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A crew from the U.S. intends to film a war drama at an abandoned sugar factory on the remote outskirts of a German city, making the nearby town, which had been a pool of stagnant water, seem to come to life. The residents are excited, each making their own little plans, until a tank pulls up in front of the mayor's house and a sudden power outage disrupts all plans.
Confronted with her dementia, old, stubborn Mrs. Fleischer stops eating - she wants to die on her own terms. Caregiver Alexandra is tasked and determined to make her eat. With creativity and great bellicosity, these not so dissimilar women challenge each other. Deliberately provocative, mischievously amused, but also with an increasing sense of understanding for each other's struggles, they grow closer...
The Flensburg vocational school is in a crisis mood: unless a miracle happens at the open day, the gastronomy class is threatened with extinction! Principal Katharina and her teaching staff have to come up with an idea to get the necessary registrations. What could be more obvious than relying on the show talent of guest lecturer Erik? The food blogger's idea of processing a beef from head to tail promises to be a live spectacle. However, the free spirit goes it alone. Without consulting the structured director, he invites her sister, celebrity chef Antje Beringer, to be his star guest! Now Katharina, who has broken up with her, has to face an involuntary reunion.
Katharina Hendriks loves her job as headmistress of a vocational school. However, cutbacks threaten to spoil her job, as does the arrival of her brother Erik as a guest teacher. Their visions clash and this has consequences not only for the atmosphere, but also for the pupils.
The private detective Hartwig Seeler gets an assignment from his former colleague Tascha.
Ever since she helped him arrest his archenemy Goran Tonka, "Butsch" has felt responsible for Sandra. Now her roommate is found dead. Killed in a deep cauldron of the old Görlitz yeast factory. What's worrying is that the dead woman is wearing Sandra's jacket and for days she hasn't just been being watched, she's felt threatened. Is Goran Tonka on a vendetta and accidentally caught the wrong woman?
Uber driver Ben uses what he learns from his passengers to piece together his place in the world.
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
They failed as a couple, but as parents Julia and Tom share custody of their daughter Anni after their divorce. Driven by her hurt feelings, Julia begins to systematically alienate the girl from her father.
A road movie about a dropout who leaves himself completely to chance. A parable about freedom, self-determination and the poetry of an undefined life.
