Over the past 3 years, Ellen, Annette, Rolf, Sebastian and Mareike celebrated, faced defeats and changes together. As their friendship is tested, they ponder life's essentials and most importantly, question their true selves.

Long Story Short

Torn between town and country, between best friend and older brother, between present and tradition, the farmer's boy Johannes is longing for recognition and adventure.

Thing I Don't Get

A year ago, Feline Wagner disappeared, a friend reported her missing back then. Her dead body is found in a burial forest during the preparations of an urn burial. An argument at the place where the body was found distracts detective Faber: It's hard to ignore that detective Bönisch and the forensic laboratorian Sebastian Haller carry out their private strife at work. It doesn't leave Faber cold to see how Martina Bönisch's feelings plague her and distract her at work.  Rosa Herzog and Jan Pawlak approach the funeral home Ihle: The tomb reservation was made here just a few days after Feline Wagner's disappearance. A man paid cash under a false name. Then, another murder victim is recovered just a few steps farther on. A year elapsed between the two homicides – and soon, another twelve months will have passed...

Love Me!

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.

Germany Year Zero

Seweryn, a 30-year-old musician, is about to sign a contract with a small music label. His life takes a radical turn after a concert when he becomes the victim of rape by Michael, a wealthy businessman.