Mein vergessenes Leben

The story of two small-time crooks in the Frankfurt underworld who would like to make it big, but fail time and again.

Since her parents death, hobby-detective Trudi lives with her young aunt Julia. When a nearby Turkish restaurant is smashed one night, everybody assumes by default an act of racism. Trudi however did notice a strange guest named Mangold there the day before. Also the caretaker seems very keen on getting the restaurant out of the building. The police and host Kemal don't seem particularly interested in investigating the event, so Trudi starts her own investigations in the style of Sherlock Holmes, with the help of her friend Tom and runaway Rollo.

"Everyone has dreams, and dreaming is never stupid." So says Paula, a girl whose dreams are as big as her heart. For a long time, Paula has kept a diary, and written inside are her biggest secrets. When her diary is stolen by a pair of child thieves, she is devastated. But Tobi, a fellow classmate, knows where the thieves live, and offers to help Paula in exchange for tutoring lessons to pass his English exam. What starts out as a simple routine soon turns into an adventure, and Paula and Tobi eventually discover that first impressions can sometimes be wrong, and that some things are more irreplaceable than others.

Not an easy decision! District Administrator Hans Schuierer from the Upper Palatinate first opposed his own political line in 1981 and finally against the entire Bavarian Free State and Prime Minister Strauss. Because the planned reprocessing plant Wackersdorf promised 3,000 new jobs for the structurally weak region - but what if these are associated with massive health and ecological damage for future generations? Isn't it then the duty of a politician and citizen to resist?

Juvenile court judge Marlene Neubach relies on strictness out of conviction. When she visits her son Jakob in Athens, who is currently studying there for a semester abroad, Marlene has a surprise. Jakob has disappeared from the face of the earth and is wanted by Inspector Vergas in connection with crimes. The lawyer cannot imagine that her beloved son could be involved in illegal activities. But can Marlene trust the local police? Together with her random acquaintance Alexandros, who offers to be a lawyer, the judge begins to investigate in the Greek metropolis. As she finds out, her son belongs to an allegedly criminal activist group. Through Jakob's friend Eleni, the worried mother learns about the double life of her son, who hasn't studied for months but has committed himself to political activism with conviction. In order to find him and help him, the courageous lawyer begins to rely on means that she would have to punish in the courtroom.

The story of an unlikely friendship which leads an unemployed and xenophobic German to teach a young African immigrant how to ice skate.

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.