Iris Uhlenbruch

After spending the last three months setting up a midwifery school in Namibia, midwife Antonia Hellmann returns to Lake Tegernsee with her adopted son Nahas.

Hannes Schmitz works as a garbage collector in Hamburg. The ex-soccer player now coaches the youth team of a suburban club. His sayings are just as feared as his unconventional ideas in labor disputes. Hannes lives on a houseboat that he restored himself and has a well-balanced relationship with his likeable long-term fiancé Isolde. His pride and joy is his pretty and clever daughter Annika, whom he raised alone. He would do anything for her. He even slips into an uncomfortable suit and tie and has himself chauffeured to Hamburg-Blankenese. In the small family circle, Hannes is supposed to get to know his future son-in-law, the young chef Alexander. Annika is amazed when she is received with her father in a grand villa.

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.

Kremmen, Oberhavel district. No navigation system knows the town. Even worse: there is a catastrophic shortage of women here! Desperate, village macho Ben and his buddies Steffen and Mario quaff their Pilsner and feast on cream cake. Just then, super cutie Maja comes in. The designer wants to help her aunt sell the old weaving mill. Ben promptly makes a momentous bet...

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.

Jutta and Bruno are invited to a wedding in Sardinia. Beforehand, Bruno wants to treat his sweetheart to a few unforgettable vacation days on the Costa Smeralda. The brazen theft of their convertible marks the beginning of an unwanted adventure vacation for the two of them.