Lisa Wartberg'in televizyon sunucusu işi hayatındaki en önemli şeydir, ancak annesi Maria bir kazadan sonra hafızasını kaybettiğinde ve sadece New York'a hiç gitmediğinden emin olduğunda bu değişir. Alıngan bayan hastaneden kaçar ve sonunda asla uyumayan şehri yakından deneyimlemek için kaçak yolcu olarak bir yolcu gemisine kaçırılır. Kızının makyaj sanatçısı Fred ile annesini aramaya devam etmekten başka seçeneği yoktur. Onu bulurlar, ancak gemi Lisa ve annesi karaya çıkamadan ayrılır. Atlantik'teki kaotik yolculukta Lisa, sadece yolcu Axel ve oğlunu tanımakla kalmaz, annesi de heyecan verici bir tanıdık yapar.

New York'a Hiç Gitmedim

"The Human Being" Judith is a doctor by conviction. She wants to become a cardiologist and completes part of her specialist training in the chronically understaffed emergency room of a hospital.

A Matter of Life

On a cold, wintry night, Lena shows up on the doorstep of the Rossberg family mansion. She claims her car has broken down, but her arrival is intentional. Lena is in pursuit of Anselm Rossberg, an aged Auschwitz guard who lives with his daughter, Maria. Anselm and Maria both deny Anselm's past, but Lena is determined to get him to confess, even as her own weapon is turned on her and she is forced into a moral dilemma.

Winter Hunt

Hunger, rubble, soldiers returning from war: young Charlotte is pregnant, but her beloved Ludwig doesn't want her or his child. In order to win him over and avoid the impending disgrace, she signs up for the "Fräuleinkurs" by the actress Gloria Deven who had been an aspiring star under the Nazis, but is now banned from working. But Gloria isn't interested in reviving the coquetry that had become unnecessary during the war. Instead, she awakens in her students a longing for something that has been denied them for too long: freedom.