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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- The 1920s: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmanns have realized the upcoming and growing fascism in the country, and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing ...
- A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
- A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
- Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
- Based on the true story of boys from Brazilian jails taken to the state border, stripped naked and abandoned to get jail numbers down. A huge scandal in Brazil in the 1970s.
- The successful Berlin lawyer Tobias Becker wants to marry the widowed architect Nora Merz. There is only one catch: Tobias can't talk to Nora's teenage daughter Julia, and he can't get in touch with her little straggler Ben either. So that Tobias can grow into his future father role, Nora - amid heavy murmuring from the kids - booked a holiday in Crete in the dreamy holiday home with a pool and a sea view. The attractive event manager Marion Becker is also ripe for the island. As every year, she wants to spend the summer vacation with her divorced husband Tobi and their son Philip in Crete - and as stress-free as possible. Unfortunately, both families have booked under the name "Tobias Becker", and so there is an embarrassing double occupancy of the holiday home. For the same reason, Becker and Becker clashed at the airport and at the car rental company and learned to really "love" each other. While the two teenagers Philip and Julia quickly discover their sympathy for each other, the parents first experience the chaos on Crete. Only when the friendly landlady Maria relaxes the situation with two bottles of raki, new amorous entanglements arise under the Greek sun. During an extended night tennis match, the lively Marion and the agile Tobias notice that they are on the same wavelength. After minor and medium-sized disasters, Nora also discovers her feelings for the down-to-earth gardener Tobi, who is charming and, above all, is sensitive to children.
- The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for 28 years, 18 of these living in sin, 10 a married couple. Christiane's rival, Charlotte von Stein, a former favorite of Goethe, begins plotting and scheming against her. Christiane puts up with countless insults and humiliations like having to 'disappear' with their son into the servants' quarters and to stay at home on official occasions. Goethe marries her when she saves his life during an attack by plundering Napoleonic soldiers. Her new social position as Goethe's wife is resented and envied by all. When she is openly attacked by the snooty, jealous people, Goethe is only half-hearted in coming to her defence. But she stays with him for he is her great love, even when she turns to the charms of many youthful admirers...
- Pawel Heller returns to his hometown after many years, to try to unravel the mystery of disappearance of his schoolmate.
- Orphan crown prince Sigismund is domineered by queen-regent Freya, but manages to climb the highest tower to put something in the Falcon dynasty's eponymous falcon's nest, thanks to the sorceress Eleonor, who was prodded finally to reuse her powers by adopted daughter Rapunzel, who became friends as kids with 'Sigi' and his buddy Pip, who becomes the court jester. Eleonor, who abandoned magic after failing to save the king in battle and withdrew into the forest, refuses to return s the queen's sorceress, so is thrown into he dungeon with the girl, but Sigi helps them escape. He and Pip find the castle ruin tower Eleonor retreated into even further, only accessible by Rapunzel's magical long hair. A final confrontation is inevitable when the queen has the boys followed.
- The story of Beauty and the beast.
- Daniel brings his girlfriend Clara to his birthplace in Italy for what is ostensibly a vacation, but in reality is an investigation into the friend of his late father, one Coppola, otherwise known as "The Sandman".
- Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
- A nearly illiterate woman becomes one of the founders of Poland's Solidarity union.
- The adventures of Fritz, a little ghost who lives in Castle Flatterfels with his mother Franziska. She hates humans but Fritz doesn't. Together with Violetta, a forest sprite who lives nearby, he starts to explore the world outside.
- A journey back to the buried emotional world of childhood, and long-suppressed, painful feelings.
- The brothers Gai and Teo, trickster robbers, hope to strike big when king Theoderich receives suitors for his firstborn tomcat daughter Griseldis. Gai masquerades as the heroic prince of a fictitious kingdom and doe sell in the tests against real princes Arne and Tassilo. However Gai falls for junior princess Matilda, who suspects their scam, and Teo chances the plan into robbing the enchanted golden ball Theorderich treasures above anything, being the sole souvenir of his beloved second wife, Matilda's mother. Matilda catches them, resulting in condemnation to banishment to the enchanted forest of shadows, created by a mighty sorcerer as punishment for his granddaughter, clumsy fairy Fee. her attempts to help the brothers transforms Gai into a frog, .whom a stork drops into the castle pond, so he can fulfill unsuspecting Matilda's promise and be admitted to her bedroom, needing a true lover's kiss to be returned to human form. Firstvthe full truth must become known.
- Film about the German poet Friedrich Hoelderlin (1770-1843), concentrating on his ardent affair with Susette Gondard.
- German corporate lawyer Max takes on a job in an Amsterdam real estate firm rather than joining his father's construction company. He's relatively happy, yet doesn't quite fit in with his narrow-minded way of thinking -however hard he tries to relax- in the libertine city. Then he falls in love with Dutch snack-bar owner Sophie, who claims to not be interested in him. Unexpectedly Max's parents invite themselves to come 'celebrate' his birthday with a stuffy dinner in a near-by German restaurant and invade his small apartment. After his father's car crashes into to Sophie's father's bike, conflicting loyalties clash, but deep-rooted commitments win out breeding surprising alliances.
- Fee Kräuterweis transforms little Jakob into a hunchbacked dwarf. Nobody recognizes him now. But the courage to live does not leave the boy.