A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of...
In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who...
Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend to make ends meet. One day she instantly falls in love with one of the patients (Jean Berner) and promptly writes a movie script about the encounter in which she projects her...
Father Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especially his bishop, who is not amused by a priest playing detective.
Helga, a stewardess, meet a passenger, Eric, during a flight to Athens. They fall in love, but he is married. Later Helga is involved in a flight crash. One of the severely injured passengers is Eric's wife Maria.
Munich in the summer of 1899. In his insatiable greed for money, influence and enjoyment of life, the Marquis von Keith defies any moral law. Two women are obedient to him.
Otto Friedrich Dennert is a celebrated veteran of the Essen police force. While investigating a series of killings of women he reaches retirement age. The case is taken over by a new team, including Dennert's son Harry. Convinced that they have arrested the wrong person, Dennert begins...
Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand. This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.
On the Faroe Islands in the North Sea lives the seductive and mysterious Barbara, who plunges men into misfortune. She is married to the island doctor, but is hopelessly unfaithful. When her husband dies and his successor Dr. Aggersoe arrives on the island, she turns his head too.
