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Made in the form of a faux documentary, these are four possibilities - set within the circumstances of a single day replayed over four separate times - that civilization could be brought to an abrupt end...
Apr 2005
After separating from her husband Werner, who now has a new wife, Paula lives alone with her young son Philipp. After the little boy runs away from home, the ex and his new wife try everything to take advantage of the situation. It doesn't all seem to be right either, because shortly afterwards there is a fire in Paula and Philipp's apartment - and it looks as if someone set the fire on purpose.
Jan 1995
The year is 2048, and global warming has flooded much of Earth's land areas. A father and his two sons try to salvage treasures from sunken buildings when they are given an important assignment by the New Vatican.
Oct 2008
The German tourist Kiki and the Swiss tour guide Marlies are kidnapped by Contra rebels from Nicaragua while on vacation in Costa Rica. While Kiki's friend Markus fights for her release together with her mother, Kiki begins an affair with one of the kidnappers. When the two women were released after 72 days on payment of ransom, the police suspected that they had colluded with the kidnappers.
Jan 2000
Criminal psychologist David Bornett is investigating a series of murders in which a police pen is stuck in the victim's ear. The team includes his godson Michael, who is new to the police force, and his colleague Max. Bornett suspects the murderer is among his own ranks and informs Michael. While David's trail leads to Max, Michael's leads lead directly to his uncle David.
Oct 1999
Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.
Jul 1997
A fire breaks out in the Berlin Fernsehturm (Radio Tower) trapping several people in the restaurant and observation deck at the top. A team of firefighters, including a disgraced former member, rush to the rescue as chaos erupts among the trapped.
May 2007
A German woman travels to America with her baby to take up an au pair position with a rich couple. She has no idea that the childless couple are only interested in her child and want to kill her. In Mexico, she escapes the hired killers and survives further dangers together with a local.
When a World War II bomb with two days to detonation is found in Berlin, Alex and his wife must work quickly to solve a 40-year-old puzzle.
Jan 1999
Paul and Paula are partners in their profession as comic artists and best friends in their private lives. They also have the same problem: being overweight! When Paul's school sweetheart Mariah suddenly turns up and is about to move to the city, Paul decides to lose weight. But he breaks his leg during his first attempt at fitness. And how do you burn a lot of calories despite breaking your leg? By popping! The results are impressive and gradually everyone around him falls for the sex diet. Eventually even Paula, who persuades her good old friend Paul to have sex with her. After all, they know each other inside out and don't want anything else from each other, or do they?
Mar 2005
Hip hoppers Yogi and Kemel dream of a big break in the music business. But just before an important competition, another band steals the song from them, and loan shark Harry confiscates their system.
Jun 2004
An aspiring young lawyer is about to make her biggest career leap and is to become a partner in a prestigious law firm. She is accused of a serious mistake and dismissed without notice. At first she is devastated, but then she infiltrates the firm's cleaning team and uses her working hours to search for evidence of her innocence. Conventional (TV) comedy with familiar ingredients.
Sep 2008
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case that her father's a CIA operative. She then decides to investigate the case...
Sep 1998
A doctor is raped by two of her colleagues. In the trial, the tide initially turns against her when the video recording of the crime disappears and her turbulent love life is revealed.
Feb 1997
A couple travel to the mountains to talk about their marital crisis. When the wife falls during the hike and only survives seriously injured, she is at the mercy of her pathologically jealous husband, who now makes her life a living hell, vacillating between loving care and hateful torment. A thematically confused thriller that even the routine staging cannot save.
Nov 1995
When the driver manages to crash the car on the road in the middle of nowhere, three guys and a girl seem to have no other choice than to walk through the dark woods to find the nearest hostel...
Mar 2008
Louisa has to struggle through life as a single mother with her children David and Julia. Her colleague and best friend Christa is also fed up with being alone and applies to be a contestant on a TV "single addicted to singles" show. But Christa is too excited, so Louisa stands in for her and actually wins a weekend with the successful music producer Markus Fischer. But the weekend flirtation has blatant consequences ...
Jan 1998
Tom Kostner is a macho man. He cheats on his two girlfriends, drives a flashy Cobra and works as an editor for a car magazine. He lives in a chic penthouse with his roommate, the bartender Ecki . But it is more appearances than reality: he is soon fired from the magazine. His girlfriend Manu catches him with his other girlfriend and leaves him too. He applies to some other magazines, but has no success there. When his Cobra is towed because he is behind on the installments, he grasps at his last straw: he applies to a women's magazine. However, since they prefer to hire women and homosexual men, he plays the gay man. At first he makes a few mistakes, but ultimately manages to convince the other employees.
Nov 2005
ProSieben presents Michael Mittermeier with a big TV show to mark the 20th anniversary of his tour with Thomas Hermanns as its host. Wir sind Helden, Hennes Bender, Rea von Reamon, Badesalz, Joseph Hader, Sasha, Gaby Köster and many surprise guests celebrate Michael Mittermeier. Of course, the celebrated artist also takes to the stage himself with a few stand-up numbers...
Jan 2007
Secret service ace Ben risks his life every day. But the job pays badly. Ben can't even pay the lawyer who has to fight for custody of his daughter. Then the agent receives a lucrative offer: for one million marks, he is to crack the security system of armaments magnate Otto Hardenberg...
May 1997