Pablo Striebeck

A psychologist specializing in microexpression, Dr. Marlene Nielsen is called in to assist on an apparently obvious case of self-defence. She is asked to help establish the identity of a woman who fatally wounded an attacker, but who steadfastly refuses to speak. But in the face of the »woman without a name« Marlene sees evidence of an intentional act. When no-one takes her seriously, she begins to investigate on her own and comes across an unpunished crime from the past.

Katharina, Ricky, Victoria and Malou live in an assisted living group. There they have built up an anarchic utopia as an alternative to everything they reject: Parents, school, rules. With social worker Ballack as a half-hearted guardian, things go well until their “live and let live” agreement starts to falter.

GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police and had to give up their plans for their future studies and desired professions. Instead, they face arbitrariness, mistrust and reprisals. Their only chance for a self-determined life lies in fleeing across the Baltic Sea. Fifty kilometres of water separate them from freedom - and only a thin connecting rope around their wrists saves them from absolute loneliness.

Miriam Maertens falls ill with cystic fibrosis and struggles quietly with the disease. Mastering a double life she falls in love and achieves her professional goals. When Miriam gets pregnant, everyone is shocked. When her lungs malfunction, it is a race against time to find a suitable donor.