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- An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- When a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
- The end of summer, a sleepy fishing port on the Baltic Sea and the beginning of a great feeling that shouldn't be: Shortly before the start of the new school year, 18-year-old Christian falls in love with his new English teacher, Stella Petersen. In a moment of unexpected lightness and freedom, in the dune and seascape far away from the small town, Stella and Christian discover a shared longing and an attraction for each other, the intensity of which both overwhelms. But soon after classes have started again, the secret relationship between the young teacher and her student threatens to turn into a scandal: Christian's parents, his classmates and the teaching staff express suspicion, concern and indignation. While Stella repeatedly eludes Christian, he is already making plans for a future together. When Stella had an accident in a sailing accident, a world collapsed for Christian.
- In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Knonberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice in favour of his client for crimes that are never black and white and what they may seem.
- The young policeman Karl-Heinz Krause works undercover to insinuate himself into a group of Autobahn racers. While he gets to like the illegal races, besides he has to chase some people dealing stolen cars.
- In the small German town of Ottern, a pediatrician diagnoses "chronic sexual abuse", while examining a young girl, setting events in motion that lead to a judicial scandal of devastating proportions.
- The mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as seen through the eyes of Sonja Schadt, the youngest member of the wealthy fictional Schadt family who are friends with the Adlons.
- A soap-operatic mini-series about the history of Hotel Sacher in Vienna. It starts with the takeover by Anna Sacher after her husband Eduard dies at age 59. Most of the time, someone high or low in society seems to be kissing (or more) in one of the chambres séparées.
- Six cinematic perspectives. Six artistic visions. Six dramatic stories - an anthological high-end series, based on short stories by Ferdinand von Schirach, as an innovative showcase of six of the most significant and exciting directors.
- Can it be justified to shoot down a civilian plane, converted by terrorists into a deadly suicide missile? Can "human arithmetic" be a legal calculus?
- A long-serving police secretary defies protocol to launch an unconventional investigation to find her missing daughter in this German thriller set in Berlin.
- A young man and his wife struggling to create a good life for themselves in a new country. Based on Louise Erdrich's novel 'The Master Butchers Singing Club'.
- Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a double agent is targeted by the American foreign intelligence service CIA.
- This is a family story that covers 30 years in the life of the Freytag family, narrated by grandson Robert. When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden gnomes. Robert's father Klaus wants to become a writer. He marries Gisela, who almost immediately gets pregnant with Robert, but the marriage doesn't work. Both parents abandon the boy, who is raised by both sets of grandparents. While his father belongs to the 1960s generation that rebels against their fathers, he falls in love with the neighbor's's daughter Laura.
- Romance and murder are intertwined in this 19th-century tale. At the turn of the century, fearless midwife Gesa finds her investigation into mysterious murders leading her deeper into darkness. Meanwhile, her affair with the prestigious Dr. Heuser grows more controversial among high society.
- About how women and their babies used to die in times when there was a lack of advanced medical facilities.
- The story of Alfried Krupp and his family and of the Krupp company, which has been preeminent in German industry. The family company was a key supplier of weapons and material to the Nazi regime during WWII.
- Der 78-jährige ehemalige Architekt Richard Gärtner möchte seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. Dies soll jedoch nicht im Ausland, sondern ganz legal mit der Hilfe seiner Hausärztin geschehen. Für Dr. Brandt kommt es aus persönlicher Überzeugung nicht infrage, ihrem zwar betagten, aber gesunden Patienten ein todbringendes Präparat zu besorgen. Richard Gärtners Fall wird exemplarisch vor dem Deutschen Ethikrat diskutiert. Strittig ist dabei nicht die Frage, welche Formen von Sterbehilfe für Ärzte straffrei sind, sondern ob Mediziner dem Patientenwunsch eines Lebensmüden gerecht werden müssen - egal ob jung, alt, gesund oder krank. Ethikrat-Mitglied Dr. Keller befragt die Sachverständigen und lässt so die unterschiedlichen Experten zu Wort kommen. Die Verfassungsrechtlerin Prof. Litten und der Anwalt von Richard Gärtner stehen Bischof Thiel und Ärztekammerchef Sperling dabei mit unterschiedlichen Meinungen gegenüber. Am Ende richtet sich die Ethikrat-Vorsitzende direkt an das Publikum: Soll Richard Gärtner das tödliche Präparat bekommen, um sich selbstbestimmt das Leben zu nehmen?
- Happily married to Thomas, her daughter just off to college, Katja teaches math and music at the local elementary school. Her life seems perfect. Until a chance encounter turns her world upside down. The very weekend her family is away, she meets Daniel, an attractive, inquisitive fellow, backpacking through Germany. A travel journalist, just passing through, he camps out on her lawn. They connect. She finds his independent, freewheeling lifestyle fascinating. He tells her of his journeys. He makes her feel alive, reawakens her youthful hopes and dreams. Now old regrets come rushing back. After three exciting days, she is faced with the decision: does she go with him, or does she stay in her own, safe little world?
- A family of German Communists caught on the wrong side of history.
- A young girl is kidnapped. Her life is in danger. What can be done to find her? And what must not be done? This part of FEINDE follows defense attorney Konrad Biegler as he uncovers the truth of the search for the von Bodes daughter.
- In Ethiopia, Frank Michalka (Jürgen Vogel) has found a new home and left his criminal past behind. But happiness does not last long and the former offender must go back to Germany. Once there, he immediately falls back into old patterns and robbed a bank.
- In the Storyline I read: "a secret which becomes crucial in tragic blackmail as well as Ricahrd's disputable paternity of youngest daughter Eva". Now the disputed paternity concerns not Eva, but Isolde.
- This Out of Africa (1985) style three-part movie deals with a courageous woman, who moves to Africa to flee her past. Berlin, 1914: When Katharina von Strahlberg discovers that her husband Richard had an affair with her sister-in-law Martha, she leaves him after stealing some important plans and photos of East Africa and travels to Dar es Salaam with one of Richard's business partners. In the German colony, she learns that nobody wants to employ her because of her husband's power, but she draws new courage from meeting Franz Lukas, a doctor, and Victor March, a lively Scotsman...
- Traumatized policeman Ben investigates a cold case obscured by a web of guilt, lies and deception. In the process, Marion, a doctor, helps him come to terms with himself and his past.
- After a Jewish boy was bullied by his classmates for months, an argument broke out between the overwhelmed parents, the class teacher and the school administration. Crisis discussion at Berlin's Westend-Gymnasium: Max, 15, bit off the earlobe of his classmate Karim and broke the nose of another student, Reza. Now Max is threatened with expulsion from school.
- A former policeman (Murathan Muslu) becomes a famous singer/actress' (Iris Berben) bodyguard. His job is to identify her stalker and protect her from him/her; neither is making the task easy for the other.
- A young girl is kidnapped. Her life is in danger. What can be done to find her? And what must not be done? This part of FEINDE follows detective Peter Nadler on his search for the daughter of the von Bodes.
- Macabre women bodies are found in the dunes of Husum. The crime series bears the signature of the serial killer Eberhard Wernicke, who is in a psychiatric ward. Apparently there appears to be a copycat. Contacting Wernicke and the investigator at the time does not help the inexperienced police commissioner Ria Larsen and the murders continue. But then a man is killed and the question of the motive of the perpetrator arises.
- Argentinian chemical manufacturer Rodolpho Aranda is murdered in a library
- Moving men.
- When one of the sisters had grown up, she went to see her mother and sister. The ''fun'' stuff starts when she gets enclosed in house by her older sister, psycho.
- Beer Royal.
- The most peculiar and crazy stories and cases defense attorney Friedrich Leonhard has to offer. (Some of the cases seam to have actually happened)
- The soloist - No way back.
- Corinna is a person who likes to mingle with the rich and famous to swindle whatever is possible. However, she is not completely satisfied with her life, as it always takes place between forced stays in prisons or the greatest luxury.
- Sylvia Rosch is a woman with dangerous obsessions. Camouflaged by perfectly rehearsed masquerades, she wages a merciless campaign of revenge. Anyone who gets too close will succumb to an insidious murder.
- Franziska sees police recovering a dead body and recognizes the woman as the one who had her make-up done by Franzika only days before. The hobby-detective suspects foul-play and starts investigating the self-help group for singles the dead woman was a part of.
- Two working-class German brothers (Ben Becker, Jürgen Vogel) rise to fame as Berlin's most infamous burglars.
- A young pregnant woman who lives in Jerusalem believes she is going to bring the son of God into the world. Her older sister tries to convince her to return with her to Germany. Then the young woman disappears.
- A war photographer returns from abroad. He is shocked: His lifelong love has disappeared. The police patrol in the dark. In Salzburg, he meets Petra who knows the missing woman from before - under another name.
- When the ambitious young Ina fails the exam for admission to a senior police career, an offer from her former trainer Theissen comes just in time: the ex-policeman has founded a security company that advises a large Eco company in the search for an information leak. When it turns out that the company's founder, of all people, is betraying the company's secrets, Theissen resorts to a dirty trick in order to kill the man; and Ina becomes the scapegoat.
- During her holiday in Gran Canaria, the conservative Maria is overwhelmed by the future plans of her friends Sigrun and Elke.