Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family...
Luxurious Danube river cruiser "Kriemhild", on a 2 day tour from Vienna to Belgrade. The ship "Kriemhild" is a floating sin city. Exhausted, unhappy, frustrated people from western Europe come here to "relax" and conduct business with alcohol, entertainment and sex. The crew of the "Kriemhild" are...
Private detective Ferdinand Zankl is arrested by the Passau police on suspicion of murder. He is suspected of having killed his ex-girlfriend, an animal shelter manager.
Chief detective Kluftinger from the Allgäu can't believe his eyes. A dead crow lies carefully draped on the murder victim. In the course of the investigation, Kluftinger comes across a perpetrator who murders according to Allgäu legends.
A violent crime shakes Inspector Kluftinger's idyllic hometown of Altusried. The murdered man worked as the manager of a nearby dairy and was hated because he cut the price of milk to the bone. This affects the farmers, with whom the detective plays in the brass band, who are worried about their...
The former professional footballer Alex Brehm has taken care of his daughter Charlie since the accidental death of his wife. The girl suffers greatly from the loss of her beloved mother, but is an avid footballer and finds distraction from her grief, at least for a short while. Also, she is...
Europe's Deadliest Border: Czechoslovakia's Iron Curtain
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During the Cold War, many of those who tried to flee westward across the dangerous and blurred line separating communist Czechoslovakia from freedom were gunned down: the story of Europe's deadliest border.
In a sleepy Bavarian village, a 3-year-old boy vanishes overnight. Detective Nina Kunzendorf investigates parents with prior abuse allegations. With the mother away and the strict, unemployed father at the center, she uncovers the chilling truth behind his disappearance.
Petra Hoffmann is in her early 50s and pregnant. She is not carrying her own child though, but that of her daughter. Midwife Lena Lorenz has been looking after mother and daughter for a while and the pregnancy has been unproblematic thus far, but shortly before the birth the family starts to break...
