Gabriela Benesch

Ulrich believes that affairs can't harm a truly good marriage. That's why he's set his sights on the attractive Jutta. Jutta believes that his life so far can't be all there is to it. That's why she's set her sights on Ulrich. Sigi believes that his marriage to Jutta could be in jeopardy because of this. Therese believes Ulrich is intelligent enough not to completely succumb to his sexual urges. But she's wrong.

Adele and Sibylle, the two brides of narrow-gauge crooks Heinz and Hermann , are fed up with being just appendages . Together with fellow sufferers , they decide to pull off their own coups - and they do it much better , more cleverly and more successfully than their unsuspecting men... underworldand the police are at a loss.

The Slupetzkis are completely impoverished—their former neighbors, the Taubers, have become rich through inheritance. The Slupetzkis earn the money for their economic fresh start in a posh wellness hotel. When the Taubers unexpectedly show up, honor demands that they conceal this sad truth by any means necessary. From now on, they also pretend to be hotel guests, while continuing to toil as chambermaids and porters.

Early retired principal Helmut Lürzer takes off to Italy with his mistress without a sound, leaving behind an unsuspecting and confused family. His wife Luise, their four grown-up children and even the grandchildren search for their grandfather. Helmut, who feels exploited and controlled by his domineering wife, remains true to his vow not to contact her for a year.

Both have families, both are gripped by a perilous passion. Simon, school professor, and Helga, wife of a successful internist, get to know each other on their daily journey to kindergarten. They fall in love, but how should it go on?

Everyone can see that the Slupetzkis live in luxury. What their neighbors, the Taubers, don't see is that they are broke. So the Slupetzkis only pretend to go on their ostentatiously announced prestigious vacation and instead hide in their villa. But there's something they don't know: their daughter Diana is using the seemingly empty house to spend the holidays with her new boyfriend, Tomek, an Eastern European car mechanic, doing whatever she wants. Unfortunately for Diana's parents, there's nothing they can do about their daughter's plans, because otherwise their cover would be blown.

After the tragic loss of her husband, a young woman reconstructs the circumstances which caused his death. During this attempt to find her own way in daily life again, more and more recollections and occurrences appear on the surface, seemingly to foresee a tragic end. Looking back, events appear to her like signs, chance meetings like disregarded warnings. On her search for meaning between yesterday and tomorrow, reality seems to split like a labyrinth, like an awakening after a nightmare, with no way out.