20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided...
The celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Capitol-Insurance” is due – that's what the bosses thought. All employees are invited to join the party in a hotel. However, rumors say the company's not doing very well. To avoid unemployment due to the possible shutdown of the smaller branch...
1986 - The protest movement against the construction of the nuclear power plant in Brokdorf is on its last legs. Only one rural commune remains: the "Alternative Wohnkollektiv Regenbogen". For them, it could go on and on with endless consensus discussions, shearing sheep and naked communal bathing....
"Einfach raus!" is the wish that 18-year-old Andreas has had for a long time. Simply get out of the GDR and go to the West to realize his life's dream and study physics. Suddenly, in the historic summer of 1989, his dream becomes reality. The Hungarian-Austrian border is surprisingly opened and the...
Not knowing anything about love, Felix has become used to a 3months relationship cycle after which he is left in grief and misery on a regular basis. It doesn't affect him at length, knowing that he has his flatmates Moritz, Jan and his sister Regina to rely on. When Jan decides to move together...
Tino is a real Don Juan and he knows it. No woman can resist his charm including the fiancée of his brother. Right before the wedding he seduces her. Tino decides to seek professional help and joins a group for sex addiction treatment. For his surprise the ex of his brother is also there. Once the...
Maike wants to make a career as a journalist, but a man named Richard from the competition keeps stealing her texts. At the same time, she falls in love with her work colleague Joe. But is Joe really the person he claims to be?
Claudia lives happily with her husband Jens and their two children Katja and Max in the small town of Barstedt. Her husband has his own small construction company and Claudia, as a housewife, has no financial worries - until she suddenly runs out of money at the bank and learns that the joint...
After a long stay in the clinic, Natalie Schneider returns home. When her friend Annemarie secretly sleeps at the Schneider's and steals money from Peter, a scandal breaks out. Natalie takes the train to Frankfurt.
Jörn lives with his brother Thomas at his grandparents', his mother died in an accident and his father works abroad. Jörn misses his mother, whom his grandparents are unable to replace despite their loving care. He lives in a world of his own, at home he writes poetry, but at school he and his...
The young wannabe country singer Helen is terminally ill. Her biggest dream is to sing at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, but through a chain of coincidences she ends up in Jamaica. At first, she has little to do with the locals and their music, but after a chaotic musical and emotional...