Ulrich Pleitgen

The shaggy poodle-bobtail mix Willy Wuff rescues two small puppies and ends up with them involuntarily in a mountain hut. Thomas also wants to spend Christmas there with his wife Hilde, his future wife Geli and his seven-year-old son Michael. The constant quarrels between the adults make things difficult for Michael until he discovers Willy and the puppies. The boy lovingly begins to look after the dogs.

A romantic and funny fantasy about the events occurred during the building of a first railroad in Russia.

Hanna, who works with her husband Martin at a Hamburg shipyard, is to be promoted to Deputy Managing Director. Enthusiastically, she accepts the job. But her boss Bernd Möller aims at closing the yard and uses Hanna for his perfidious plans. It must enforce unpopular decisions that affect Martin's work. It does not take long for her private and family life to be seriously harmed by the workload. Not only the future of the company, but also the marriage of Hanna and Martin is at stake

Shortly before Christmas, Dresden lawyer Julius Weimann is expecting his beloved daughter Julia. The 19-year-old has been in the USA for a year. When he picks her up from the plane with her godfather Harald Mauthe and takes her into his arms, he realizes that the "little polar bear" has become a young woman. To Julius' surprise, she has brought the man of her dreams with her from the States, whom she wants to marry at Christmas. Thomas Berner is an event manager from Dresden and fifteen years older than Julia! When Julia realizes that her father has hired a private detective to keep tabs on her fiancé, it causes a rift between father and daughter. With a heavy heart, Julius finally comes to accept his future son-in-law, and after clearing up a misunderstanding, the two men even become friends. But then Julia gets cold feet and breaks up with Thomas.

16-year-old Nana finds out that she has just a short time left to live, because of a bad and serious disease.

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...

This TV-Movie is based on real events that took place in southern Germany in the mid 80's. A policeman tries to build a house for his family while he experiences financial troubles; everything goes tragically wrong from then on.

Power woman Carla Bergmann is a committed pastor with heart and mind. Thanks to her media-effective appearances, Carla has made a difference in the Third World and, after eventful years abroad, is now looking forward to her pastorate in Cologne. Here she finally wants to take care of her daughter Sarah, who is in a marital crisis. But nothing goes as planned: Sarah resists her domineering mother, and Carla's promised position is already occupied by someone else. The pastor is forced to take over a small church in Sauerland, where she has to start from scratch.