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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Anne is a swimming coach and talent scout. Full of enthusiasm she trains her niece Julie for the state championship. That's why she often clashes with her sister Miriam. Miriam believes that her daughter is overwhelmed by Anne because she gave up her swimming career many years ago under unclear circumstances. On her mother Inge's 65th birthday, there was another argument. Apparently there's a long-kept family secret that's now threatening to surface. Anne's father tries to calm things down, but Anne leaves the party. A short time later, she is afflicted by a panic attack: she thinks she sees a shadow at the bottom of the swimming pool. The same thing happened to her many years ago when she suddenly lost her orientation during the decisive swimming competition. Anne wants to know what's behind her fears.
- In the last days of World War II, Gauleiter Eigruber ordered the blasting of the salt mine. Stolen art treasures are stored there. The villagers oppose it.
- After their most recent loss, a soccer team discovers its goalie is gay and casts him out. He retaliates by bringing back an all-gay team for a game to prove who's better.
- An academic couple is still happy after 32 years. In bed, however, there is a lull: she has lost desire, but he hasn't. An arrangement with a young student should help to solve the problem. "Only sex - nothing else!" Clear rules, no feelings. Set in practice things get out of hand.
- In a supermarket in Passau there is an encounter that gives Frederike Bader's life another decisive turn: the ex-police officer rescues the private detective Ferdinand Zankl from a violent argument with a shoplifter. Frederike, until recently the group leader in the Mobile Task Force (MEK), it is easy to put the thief out of action. She no longer waits for the police to arrive. Her professionalism and her quick disappearance arouse Zankl's interest in his mysterious savior. He tracks her down and all alarm bells go off at Frederike: Is the private sniffer as harmless as he pretends to be? Or is it a threat? The suspicion does not seem unfounded. Ferdinand Zankl is not picky about his clients and assignments. At the moment, on behalf of a wealthy law student, he is observing a waitress whose boyfriend recently committed suicide. Which for Frederike, who misses her police work, raises the question: How could an 18-year-old Zankl's client be dangerous? While the ex-policewoman is drawn more and more into this enigmatic process, Ahmed Bahdari, a relative of the imprisoned clan chief, traces the whereabouts of Frederike and Mia in Berlin. His mission: the liquidation of mother and daughter .
- So now he has a girlfriend. And what a. In contrast to his big sister Milli, 17-year-old Franz was previously a quiet, shy loner. His parents are all the more impressed when he brings home the pretty, self-confident Zoe one night. Zoe quickly finds her way into the heart of Franz's family. Or is this young woman just telling people what they want to hear because she sees her hidden addictions? After an intoxicating night, Zoe disappeared and Franz's heart was broken. He has to see her again and goes looking for Zoe.
- After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?
- Johanna is taken by surprise when her mother Henriette introduces her new lover: he's 25 years younger and for Johanna, one thing is for sure: Philipp is a marriage swindler and only after her mom's money. So, she's hiring a private detective - and what he finds out causes real problems in the designer house.
- When the misanthropic tile salesman Lothar is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he sells his business and gives his dog and all his money to an animal shelter and checks into a hospice, where it turns out that he was misdiagnosed.
- About African immigration in Europe: A young African man stops at a Beach Club in Tenerife, Spain on his way to Germany in search of his football-player father.
- Die Konditorin Roswitha Hertel (Bettina Mittendorfer) bekommt Überraschungsbesuch aus Texas: Dave Henigan (Jeff Zach) will der Geschichte seines Vaters nachspüren, einem US-Soldaten, der nach Kriegsende in Passau stationiert war. Roswitha und ihr Halbbruder Arthur (Charles M. Huber) hoffen mit dem Auftauchen des Texaners mehr über ihre eigene Familiengeschichte zu erfahren. Hier wittert Mia Bader (Nadja Sabersky), angehende Journalistin beim "Passauer Kurier", sofort eine spannende Story. Doch als Mia nachts verfolgt wird und der Texaner spurlos verschwindet, befürchtet ihre Mutter Frederike Bader (Marie Leuenberger), Ex-Polizistin aus Berlin, dass ihre Zeugenschutz-Tarnung aufgeflogen ist: Das unkonventionelle Ermittler-Duo Frederike und Privatdetektiv Ferdinand Zankl (Michael Ostrowski) sucht fieberhaft nach den Zusammenhängen aller Vorkommnisse.
- Frederike Bader will ihrem ehemaligen Zeugenschützer Jochen Mohn helfen. Der hat einen Verdacht: Ist der neue Lebensgefährte seiner Ex-Frau, Anwalt Jürgen Ritter, Handlanger organisierter Geldwäscher? Offiziell kann Mohn - inzwischen Passauer Kripo-Chef - gegen Ritter nicht ermitteln. Die Berliner Ex-Polizistin Frederike begibt sich mit Privatdetektiv Ferdinand Zankl auf die Spur des Anwalts, der sich gerade eine Auszeit hinter Klostermauern verordnet. Frederike folgt ihm dorthin, doch die Bekanntschaft währt nicht lange: Der Anwalt verstirbt in einer Meditationsrunde - plötzlicher Herztod. Ritters überraschendes Ableben löst eine Kette von Ereignissen aus, bei der Bader and Zankl am Ende in den niederbayerischen Wäldern um ihr Leben bangen müssen.
- Laura Vandenberg is shocked: In the middle of the exuberant celebration of her 41st birthday, the criminal police bursts. Her husband Niklas, owner of a medium-sized furniture workshop, is in custody for credit fraud.
- Luisa Jobst is a grade-school teacher in Bavaria. She's as idealistic as she is fair - much to the displeasure of a father who's hoping she'll give his son better grades. One day, a nude photo of Luisa suddenly appears on the school website. The police can't help her, and the whole town is gossiping. By herself, she tracks down the person responsible - and soon goes missing without a trace.
- Tomas is happy as family father, raising teen son Milan (as his knavish buddy) and running-especially gastronomically- a club with his mother Nike, whose absences to take course aiming for career progress causes tension. Covering for Milan's systematic class dodging to pursue a musical ambition, Tomas discovers going trough Nike's stuff the knave isn't biologically his son, feels utterly cheated by wife Nike, and feels like wrecking their relationship, family and livelihood musical bar. Former common study friend Clemens, a divorced MD, confides he wasn't interested in Nike, being gay, and advises 'getting laid' without commitment, but finding that out hurts utterly confused Milan even more. The spouses must pull together when son Milan (16) decides to seek his genetic father, a former GDR literature professor Dr. Karoly Gaál, who is now in a home for demented seniors.
- Private detective Ferdinand Zankl is suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend, the shelter manager Nunzia Rossi. He is arrested by the Passau police. At this point, of all times, Zankl is under great pressure to act because of another matter. The media had reported that excavation work was taking place in the Bavarian Forest to find relics from Roman times. Since Zankl buried the body of an Arab contract killer there last winter to protect Frederike Bader, he urgently needs to prevent the excavation team from coming across the body he has buried. However, his hands are tied due to his arrest. He calls Frederike for help. As an ex-police officer, she should secretly investigate and prove his innocence. Although Frederike never wants to have anything to do with Zankl again after what happened a few months ago, she accepts this deal to protect her daughter. Because Zankl is putting Frederike under pressure that he has information about her safety in witness protection. He only wants to give this to her if she helps him. She starts the investigation. She secretly finds out that the Czech puppy smuggler Jaroslav Kaiser was at the scene at the time of the crime. Jaroslav Kaiser is then arrested with the support of the Czech police. In a comparison with Zankl, Kaiser says that he also saw the private detective at the crime scene at the time of the crime. Since Zankl still has a clear relationship motive for the murder of Nunzia Rossi, he remains in custody. The Chief Inspector Grill and her colleague Piontek are delighted, because in secret, Grill would like to convict Zankl in order to score points in her new position. Frederike's first investigations thus prove to be a huge blow. Meanwhile, the archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation are approaching the place where Ferdinand Zankl buried the hit man Ahmed Bahdari - side by side with the remains of a Roman legionnaire. At the same time, Frederike comes across a second, promising lead in the murder of Nunzia Rossi on the farm of the popular Passau pop singer Ilka Unseld. The countdown is on, because the discovery of the double-occupied grave is only a matter of hours .
- Cabby Robby drives in and around St.Pauli, Hamburg, from sunset to sunrise. He is surrounded by stories of the night.
- Daredevil mountain climbers on their attempt to break yet another speed climbing record.
- When her mother dies in an accident, 17-year-old Jessy takes responsibility for herself and her two younger sisters. One day her father Harald is at the door, who once left his wife and children
- A group of youngsters, led by skater Laser, enter a shopping mall and hide after closing time. During the night they get lost, robs stores and consume large amounts of alcohol and drugs.
- To call or not to call? For young Cora it's not a question. In fact, after the first date you may never call the guy, even if it was the best sex of your life. It's him who must beg for a meeting - and not later than 72 hours after. Otherwise - delete it from memory.
- Marine biology college professor Martin Schell and his partner prepare an Arctic expedition to the coast of Spitzbergen. But his sister, forgotten for years, suddenly comes dumps on him their semi-dependent dad, so she can have a holiday. Old Kurt Schell refuses to be left in a seniors home, escapes and gets a friend to arrange for him a 'press' spot on the expedition ship. Being discovered only after it sailed, he must bunk with Martin. Real reporter Nina, who failed to get out of this assignment, has a past with Martin, which Kurt won't let them ignore.
- Private detective Hartwig Seeler is lured onto a false trail to Greece. Instead of a missing person, he finds himself confronted with his own fate and the unsolved mystery of his wife's death, years ago.
- Munich's Oktoberfest: a colorful event, the perfect place to play the most unexpected scenes in human comedy.
- In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has become a totalitarian system that persecutes dissenters, Muslims and homosexuals. Jan Schneider has stood as a lawyer on the side of dispossessed victims. When he learns that the regime wants to jail him again, he decides to flee with his family. His goal is the South African Union, which enjoys political and economic stability after an economic boom. A freighter is to bring him, his wife Sarah and the two children Nora and Nick together with other refugees to Cape Town, but the tugs abandon their passengers in much too small boats off the coast of Namibia. On rough seas, it comes to disaster, the little Nick is lost, and no one knows if he could reach the shore...
- As if transformed, Clemens Filzhofer returns from a holiday in Cuba that his children gave him for his seventieth birthday. The widower brought the reason for his new zest for life with him: spirited Esperanza. He tells his astonished family that they want to get married soon. No talk of retirement and old age - Clemens is starting his second spring. Son Peter and daughter Martina are not very enthusiastic about this. He finally wants to take over the company, she doesn't want to be almost the same age as her father's wife. Secretly, relatives and acquaintances had expected that he would lead Agnes, who had remained unmarried, in front of the altar. After all, the best friend of the deceased mother has long been part of the family. Although she is also close to Clemens' heart, he only has eyes for Esperanza. In record time, the shrewd doer sets the course for the dream wedding that his children want to prevent. They do not trust the bride's intentions and fear for the family property. While Clemens generously gives gifts, Esperanza thinks a lot about her own family, which previously lived on her income as a tour guide in Havana. While on the phone with someone in Cuba, granddaughter Sabrina overhears something that could fit her father's hunch. The teenager herself also has a secret that she hasn't been able to tell until now.
- Bestseller-author Robert Seefeld, adored by female readers, is terribly late with his next manuscript under contract. Publisher Edgar Gravert's executive Ralph Merz offers to let his sister Carolin, a psychologist, test the waters incognito in Seefeld's desolate Irish lighthouse retreat. She poses as ornithologist and stays in publican Clinton and Colleen O'Shanley's inn. *Carolin quickly wins over the locals, long excepting horse breeder Ian and especially his daughter Suniva. Winning his confidence and building up mutual attraction, she learns Robert's writers block stems from the loss of true love Maggie -Ian's firstborn- in a car accident. The crush building into love, Robert is inspired to write again. Then he accidentally finds out about Carolin's mission.
- The successful architect Robert Kant, breathless manager for major projects in the Far East, wants to jet to Shanghai for a business meeting with his ambitious partner and future wife Lotta. When checking in, he notices that he is missing important papers and has to go back to the office. In the absence of a taxi, he got hold of an abandoned rental car and accelerated. There is a serious accident with the potter Teresa. A complete load of valuable ceramic tableware breaks, but it seems like miraculously nobody is injured. Teresa would now like to know the insurance number of the other party involved in the accident, but he has lost memory and doesn't even know his name anymore. The police simply call him Cheng - that was the name of the last tenant of the rental car. Since the confused does not know where to go, Teresa takes him in for the time being. The single mother turns out to be downright chaotic. She has notorious financial problems, is moody, and can do without the wise advice of her new roommate. Nevertheless, the two are magically drawn to each other: they even like the same jokes. For Teresa's bright children Max and Lisa, Cheng will soon be a father substitute. When Robert returns to the scene of the accident and finds his ID, he is not even so sure whether he even wants to go back to his old life.
- A restaurant owner from Passau hires the Austrian private detective Ferdinand Zankl to find his girlfriend Lina, who has left him. He is missing fifty thousand euros, ten luxury watches and cocaine. To find her, Zankl recruits Frederike Bader, a Berlin policewoman who is in a witness protection program in Passau.
- A man finds out that he is infertile, and tries to find out who is the real father of his children.
- Twelve days with a donkey on foot from Munich to Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze: Father Marcel and son Felix will certainly not forget this trip. What is intended as an educational measure for the pubescent son becomes a dramatic-comic endurance test for both of them. Because not only Felix struggles with himself and the relationship with his mostly absent father, Marcel is also facing a new phase of life. While the donkey Maria stoically sets the pace on the hike, the two stubborn heads are thrown back on themselves. In addition to the challenges of a mountain tour, father and son also meet some unusual people who reflect their own longings and fears and thus bring them closer to each other.
- A young mother and wife fights with depression which leads to committing suicide. The story follows lives of her beloved ones, husband and children, after this horrifying act.
- TV Movie"Im Nebel" is a crime movie on DasErste.
- Adil Bahdari goes to Passau when he hears that a fisherman has found an expensive watch on the banks of the Danube with an inscription on the back. The watch was a gift from Adil Bahdari to his son Ahmed, from whom he has not heard for some time. He hires private detective Ferdinand Zankl to find his son. But it is Zankl who is behind his son's death.
- Private detective Hartwig Seeler receives an unusual assignment from his former colleague Tascha. The police officer fears the release of the felon Gerald Metzner, with whom she shares a traumatic memory: As a hostage, she spent 36 excruciating hours in his hands. To be safe from Metzner, Tascha wants to go into hiding with Seeler's help. She wants to start a new life on the Maltese island of Gozo - preferably with Seeler, for whom she has always felt more than a quiet friendship. For the ex-police officer, who has not yet come to terms with the loss of his wife Maria, the advances come completely unexpected. He senses a deep vulnerability in her and something darkly mysterious that she keeps to herself. When Tascha disappears before the planned dive and Metzner's body is found, Seeler suspects that he is being led astray himself. He doesn't tell his ex-colleague Lasse, who heads the police investigation, about it. Seeler travels to Gozo on his own. In his search he is accompanied by the painful question: How do you deal with people when you know that you can be mistaken about them?
- René Klettner wird halb tot aus der Dreisam geborgen. Als er aus dem Koma erwacht, beschuldigt er ausgerechnet Daniel Danzeisen. Motiv: Rache. Klettners Frau Susanne hatte Daniel vor Jahren bei einem Einsatz schwer verletzt. Daniel musste daraufhin den aktiven Dienst quittieren. Dennis ist überzeugt, dass sein Onkel, der mittlerweile das familiäre Stammlokal betreibt, kein heimtückischer Schläger ist. Zumal es nicht an weiteren Tatverdächtigen mangelt: Stecken womöglich die Pflegeeltern Raimund und Thekla Fischer hinter dem Angriff auf René Klettner? Beide kümmern sich seit der damaligen Verurteilung der Klettners um deren Sohn Oskar und befürchten nun, ihn wieder abgeben zu müssen. Oder hatte René Klettner einen Streit mit seinem alten Kumpel Thomas Zühlke, mit dem er am Tatabend in einer Kneipe war? Tanja Wilken hält alles für möglich, lässt aber trotz Dennis' Unschuldsbeteuerungen nicht von dessen Onkel Daniel ab. Kollege Heinz Löwe befeuert ihre Skepsis. Parallel zu den Ermittlungen im Fall Klettner haben Revierleiterin Dorothea Danzeisen und ihr Team einen berüchtigten Kunstdieb im Auge, den Doreen Danzeisen in der Stadt entdeckt hat. David Danzeisen und Diana Gruber heften sich sogleich an die Fersen von Johann Kronstein, um herauszufinden, ob er womöglich seinen nächsten Raub plant.
- 33-year-old Dette is an optician, single, overweight and, to make matters worse, punished by a chauvinistic boss. Only her equally plump girlfriends and her crush can provide a little cheering up from time to time.
- After the death of his wife and his re-training for a new occupation as a teacher, the former Army Officer Harald Westphal finally has his life with his two daughters Maria and Floh back on track - or so he thought. Suddenly, the entire family is surprised to learn that the 17-year-old Marla, who is on the verge of graduating from high school, is pregnant. And she is not alone - Harald's girlfriend Sabine is also expecting a baby! When the initial shock subsides, Harald realizes this is his chance to make up for old mistakes. From the moment his daughters were born and throughout most of their young lives, Harald was barely home due to his job in the military. Now, he is determined to be the best father and grandfather the world has ever known! Suddenly Isko, Marla's one-night-stand and the father of her unborn child, turns up. Despite all of her resistance, she falls in love with him - especially after he strongly expresses his willingness to start a family with her. Harald, though, is far from pleased. He sees Isko as competition! Harald becomes so entangled in supporting Marla and the upcoming birth of both babies that his relationship with Sabine is seriously strained. To make matters worse, his youngest daughter Floh is feeling neglected. At one point the entire situation explodes in an emotional uproar: Sabine is moving out, Marla and Isko break up and Floh packs her bags in the middle of the night...
- After the accidental death of her daughter at a busy intersection, Jenni is confronted with videos of Mia's death online. Instead of helping, passers-by either looked the other way or filmed with their cell phones and even boasted about their "crass" postings. Jenni can't let go of the terrible pictures. She is completely captivated by the horror and anger at the pitiless inquisitiveness of the onlookers. There is little room for their grief. Instead, she obsessively searches for the accident spectators in order to confront them with the effects of their sensationalism. She also finds it - but first encounters don't help her, nobody seems to be aware of an offense or able to admit it. On the verge of overstepping the bounds of legality herself, Jenni struggles to bring onlookers to justice.