Franziska von Harsdorf

14-year-old Leila is only supposed to have her tonsils operated on, a routine procedure. But when she wakes up from the anesthesia, she is suddenly blind. While the doctors are completely at a loss to explain how this could have happened, Leila's father Attila is beside himself. In his opinion, the doctors botched the operation. From day to day, he gets more and more involved in this thought and gets into a downward spiral that seems to have no end. Meanwhile, the family members drift further and further away from each other and become increasingly estranged. One day Attila finally makes a decision that will have consequences...

Radio presenter Karla's biological clock is ticking, and it's now very loud and clear. But no matter what she does, she simply cannot find a suitable man with whom she could imagine a family.

Rose is very close to her older brother Sam. When a woman accuses him of rape, Rose is asked to testify in the investigation against him. This tests both their relationship and her moral integrity.

Nurse Nora is looking forward to her first Christmas vacation in years and wants to spend it quietly and relaxed with her mother Ellen. She doesn't really mind that her brother Moritz, formerly Maike, isn't coming, as she has always felt inferior to him. But then not only Moritz turns up, Grandma Lore also changes her plans and, to make matters worse, they are joined by their widowed neighbor Rolf and his detestable son Bent, as well as their daughter Katja and grandson Fritz, due to a faulty heating system.

Almost half a century ago, a young woman dared to speak out publicly with pointed theses on gender roles or abortion laws. The reactions were violent.

Un corps gelé est retrouvé à cheval sur la frontière germano-autrichienne dans une mise en scène à symbolique païenne. Ellie Stocker, de la brigade criminelle allemande et Gedeon Winter, son homologue coté autrichien sont en charge de l’affaire. Peu de temps après la macabre découverte, l’auteur des faits se manifeste en envoyant un extrait sonore à la presse. Un texte étrange prononcé par la victime juste avant sa mort ainsi que des symboles utilisés par le tueur sur la scène de crime laissent supposer que ce meurtre n’est que le premier d’une longue série…