted engineer; Jean, the unfortunate heir. Art and design. Beauty and luxury. The fastest cars. Races. The need for speed.

The trickster Katharina is in a bind. After relieving a heavy Russian about a suitcase of money, her stooge is on his tail. Forced her immersed in a sleepy town in the Eifel. Having lost the suitcase while fleeing, Katharina urgently needs to raise new loot before she meets her partner Rocko again. In the sympathetic Matthias, she senses a slight sacrifice - but unfortunately his small bed manufactory is on the brink of ruin.

It all begins with a crazy idea. Peter Schönfeld, a good husband whose excess of virtue already seems suspicious, is to be subjected to a fidelity test. Rosemarie, Peter's wife Regina's best friend, wants to dissuade the straw widower from the path of virtue with all kinds of tricks and erotic finesse. This leads to all kinds of confusion and mix-ups, to which Uncle Ewald, whose motto is "If you have worries, you need a liqueur", and his daughter Gisela, the "model", as well as Peter's neighbor, the amateur nude photographer Konrad Förster, intentionally and unintentionally contribute. So it will be interesting to see whether the "hero" of the play, Peter Schönfeld, can still say at the end: "Yes, that's the kind of man I am!".

Eleven-year-old Nick, son of a wealthy, single-parent architect, is being robbed by street children in Berlin. The blonde hairdresser Anna takes care of him. When Nick learns that she is looking for a partner, he brings his father into play ...

A bodyguard who is supposed to protect a world-class tennis player from her violent uncle and ex-manager is confronted with the kidnapping of his charge and is subjected to a rollercoaster of emotions as he falls in love with the athlete.

During her holiday in Gran Canaria, the conservative Maria is overwhelmed by the future plans of her friends Sigrun and Elke.

The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they cannot simply be produced on an assembly line. Pupils, for example, use the wrong tone. The matter draws circles until the superiors finally talk about refusal to work. Director Faber is caught between the efforts to resolve the conflict with pedagogical means and the pressure from above.

A patient dies beneath Dr. Robert Stenzel's hands. His wife, the virologist Simone, realizes too late that the deceased was carrying a contagious virus. Robert has long since been infected too. For Simone, a merciless race against time begins...

With "Der Bernsteinfischer" director Olaf Kreinsen has staged a moving love story. Romantic, but not kitschy, the film tells the story of a man who, through the love of a woman, is led to face the mistakes of his past - to finally make a fresh start. Heiner Lauterbach and Sonsee Neu shine in the leading roles as a romantic dream couple. Other roles include Deborah Kaufmann and Michael Hanemann.

Former boxing world champion Kai Burdenski is up to his ears in debt and can neither pay rent nor electricity for his boxing school. This is tragic not least because he trains teenagers from youth welfare, for whom his run-down hall has become a home. In particular, the young, talented asylum seeker Samy, who lost her entire family while fleeing Afghanistan, has taken Burdenski under his wing. It doesn't take long for bailiff Billy Kuckuck to understand that the former boxing professional is more than just a coach for Samy and the other young people, namely also a social worker and surrogate father. Therefore, Billy looks for ways and means to help the boxing legend, and turns to his daughter Jessica. But she only saw her father from his worst sides during his sports career and doesn't want to hear anything from him anymore. Burdenski's stubbornness and pride are not helpful here either.

Stine Olson is reunited with his childhood friend Jan and his brother Paul. Both want to sell a property inherited from their father and hire Stine to organize the demolition of the house.

Stella has a lot of bad luck: her still-boyfriend Jimmy spends her money at the gambling parlor, her bank advisor destroys her credit card and her landlord throws her out. In this shambles, Stella is hired to climb out of a huge birthday cake on a cruise ship for the young entrepreneur Nicholas. The surprise succeeds in every respect ...