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An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

A Yenish boy experiences the Nazi euthanasia program while he is in a mental hospital.

Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.

Children's story about an always-unlucky Highwayman of of the southern-German forests in the late-19th century, featuring witty grammification by the author in, of course, German language.

After eleven years, Sams returns to Herr Taschenbier. This time to help his shy son Martin. Martin soon discovers the virtues of the Sams

After being turned down to work at a hair salon because of her figure, a financially struggling hair dresser works to open her own shop.

There is something everyone should know: if you live with a Sams under the same roof for over ten years, you slowly but surely start to transform yourself into a Sams.

In his last days, journalist and writer Tiziano Terzani talks to his son about his life.

Lippel is alone with a new housekeeper while his father, a cook, is away on business. The housekeeper is very strict and shows no appreciation for Lippel. Then Lippel finds new friends and a tale from the book "One Thousand and One Nights".

After his mother's death, the 12-year-old Max, son of pharmacist Sternheim, wishes for a pet. One day a dog appears in Max's life. By his power of persuasion he is allowed to keep this dog and names him "Bello". In the meantime a new tenant, Verena Lichtblau, moves into Sternheim's house, and Max is not happy. But further Sternheim has got a present, that's a special mixture. After he has ruined Edgar's harvest with the mixture, the next accident happened: Bello drinks from the mixture, and so he transforms to a human. With Max's help, "Mr. Bello" continues a human-life. And Mr. Bello returns Max's enjoying of life again. But outside of Sternheim's house Mr. Bello gets in trouble, and there the story begins.

Three teenage friends must deal with multiple problems regarding their boyfriends, other love interests, and their friendship.

Adrian Zumbusch (Edgar Selge) is a small bureaucrat in an insurance company whose marriage with Sylvie (Claudia Messner) is on the brink of divorce, because she can no longer put up with his constant panic attacks. Be it tunnels, elevators or planes - neurotic Adrian cannot handle any of them. When during one of his breakdowns he gets a tranquilization shot from Dr. Katja Lorenz (Nina Kunzendorf), his blood is analyzed and he is diagnosed with cancer. This fatal news turns his life and love around in a most unexpected way. This film will have you laughing loudly and might move you to tears!

A carpenter, who hides her shyness of serious relationships behind her tomboyish demeanor, falls in love with a restaurator

Prisoner Edmund Frank is offered a large amount of money by the editor of a magazine, to tell the real story of his crime and the hiding place of the one million Mark he stole from the bank he worked for.

After receiving a dubious Phone call at work, Eva Konalsky, a typist working at a Steel Factory disappears without a trace. The Saarbrücken Police sends the two cops Liersdahl and Schäfermann to investigate. Both of them have a very different view of how police work should be done and they are not very fond of each other at first. When another person of the Steel Factory's personnel is murdered they both have to do their best to solve the case.

The East German authorities are calling the West German Police for assistance on a case. The body of a boy was found at a Truck Stop near Leipzig. The boy wears shoes made in West Germany. Some time later the assistance call is withdrawn. Phoning his colleague in East Berlin, a man he worked together with in the past, investigator Paul Trimmel in Hamburg is told: "There is no work for you here." But Trimmel investigates on his own. He finds out that the wealthy Erich Landsberger is the illegitimate father of the dead kid. Landsberger and his other son have moved to Frankfurt. Trimmel pays him a visit there. The man is of no great help for him, but Trimmel gets an unexpected clue from Landsberger's little son. He has to go to Leipzig himself to find out more. So he leaves the Transit Route near the city, pretending his car broke down, takes a Taxi and goes looking for Eva Billsing, the dead boy's mother. She is not home when Trimmel arrives. The next day Trimmel encounters Eva's boyfriend Peter Klaus, who works for the East German Police, and talks him into letting him have a word with Eva. At least Klaus gives in to Trimmel and the things Eva tells him help solve the case.

A dead woman found in the Donau, is the wife of a very important guest of the Austrian Government. Oberinspektor Marek is asked to investigate the case very gently.

Brigitta Beerenberg calls the police to inform them she has killed her husband in self-defense. Trimmel wants her to be examined by a psychiatrist.

Max Bergusson hijacks flight AE612 from Milaan to Beirut. His wife's murderer is on board and he demands the captain to fly to Hamburg instead. Before he boards the plane, he informs Hauptkommissar Trimmel through a curious message.

After a few days away from home with his girlfriend constructor Breuke from Sieverstedt hurries home to convince his wife he is not having an affair. On the road home he hits a bicyclist, but drives on instead of calling an ambulance. Arriving at his house he deliberately hits the post of the driveway gate to disguise the damage of the accident. All the while he is unaware that his wife is watching him. Hauptkommissar Finke arrives in the village after the local police has taken Peter Reichert as a suspect. His assistant wants to investigate further. Meanwhile Breuke is being blackmailed by an unknown person. Then an actual murder takes place.

In Frankfurt con man Johannes Stein is making easy money with his latest trick: He is selling "Gold" to unsuspecting people. He too talks the Wimper family into buying some, later to be stored in a Swiss bank. After seeing proof, Grandpa Wimper is eager to buy. Little does he know about that "Gold". When Stein tries to sell some more to a business tycoon, he gets busted and has to flee. It's now up to investigator Konrad to track down the swindler and to arrest him.

Kressin is back in Cologne, where he works for the customs office. Soon he is ordered to a new case. A gang of bootleggers keep outwitting the customs authorities. Kressin's colleagues can't find any evidence of a crime. Everytime the suspicious trucks are checked at the border, their load is always correct, as declared. Kressin now has to find the liquor and the bootleggers' HQ.

Customs officer Kressin is on holiday in Hamburg and sees the tour guide acting suspiciously. He ignores it, but the day after the guide is found dead in the water.