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Set in late 19th century Germany, this is the story of Ilse Macket, a headstrong and rather wild young girl. When her father and stepmother find they cannot teach the girl to control her temper, they send her to a boarding school for girls. Ilse is initially slow to settle into the routine of the school and finds it hard to make friends among the other, more genteel, girls. But with the help of the capable head mistress, she eventually learns to keep her temper in check, adjust to life in the school, and make friends with other girls. The film follows Ilse and her friends through their school years, sees them discover love and ends with Ilse's wedding.

Such a soul torments young composer Georg von Wergenthin, around whom the author creates a precise picture of the fin de siècle, its neuroses and its politics. Georg starts a relationship with a young singer, but does not confess to her in front of his friends, even when she becomes pregnant by him.

Geschichten aus der Heimat is a German television series.

Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht is a German television series.

Waldheimat is an Austrian television series.

Student unrest in 1967/68: a spirit of optimism at universities. This six-part series aims to illustrate this turning point in the attitude towards life and in the consciousness of our society. Ali Jankowski and his fellow student Kajott study in a small town, not in Berlin, where things are particularly turbulent. But even here, Ali feels that he cannot concentrate solely on his studies.

16-year-old Hans Kolekta is unemployed and unable to find an apprenticeship. He shares this fate with many other young people in the Ruhr region.

History of a Jewish family, the Oppermanns, in Berlin at the end of 1932, after Hitler has become the leader of Germany's strongest political party.