Katharina Matz
It's Lene's first day back at work after some time off. Friends and acquaintances, regulars and strangers come to her jazz and blues bar. While Lene is waiting for Danish musician Leif, who is scheduled to perform tonight, the guests discuss all kinds of topics, ranging from pop music by elves and invisible cell phones to maggots eating away at corpses. But what if Leif doesn't show up at all?
An old lady shoots in front of the district court on the homeless Hellmer, who can escape unhurt. Ms. Altenburg comes from Görlitz and was visiting Berlin with her church group. After the crime, Ms. Altenburg suffered a fainting spell and is in hospital. Lawyer Joachim Vernau offers his help to the woman - he travels to Görlitz to get her personal belongings. When he returns, Margarete has died in the clinic. Vernau does not let go of this case: The old lady can not have planned the murder attempt on Hellmer alone. Who got her the weapon? And what is the motive?
A boy has to decide between being gay and being a professional swimmer. He takes the latter, marries and gets a son. 19 years later the whole thing explodes.
Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.
17-year-old Traudel flees the orphanage she has to live in, in order to venture to Berlin.
Carola has been running the family-owned circus alone since her husband’s death, but she suddenly finds herself at odds with her three adult sons who are also performance artists and want to have a say in how the business is run. The family discord leads Carola to turn her back on the circus, leaving the three inexperienced sons in charge. This turn of events forces the family to learn to work together or face bankruptcy.
